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Yeah they said in there that we were clearly tired however that is the opposite of what actually happened, I doubt that team from Colorado could have played another 12 minutes, they were sucking for air even after the game.

Never have I said we would be the team we had previous years. We are rebuilding this year as I stated in the original post. But to say we looked like a JV team is rather insulting, true we missed some tackles but we played hard and made them earn every point except for the 53 yarder in the second half.

However holding a jersey or grabbing at the WR arms while face guarding is a penalty. Correct?

True however grabbing the jersey while face guarding is a penalty. Also what was the reason you posted a link to the story, it's clearly biased towards the Colorado team.

Played a solid first half, was tied 7-7. Had some poor tackling and that lead to 2 scores in the 3rd qtr. We never quit and gave them all they could handle. Still trying to find our identity and having to reload on both sides of the ball, 8 of 11 defensive starters were roll guys or JV guys last year. I knew we would be competitive, however the officials really need to understand pass interference calls. Had multiple plays where we had guys go up and were getting pulled on and face guarded and no flags. Otherwise a great event from KSA, glad we played this game.

Absolutely, no doubt that's a ton of production gone. But we have some really good looking kids coming in and our returning guys have looked good so far this spring. Kids that have shown well so far are Kyle Metiem, Jaylx Hunt, Jake Williams, Thomas Schiffman and new QB Ethan Lasher. Defensively, we pretty much replace everything as we lost a bunch from their. We will be fine, the kids are excited and this may be the year we finally crack that playoff door. On a side note, we will FINALLY be hosting home games this season at the school. Lights go up soon and we have 3 games scheduled this year!!!

Great recap!! Hopefully you guys don't find those oline guys before the 24th, lol!!! Seriously though I'm looking forward to us playing, you really find out a lot about your team when you play the state's best. Best of luck this year!!

I use that term loosely. For lack of a better word. Just don't want people to think all we were is Lorenzo

We are playing Columbine at that event. So far on film I see a stacked team with a lot of size up front on both sides. They did graduate most of their production from last year. However that just means next man up. I'm expecting them to be Lake Brantley on steroids, lol!!! They run single and double wing with a lot of option and throw in enough passing to keep you from loading the box. We will have our hands full but will represent Florida!!! Right now though we are focused on Apopka and Pine Ridge on the 24th. Can't look ahead or we will get caught slipping!!

You are correct we have had a few instances of bad luck, timely injuries and the darn hurricane last year which have cost us. It's tough playing 3 games in 7 days and 2 of them 3 days apart. You are also correct that we lost Lorenzo and a lot of other key contributors, but that's how it goes in high school......every year you lose people. Where I differ from you here is the drop in talent, I think we are going to surprise a lot of people this year. Our kids have put in a ton of work this off-season and our upper classmen have really shown great leadership. We might not have a national name in our backfield but we will have a lot of good quality guys step on to the field. Lo was amazing, once in a lifetime type of player, but he was just 1 guy, he needed the other 10 to help out. So please hold the criticism under you see what we produce, I'm there everyday and I don't see the drop off others expect from us.

We actually did play a few years back when current Sanford coach was still there. We won that game 26-14.

Those first 6 games are for our 8 man spring team. Our actual schedule starts Vs. Deltona, gonna be fun because it's our opening game at our new field

Kells was actually at Deltona prior to coming to University when the school opened. However we do have a few coaches from DeLand that were part of the staffs that went to the state final in 2009. Also have a couple ex DeLand players who now coach at University. We have progressively gotten better and have a very solid team this year. Also have two incoming freshman who just fast as lightning and have that same look as Lorenzo when he first arrived. We shall see. DeLand has a very good group returning this year then add in the return of Avantae Williams and Demaurez Bellamy along with the emergence of WR Dionte Marks and you have a possible return to those winning ways. Coach Allen has a quality staff as well, they should be very good this year!!

So since our new field won't be ready in time for the spring game versus Apopka, we are now having a three team jamboree with Apopka, Pine Ridge and us at Pine Ridge High School. Oh btw, we have finally been given permission for a actual field at our school. 7 years in and we will finally play a true home schedule this coming fall. Can't wait for that first Friday night as we are playing our "rival" Deltona.....I put "rival" in quotes because they have never beaten us and as far as I'm concerned to be a true rival you should have actually beaten the other team!!

Underdog or not, I can tell you we are not going to let Columbine roll us. They will know we came to play, nothing will be given. So I hope they think it's gonna be a cake walk cause they will be in for a rude awakening!!

I've been told we are playing Apopka again this spring. Should be interesting to see if we can slow down the run game this time around. Last year we got rung up pretty good, mostly by one player. I love playing these type of games, win or lose they let you know where you stand and what you need to fix before fall starts. Any other spring game news from anyone???

We saw some things on film and executed them pretty well. No team attacked the QB which allowed him to sit in the pocket and pick teams apart. He had moments where he seamed unstoppable and yes the momentum swings throughout the game were huge. I don't believe they have better talent but do have some explosive players. With a win Friday at Lake Mary we will win the district. Our guys just wanted that win more, our defense has had a tough go with injuries but they fought for all 4 quarters last night. I do think we can pull it out and win the district, but we can not over look Lake Mary and have to get our guys refocused for a quick turn around.

Had another change in plans, we are no longer going to Gadsden County. Now heading to Lake Gibson and playing tomorrow(Thursday) night. All this would have been resolved if the FHSAA had made Sebastian River play the game that was scheduled. We would have gone down there on Saturday or Monday and played and they didn't want to do it, not right and not fair to our kids!!

We are going to Gadsden County next Friday. Damn the points....we need to play someone. We've only played DP, we were going into a bye then Sanford. Not ideal! There should be an amendment to the rule, we do get hit with storms occasionally and there needs to be a contingent plan if games get canceled or in our case teams refusing to play!!!

Having played both teams, Apopka in the spring and a two quarter scrimmage with Mainland, I can honestly say they both have the biggest Oline guys I've ever seen, difference is the Apopka guys are more physical. I will say the two interior lineman for Mainland, #91 and # 44, are HUGE and will do well stuffing the runs inside. When you play two quality teams it's usually the team with the least amount of mistakes that wins and it seems Apopka was that team. Both teams will make deep runs in the playoffs! I just wish we could have played our KOC game, mother nature took that one away from us!! However it would have been nice to have gotten the call BEFORE we drove to the game, appears DeLand already knew since they didn't even bother to show up!!!

OC University at Dr. Phillips on Thursday

Was just updated, Jones and Wekiva are playing each other. So now it's..... OC University vs Apopka May 25th

Joshua- If he doesn't respond please let me know and I will send him a text.

OC University @ Orlando Jones May 25th, was told it could possibly become a jamboree with the addition of Wekiva.

We are now playing @Jones on May 25th