Manatee

Palmetto's Marino didn't like Pirates not scheduling his team last season for money lost. And BR's Bradley didn't like Palmetto poaching his players.

We were expecting him to be in our district and we had already made a non-conference schedule." Five of those losses have come to Bradley and his Pirates, most recently a 34-20 loss in 2020. For the Jersey-born Marino, it was a "dream come true job." "Absolutely," Marino said. Bradley and his staff have delivered the wins for Braden River. Marino took over the Tiger job after a four-year stint by Raymond Woodie, whose goal, Marino said, was to bring a state title back to his alma mater. The Pirates own a 5-4 advantage in head-to-head meetings, but the two didn't play last year, a point which still chafes Marino. Friday night; Bradley will begin his 11th in the same capacity for the Pirates. more money) elsewhere can send a high school head football coach reaching for the Tylenol or the front door, Dave Marino and Curt Bradley are survivors. My dad played baseball when I was growing up and the longest I lived anywhere was four months. With a wife and child, Bradley couldn't see himself absent from them while spending four months on the recruiting trail. "I thought 37 would be a long time away, but I'm 37 now and loving what I'm doing.