Boca Raton (2-3) 24, John I. Leonard 17
Cedric Bryant returned an interception 43 yards for a tie-breaking touchdown with 35 seconds to play to complete Boca Raton’s stunning 24-17 comeback win over John I. Leonard on Friday night.
The Bobcats trailed 17-3 after Lancers quarterback Adam Johnson connected on a 9-yard touchdown pass to Donovan Miller on their first possession of the second half. Miller caught four passes for 36 yards and also ran for 82 yards on 16 carries.
Keith Byars II, who ran for 92 yards on 14 carries before leaving with an apparent ankle injury, brought the Bobcats within a score with an 11-yard TD run.
Boca Raton tied it at 17 with 52 to seconds to play when Tard McCoy caught a 30-yard pass from quarterback Kevin Anderson, who completed 14 of 28 passes for 148 yards.
“Down the stretch, they made plays and we didn’t,” John I. Leonard coach Wayne Monroe said, adding that Bryant’s touchdown on the interception return “was the result of poor tackling.”
Atlantic 14, West Boca Raton (1-5) 3
While the Eagles’ offense struggled, it was its defense that keyed the victory over the Bulls.
Keith Bryant had nine tackles and two sacks to lead the Eagles.
Brisly Estime and Gerald Fulton added interceptions as the Eagles forced four total turnovers.
Tevin Spells rushed for 142 yards and two touchdowns on 20 carries for the Eagles.
Eugene Bethea rushed for 72 yards on 19 carries for West Boca and Jimmy Masson led the Bulls’ defense with seven tackles.
Boca Christian (1-4) 25, Sheridan Hills Christian 14
Caleb Hood began the game with a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown and added 127 yards rushing and three more touchdowns as the Blazers defeated the Sharks in Boca Raton.
St. Andrew’s (3-2) 9, Miami-Florida Christian 6
Gary Gladden rushed for 139 yards and a touchdown on 28 carries and Mathias Resch kicked a game-winning 27-yard field goal as time expired to help the Scots top the Patriots in Boca Raton.
American Heritage 50, Pope John Paul II (1-5) 0
Greg Bryant ran for 137 yards and a touchdown on just seven carries as the Stallions routed the Eagles in Delray Beach.
Heritage dominated defensively throughout the game.
“It was just dominant,” American Heritage coach Doug Socha said of his defense. “It is a challenging offense to defend, but our defensive coaches put together a great plan and our kids went out and practiced it everyday and executed.”
Offensively, Bryant led a rushing attack that totaled 250 yards on the ground. Jeremy Gaskins contributed 113 yards and a touchdown rushing.
Sebastian River 55, Olympic Heights (1-5) 0
The Lions were dominated by the Sharks, who raced to a 38-0 halftime lead and cruised to the victory in Boca Raton. Allowing the Sharks to 386 rushing yards and six rushing touchdowns, the Lions defense looked lost and out of place. The Lions offence didn’t look any better, they only had 47 total yards the entire game.
Spanish River (3-3) 20, Royal Palm Beach 62
Royal Palm Beach’s Tremaine McCullough destroyed the Sharks, the Wildcats’ senior ran for 190 yards and four touchdowns before being pulled at halftime of Royal Palm Beach’s 62-20 rout of the Spanish River Sharks.
One thing is for sure, Spanish River is back to playing the football we are all accustomed to. The Sharks were embarrassed in a 62-20 defeat. The game was close early in the first quarter, as the teams exchanged touchdowns on a 74-yard dash by McCullough and a 35-yard run by Spanish River quarterback Taylor Schnaars, but the Wildcats pulled away with seven unanswered scores to lead 55-6 midway through the third quarter.