Lake Brantley survives close call Football scores
Lake Brantley held off a spirited rally by Evans to come away with a 34-32 football road win on Friday and advance to this week’s FHSAA Class 8A region quarterfinal round.
Noah Hudak put the Patriots (6-3) in front 34-20 with under 10 minutes to go when he scored his second rushing touchdown of the night. Evans (2-5), playing at home, stormed back late in the fourth quarter as D.J. Boney and Alonzo Allen connected on a 15-yard TD pass and Brandon Jacob returned a fumble 70yards for a score.
The two-point conversion attempts failed each time for the Trojans and those stops proved to be crucial for Lake Brantley, whichdefeatedEvans 55-26 in a regular season meeting twoweeks ago.
“It’s tough [to play a team twice in two weeks] and they’ve got good football players,” said Lake Brantley coach David Delfiacco. “They limited their mistakes [tonight] and they played solid.”
The Patriots, ranked No. 14 in the Sentinel Super 16, plays at No. 16 Lake Mary (6-2) in another rematch on Friday. The Rams rallied to defeat LakeBrantley15-14 in the season-opener for both teams on Sept. 17.
“The offense, the last five weeks, we’ve just been on a roll,” said Delfiacco. “We’re playing real well up front andwe’removing people off the football— and that’s the key to our offense.”
Hudak led thePatriots on Friday with more than 200 yards rushing. Senior running back Anthony Williams, a UCF commit, also scored twice while surpassing 100 yards.
No. 3 Dr. Phillips (5-2) saw its streak of first round playoff victories end Saturday with 10-0 loss to Miami Palmetto (3-1) in 8A. The Panthers had won 14 consecutive playoff openers. University of Miami commit Brashard Smith ran for a Palmetto touchdown just before halftime and the home team added a 40-yard field goal early in the third quarter. Palmetto was rankedNo. 3 andDPNo. 5 in8A by FloridaHSFootball.com.
No. 4 Edgewater (4-2) and No. 7 Winter Park (8-1) each rolled to huge play-in game wins in their respective classifications.
Senior quarterback CanaanMobley accounted for five touchdowns while propelling the Eagles to a 47-14 win over visiting Ocala Forest (3-4) in Class 7A. Mobley connected on a 56-yarder to Christian Leary and a 40-yarder to Tommi Hill to make it a 40-7 ballgame in the fourth quarter. Mobley threw three touchdowns passes and rushed for two more scores.
“He’s really finding his rhythm,” Edgewater coach Cameron Duke said of Mobley. “He missed the whole summer, no 7-on-7, no off-season or spring. So as a quarterback he’s just now finding his groove, and it’s really good.”
Hillmadean impact in all three phases of the game as the senior intercepted a pass and returned a kickoff for a touchdown.
Winter Park senior Ayron Rodriguez ran for 86 yards and two touchdowns and JadenMachules passed for151yards and aTDtoss to Dakota Mitchell during a 42-6 win vs. Clermont East Ridge in 8A. Mitchell, a University of Florida commit, returned an interception 58 yards for a score in the third quarter to trigger a running clock. The win sets up a region quarterfinal against No. 13 Apopka (5-3) at Showalter Field.
“They’re the defending state finalist and really should’vewon [the championship] game,” Winter Park coach Tim Shifflet said of Apopka. “TEvery year, they’re one of the top two or three teams in the state in 8A football. It’s a huge, huge challenge. We’re going to go out and work hard on Friday night and see what we can do.”
No. 11 Bishop Moore, playing for the first time in three weeks, went on the road and dealt Brooksville Nature Coast (7-1) its first loss of the season, 42-21, in a 5A playoff game.
Brayden Miller threw a halfback pass toMarcMorrison for a touchdown to break a 7-7 tie. Heath Hedrick rushed for a 40-yardTDto give theHornets (5-2) a 22-7 lead.
Bishop Moore, which canceled games in each of the past two weeks due to COVID-19 issues, goes on the road again this week to face LakeWales (4-1).
No. 12 Wekiva won its fourth consecutive game, 38-20, atMelbourne (2-6) in 7A. But it wasn’t easy. Melbourne led 22-21 in the fourth quarter after scoring on a blocked punt.
The Mustangs (5-3) rallied to earn a home game Friday against Kissimmee Tohopekaliga (5-3).
The Tigers won for the fifth time in six games, 28-0, overWinter Springs (0-8).
The First Academy (5-1) saw its season end in bitter fashion against Fort Pierce John Carroll (8-1) on the final play of its 3A region quarterfinal. The Royals erased a 20-point deficit in the second half to tie the game at 27-all with 2:43 to play before losing 33-27 on a 55-yard TD pass with no time remaining.
Jay Allen’s winning pass just missed multiple leaping TFA defenders and fell into thearmsofAidanSingleton, who fell over the goal line for the win.
“Iknewweweren’t going to give up. We just had so many turnovers [and penalties],” TFA coach Leroy Kinard said soon after hugging all of his seniors. “We deserved to win, but we didn’t play well enough or clean enough to win.”
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No. 4 Edgewater 47, Ocala Forest 14
No. 6 Lake Minneola 54, Land O’ Lakes 0 No. 7 Winter Park 42, Clermont East Ridge 6 No. 8 Timber Creek 40, Colonial 0
No. 9 DeLand 35, Orange City University 0 No. 11Bishop Moore 45, Brooksville Nature Coast 20
No. 12 Wekiva 35, Melbourne12
No. 14 Lake Brantley 34, Evans 32
No. 15 West Orange 38, Ocoee 0
Lyman 42, Groveland South Lake 38 Treasure Coast 55, Cypress Creek 0 Hagerty 49, Orlando University 0 Olympia 7, Oak Ridge 6 Orangewood Christian 55, Deltona Trinity 0 Deltona 19, Tampa Freedom13 Tohopekaliga 28, Winter Springs 0
Fort Pierce John Carroll 33, The First Academy 27 New Port Richey Mitchell 42, Lake Howell 6 St. Augustine Menendez 32, Mount Dora 27 Green Cove Springs Clay 43, Leesburg 0 Windermere High 49, Freedom 35 Orange Park Ridgeview 38, Tavares 20 Pierson Taylor 42, Trinity Prep10
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Orlando Christian Prep 29, Lake Highland Prep12 Mount Dora Christian 56, Bradenton Christian 53 TheMaster’sAcademy16,FortMyersGatewayCharter6 FIHSAAplayoff game Regular-season games from
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