Leesburg (Florida) to face Gonzaga (DC) on the road in 2024

The Yellow Jackets will hit the road to the nation’s capital for a 2024 regular season game

High school football teams all around the country are solidifying their schedules for the 2024 fall season and an interesting tilt was announced on Friday afternoon. 

Leesburg High School's (Florida) football program announced that they will be traveling to Washington D.C. this upcoming season to take on the Gonzaga Eagles. 

The Yellow Jackets, who have won three state championships in their program’s history, are coming off a renaissance year under the watch of former head coach Steven Moffett, who stepped down after the season to accept a co-head coaching role at The First Academy of Orlando. 

Moffett led the team to a 10-2 record, good for the best finish since 1992 and leading the offense to the most points scored in program history. 

Report: Former Leesburg head coach Steven Moffett heading to The First Academy

Taking over the program is former Eustis head coach Frank Scott, who inherits a Yellow Jackets’ team looking to build atop of what they did in 2023. Scott will lead Leesburg up against a Gonzaga program that finished 6-5 last season. 

The Eagles are no strangers to facing Florida-based teams as they welcomed Belen Jesuit into town in 2023, winning 42-9. Gonzaga will be playing in its 136th season of high school football when the 2024 campaign rolls around. 

-- Andy Villamarzo | villamarzo@scorebooklive.com | @sblivefl 


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ANDY VILLAMARZO

Andy Villamarzo has been a sports writer in the Tampa Bay (FL) Area since 2007, writing for publications such as Tampa Bay Times, The Tampa Tribune, The Suncoast News, Tampa Beacon, Hernando Sun to name a few. Andy resides out of the Tarpon Springs, FL area and started as a writer with SB Live Sports in the summer of 2022 covering the Tampa Bay Area. He has quickly become one of Florida's foremost authorities on high school sports, appearing frequently on podcasts, radio programs and digital broadcasts as an expert on team rankings, recruiting and much more.