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Late TD Gives Southeast Win

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A Tribune staff report

Published: November 3, 2007

BRADENTON After Lakewood running back Bernard Reedy scored a two-yard touchdown to put the visiting Spartans up 20-16 with just over six minutes left in the game, Lakewood decided to put the game away.

Instead, a curious call may have set up Lakewood for a loss.

Following Reedy's touchdown, Lakewood attempted an onside kick and failed with Southeast getting the ball at its own 40. The host Seminoles marched the 60 yards for a touchdown, a 6-yard keeper by quarterback Bruce Kelly around left end with 1:20 remaining to give Southeast a 23-20 win.

On the ensuing possession, Lakewood never got the ball past midfield when time ran out.

"We managed to hang on by tooth and nail," Southeast coach Paul Maechtle said. "I was surprised about Lakewood's onside kick attempt. They've been doing different kind of kicks all the time and they worked for them in the past and worked for them all night so I guess they decided to roll the dice. It almost worked."

The Southeast win and Lakewood loss combined with Northeast's win sets up a three-way tie in Class 4A-9 district for the runner-up slot. The tiebreaker between the three teams will be held at Northeast Monday evening at 7 p.m.

Lee Diekemper

LARGO 17, GIBBS 14: Largo earned its Class 5A-District 10 title the hard way, by stopping Gibbs on its own 3-yard line as the final seconds melted off the clock. Two consecutive running plays by the Gladiators were stopped cold by the Packer defensive line. The Gladiators would not have enough time to reset the ball and try for a game-tying field goal to force overtime.

Brynn Harvey's 60-yard touchdown to open the third quarter proved to be the decisive score for the Packers, who had many offensive gaffes that limited their second half production. Harvey would finish with 205 yards and two touchdowns on 22 carries.

"I told my team that we would face games like this, where a team finds a way to win. We played ugly but won the football game. The defense played hard, they had some good plays," Largo coach Rick Rodriguez said.

Matthew Parke

CCC 22, SARASOTA CARDINAL MOONEY 7: Clearwater Central Catholic RB Anthony Cochran rushed 31 times for 118 yards and two TDs to lead the Marauders to a victory and the runnerup spot in Class 2B-Ditrict 6. Wide receiver Andy Martin caught an onside kick for Central to seal the win late in the fourth quarter.

The Marauder defense held Cardinal Mooney scoreless for three quarters including two stops on fourth down. The defense recovered a fumble during the opening drive of the third quarter. The CCC defense also intercepted a pass late in the fourth quarter.

Clearwater Central Catholic kicker Jeff Ijjas kicked two field goals.

Aaron Hanbury

BOCA CIEGA 42, BRADENTON BAYHORE 0: For the second week, Boca Ciega held its opponent scoreless. This week the victory led to the Class 4A-District 9 championship.

With 8:16 left in the first quarter Boca Ciega's Orhian Johnson scored on a 1-yard run. Mundrae Francis followed Johnson's lead in the second quarter with a pair of rushing touchdowns from 86 and 23 yards. With the first half coming to a close Boca Ciega's Ja-Vonta Trotter returned a punt 68 yards for a touchdown - his second in as many weeks.

Peyton Jones

NORTHEAST 30, OSCEOLA 14: Northeast handed its school a Seniors Night victory over visiting Osceola to force a three-way Class 4A-District 9 playoff Monday with Bradenton Southeast and Lakewood.

Both teams garnered all their points in the first half, with Vikings quarterback Armando Sanchez connecting on a 53-yard TD pass to running back Juan Wynn, and a 13-yarder to wide receiver Kevin McCall in the first quarter, and second quarter rushing touchdowns of 24 and 11 yards by running back Timothy Tisdale.

The Warriors answered with Matt Palmer, a defensive back, running back and kicker. First he kicked a 35-yard field goal late in the first quarter. The second quarter saw him boot a 25-yard field goal, score a TD on a 95-yard kickoff return minutes later, and then take the handoff from QB Sean Palmer to run in the two-point conversion.

But Palmer's streak wasn't enough, and Vikings kicker Lukaz Chrzasek connected with a 26-yard field goal at the end of the half to seal what would become his team's victory.

Steve Sims

EAST LAKE 21, COUNTRYSIDE 13: The Eagles (6-3) soared into the district playoffs after pounding the Cougars (6-3) at home. East Lake set the tone by recovering a fumble on the opening kick-off. By the 2nd quarter the Eagles converted 2 interceptions and a blocked punt into touchdowns, taking them to an early 21-0 lead. The Cougar offense slowly picked up their momentum, and Jimbo Chmelik threw two scoring passes by the end of the 3rd quarter, first to Dan Spisak and then Maruice Threatts.

Steven Otto

ST. PETERSBURG 20, SEMINOLE 8: In the first quarter, St. Petersburg had a fourth and 11 when Brandon Livrago passed to Dondre Davis for a 40-yard touchdown on a fake punt play. When asked to comment on the play, Coach Joe Fabrizio said "it's something we've been practicing all year ... it was fun to actually watch them do it in a game."

Greg Jennsen

ST. PETE CATHOLIC 38, LAKE PLACID 6: On senior night and St. Petersburg Catholic High School's last game of the season, senior quarterback Kevin Tapp threw for over 100 yards and one touchdown in the Barons' 38-6 win over Lake Placid.

It was a convincing season-ending win against the Class 2A-District 5 foe for St. Petersburg, which racked up nearly 600 yards of total offense.

Paul Catala

NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 49, SHORECREST PREP 21: Northside Christian sealed its win after Daniel Speake exploded with a 51-yard rushing touchdown.

With the help of QB Tyler Stowell, Josh Hornbeck set an early lead 7-0 with a 5-yard reception after David Edwards's 92 kickoff return. After Speake, Seth Rogers ran for a 63-yard touchdown before the first quarter ended.

Sean Brendan Stewart

DUNEDIN 25, PALM HARBOR 7: The host Falcons scored 25 unanswered points to pound Palm Harbor 25-7. Adarius Bellamy scored the first two touchdowns for Dunedin, a 58-yard run and later a 31-yard reception from quarterback A'Darrius Anderson. Bellamy had to leave the game late in the second quarter with a concussion.

PINELLAS PARK 20, DIXIE HOLLINS 14: In Dixie Hollins' attempt to win its game with Pinellas Park, Jesse Woods stole the game.

The Patriots star player, Woods blocked a Rebels field goal attempt with the scored tied at 14-14 with eight seconds left. Woods picked up the blocked field goal and raced 78 yards for a touchdown to give Pinellas Park its second win of the season.

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