Photo Gallery: Gridiron Kings 7-on-7 football tournament at Disney
Team Southeast, which included 12 Florida players, won the championship game of the Gridiron Kings. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
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64 of the top high school football players in the country took part in the Champion Gridiron Kings 7-on-7 touch football tournament during the weekend (July 24-25). The Southeast team, which included 12 players from Florida, won the championship over the West squad.
Alex Smith of Lakota West High School in Cincinnati picks up yardage after a catch. Smith is a soft commitment to the University of Cincinnati. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Brandon Ifill of Pittsburgh’s Penn Hills High School played with the Midwest squad at the Gridiron Kings. He is looking at Maryland, Michigan, Pittsburgh, Rutgers and West Virginia. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Southeast team members Jonathan Dowling (Bradenton Southeast), Matt Elam (Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer), Demarcus Milliner (Stanhope Elmore High of Millbrook, Ala.) and Jeff Luc (Treasure Coast) warm up prior to the Gridiron championship. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
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Storm Johnson of Loganville (Ga.) High is leaning toward LSU. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Ivan McCartney of Miramar High was all smiles during warm-ups for the championship game. He then caught the game-wining TD pass. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Jaylen Watkins, a University of Florida commitment from Cape Coral High, stretches out before the championship game of the Gridiron Classic. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast High’s Jeff Luc, the nation’s No. 1 ranked inside linebacker according to Rivals.com, was big in the middle for Team Southeast. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
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Jeffrey Godfrey of Miami Central High quarterbacked the Southeast Team to victory. He’s the 30th-ranked player in the Sentinel’s Florida Top 100. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Joshua Shaw of Palmdale (Calif.) High School ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Joshua Shaw of Palmdale (Calif.) High School celebrates after an interception in the championship game for Team West. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Joshua Shaw (right) of Palmdale (Calif.) High School celebrates with West teammate Dietrich Riley of La Canada (CA) St. Francis High after an interception by Shaw in the championship game for Team West. (Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel)
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Team West mugs for the ESPN cameras after a big play. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
Lake Howell’s Christian Jones speaks to members of the media during a break in the action at the Gridiron Kings. ((Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel))
Lake Howell’s Christian Jones breaks into coverage during the title game at the Gridiron Kings. ((Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel))
Jeff Luc of Port St. Lucie Treasure Coast was a no-show on the first day at Gridiron Kings because he was en route to the Florida Friday Night Lights camp in Gainesville. He said he liked the Florida coaches and had a good personal chat with Urban Meyer. ((Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel))
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Dr. Phillips’ talented wide receiver Kenny Shaw lets his quarterback know he’s wide open. Unfortunately his quarterback never saw him. ((Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel))
Dr. Phillips’ Kenny Shaw leaps high for a catch during the championship game at Disney. ((Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel))
Dr. Phillips’ Kenny Shaw leaps high to make a catch in front of Riley Dietrich of La Canada (CA) St. Francis High during the championship game at Disney. ((Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel))
Roy Finch, a running back from Niceville, speaks with Sentinel student Reporter Brenttnie Williams. Finch is headed for Oklahoma next year. ((Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel))
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Members of the champion Southeast team are led in a little dance my future Florida Gator Matt Elam (white tights). ((Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel))
Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer’s Matt Elam showed some pretty good moves on the football field during the Gridiron Kings, but his dance moves were also on display by the future Florida Gator. (Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel)
Ahmad Dixon, a Texas commitment from Waco, runs back and interception as opposing quarterback Taylor Graham, an Ohio State pledge out of Wheaton (Ill.) North, tries to chase him down. (Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel)
Gerald Christian, a tight end of Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer High and Florida Gators commitment, took home offensive MVP honors from the Gridiron Kings. (Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel)
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Latwan Anderson of Glenville High in Cleveland came to the Gridiron Kings to get noticed and he walked away with the Defensive MVP plaque. (Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel)