FORT MYERS — The following is the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s Top 25 high school football poll. First place votes are in parentheses, followed by classification, record and points.

1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale)  5A  11-0  275
2. Glades Central (Belle Glade)  2A  11-0  256
3. Lakeland  5A  11-0  249
4. Miami Northwestern  6A  10-1  240
5. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens)  4A  10-1  225
6. Dr. Phillips (Orlando)  6A  11-0  205
7. Miami Central  6A  10-1  204
8. Niceville  4A  10-0  192
9. St. Augustine  3A  11-0  182
10. Cocoa  2A  11-0  175
11. Plant (Tampa)  5A  9-1  173
12. Booker T. Washington (Miami)  3A  10-1  148
13. Armwood (Seffner)  4A  10-1  140
14. Manatee (Bradenton)  5A  10-1  120
15. Charlotte (Punta Gorda)  4A  10-1  106
16. Jackson (Jacksonville)  3A  11-0  94
17. Bolles (Jacksonville)  2B  9-1  88
18. Tampa Bay Tech  5A  9-1  85
19. Chaminade (Hollywood)  2A  11-0  74
20. Miami Southridge 6A  10-0  71
21. Cape Coral  4A  11-0  54
22. DeLand  6A  10-1  45
23. Miramar  6A  10-1  37
24. Apopka  6A  10-1  32
25. Mainland (Daytona Beach)  6A  9-2  21

Catch up on all seven playoff games from Friday night by clicking on the scores below.

REGION 4A-3

Cape Coral 27, Lakewood Ranch 0

Charlotte 27, Baker 7

REGION 3A-3

Lehigh 15, Riverdale 7

South 48, Barron Collier 21

REGION 2A-3

Tampa Catholic 29, Dunbar 13

Lake Highland 28, Island Coast 0

REGION 1B-3

ECS 38, Victory Christian 31

Due to the bracket and that both South Fort Myers and Lehigh were district runner-ups, the surprising Lighting will play host to the Wolfpack next Friday night. It should be an interesting matchup. Lehigh knows who they are – run the ball, play solid special teams and defense. Consider, Lehigh did not complete any of its three passes Friday against Riverdale and won. Gee, that sounds like a team I’ve seen before. Think Naples 2007. I wonder where Pete Fominaya learned that formula.

South, on the otherhand, has a dynamic offense with QB Dallas Crawford and WR Samy Watkins leading the way. I would think Lehigh will have to score more than 15 points to beat South (10-1).

In another intriguing matchup, Cape Coral (11-0) will play host to Charlotte (10-1). The Tarpons wrecked the Seahawks in their spring game in Cape Coral, but that was a long time ago.

Finally, ECS will have a rematch in the 1B-3 Region final against Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota. The Sentinels (9-2) lost to ODA 39-28 on Oct. 9 in Sarasota.

The Lightning upset Riverdale 15-7 on the Raiders’ home field.

Lehigh (6-5) had lost 30-7 to the Raiders (9-2) earlier this season and started 0-4, but they now advance to the second round of the playoffs to face South Fort Myers.

Just hours after having the Assistant State Attorney in the 4th Judicial Circuit dropped domestic violence charges against him, Barron Collier defensive coordinator Johnny Smith was back on the Cougar’s sidelines calling plays for his team against South Fort Myers in Naples tonight.

“As such, Mr. Smith has been cleared to his teaching and coaching duties effective immediately,” said Allun Hamblett, Collier County’s Deputy Chief Administrative Officer.

Smith was greeted on the field before the game with hugs by players.

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Lehigh played an almost perfect first half to take a 9-0 lead into the locker room. The Lightning defense stifled Riverdale’s run game and when QB Nathan Gahafer went back to pass, he receievd heavy pressure.

The Raiders’ Jeremy Edwards was sacked for a safety by Lehigh’s Korey Robinson and Robinson also later recovered an Edwards fumble in the second quarter. That helped set up a Darius Hogan 32-yard TD run

Riverdale did have a great chance to score on a fourth-and-3 play late int he second qaurter as Gahafer hit WR Kyle Waldrop in stride at the Lehigh 3, but he dropped the ball.

Barron Collier had no answer for South QB Dallas Crawford in the first half as the Worlpack buit a 27-6 lead. Crawford went 5 of 7 for 282 yards and three tochdowns. WR Sammy Watkins has three of those catches for 182 yards and two touchdowns.

It didn’t help the Cougars that starting QB Marc Schoenfeld went down again with an injury. He’s been battling knee and ankle injuries for most of the season.

Collier County will hold its second annual high school football All-Star game at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at Gulf Coast High School.

A banquet for the players will be held at 6:30 p.m. Monday, Dec. 7 at the Naples Hilton.

Jim Hart, former quarterback of the St. Louis Cardinals, will serve as the guest speaker.

Look for the rosters to be announced next week.

The 21st Annual John Carrigan Rotary South All-Star Classic rosters have been released.

Here is the North team’s roster:

Baker: WR Jacob York, DB Andrew Haynes, OL Adam Holup, C Nick Grabowski, TE Jonathan Garcia

Cape Coral: QB Jaylen Watkins, DB Spencer Boyd, DL Shawn Argoe, OL Daniel Koenig

East Lee: RB James Holland, LB Nathaniel Waithe, LB Brandt Bates, DL Justin Hendry

Evangelical Christian School: QB Colton Lynch, RB Sean Rawson

Island Coast: C Robert Cauble

Mariner: DB Eric Mitchell, LB Nick Perone, DL Jesus Mendoza, LB Mario Perone, OL Cody Siebert

North Fort Myers: DB Marcus Lewis, WR Tre’ Boston, DL Manny Diaz, DL Kyle Schmidt, OL Josh Hronowski

Riverdale: QB Nathan Gahafer, SS Kyle Waldrop, FB Garrett Greenwell, LB Trevor Dunn

Trainer: Jim Marshall

Managers: Haley Joslin (Cape Coral) and Allison Yergens (ECS)

Coaches: Mike Goebbel (Cape Coral), Tom Roszell (Riverdale), Brian Lynch (ECS), Barry Goettemoeller (North Fort Myers), Scott Jones (East Lee), Joe Bowen (Island Coast), Brian Conn (Baker) and Chad O’Brien (Mariner)

Field assistant: Jessica Kobie (Riverdale)

Cheerleading coach: Pam Quintier

Cheerleaders:

Baker: Alexandra Gonzalez and Vanessa Gerlich

Cape Coral: Brea Deshield and Monica Bahamon

East Lee: Ann Cadet and Angelita Ross

Evangelical Christian School: Jen Beatty and Brooke Jennings

Island Coast: Amanda Pantaleon and Katie Sheppard

Mariner:Chelsea Chase and Jessica Favazzo

North Fort Myers: Cassandra Huckabone and Heather Merrill

Riverdale: Samantha Cook and Jessica Sandsmark