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Durham Provides Victory Spark For Packers
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Published: September 27, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG - Marcel Durham's 71-yard touchdown run on the second play of the second half was the second-half spark Largo coach Rick Rodriguez was looking for as the Packers (3-0) held off St. Petersburg (2-2) with a 17-16 win.
"We told the kids that they had to start the third quarter with something big. ... We had to establish some kind of running game," Rodriguez said.
The Green Devils missed extra point after Ben Sams' 5-yard touchdown run in the second quarter provided the Packers with their slim margin of victory. St. Pete added a field goal to take a 9-3 lead, but Largo took a lead into halftime on Ryan Eppes' 79-yard touchdown pass to Mike Lang.
After Durham's run gave Largo a 17-9 lead, St. Pete answered with an 80-yard touchdown run from Stevie Murph. But Largo's defense, led by Jason Wine and his two second half interceptions, would negate any further scoring chances for the Green Devils.
Matthew Parke
LAKELAND 27,
LAUDERDALE ANDERSON 22
LAKELAND - Javares McRoy caught two touchdown passes, including a 20-yarder with 2 minutes, 20 seconds remaining as Lakeland defeated Lauderdale Boyd Anderson.
Anderson went ahead 22-21 with 5:43 remaining and, on the ensuing kickoff, pinned Lakeland (4-0) down on its own 20-yard line. Two plays later, however, McRoy, a sophomore, raced 51 yards off a screen pass to Anderson's 18-yard line. Two plays after that, McRoy was in the end zone for the final time.
"We made a lot of mistakes on penalties but we also made big plays when we needed them," Lakeland coach Bill Castle said. "At halftime the kids were getting together and fired up for the second half. These guys have a lot of pride and they hate to lose."
Scott Purks
COUNTRYSIDE 49,
DUNEDIN 34
CLEARWATER - Countryside (3-1) bounced back from only scoring nine points last week to end Dunedin's undefeated start to the season (3-1). The Cougars were led by Jimbo Chmelik, who went 10-of-13 for 115 yards and two touchdowns, and Dawrence Roberts, who rushed for 159 yards on 21 carries, highlighted by a 68-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Dunedin struggled in the first quarter, falling behind 14-0, but only trailed 28-20 at halftime behind the rushing of Adaris Bellamy. Bellamy finished with 177 yards and two touchdowns.
Lonzo Saunders
SEMINOLE 34,
PINELLAS PARK 6
PINELLAS PARK - Seminole (2-2) cranked up its running game, using 11 different ball carriers to win both teams' district opener and spoil Pinellas Park's Homecoming.
The Warhawks took a 27-0 halftime lead on touchdown runs by Aaron Naquin, Austin Cowan, D. J. Helm, and Donzel Redding. Redding added a second on a 5-yard run in the third quarter.
Warhawks quarterback Cowan carried eight times for 87 yards, including runs of 34 and 30 yards. Seminole had 19 first downs and ran the ball 50 times for 269 yards.
The Warhawks kept the ball for 11:04 during the third quarter and did not throw a pass in the second half.
Mike Moore
EAST LAKE 27,
CLEARWATER 0
CLEARWATER - East Lake's defense forced four Clearwater turnovers, including an interception returned for a touchdown by senior defensive back T J Herman, and held Tornadoes to only 77 yard of total offense while registering four sacks.
The Eagles took the lead through running back Derek Hunter, who scored on a 5-yard run early in the first quarter. Fellow senior Billy Byrne added a 6-yard touchdown run in the fourth quarter.
Aaron Cline Hanbury
SHORECREST PREP 34
ADMIRAL FARRAGUT 17
Shorecrest Prep came back from a halftime deficit with three second-half touchdowns to beat Admiral Farragut.
Trailing 17-13 at halftime, Shorecrest took the lead in the third quarter on a 66-yard touchdown run by Jack Schroeder. The Chargers then added a 5-yard touchdown by Hunter Tremaine, his second of the game, to make the score 27-17, and capped the win with a 21-yard touchdown by Toms Bernhards-Callahan in the fourth quarter.
Luke McEachron
CLEARWATER CC 33,
ST. CLOUD HARMONY 13
ST. CLOUD - CCC tailback Micah Poole ran for 163 yards on 17 carries and also added a 99-yard kickoff return as the visiting Marauders (3-1, 1-0) bounced back with a win in Class 2B-6 District game.
"Offensively we blocked well, we played, we executed well. Finally," said CCC coach Mike Jalazo. "Micah was all over the place."
LAKEWOOD 37,
BOCA CIEGA 0
SEMINOLE - The game had to be moved to Osceola High School as Boca Ciega's field was infested with crickets. Seems their stout defense was infested by Lakewood's Jacquez Jenkins.
The Spartans quarterback burned Boca Ciega by throwing for three touchdowns on passes of 16, 87 and 42 yards. Jenkins added a 24-yard touchdown run.
BRADENTON SE 16,
NORTHEAST 13
BRADENTON - Northeast's Tyler Tisdale's two touchdowns weren't quite enough as a fourth-quarter touchdown by Southeast's Wayman Bowden proved to be the difference.
INDIAN ROCKS CHR. 23,
LAKELAND CHR. 7
LAKELAND - The visiting Golden Eagles remained undefeated behind a pair of touchdown from Jonny Sitton and Ethan Englebert. Sitton scored both his touchdowns in the third quarter on two short plunges.
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