Sports
Edgewater has achieved significant success in a wide array of sports at the regional, state, and national levels.
The Eagle football team reached the Florida Class 6A Championship game three straight years between 2002 and 2004. Concurrently, the Eagle basketball team also reached the Class 6A State Championship game during the 2002–03 and 2003–04 school years, going all the way to victory in 2003–04.
Recent Edgewater teams have also received significant national acclaim. The 2003–04 school year was a banner year for Edgewater sport notoriety, as the men's basketball team, after wrapping up the school's second State Basketball Championship (first one in 1976), reached the #6 rank in the USA Today national prep basketball rankings. The football team also caught the eye of many pollsters in the 2002–03 season getting as high as #10 in the USA Today national prep poll, and then starting the next year ranked #5 on the American Football Monthly poll, and persisting in the national spotlight all season, making it to #19 in the USA Today national prep football polls before falling to Miami Killian in the championship game. Basketball player Darius Washington also was voted as a Parade 1st Team All-American and McDonald's All-American that season. The school won a Men's basketball state championship in 2004. The Women's basketball team beat Miami Norland High School in the 2011-2012 season to become State Champions for Class 6A, the second state championship under the coaching of Head Coach Malcolm Lewis.
In 1963, Edgewater was the first high school in Florida to start and maintain a rowing team, competing against college freshman boats until other high schools came on board a few years later. The Crew has won 9 team State Championships and dozens of Boat Championships at the State and National level since.
A complete list of athletic achievements is maintained here.
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