High School Showcase , known under its corporate sponsored name as the GEICO High School Showcase , is a presentation of high school football and high school basketball on ESPN , ESPN2 and ESPNU . Since debuting in 2005, it primarily airs on Friday at 8pm ET on ESPNU, following ESPNU Recruiting Insider , but will occasionally air at various times and days on ESPN and ESPN2. The Friday Night Showcase game is called by Jason Benetti and ESPN Recruiting Coordinator Craig Haubert . Various commentators call other games throughout the week, although Mike Hall and Tom Luginbill anchor the halftime report and in-game updates. The series was previously Old Spice Red Zone High School Showcase ; the series also has previously had Honda as a presenting sponsor. What games can be broadcast are limited by state high school sports sanctioning bodies; some states restrict or block game broadcasts entirely to encourage in-person game attendance.
28-536: Old Spice High School Showcase debuted in 2005 as a way to fill programming on the then-nascent ESPNU channel, which had debuted in March 2005. The series aired only four games in 2005, but after much success ESPN expanded its schedule to a full thirteen game season. Part of what lead ESPN to expanding its schedule is, in 2005, ESPN aired the highest rated high school football game in television history. Nease High School ( Florida ) vs. Hoover High School (Alabama) garnered
56-639: A Ponte Vedra, Florida postal address), in St. Johns County, Florida . It is a part of the St. Johns County School District . It was established in 1981. The school is a member of the International Baccalaureate program. The principal is Lisa Kunze. Communities in the school's attendance boundary include: the majority of Nocatee CDP. Nease High School is named after Allen Nease , a pioneer in Florida's reforestation efforts, and donor of
84-584: A 1.0 rating and attracted nearly one million households. Most High School Showcase games span from late August through the end of October. Only once has the showcase aired a Thanksgiving game , the 2006 matchup between Lehigh Valley rivals Easton, PA and Phillipsburg, NJ ; ESPNU has switched to coverage of college basketball in November, limiting the channel's opportunities to cover high school contests. Old Spice High School Showcase started to air high school basketball games in 2006, as well. Games in
112-538: A Junior/Senior High School, but as the growth of Northwest St. Johns County rose the school eliminated its Junior high sector. Nease was originally designed to accommodate up to 1,500 students, however, enrollment has historically been at above capacity. Bartram Trail High School opened in the Fall of 2000 to alleviate overcrowding. Due to the continual growth in Northwest St. Johns County area, Ponte Vedra High School
140-552: A county administrator. The main environmental and agricultural body is the St. Johns County Soil and Water Conservation District , which works closely with other area agencies. St. Johns County Animal Control operates the St. Johns County Pet Adoption and Holding Center at 130 North Stratton Road. According to the Secretary of State's office, Republicans are a majority of registered voters in St. Johns County. Public schools are run by
168-495: A direct allusion and symbol of the name of the County). On a heraldic chief of red is a gold castle with towers, with masonry joints in black, and with the windows and doors in red (in recognition of the fortress that was constructed in the military garrison of St. Augustine which is a part of the County). An overall border is composed of eight parts; alternating, a red quadrilateral, with a gold castle and quadrilateral of silver with
196-463: A game in Pennsylvania less than 48 hours prior to their appearance on High School Showcase , and the team's claims of having a roster stacked with Division I prospects was proven false, with most of the roster consisting of recent high school graduates who had gone unrecruited by colleges and some of whom had also lied about their age. It was initially reported as an online charter school , but
224-448: A purple lion rampant (that is to say, alternating the simplified Arms of Castille and Leon). Given for a crest is a mural crown of a province. This is a circle of gold walls with in reality twelve gold towers with all the masonry joints in black. Only seven of the towers are visible in the drawing. According to the U.S. Census Bureau , the county has an area of 822 square miles (2,130 km ), of which 601 square miles (1,560 km )
252-490: Is land and 221 square miles (570 km ) (26.9%) is water. As of the 2020 United States census , there were 273,425 people, 91,253 households, and 67,548 families residing in the county. As of the census of 2000, there were 123,135 people, 49,614 households, and 34,084 families residing in the county. The population density was 202 inhabitants per square mile (78/km ). There were 58,008 housing units at an average density of 95 per square mile (37/km ). The racial makeup of
280-578: The High School Showcase are also broadcast on ESPN3 . ESPN also airs post season programming of the Geico State Champions Bowl Series , featuring a current season's high school football state champion playing against another state's champion. In the summer of 2021, ESPN drew controversy for featuring a game between IMG Academy , a prominent preparatory school for prospective college football players, and
308-605: The Ohio Department of Education stated that it was a religious academy that did not file for a charter; there is no bishop named Sycamore in the Roman Catholic Diocese of Columbus for whom the school would be named. Allen D. Nease Senior High School Allen D. Nease High School is a high school in the St. Johns County School District , located in the Nocatee census-designated place (with
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#1732801686552336-549: The St. Johns County School District , headed by the St. Johns County School Board, an elected five-member board which appoints a superintendent to administer school operations. The system has grown considerably since 2000 to accommodate the county's rapid population growth. It is Florida's top-performing school district in Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test scores, the state's standardized test for public schools. The district also received
364-512: The 2011 Energy Star Top Performer and Leader from the EPA. For the 2014–15 school year the district comprised: The St. Johns County School District has a robust special education department serving the needs of students with autism , cerebral palsy , and cognitive disabilities. The Florida School for the Deaf and Blind is a residential school for deaf and blind students, funded and operated by
392-607: The Bishop Sycamore Centurions. Shortly after IMG roundly defeated Bishop Sycamore 58–0 on August 29, questions about the Centurions, their school, players and administrators began to emerge. The school's address was traced to an athletic complex in Columbus, Ohio , but no evidence of any educational operations has ever been found. ESPN stated that the game, as with all of its High School Showcase matchups,
420-707: The Florida provinces (las Floridas) with the powers of governor, exercising the powers of the Captain General and the Intendants of the Island of Cuba and the governors of the said provinces, respectively, who ordained that all the country east of the river Suwannee should be designated the County of St. Johns. St. Johns was established, along with Escambia County (in the former West Florida province), on July 21, 1821, 11 days after Butler received Florida for
448-648: The United States, and five days after the city of St. Augustine was incorporated. The name Saint John's was derived from the Spanish mission (c. 1580) San Juan del Puerto ("Saint John of the Harbor"). The U.S. Department of the Interior dropped the apostrophe in 1932 because an apostrophe implied ownership. It was a huge county, encompassing most of peninsular Florida, more than 39,000 square miles; it
476-420: The colors green and gold. The Panthers field teams in the following sports: Boys state champion - 2022 (3A), 2023 (3A) 2021 FHSAA Runner up St. Johns County St. Johns County is a county in the northeastern part of the U.S. state of Florida . As of the 2020 United States census , its population was 273,425. The county seat and most populous incorporated city is St. Augustine , although
504-560: The county was 90.92% White , 6.29% African American , 0.26% American Indian , 0.95% Asian , 0.05% Pacific Islander , 0.55% from other races , and 0.97% from two or more races. Hispanic or Latino of any race were 15.8% of the population. There were 49,614 households, of which 29.2% had children under age 18 living with them, 56.8% were married couples living together, 8.9% had a female householder with no husband present, and 31.3% were non-families. 24.3% of all households were made up of individuals, and 9.4% had someone living alone who
532-513: The land on which the school was built. Nease also served on the St. Johns County School Board for 24 years, 17 of which as chairman. Growth in the northeast corner of St. Johns County , primarily in the Ponte Vedra Beach/Palm Valley areas during the 1970s had warranted the construction of a new school. The school, which opened in 1984, is the second public high school built in St. Johns County. The school first opened as
560-605: The nearby community, St. Johns , has a higher population. St. Johns County is part of the Jacksonville, Florida Metropolitan Statistical Area . The county was established in 1821. It is one of the two original counties established after Florida was ceded to the United States , at the start of the Florida Territorial period, and corresponded roughly to the former colonial province of East Florida . It
588-494: The state of Florida. The Catholic Diocese of St. Augustine operates St. Joseph Academy , a private high school in St. Augustine. St. Johns County schools have received a state government grade of "A" for their work with the students and FCAT grading from 2004 to 2014. St. Johns River State College , a state college in the Florida College System , has a campus in St. Johns County near St. Augustine. It
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#1732801686552616-407: Was $ 50,099, and the median family income was $ 59,153. Males had a median income of $ 40,783 versus $ 27,240 for females. The per capita income was $ 28,674. About 5.1% of families and 8.0% of the population were below the poverty line , including 9.3% of those under 18 and 6.2% of those 65 or older. The St. Johns County Board of County Commissioners is an elected five-member commission, which appoints
644-581: Was 475 miles long by 165 miles wide. Much of the land was uninhabited. Saint Augustine (1565) was the oldest permanent European settlement, and there were Native Americans in the county as well. As described in Certification of the Coat of Arms: In a field of green an Agnus Dei of silver, suspended on the dexter [*left side of the drawing] side of the Agnus Dei is a silver banner with red cross (as
672-406: Was 65 or older. The average household size was 2.44 and the average family size was 2.90. The age of the population was spread out, with 23.1% under 18, 7.0% from 18 to 24, 27.6% from 25 to 44, 26.4% from 45 to 64, and 15.9% who were 65 or older. The median age was 41. For every 100 females there were 94.5 males. For every 100 females 18 and older, there were 91.5 males. The median household income
700-548: Was built and opened in the Fall of 2008. Tocoi Creek High School opened in Fall 2021 to serve students residing in the World Golf Village area. From the 2022-23 school year, Allen D. Nease Senior High School is zoned to serve the communities of Nocatee, Ponte Vedra, Palencia, Kensington and Las Calinas. The main feeder schools are Palm Valley Academy, Valley Ridge Academy and Pine Island Academy. Other students come from Pacetti Bay Middle School. Nease High School
728-550: Was named for the St. Johns River , which runs along its western border. St. Johns County primarily comprises residential bedroom communities for those who commute to Jacksonville . Tourism , primarily associated with St. Augustine and the many golf courses in the area, is the chief economic industry. St. Johns County's history begins in 1821, when Colonel Robert Butler received Spanish East Florida from Captain-General Colonel José M. Coppinger . Butler represented Major General Andrew Jackson , federal military commissioner for
756-745: Was rated the 81st best high school in 2007, 91st in 2008, 93rd in 2009, and 185th in 2010 by Newsweek . Nease High School ranked 977th in the U.S. News & World Report 2018 list of best public high schools in America. Nease High School has the International Baccalaureate Program (IB), as well as the Advanced Placement Program . Nease competes in FHSAA Class 8A as the Panthers wearing
784-469: Was scheduled by Paragon Marketing Group, who admitted failing to do due diligence on the school. IMG had agreed to the matchup despite soundly defeating the team the previous season as well, 56–6, part of a campaign in which the Centurions went 0–6; no evidence of the team or school exists before 2019. Bishop Sycamore had also, without the knowledge of Paragon and against all high school sanctioning bodies' rules regarding time requirements between games, played
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