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Bellamy Carries Dunedin To Big Home Victory

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A Tribune staff report

Published: September 20, 2008

DUNEDIN - After two less than impressive games to start the season, Rivals.com four-star running back Adaris Bellamy of Dunedin, who has verbally committed to South Florida, finally broke Friday.

In a span of eight carries, Bellamy, a senior, scored six touchdowns on runs of 4, 3, 49, 24, 17 and 65 as Dunedin hammered Osceola 56-7.

Bellamy's last carry was his 65-yard score, which came on the host Falcons' first play from scrimmage in the second half. Bellamy finished with 204 yards on nine carries for 22.6 yards per carry.

Despite his greatest high school game, Bellamy wasn't overly impressed.

"It was basically all of my line," Bellamy said. "They blocked tremendously. It was the best I've seen them block all year. Without them I wouldn't have done it."

Lee Diekemper

ST. PETERSBURG 21,

COUNTRYSIDE 9

ST. PETERSBURG - After turning the ball over five times, St. Petersburg scored twice in the fourth quarter to come back to defeat Countryside. The Green Devils (2-1) held a six-point lead going into halftime after Malik Wilson's 33-yard touchdown run. The Cougars took the lead after they recovered a ball that had touched a Green Devils player on the second-half kickoff. Countryside's Terry Johnson reeled in a 19-yard touchdown pass from Jimbo Chmelik.

Ben Sams, who ran the ball 21 times for 118 yards, restored the Green Devils' lead in the fourth quarter with a 5-yard touchdown run, capping a 79-yard drive keyed by Calvin Robinson's 42-yard run. Wilson would add another touchdown late in the fourth quarter on a 3-yard run.

Matthew Parke
BOCA CIEGA 20,

DIXIE HOLLINS 14

ST. PETERSBURG - Boca Ciega struck for a 65-yard touchdown with a halfback pass on its first play and hung on to defeat host Dixie Hollins.

Latavien Washington threw the strike to Darrian Skinner to give the Pirates (1-1) the early lead, but Dixie tied the game on a 4-yard touchdown reception by Gerrard Atkins from Josh Brown in the second quarter. Jovontae Johnson restored the Pirates' lead before halftime on a 10-yard touchdown reception from Shaquille Bradford, and Washington added a 5-yard touchdown run after the break to make the score 20-7.

Dixie (2-1), which lost starting quarterback Jesse Hevia to an apparent injury early in the first quarter, made the final score close with a 5-yard run by Raheem Smith, but were unable to complete the comeback

Mike Moore

LAKEWOOD 45,

CLEARWATER 6

CLEARWATER - Lakewood scored three touchdowns in the first quarter on its way to a big 45-6 win against Clearwater on the Tornadoes' homecoming night.

Lakewood opened the game on an 83-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by junior running back Bernard Reedy. Lakewood was led by senior quarterback Jacquez Jenkins, who found Sermetris Dennis twice for touchdown passes in the first quarter. South Florida commitment Jenkins completed nine of 21 passes for 229 yards, with five touchdowns. He also added 66 yards on the ground on nine carries.

Junior running back Reedy has 12 carries for 87 yards, including a 55-yard touchdown on the final play of the third quarter.

Lonzo Saunders

PALM HARBOR 20,

SEMINOLE 6

SEMINOLE - Senior quarterback Sean Shelton threw 15 passes for 126 yards, including two touchdowns, and rushed twice for 45 yards to lead the Hurricanes to victory. Shelton also intercepted two passes, one on Seminole's final drive as Palm Harbor celebrated homecoming with a victory.

Junior running back JJ Rivera led the Hurricanes on the ground, as he rushed 20 times for 78 yards and one touchdown. He also caught two passes for 54 yards.

PHU's defense forced three Seminole interceptions, and one fumble. The Hurricanes also registered six sacks, and held the Warhawks to only 94 yards of total offense.

Aaron Cline Hanbury

NORTHEAST 22,

GIBBS 8

ST. PETERSBURG - Northeast High's homecoming theme was "Journey to Atlantis," but it could have been "Finding a Victory," as the Vikings sailed past Gibbs for their first win of the season.

Viking quarterback Ryan Moore connected on a 25-yard pass to Henry White for a first-quarter touchdown. Moore then handed off to Juarez Wynn for a short-yardage run in for six more points in the second, followed a 28-yard field goal by Lukasz Chrzastek, giving the Vikings a halftime lead of 16-0. The Vikings added six more points on a touchdown leap over the line by Tim Tisdale, who had just under 100 yards rushing in the game.

The only Gladiator scoring came late in the fourth, as quarterback Josh Rembert connected with wide receiver Quinton McLaurin for a 10-yard touchdown, and a successful 2-point conversion pass to running back Marc Edwards.

Steve Sims

SHORECREST PREP 17,

KESWICK CHRISTIAN 6

ST. PETERSBURG - A 47-yard touchdown run by Jack Schroeder, his second touchdown of the game, cemented Shorecrest Prep's win against Keswick Christian.

Schroeder gave Shorecrest the lead early in the first quarter with a 45-yard touchdown run. Evan Jerome added a 24-yard field goal in the second quarter as both sides were limited by strong defense and penalties.

Keswick was flagged for 11 penalties for 93 yards, which limited its field position throughout the game. Keswick's Kenny Lucas pulled the Crusaders within four points with a pair of field goals before Schroeder's second touchdown run.

Luke McEachron

ADMIRAL FARRAGUT 27,

W. HAVEN ALL SAINTS 25

WINTER HAVEN - Admiral Farragut's defense came up big when it was needed the most. In the fourth quarter after Winter Haven All Saints pulled within two points after a touchdown, Farragut's defense denied a 2-point conversion, which turned out to be the winning play.

"We gave up some long passes but overall the defense played great and we hung on," Farragut coach Chris Miller said.

Farragut running back Noah Silverberg had 203 yards on 24 carries.

CANTERBURY 35,

BOCA RATON CHR. 20

ST. PETERSBURG - Canterbury freshman running back Brent O'Neal scored one touchdown on the ground and another through the air as he finished with 101 yards on 23 carries. His teammate, quarterback Dominique Thornton, ran for 89 yards on six carries and threw for 174 yards while completing 10 of 17 passes.

"He was all over the field," Canterbury coach Steve Dudley said of Thornton. "I think we could have played better. We'd have long drives but didn't execute or have a silly penalty. Defensively we had some communication breakdowns which killed us. We kept them in the game."

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