Stingy East River defense blanks Bears
The speed of the passing of and an opportunistic defense kept the East River Falcons soaring in the football win column on Tuesday night.
Marion caught a 25-yard touchdown pass from O’Hara and ran 45 yards for another score to lead host East River past Cypress Creek 20-0 in a non-district game. The matchup was a makeup from Sept. 1, when inclement weather forced a postponement.
East River (3-1) used a stellar defensive performance to record its first shutout of the season. The Falcons held Cypress Creek to just 95 total yards and forced three turnovers, including two fumbles.
The play of Marion and O’Hara sparked an offense that held just a 7-0 lead after the first quarter. O’Hara passed for 118 yards, including a 35-yard TD throw to in the third quarter.
“They played very, very well,” East River coach said. “I’m very surprised, but very happy.”
Cypress Creek (2-2), which crossed midfield only twice, got 62 yards rushing from quarterback Jones senior quarterback
passed for seven touchdowns in a 56-0 football romp past overwhelmed Agape Christian last week.
Jones has completed 71-percent of his passes, 13 for TDs, going into Friday night’s Class 5A, District 13 showdown against Bishop Moore (3-0) at home. Jones (3-1) top receiver
is averaging 24.25 yards on 20 catches with six TDs.
Oviedo’s girls bowling team, led by junior and sophomore dominated Saturday’s Kegel High School Classic.
The undefeated Lions totaled 2,959 pins to outscore second place Tallahassee Lincoln by more than 300 pins.
Vasquez led all girls with a 469 series. Roberts was second at 468 and posted the tourney-high game of 255.
Orange City University’s boys were second, 18 pins behind Sebring.
Montverde Academy basketball guard whose recruitment soared this summer, announced his commitment to Georgia Tech via Twitter on Saturday. Orangewood Christian senior QB
played just over a half but put up big numbers in a 47-12 football win over The First Academy-Leesburg. He rushed seven times for 147 yards and four TDs and completed 6 of 8 pass attempts for 97 yards.
shot a 34, a 34 and a 35 for Circle Christian as the Centurions carded a 5-under-par 139 golf team total at Champion’s Gate last week.
Boone’s boys edged host Port Orange Spruce Creek 380 points to 367 to win Saturday’s Spruce Creek Record Breaker Invitational swim meet.
The FHSAA boys state weightlifting championships, held at the Kissimmee Civic Center from 2011 through 2016 and at DeLand High School last spring, are moving to the Panhandle. Arnold High of Panama City will host the 1A and 2A finals in April.