Carol City’s Richardson commits to Central Mich.
Daniel Richardson didn’t want to wait until Wednesday to announce where he will be playing college football.
The Carol City quarterback who owns a pair of Miami-Dade career passing records announced on his personal Twitter page Monday morning that he has committed to play at Central Michigan.
The announcement comes a week after the Chippewas offered him a scholarship and two days after Richardson took his official visit to campus. Richardson chose Central Michigan over FIU, FAU, Toledo and UAB.
Richardson will sign his national letter-of-intent at the start of the early signing period on Wednesday and early enroll at Central Michigan on Jan. 7.
Richardson, a three-star prospect and the No. 49 dual-threat quarterback in this recruiting cycle, according to the 247Sports Composite ranking, will play under new Central Michigan coach Jim McElwain, the former Florida Gators head coach who spent this past season as the wide receivers coach at Michigan.
Richardson wrapped up an illustrious high school career. He threw for 3,254 yards and 32 touchdowns during his senior season at Carol City to finish his four-year career as the Miami-Dade County leader in career passing yards (9,791) and passing touchdowns (117). The Chiefs’ season ended with a regional semifinals loss to district rival Central.
CITY OF PALMS
Three South Florida’s top high school basketball teams are making their way to Fort Myers for the prestigious City of Palms tournament.
Fort Lauderdale University School and Miami Christian — the defending Class 5A and 3A state champions — are part of the event’s main 16-team bracket and begin play at the SunCoast Credit Union Arena on Tuesday. University School opens up against St. Louis’ Vashon High at 6 p.m. and Miami Christian begins the tournament against Powder Springs (Georgia.) McEachern at 7:45 p.m. Each team in the main bracket will play four games, with competition concluding on Saturday.
Miami Palmetto, a likely contender in Class 8A, will also make an appearance in Fort Myers, playing against Lakeland at 3:45 p.m. Thursday in one of three Sunshine Series games.
JUNIOR OB AWARDS SCHOLARSHIPS
The Junior Orange Bowl Committee awarded 16 scholarships to scholarathletes at the Florida high school football state championships at Orlando’s Camping World Stadium, with one player on each team competing being honored.
The 16 recipients: Madison County’s Gabriel Barnes; Baker School’s Derek Peoples Jr.; North Florida Christian School’s EC Presnell; Champagnat’s Donald Georges; Chaminade-Madonna’s Domenic Bruzzi; King’s Academy’s Dillon Larson; Raines’ Brandon Marshall; Cocoa’s Ryan Thomas; Cardinal Gibbons’ Chad Tiernan; North Marion’s Daveon Eason; Northwestern’s Jaquez Stuart; Armwood’s Wayne Dennis; Lakeland’s PJ Sloan; St. Thomas Aquinas’ Kyle Engel; Mandarin’s Marc Pappas; and Columbus’ Dylan Perez.
WRESTLING