Palm Beach County high school football power rankings: Week 2 change

Palm Beach County high school football teams are doing what they're known for. Some teams have a chance for the postseason, while others are still putting together the pieces on offense and defense.

Cardinal Newman's 42-0 win over Stallions was significant progress. American Heritage-Delray's 19- 0 victory over Crusaders was a less significant one. Newman players are found around the top of the Florida's Class 1M star leaderboards.

Central beat a team from 4A Final Four last week. Lakewood is playing in Class 2M this season.

Atlantic is the youngest team in the high school football rankings. Atlantic went undefeated last season but lost in quarterfinals of the 8A region. The team has nine seniors, three sophomores and two freshmen playing on defense.

The Chiefs beat Boynton Beach 22-7 last Friday. Santaluces beat them last week despite having an offensive coordinator.

Pahokee's 36-31 win against Benjamin last week is not a good enough reason to rank them higher than Palm Beach Lakes. Pahkee plays Central in the next week.

Gardens lost 34-0 to Vero. Vroero's defense allowed just 100 yards from the Gators' offense and 15 penalties hurt Gardens even more. The team was down by two touchdowns at the half.

Wellington lost to Martin County 42-7. Wellington will play Jensen Beach next.

Benjamin is still struggling to find a quarterback. Chauncey Bowens is the team's main scorer. Benjamin plays Cardinal Newman in the district championship on Friday.

Last week's loss to Chiefs saw Boynton drop one place in the rankings. The Tigers' defense hasn't grown since a 35-26 victory last fall.

Glades Central is ranked unranked after beating King's Academy. They play American Heritage in Plantation.