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Brinson Paces Northeast To Win

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A Tribune staff report

Published: September 22, 2007

BRADENTON - Jeff Brinson racked up his third 300-yard game in four contests, rushing for 317 yards and three touchdowns to lead Northeast to a 49-7 win against Bradenton Southeast on Friday. The win pushes the Vikings' record to 4-0, while Southeast fell to 0-3.

But Brinson just shrugged his shoulders at the result.

'I tell everybody that my line is a Cadillac and I'm just along for the ride,' the soft-spoken Brinson said.

'Whatever college gets him is getting a prize,' Vikings coach Jay Austin said. Brinson has offers on the table from Pac-10 and Big Ten schools.

After getting modest gains - for Brinson's standards - on his first few carries, Brinson put the Vikings up for good on the first play of Northeast's second possession. Brinson took a handoff from his own 20, ran right, cut left, broke tackles from seemingly most of the Seminoles defenders and jogged into the end zone for an 80-yard score.

Brinson would later smash and slice his way through the Southeast defenders for runs of 12, 77, 39 and 52 yards before being pulled late in the third quarter after his third touchdown, a 1-yard run, put Northeast ahead 42-7.

'He is a little bit faster than advertised and he's as strong as I feared he would be,' Southeast coach Paul Maechtle said of Brinson. 'He's an awfully good player.'

Leading 21-7 at halftime, the Vikings poured it on in the third quarter, scoring 28 points, including two Brinson touchdowns. Officials had a running clock in the fourth period.

Lee Diekemper

ST. CLOUD HARMONY 24, CCC 7: Clearwater Central Catholic came into Friday's game with an undefeated record of 3-0 but couldn't make it four in a row as the Marauders lost.

The Marauders were led offensively by senior running back Anthony Cochran, who rushed for 137 yards and one touchdown on 23 carries. The Marauders also had four sacks.

Lonzo Saunders

FORT MEADE 14, NORTHSIDE CHRISTIAN 12: Fort Meade's Eamorris Grayee caught a pass from quarterback Rumeal Carlpon and rambled 44 yards for a score to give Fort Meade a 14-6 lead with seven minutes left in the game. The loss was the first of the season for the Mustangs (3-1). Fort Meade improved to 3-1.

Sean Stewart

AVON PARK 10, HARDEE 7: The host Red Devils stunned previously undefeated and defending Class 4A-District 10 champion Hardee. Sophomore tailback Teddy Allen broke through the Wildcats line for a 2-yard touchdown to the tie the game at 7 moments into the second quarter and senior kicker Casey McKibben booted the game-winning 26-yard field goal in the third quarter.

Hardee's Jayquan Gandy ran for a 64-yard touchdown in the first quarter to account for the Wildcats points.

FROSTPROOF 35, SEBRING 0: Senior tailback Carlton Thomas rushed for 221 yards and scored three touchdowns and quarterback Donald Brown rushed for two touchdowns to lead Frostproof.

Thomas scored on second-half runs of 5, 20 and 25 yards.

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