Big 4th Quarter lifts Lake Mary over Dr. Phillips 24-13

[Pipe Dreams]

Congrats to the Lake Mary program on their first state title appearance.

Lake Mary went up 10-0, but DP came back to take a 13-10 lead into the fourth quarter.

A DP drive stalled near midfield and Lake Mary scored twice from there for the 24-13 victory.

Congrats to DP on a great comeback season. I'm not sure anyone had them going this far when the season started. The QB - Anderson-Lofton, committed to Middle Tennessee and is very underrated. He has a very bright future. Also, congrats to coach Wells on his fourth final four appearance in 14 years as head coach. 

[Pipe Dreams]

Lake Mary has a complete team, offense and defense, led by their stellar junior quarterback.

It has been great to see the Lake Mary - Dr. Phillips rivalry take form over the past few years. In Florida's Pop Warner glory days, these two programs were major rivals and always competed for Mid Florida titles and then at the state level. That great rivalry has made it to the HS level two decades later.

[nolebull813]

12 minutes ago, Pipe Dreams said:

Lake Mary has a complete team, offense and defense, led by their stellar junior quarterback.

It has been great to see the Lake Mary - Dr. Phillips rivalry take form over the past few years. In Florida's Pop Warner glory days, these two programs were major rivals and always competed for Mid Florida titles and then at the state level. That great rivalry has made it to the HS level two decades later.

Four years ago, my son was in Pop Warner, and he was in the same division as Lake Mary. We had to play them home and home. He was in the 12U division. The Lake Mary 12U team was horrible. Scary bad.

But the 13U lake Mary team was the opposite. Total powerhouse. They won the national title that year. That was four years ago. So all of those players on that national title team are most likely juniors and seniors. So this is no surprise to me.

[nolebull813]

That 12U year Lake Mary was our homecoming game. Before the game the team elected offensive and defensive MVP. It was a player vote. My son thought he should have won the defensive MVP from his peers. But they gave it to a kid that was better liked. My son went out and had four sacks and an interception against Lake Mary by far his best game. I told him to learn from that experience. That in life, you will get passed over by less deserving people, but you have to use it as fuel to get better. Never be satisfied. It was the best thing that could have happened to him at that time. God has a bigger plan.