Kick-off is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Space Coast Daily TV
VIDEO ABOVE: Satellite Scorpions head coach Brian Helton talked about the teams’ upcoming Kickoff Classic game against the defending state champion Cocoa Tigers on Friday. Kickoff is scheduled for 7 p.m. on Space Coast Daily TV.
VIDEO ABOVE: Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson visit the Cocoa Tigers football team at practice. Wilson and Susong talk with players Javion Hilson and Nicholas Teeter. They also talk with head coach Ryan Schneider.
BREVARD COUNTY • SATELLITE BEACH, FLORIDA – The Satellite Scorpions will host the defending state champions, who have defended their title two years in a row.n Cocoa Tigers for the opening classic on Friday.
Kick-off is scheduled for 19:00
Space Coast Daily’s Juan Rodriguez and Terry Spain will be live, providing live coverage and post-game interviews.
Satellite enters its third season under head coach Brian Helton and looks to build on last year’s 5-6 season.
Meanwhile, the Cocoa Tigers come to town and begin their journey to become three-time state champions.
BELOW IS THE TIMELINE FOR COCOA AND SATELLITE FOR 2024:
Cocoa Tiger
Record 2023: 14-1 (consecutive reigning state champions)
August 23 – Titusville
August 30 – @ Mainland
September 6th – @ IMG Academy
September 13 – Heritage
20 September – @ Venice
October 4 – Norland
October 10 – @ Apopka
October 18 – Astronaut
October 25th – @ Villages Charter
November 1 – Rockledge
Satellite Scorpions
Record 2023: 5-6
August 23 – @Rockledge
30 August – @Viera
6 September – Melbourne
13 September – Eau Gallie
September 20 – @ New Smyrna Beach
September 27 – @ Palm Bay
October 11 – Titusville
October 18 – Baker County
October 25 – @ Merritt Island
November 1st – Sebastian River
2024 will be the 30th season of high school football coverage for the principals of Space Coast daily and the Friday Night Locker Room – presented by Erdman Automotive, Health First and All Points.
The 2024 season will be filled with talented student-athletes throughout Brevard County, and many of them are being courted by some of the best college football teams in the country.
Many student-athletes have many decisions to make about where they will pursue their college dreams. The Space Coast Daily – Friday Night Locker Room team is your one-stop source for the latest athlete announcements and commitments – and of course, live game coverage!
FIND THE FULL 2024 PREP FOOTBALL SCHEDULE BELOW.
This year’s coverage on Space Coast Daily TV will once again feature a dynamic broadcast schedule. It was the first official media outlet to bring live radio and television coverage of prep football to Brevard County.
The Space Coast Daily – Friday Night Locker Room directors and broadcast team have more than 100 years of experience covering youth and high school sports in Brevard County.
Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame members Steve Wilson and Orville Susong of Friday Night Locker Room will once again bring you all the live action from the announcer’s booth. Additionally, Tom Palermo, Jim Palermo, Giles Malone, Zach Clark, Juan Rodriguez, Terry Spain, JC Meyerholz, Matt O’Hern, Gavin Keith and Brian Dillon will host or produce live broadcasts this season.
Don’t miss these live sports broadcasts with up-to-the-minute coverage on Space Coast Daily TV’s streaming service, along with player interviews, replays, highlights, pre- and post-game analysis and much more!
Space Coast Daily’s professional, experienced and dedicated staff provides Brevard’s most trusted news and sports coverage
The Space Coast Daily team brings you the best news and sports coverage from Brevard County. This is the fourth decade of high school sports coverage for the principals of Space Coast daily and the dressing room on Friday evening.
In 1997, Dr. Jim Palermo, now editor-in-chief of Space Coast dailyand Tom Palermo, now Space Coast daily President and publisher, commentated on the first-ever Brevard County high school football game on the radio.
From 1997 to 2000, the Palermo brothers commentated on high school football games on WMEL. Below is a clip from the August 26, 1999 edition of Space Coast Press Newspaper owned and published by Tom Palermo. Gannett bought the Press from Palermo in July 2000.
“One of the most memorable moments during those years was when we broadcast the 2000 state championship game between Palm Bay and Dillard from the Swamp in Gainesville to Brevard,” said Jim Palermo.
Dan Burke’s Palm Bay Pirates defeated Dillard 10-6 to win the 6A title that year.
Starting in 2001, the Palermos turned over the reins of the broadcasts to the Friday Night Locker Room team. Friday Night Locker Room has been in continuous operation ever since, and Steve Wilson and Orville Susong are beginning their 23rd full season as hosts of sports prep broadcasts on the Space Coast.
In 2012 Space Coast daily and the Friday Night Locker Room have partnered to provide Brevard County with unique, comprehensive and state-of-the-art multimedia coverage of youth and high school sports including football, volleyball, basketball, baseball, softball, soccer, track and field, wrestling, bowling and more.
Always the innovators who Space Coast daily – The Friday Night Locker Room team provided Space Coast sports fans with the first web livestreams and live game coverage on Facebook and is committed to being the leading provider of multimedia sports coverage on the Space Coast for years to come.
Space Coast Daily is successful in all media, including social media, the internet, print media and grassroots events such as the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame, the Space Coast daily founded in 2011.
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