RIDGEWOOD ... 16 RIVER RIDGE ... 7 THE DIFFERENCE: Trailing 7-0 at the half, the Rams (3-2) were sparked by a 69-yard kick return by Austin Jackson to begin the second half. Sterling Ross followed with a 10-yard TD run, and QB Scott Kujack followed with a 7-yard TD pass on third down to Micheal Graham to give Ridgewood the lead for good. ...more

October 11, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Leto's unstoppable ground game, led by Jeremy Deering and Antwoun Howard, was the main factor in this contest. The Falcons defense allowed five Leto scores. ...more

October 4, 2008

TARPON SPRINGS ... 41 RIVER RIDGE ... 21 THE DIFFERENCE: Tarpon Springs (3-0) dominated in the third quarter, scoring three touchdowns to take a 41-14 lead. Senior Miles Toli had an 81-yard touchdown run, and Josiah Fisk added a 51-yard touchdown run before quarterback Danny Reyes found Bobby Vavlas for a 4-yard touchdown pass. ...more

September 27, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Lennard quarterback Andrew Burdick threw for three touchdowns on tosses of 46, 6 and 26 yards to lead the Longhorns (3-1, 1-0) to a Class 2A-District 5 win at St. Petersburg. Burdick took advantage of St. Petersburg Catholic (0-4, 0-1) by using a Cover-3 defense with its cornerbacks playing deep. The senior Lennard quarterback threw for 162 yards, completing 10 of 17 passes. ...more

September 27, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Armwood quarterback Mywan Jackson ran for one touchdown and threw for three others. ...more

September 27, 2008

PLAY OF THE WEEK What else? Evan Longoria, right, tracking back toward the stands down the left-field line to squeeze the final out in Saturday's 7-2 victory, the out that sent the Rays to the playoffs for the first time. ...more

September 21, 2008

GULF ... 37 HERNANDO ... 6 THE DIFFERENCE: It was all about the ground game in this one for Gulf. The high-scoring Buccaneers (3-0) were led by Adrian Golden's 14-carry, 235-yard performance and rushed for 378 yards as a team. Golden also scored twice. Gulf shut down the Leopards' rushing attack, limiting them to 43 yards on the ground and 131 total. ...more

September 20, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Ball control by Newsome and inopportune turnovers by Durant. The Cougars fumbled on the Wolves' 4 and fumbled a punt on their own 22 in the first half. The team threw an interception on Newsome's 15 with one minute to play. ...more

September 20, 2008

THE DIFFERENCE: Quarterback Zachary Little ran for two touchdowns and the Bulls defense forced four fumbles and a pair of pass interceptions to lead Bloomingdale (1-2) to victory. ...more

September 20, 2008

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September 19, 2008