TUESDAY’S FLAG FOOTBALL ROUNDUP: Two Top 25 teams fall in early season action

The second day of the season saw a couple of upsets of Top 25 teams, plus other teams getting the season started in our Flag Football roundup for Tuesday, March 6, 2018.

No. 15 Apopka and No. 23 Chiles fall to unranked teams

No. 15 Apopka (0-2) fell to an unranked Flagler Palm Coast, 6-0 at home on Tuesday night. The loss sets the Blue Darters back a game in District 2A-2 play while the visiting Bulldogs now gain an advantage of moving forward 2-0 on the season and 1-0 in the district.

Apopka will host DeLand (1-0) on Thursday night while Flagler Palm Coast will travel to Wekiva on Thursday night. Both games are District 2A-2 matchups.

Over in Tallahassee, unranked Florida High (1-0) knocked off No. 23 Chiles (0-1) in, 20-14 in overtime. It was the Seminoles’ first win over Chiles in program history.

Chiles will host Leon at home Wednesday night in a District 1A-2 Subdistrict 1 game while Florida High will host rival FAMU DRS in a District 1A-2 Subdistrict 2 game on Thursday night.

Beat Chiles for the 1st time in program history… ✔

— Florida High Flag Football (@FSUS_Flag) March 7, 2018

No. 13 Martin County shuts out South Fork

Elise Liggett was the big star of the game for Martin County (1-0) as threw four touchdown passes while rushing for one in leading the Tigers to victory over the visiting Bulldogs which also moves them to 1-0 in District 2A-4 action.

Varsity Flag Football opens season with 32-0 shutout victory over South Fork. Elise Liggett threw touchdown passes to Grace Guinta, Emilee Moberg, Ally Ridgely, and Sarah Gill. Liggett also scored on a 43 yard touchdown run for the Tigers (1-0) #ShutOutCity pic.twitter.com/CM02zm88He

— MCHS Athletics (@MartinCoSports) March 7, 2018

No. 14 St. Cloud rolls past Poinciana to open the season

St. Cloud rolled past Poinciana, 26-6 on the road to open the season as quarterback Elly Schmidt accounted for four touchdowns, two of them going to wide receiver Celina Adams while center Meg Messersmith accounted for 10 total receptions. Rushers Alexa Pugh and Kelly Hance accounted for 7 total sacks and 8 tackles for loss as the leaders on defense for the night.

Great wins by both JV (26-0) and Varsity (27-6) against @poincianahigh. Still so much to learn and get better with. Be happy with your win, just don't ever be satisfied. #stayhungry #domoreworkharder

— SCHS Flag Football (@Stcflagfootball) March 7, 2018

Lake Weir pulls off first district win in school history to open the season

Lake Weir pulled off a 19-18 win over Palatka (0-1) to open the season which also counted as a Subdistrict 1 win in District 1A-5 for the Hurricanes. Lake Weir (1-0) was lead by Samion Green with one interception while Kemisha Mobley accounted for two total touchdowns. Tatianna Daniels threw for two touchdowns while rushing for one more in the win, according to head coach Antony Smith.

The Hurricanes will travel to Lecanto on Thursday night while Palatka will host Keystone Height also on Thursday night in a District 1A-5 Subdistrict 1 contest.

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Crystal River blows by rival Lecanto

Crystal River opened their season with a convincing victory over rival Lecanto. The host Pirates took control of the game early and never looked back by Beyounce Scriven’s three interceptions, including a pick-six first-half performance. Crystal River (1-0) will travel to Dunnellon for a District 1A-5 Subdistrict 2 contest on Thursday night while Lecanto (0-1) will host Lake Weir, also on Thursday night.

The Crystal River flag football team intercepts four passes on its way to a 26-6 season-opening victory at home against Lecanto. @FlaHSFootball

— Citrus County Sports (@CitrusCoSports) March 7, 2018

20-6 Crystal River leads over lecanto at half in flag football opener. Beyounce Scriven 3 INT; pick-six @FlaHSFootball

— Citrus County Sports (@CitrusCoSports) March 7, 2018

Top 25 Scoreboard Powered by ScoreStream

No. 2 Plant 25, Freedom (Tampa) 0
No. 6 Miami Edison 35, Homestead 0
No. 12 Park Vista 12, Lake Worth 0
No. 13 Martin County 32, South Fork 0
No. 14 St. Cloud 26, Poinciana 0
No. 19 Pembroke Pines Charter 14, Pompano Beach 7
No. 24 Terry Parker 51, Wolfson 0
Flagler Palm Coast 6, No. 15 Apopka 0
Florida High 20, No. 23 Chiles 14 (OT)

Other Tuesday Flag Football Scores

Seabreeze 44, Atlantic (Port Orange) 0
Glades Central 44, Avon Park 0
Baldwin 18, Ed White 0
Palm Harbor University 31, Boca Ciega 30 (6OT)
Fort Pierce Central 7, Centennial 0 (OT)
Citrus 56, Dunnellon 0
Cypress Creek (Orlando) 6, East River 0
Goleman 26, Hialeah Educational 0
Crystal River 26, Lecanto 6
Matanzas 29, Warner Christian 0
Miami Killian 15, TERRA Institute 6
Miami Southridge 15, Miami Northwestern 6
Ferguson 47, Miami Springs 0
Monsignor Pace 40, Mourning 0
Osceola (Seminole) 60, Lakewood 0
Lake Weir 19, Palatka 18
Somerset Academy (Pembroke Pines) 38, Northeast (Oakland Park) 0
DeLand 19, Spruce Creek 13
Stranahan 31, Coconut Creek 0
University (Orlando) 8, Colonial 0
Lake Nona 13, Freedom (Orlando) 7
Palmetto 22, Southeast 0
Everglades 35, Deerfield Beach 0
Jupiter 12, West Boca Raton 0
Braden River 33, Lakewood Ranch 20
Wekiva 47, Ocoee 0
Fort Pierce Westwood 27, Okeechobee 0
Vanguard 24, Forest 0
North Marion 7, Trinity Catholic 6
Pahokee 20, Sebring 6
Spanish River 12, Santaluces 6 (OT)
John I. Leonard 6, Forest Hill 0

Did Not Report
Clearwater at Dunedin
Coral Reef at South Miami
Countryside at Seminole (Seminole)
Dixie Hollins at Pinellas Park
Northview at Pensacola
Oak Ridge at Jones
Osceola (Kissimmee) at Liberty (Kissimmee)
Somerset Central Miramar at Hallandale
Somerset Silver Palms at Dillard
Westside at Florida Deaf and Blind