Gause’s three TDs help Chaminade beat Heritage
No. 10 Hollywood Chaminade-Madonna’s game with No. 13 Plantation American Heritage proved as riveting as the teams’ national rankings suggested.
It was a shootout between the two teams, consisting of four ties and three lead changes.
“I expected 12 rounds, blow for blow,” Chaminade coach Dameon Jones said after the game. “That’s what I expected. … I expected a dogfight.”
In the end, his Lions bested the Patriots 42-34 Friday night at Vince Zappone Field.
“I bet on my team, ’cause we have been in some dogfights this year, and they hadn’t,” Jones said.
The win came after
Chaminade (4-0) vanquished then-No. 30 Miami Northwestern 42-14 last Saturday.
Running back Davion Gause ran for three of the Lions’ six touchdowns Friday, living up to his nickname, “Bullet,” bestowed upon him by one of his peewee football coaches. While the moniker originally alluded to how hard he used to hit as a defender, it translates quite well to his performance as a running back.
Gause first marched into the end zone from the 1-yard line after shedding a few Patriots defenders on a 58-yard run to the 1. He slipped through even more Heritage players en route to his second touchdown — an 18-yard run. The third and final score came on second-and-goal from the 1-yard line to put Chaminade up 35-28 and take the final lead of the game.
Washington and Jeremiah Smith, as well as athlete Edwin Joseph.
Joseph, whom coach Jones called the most underrated player in the country, was almost entirely responsible for Chaminade’s fourth touchdown of the night, having intercepted the ball to begin the drive and catching an 18-yard pass in the end zone to end it. He’s listed as a three-star recruit and the 54th-ranked high school athlete in the class of 2023 on 247Sports.
“It feels great to go out there and go do what we work for all week,” said Joseph about making big defensive and offensive plays for his team.
Joseph said his squad has until Sunday to be happy and celebrate the top-15 win. After that it’s on to preparing for Gulliver Prep, the team they’ll face Thursday at 3:30 p.m.