Seminole Excessive has confronted a little bit of adversity throughout this soccer offseason however that hasn’t thwarted coach Karl Calhoun’s bunch.
The crew from Sanford, which noticed skilled quarterback Michael Clayton switch to Miami Edison earlier this yr, put its belief within the palms of rising junior Jeysen Williams and issues turned out simply advantageous. Seminole traveled to Bartram Path on Friday night time and got here again victorious with a 28-14 victory.
The First Academy, Dr. Phillips and Oviedo all had huge wins on Thursday night time. There are a number of extra spring video games on faucet subsequent week.
“Beloved how our guys got here collectively and made performs in all three phases,” Calhoun stated. “Lots of new faces bought to indicate their skills tonight. Bartram Path is an excellent and well-coached group, and it felt good to play a high quality group and are available out with a victory for the spring.
“Excited to work on the little issues that can preserve us getting into the appropriate route.”
Additionally incomes victories Friday night time have been West Orange, a 35-29 winner over Oakleaf; Olympia, 33-7 over Lake Minneola; East Ridge, 41-17 over Concord; South Lake, 40-19 over South Sumter; Mount Dora, 35-26 over Rockledge; and St. Cloud rolled by way of its jamboree with a 21-0 win over Viera and a 20-7 victory over Leesburg.
Calhoun vowed final week that Seminole will set up issues on the bottom this season and he held true to his phrases. Seminole scored 3 dashing touchdowns Friday, with rising senior Deshawn Watkins operating for 110 yards and a TD. Rising junior Jamar Buckner scored a TD and Williams punched in a rating on a QB sneak.
Rising senior linebacker Brandon Sims scored on a 60-yard pick-6.
South Lake 40, South Sumter 19
Coach Brad Lord has been saying since final season to be careful for this yr’s South Lake group. If the spring sport is any indication, he seems to be to be proper.
Operating again Malik Holman ran for 147 yards and 4 touchdowns, together with a 56-yard TD run on the primary play of the sport. Quarterback Tre Kelly threw for 145 yards and a landing cross to Keydrick Powell, who had 7 catches.
“We performed quite a lot of children and bought some actually nice evaluations. I used to be proud of our dashing sport and our passing sport,” Lord stated. “We managed the road of scrimmage for many of the night time. It was a group effort on each side of the ball. I used to be proud of our physicality.”
Lord additionally identified the defensive play of Rome McKinnond, Jesse Barker and Tyson Williams.
West Orange 35, Oak Leaf 29
Geno Thompson stated Friday’s contest was “an important spring sport, however we pulled it off,” after West Orange edged out the victory.
West Orange bought dashing touchdowns from Jayden Ammons and Brian Dillard and quarterback AJ Chung threw landing passes to Dakiren Glover and Edison Delgado.
The protection stepped up huge with Chakai Scott, Devonte Anderson and Eric Alsina snagging interceptions. Matheus Kaminski, Namir Coleman and Phyon Taylor had sacks.
Olympia 33, Lake Minneola 7
Coach Travis Gabriel stated his group “nonetheless has quite a lot of work to do,” however he was happy with what Olympia achieved. Quarterback Noble Davis threw for 250 yards and a pair of touchdowns to UCF commit Ja’Cari Jackson and Keadon Edwards. Eric Weems, Khristian Gustave and Matthew Haynes had dashing touchdowns.
St. Cloud 21, Viera 0; St. Cloud 20, Leesburg 7
Coach Mike Quick was very happy, calling his group’s efficiency “superior,” after the jamboree sweep. The Bulldogs broke in a brand new quarterback, and what a debut it was for rising sophomore Jeremiah Lattier.
The 6-foot-3, 215-pound Lattier threw for a complete of 4 TDs and “nicely over” 300 yards, Quick stated. Rising senior receiver/security Bryce Williams performed each methods and had 2 landing catches in addition to 8 tackles and three cross break-ups. Rising junior Owen Sullivan additionally had 2 TD catches and rising senior Cameron Dalton ran for 109 yards and a TD.
On protection, rising junior Chase Gilbert had 13 tackles and a sack, rising junior Zeus Howard had a pick-6 and rising sophomore Jaden Taylor had an interception.
Mount Dora 35, Rockledge 26
Coach Luke Hutchinson stated the night time “went nicely” for his Hurricanes as Mount Dora was victorious at The Rock. Rising senior operating again Tymir Gaines is again to show final yr was no fluke, and he rushed for 4 touchdowns and greater than 200 yards. Quarterback Nick Kerr threw for greater than 200 yards and a landing. Willie Dixon had a landing catch.
East Ridge 41, Concord 17
Lamar Garrison scored three touchdowns for East Ridge whereas Ethan Smith had two and Tony Brown additionally scored.
Elsewhere
Williston 14, Gateway 0 (2 qtrs)
Gateway 14, Oak Ridge 0 (2 qtrs)
Tavares 26, Timber Creek 3 (2 qtrs)
Lake Howell 12, Timber Creek 6 (2 qtrs)
Thursday
Lake Nona 28, Boone 21
The 2 groups performed to a 21-21 tie by way of three varsity quarters, after which gave method to the JV gamers.
Rising junior quarterback Jason Stephens threw for 270 yards and three touchdowns for Lake Nona. Jordan Stokes had a 65-yard TD catch, Nollan Vasconcelos caught a 40-yard TD cross and Jacob Go well with-Collazo caught a 14-yard TD cross.
Rising junior operating again Garrison Woods scored 3 touchdowns for Boone and rising junior Darren Mathis additionally scored.
Chris Hays might be discovered on X.com @OS_ChrisHays.
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