Plant High School has soared to uncharted heights by winning the 4-A State Championship in football two of the last three years. Even though Plant should be very good again this year, the chances of another state championship are much more problematic. The Panthers have moved up to 5-A, the domain of two-time defending champion St. Thomas Aquinas of Fort Lauderdale. STA was also the consensus top rated prep team in the COUNTRY last year. And STA is back on top of the national prep ratings again in 2009. And they solidified that ranking by traveling to Ohio last Saturday to bludgeon highly regarded Upper Arlington HS of Columbus, 52-7, on their own turf for their 25th consecutive win. The previous night Plant, with several injured starters not playing, opened at home with a 49-33 loss to Manatee HS. No, never count out Coach Robert Weiner’s Panthers, but a state championship this year would trump everything that has ever happened with PHS football.