The Seminole Ridge High School girls flag football team, under the guidance of head coach Scott O’Hara, is off to a strong, undefeated start to its 2025 season after winning their first three games.
On the way to their 3-0 start, Seminole Ridge’s offense has been prolific, and its defense has been stingy. Of the three victories, two were shutouts — 34-0 versus John I. Leonard High School on Tuesday, Feb. 18 and 34-0 against Boca Raton High School on Tuesday, March 4. The other victory was a 25-6 win versus Park Vista High School on Thursday, Feb. 27. The Hawks’ next game was Thursday, March 6 against Royal Palm Beach High School (1-3). The final score was not available at press time.
The Seminole Ridge offense is led by sophomore quarterback Aubrey Fogel, who also doubles as a defensive back. After three games, Fogel has thrown for 13 touchdowns and is completing 65 percent of her passes.
Four of those touchdown receptions were caught by senior Lola Agosto. To date, seven members of the Seminole Ridge team have caught touchdown passes from Fogel.
Defensively, Seminole Ridge is being led by senior Sydney Pena. After three games, she has recorded three quarterback sacks. Pena is also leading the team with an average of 3.7 tackles/flag pulls per game. Sophomore Chachi Saunders is leading the defense with four interceptions after three games.
This year, Seminole Ridge’s roster features four seniors, two juniors, five sophomores and one freshman.
At Seminole Ridge, the annual expectations of the girls varsity flag football team are quite lofty, since the school won flag football state titles in 2010, 2012, 2013, 2015 and 2016, and has been the state runner-up on three other occasions (2014, 2017 and 2018). The 2023 team reached the Florida High School Athletic Association’s Class 2A final four but lost in the state semifinals.
The structure of high school flag football in Florida has been expanded to four classes — Class 1A, Class 2A, Class 3A and Class 4A — of competition, beginning this year. Seminole Ridge will be competing in Class 3A.
The goal for this year’s team is to return to the FHSAA Class 3A state final four, which will be held May 8-10 at the AdventHealth Training Center, which is the official indoor training facility for the NFL’s Tampa Bay Buccaneers.
