Defending mythical national champion Booker T. Washington got off to a strong start while Foundation Academy and Lennard powered through with dominant shutouts as the 2014 Florida high school season got underway this past weekend.
Division 2A
Jacob Murphy completed 4-of-5 passes for 177 yards and three touchdowns to lead Foundation Academy to a 47-0 win over Lake Highland in the season opener for both teams. Conrad Brown caught two passes for 103 yards – both for touchdowns – and Kiande Phillips caught two balls for 74 yards and a touchdown.
Gabriel Walker added 85 yards rushing and a touchdown for the Lions, who visit Lakeland Christian next Friday night (7:30 pm). Lake Highland looks to rebound when it travels to Trinity Christian next Friday (7 pm).
Division 3A
Devin Black threw for 158 yards and two touchdowns on just nine attempts to lead Lennard to a 57-0 win over St. Petersburg Catholic Friday night.
Jahryn Bailey added 82 yards rushing and two touchdowns on only six carries for the Longhorns, who travel to East Bay next Friday (7:30 pm). St. Petersburg Catholic hosts Indian Rocks Christian.
In other action … Stephon Simpkins carried 15 times for 94 yards and two touchdowns to lead Maclay to a 27-12 win over Deerfield-Windsor.
Division 4A
Alex Cavender hit wide receiver Devon Cannon for a 30-yard touchdown pass with less than two minutes remaining to lift Space Coast to a 20-13 win over host Satellite Friday night in the 2014 Kickoff Classic at Scorpion Stadium.
“Obviously big kids make big plays and Devon came through with that touchdown at the end,” Space Coast coach Jake Owens told Florida Today. “We’re a good football team and we just beat a good football team and good teams win the close ones.”
Cavender finished with 155 yards passing and three touchdowns, two to Cannon (6 receptions, 81 yards) and another to Jason Browning (4 receptions, 56 yards). Cavender also led the Vipers with 67 yards rushing.
The game marked the coaching debut of Scorpions coach Mark Carstens, whose team opened the scoring on a 26-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Alex Nicks to Alexander Cabrera.
Defending mythical national champion Booker T. Washington opened the 2014 season in style with a resounding 57-21 victory over Oscar Smith (Chesapeake, Va.) Saturday night. Maurice Alexander led the way for the Tornadoes, completing 22-of-24 passes for 364 yards and five touchdowns.
Antonio Callaway was on the receiving end of three of Alexander’s touchdown passes, finishing with 12 catches for 265 yards.
"Our kids stayed composed even early when it looked like we were rattled," Washington coach Tim Harris told Hamptonroads.com. "But they stepped up and got settled down."
In other action … Tony Belle rushed for 297 and three touchdowns to lead Lee to a 38-33 win over Fernandina Beach.
