The Miami Herald from Miami, Florida • 207

Oil THURSDAY SEPTEMBER 3 1998 THE HERALD Krop becomes the new school on the block By DAVID VIERA Herald Writer For Joe Mira the experience is unlike any other he has ever encountered Mira whose surname is synonymous with football in Miami is charged with the task of leading the Krop High Lightning football team into its first year of competition Kjrop named after school board member and dentist Dr Michael Krop and located about five miles east of Pro Player Stadium is the newest Miami-Dade County high school the 3 1st public senior high school with an athletic program The Lightning will play a junior varsity schedule this season before playing a Class 4A varsity schedule next year and a Class 6A varsity schedule the following season It is definitely a new experience for Mira completely different going to be able to stay with these men throughout their said Mira who has never coached at the junior varsity level after a 1 2-year head coaching career at Palmetto 1 985-96) and one-year stint 1 997) at Killian tutoring the quarterbacks and receivers Palmetto it was a very established school with a lot of tradition and experience This is a completely different Mira said like comparing apples and Mira and Krop follow in the recent footsteps of Chris Shinn and Coral Reefs Earnest Perkins two coaches who have laid the foundation at schools built to account for the increasing population team is comprised of 65 freshmen and sophomores in a school with an enrollment of approximately 1500 The Lightning whose home games will be played at night at North Miami Stadium will for the most part will play teams from the north Miami Springs Goleman Florida Chr CLASS 6A American Carol City Jolumbut 4 17 $8 0 1 0 I 014 0 23 0 30 4 12 at Pomp Ely Beach (Troo) MHS drop) CPark (FlU) Palmetto (Har) H'stead (Hen) Sunset (Trop) Miami (FlU) S'rldge (FlU) Gables (Trop) Miami Baach 4 10 II 8 0 0 15 0 8 0 30 5 13 The Herald SP083097 Gables (Trop) Breddock(FIU) SW (FlU) CPark (FlU) Sunset (Trop) S'rldge(FIU) H'stead (FlU) Killian (FlU) Palmetto (Trop) Columbus (Trop) 4 it 17 $24 0 2 0 9 0 14 0 23 13 NMB(Mem) Palmetto (FlU) Killian (Trop) NW(NM) Edison (Mem) Jackson (Mem) Hialeah (Hen) Springs (Mem) Central (NM) MHS (Mem) CUSS 5A CUSS 4A South Dads Mtgr Pace Coral Reef Southridge Southweat Sunset Miami High Calling In results: The wlnnin( team should call In results of event: to The Herald unless otherwise agreed upon by the coaches Da events should be called In tc 376-3500 from 6:30 pm to 8 pm 1 Night events should be called in 10:15 pm 3 10 17 0 2 0 9 0 14 023 029 7 13 CPark (FlU) Gables (Trop) BraddocMFlU) Columbus (FlU) Miami (Trop) Palmetto(FlU) Killian (Trop) S'rldge(FIU) H'stttrf(FIU) SWfflU) atRIvervlew Clewiston at Northeast Key West Bartow Gibbons Belen (Trop) Glen Mills Pa Reef at Vero Beach 4 S11 II S25 0 2 0 9 0 17 0 23 4 13 Palmetto (Har) S'rldge (Harris) at West atS Broward at Nova Reef (Harris) Hall (Har) NMB (Harris) Hills (Harris) H'stead (Har) 4 10 II 25 0 9 0 15 0 23 029 4 13 13 S'rldge (Traz) 1 1 i tsawainiii: asraaesaa.