Bracy is the defending state champion in the 100-meter dash, 200-meter dash and 4×100-meter relay. He posted the fastest 100-meter time in the country as a sophomore with a wind-aided mark of 10.19 seconds.

Over the weekend, Bracy recorded a time of 10.26 in the 100-meter dash at the Florida Relays in Gainesville. Jones High School sophomore Levonte Whitfield (10.53) finished second.

A number of other local student-athletes also turned in impressive marks at the annual meet.

Chris Curtis of Dr. Phillips took fourth in the triple jump (44-feet, 5 inches) while Colonial’s Derek Knott came in sixth (44-feet).

The 4×1600-meter relay team from Dr. Phillips placed second (18:05.96) and the 4×100-meter relay team at Jones placed third (41.72).

Wekiva senior Jovan Davis took second in the 110-meter hurdles (14.37) and third in the long jump (22-09.75), while Wekiva’s 4×200-meter relay team took third at 1:28.07 to finish just ahead of Jones.

Bracy will be challenged in the Dream 100 by Remontay McClain of Covina, Calif., who was the winner of the adidas Meet of Champions. The defending California state champion in the 100 meter and 200 meter has recorded a top-time of 10.35 seconds in the 100.

In its seventh year, the adidas Grand Prix will take place at Icahn Stadium on Randall’s Island. Visit www.adidasgrandprix.com for more information.

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Lake Nona’s Kyle Herrera booted a 34-yard field goal as time expired to give the East a 20-17 come-from-behind win. Herrera also kicked a 32-yarder to close out the first half.

“I was already real nervous coming into it, then they tried to ice me twice,” Herrera said afterward. “I just threw my career on the line and put everything I had into it.”

East seniors watch as the ball clears the uprights. (Photo by Tim Citek)

Despite outgaining the West in total yards (326-207) the East seniors were forced to overcome six turnovers and a 17-7 deficit late in the second quarter before eventually pulling out the win.

The West built its lead by turning three of those turnovers into scores.

While trailing 7-0 early in the second quarter Edgewater’s Kelvon Davis forced a fumble, which put the West in position to tie the game. It wasn’t long before Bishop Moore quarterback Mike Calabro tucked the football and took off on a 30-yard touchdown run.

West Orange’s Marcus Isom went on to recover a fumble on a bad snap once the East regained possession, setting up a 27-yard field goal by Wekiva’s Kyle McGee. The West extended its lead with less than a minute to play in the second quarter when Wekiva’s Josh West jumped on a loose ball in the end zone following yet another fumble.

But while the West relied on the mistakes of its opponent, the East continued dusting itself off and feeding the ball to Lake Nona’s Jarius Pace and Winter Park’s Brandon Brown-Dukes out of the backfield.

The duo combined for eight carries of more than 10 yards on the night. When they weren’t fighting for extra yardage by making defenders miss by way of shifty moves, they were finding extra room to run thanks to an aggressive offensive line.

“It’s been a long time since I was able to get back in my groove and I felt like I was able to do that tonight,” said Pace, who missed much of the regular season due to injury. “God came through for me. The team came through. I’d like to give all the credit to the o-line for the outstanding blocking they did.”

Pace brushed off two fumbles to finish with 126 yards rushing and a touchdown on 14 carries. He also had a 45-yard reception late in the fourth quarter. Brown-Dukes took 12 carries for 61 yards and caught three passes for 30 yards and a touchdown in the win.

The celebration gets underway for the East seniors. (Photo by Tim Citek)

“It’s a great experience to play with and against all these guys from throughout Orange County, because some of these guys we’ve never had the chance to play against (during the regular season),” said Brown-Dukes.

It was his catch-and-run for a touchdown with 8:31 to go in the third quarter that tied the game at 17-17. Following a 31-yard reception by Winter Park’s Lee Dunnam, on a throw from East River quarterback Josh Jones, Brown-Dukes hauled in a pass while alone in the flat and reached the end zone on a 22-yard gain after sidestepping a defender inside the five-yard line.

“When I turned my head and looked up it was wide open,” Brown-Dukes said. “It’s all natural instinct from there. I just decided to take a jab-step inside and come back out.”

Pace scored the opening points of the night when he took a handoff up the middle and went four yards for the touchdown with 1:18 to go in the first quarter.

He got the scoring drive started on a pitch-out to the right, where he stiff-armed a defender and raced 52 yards down the West sideline. Positive gains by Brown-Dukes, Central Florida Christian Academy’s Karl Bourne and East River’s Michael Elder continued to move the chains before Pace punched it in for the score.

– More Orange County Senior Bowl Highlights –

– Lake Nona’s Chris Compton caught a 23-yard pass from University’s Kyle Sellers with 24 seconds left in the second quarter… Sellers and Josh Jones combined to go 9-of-21 for 139 yards passing for the East.

– Edgewater’s Kelvin Gunning and Wekiva’s Demarius Daniels each intercepted a pass… Olympia’s Josh Cunningham got to the quarterback for a sack during the final seconds of the first half… West Orange’s Diego Quintanar recovered a fumble with two minutes left in the game, but the West replied by going three-and-out.

– Gunning, Ocoee’s Darien Oliver and Edgewater’s Kelvon Davis were among those breaking up passes while West Orange’s Kellen Williams made multiple timely tackles.

– Bishop Moore quarterback Mike Calabro led the West in rushing with 65 yards on four carries… Calabro, Wekiva’s Greg Arnheim and Evans quarterback Dominique Tarver combined to go 7-of-20 for 63 yards passing… Ocoee’s Robenson Roche caught three passes for 18 yards.

– University’s Shane Berry made a clutch interception near the sideline on a pass inside the 10-yard line with a minute left in the second quarter… Winter Park’s Dominique Albert and Timber Creek’s Lavon Moten recorded sacks for the East.

– Stepping up to make big tackles for the East were Winter Park’s Matthew Moody, Lake Nona’s Alex Scott, Timber Creek’s Brandon Tyras, Freedom’s Colin Burke and Kavaris Green, and Colonial’s Larry McNeil and Chad Tajudeen… Colonial’s Ricky Gordon, Freedom’s David Gadson and Cypress Creek’s Nick Gonzalez broke up passes.

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Welcome to this week’s version of Orlando Sports Central Highlights…

– Local Product Leads AFL Predators –

Just two days after signing with the Arena Football League’s Orlando Predators, former Kissimmee Osceola football and basketball standout Bobby Sippio made an immediate impact.

In the final seconds of Friday’s game, Sippio hauled in a 40-yard touchdown pass from Nick Hill to help secure a 58-54 win over the visiting Milwaukee Iron. He finished the game with 88 yards and two touchdowns on six catches.

After starting the season 0-3, the Predators have won three-straight to move to 3-3 overall. They host rival Tampa Bay Storm (3-3) on Friday at 8 p.m. at Amway Arena. Orlando and Tampa currently trail Jacksonville (6-1) and Alabama (4-3) in the division.

After playing his college ball at Western Kentucky, Sippio (6’3″, 215 lbs) played arena football with the Storm, Chicago Rush, Dallas Desperados and Peoria Pirates of arenafootball2. He also got opportunities in the National Football League with the Kansas City Chiefs, Miami Dolphins and Detroit Lions as well as the United Football League’s California Redwoods and Florida Tuskers. In 2007 he led the AFL with 53 touchdown receptions while playing with the Rush.

– Former FCSL Player Gets Call To Majors –

Word out of the Florida Collegiate Summer League is that one of its own was recently called up to Major League Baseball last week.

Lucroy

Catcher Jonathan Lucroy became the first FCSL alum to crack the big leagues since the wood-bat league was founded in 2003. The Milwaukee Brewers brought up Lucroy from Triple-A Nashville on May 21 when Gregg Zaun was forced to the disabled list.

The rookie then got his first big-league hit that night in his first at-bat while on the road against the Minnesota Twins. He singled to left field in the eighth inning.

Lucroy, out of Eustis, was a standout for the Sanford River Rats and Winter Park Diamond Dawgs. He ranks second all-time in FCSL batting average (.325) and slugging percentage (.500).

Considered Milwaukee’s top catching prospect, and fifth-best prospect overall, Lucroy started the season at Double-A Huntsville before moving on to Nashville after hitting .452 in 10 games. He has since registered a .238 batting average with two home runs in 31 total games on the year.

The 2010 FCSL season gets underway on Thursday, June 3 at Sanford Memorial Stadium when the River Rats host Leesburg at 7 p.m. The five-team league runs through Aug. 5 when the championship game is played at Tropicana Field in St. Petersburg.

– Bishop Moore Lax Alum In D-III Title Game –

Von Kamecke

Salisbury University senior Mike Von Kamecke has one more lacrosse game to play before his college career closes out this weekend.

On Sunday at 12 p.m. in Baltimore, Md., the former Bishop Moore standout takes the field with the Salisbury Sea Gulls (21-1) for the final time as they meet up with Tufts (19-1) for the NCAA Division III title. In a 14-13 semifinal win in overtime against Stevenson, Von Kamecke finished with three goals on five shots and was credited with two assists. It’s the fourth trip to the championship game over the past five years for Salisbury.

Von Kamecke is capping off his best season to date as he’s second on the team in assists (30), third in points (70), fourth in goals (40) and leads the team in man-up goals with nine on the year.

He closed out his high school career with the second-most points ever for a Hornet (288) between 2003-2006 while leading Bishop Moore to a state runner-up finish his senior year.

– Student-Athletes Sign With Colleges –

– University High School girls basketball player Rachel Turner signed on with Southeastern University in Lakeland last week. Turner earned four letters as a Cougar, playing a big role in the programs first two district titles following the 2008-09 and 2009-10 seasons and its first conference title this past year. The two-year captain finished her career with over 500 points, 250 rebounds and 100 assists. She plans to study special education and would like to work as a teacher and coach.

– The number of Colonial High School football players moving on to play in college increased to five last week when defensive back Renard Allen signed with Concordia University in Chicago and quarterback Jose Castro signed with Baker University in Kansas. They join running back Jermaine Broomfield, bound for Hutchinson Community College in Kansas, defensive lineman Ryan Moore (Baker University) and offensive lineman Sammy Mendoza (Defiance University in Ohio) as signees from the 2009 team.

– Last week Timber Creek High School had two student-athletes sign on with college football programs as Cameron Smith is heading to St. Olaf College in Minnesota and Matt Jones will be off to Mount Union College in Ohio.

– (Contact Orlando Sports Central at JC@OrlandoSportsCentral.com) –

Boone's Lucas Rawlings (Photo by Justin Kane)

Just 16 seconds remained when Rawlings withstood a ferocious rush from the West Seniors at the line of scrimmage and connected on the 32-yard game-winning field goal.

“It was very tense,” said Rawlings of lining up for the attempt. “I was just focused on getting my leg through it and getting the ball through the upright. That’s all I had on my mind.”

The tense part came when Rawlings was given a little extra time to think things over as he was held up by a timeout from the West sideline. Once the ball was snapped a fierce collision took place up front before the kick hit its mark with plenty room to spare, prompting the celebration to get underway.

“It was indescribable,” Rawlings said with a grin while reliving the moment. “I knew right there that it was the game winner.”

The field goal capped off a 13-play drive that began midway through the fourth quarter and drained the remaining five-plus minutes to virtually nothing. Oak Ridge quarterback Baylin Trujillo converted on fourth-and-two during the drive on a keeper up the middle while several others played key roles.

The East got big gains on the ground from Colonial’s Jermaine Broomfield and University’s Curtis Riley, along with a 23-yard pickup on a throw from Pine Castle’s Michael Slack to Orlando Lutheran tight end Faysal Shafaat down the stretch.

Boone's Lucas Rawlings (Photo by Justin Kane)

Slack finished 6-of-9 passing for 126 yards as he delivering precise passes that landed right on target while Broomfield tallied 52 yards on eight carries. Shafaat caught four balls for 66 yards, one of which he kept a hold of even after taking a jarring hit over the middle from an opposing player.

“He told me ‘Great throw. If you would of threw it any higher I would have gotten laid out even worse’,” said Slack of the good-natured encounter they shared in the huddle following the play.

It was Slack’s touchdown toss of 39 yards to Boone’s speedy Denard Lucas, while in stride with 3:27 remaining in the third quarter, that tied the game at 14-14 and breathed new life into an East squad that had little trouble moving the ball. If only they could have turned those yards into points by reaching the end zone earlier.

Lucas was eager to get the call though after already having told a teammate he was bound to score a touchdown. He did so two plays after hauling in a 42-yarder from Trujillo.

“The (defensive backs) were playing man (coverage) and they were trying to bump me, but it wasn’t happening,” said Lucas, who finished with three receptions for 94 yards in the win.

Boone's Lucas Rawlings (Photo by Justin Kane)

Those two scores in the second half by the East were set up by a stingy defensive effort, most notably from defensive lineman Jordan Little from Cypress Creek who was in on two sacks on third downs which resulted in punts the other way.

They came on drives where the West routinely found themselves working for room to run from deep in their own territory as they tried to hang on to a 14-7 lead after returning to the field from the halftime break.

Among the East defenders making it tough on the West were Joseph Jones and Andres Jurado of Cypress Creek, Ryan Moore and Sean Brown from Colonial, Conrad Walko and Josh Kerlin of Pine Castle, along with Timber Creek’s Jacob Wainwright and Winter Park’s Corey Gonslaves.

Those efforts proved to be beneficial after having watched Ocoee’s Chris DeVaughn jump on a Trujillo pass in the flats for an interception which he raced 72 yards along the sideline to paydirt less than three minutes into the night.

But the equalizer was set up when a fumble that Boone’s Tabarie Sullivan landed on in a pile of players was recovered following a muffed punt near midfield. Eleven plays later, which included a fourth-down conversation, the game was tied at 7-7 just a minute into the second period as Riley faked to a running back, swung around wide to the right, and sprinted his way into the end zone past defenders.

“When I took off towards the sideline I seen some people in front of me and I knew I had to put a move on them,” said Riley. He would finish with 53 yards on 10 carries and 29 yards passing on 2-of-4 attempts.

The West Seniors promptly replied with their best drive of the game two series later. They took the lead with a minute left in the first half when Robbie Matay hooked up with Dr. Phillips teammate Greg Slones in the corner of the end zone from four yards out. Only the momentum wouldn’t carry over into the final two quarters.

In the loss, Dr. Phillips running back Matt Williams had five strong runs for 39 yards and Apopka’s Joe Dennis made big tackles on defense for the West. Other defensive standouts included Matt Hunt and Matt Lambert of Bishop Moore, Delroy Steele (Jones), Jarret Leppert (Apopka), Michael Lewis (Ocoee), Cornelious Sigler (West Orange) and Donnie Bartolomucci (Olympia).

– To nominate athletic performances for inclusion each Wednesday to the Top-5 list of Orlando Sports Central Standouts, send over an email to JC@OrlandoSportsCentral.com –

1.) Zack Greinke – Kansas City Royals – The 2002 Apopka High School grad and first round draft pick that year by the Kansas City Royals was named the American League Cy Young award winner last week. Although the Royals finished just 65-97, Greinke went 16-8 with 242 strikeouts and a Major League Baseball-best 2.16 ERA to snag 25 of 28 first-place votes.

2.) Kevin Elliot and Alvis Graham – Florida A&M Rattlers – The former Colonial High School teammates made major contributions on Saturday for FAMU at the 30^th Annual Florida Classic to help lead the Rattlers to a 42-6 win over Bethune-Cookman. Elliot entered the game leading the team in receiving with 42 catches for 545 yards and 6 touchdowns. He scored a touchdown and recovered a fumble on Saturday while Graham led FAMU with six tackles. Graham entered the game with a team-high 62 tackles, 5.5 for a loss and one sack.

3.) Patrick Mputu – Winter Park Wildcats – Not only did the standout running back at Winter Park score the game-winning touchdown with 39 seconds remaining in the 50-47 opening round playoff win over Lake Brantley, but Mputu scored three times in the final quarter of the game. He finished the night with 199 yards in 26 carries, good for 7.7 yards per carry, after ending the regular season third in the area with 1,302 yards on the year.

Marshay White

4.) Marshay White – UCF Knights – The junior guard for the UCF women’s basketball team scored a career-high 23 points in the 80-46 win over Bethune-Cookman in the 2009-10 home opener for the Knights. The win kept alive a nine-game home win streak for the team at UCF Arena. White made four three-pointers and shot 9-of-17 while grabbing seven rebounds and dishing out six assists in the win.

5.) Erin Campbell – UCF Knights – Despite starring for a volleyball squad that went just 12-18 overall and 3-13 in Conference USA, Campbell ended her career at UCF with an all-C-USA Second Team selection. The nod is just the second postseason honor for the program as Stephanie Serna also received the distinction a year ago. Campbell entered the season finale against USF (which UCF won in five sets) with 383 kills and ranked in the all-time top-10 lists for six different statistical career categories.

More ––

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Cameron Smith eyes the end zone. (Photo by Scott McCall)

Cameron Smith eyes the end zone. (Photo by Scott McCall)

Before Smith was able to help put the Wolves up 13-7 following the opening drive of the second half, Timber Creek running back Isiah Bolden was lost for the night after breaking the 100-yard mark on the first play of the third quarter. He finished with 113 yards on just seven carries. TCHS (4-3, 1-1 in 6A-4) then turned to a host of backs including Smith (14 rushes for 64 yards), Joe Haas (4 for 27 yards), Matt McCrary (6 for 24 yards) and Corey Russo (2 for 17 yards) to help accumulate 262 yards on the ground (7 yards per carry) and get past CHS (1-7, 1-1).

Smith also intercepted a pass just before the start of the fourth quarter, as did Matt Jones in the final minute of the game while the Grenadiers were looking to put together a scoring drive for the second time inside the final three minutes.

Colonial quarterback Jose Castro. (Photo by Scott McCall)

Timber Creek quarterback Tyler Marincov. (Photo by Scott McCall)

Hauling in big passes from Tyler Marincov, who ran in a 1-yard touchdown late in the third quarter and finished 6 of 10 for 113 yards, were McCrary (1 for 22 yards), Jalil Byrd (2 for 47 yards) and Kyle Plaugher (3 for 44 yards). Byrd recovered a fumble in the end zone for Timber Creek’s first score of the night. Grant Veve also recovered a fumble for the Wolves.

Along with big defensive plays made by Jones (7 tackles) and Smith (5 tackles) it was Todd Heisman (6 tackles), Christian Marreo (3 tackles), Colin Brown (8 tackles), Jacob Wainwright (9 tackles) and Jacob Warren (10 tackles), among others, turning in big hits or tackles-for-loss in the win.

For Colonial it was Sean Brown and Chad Tajadeen making big tackles and Ricky Gordon picking off a TCHS pass. Gordon and Jermaine Broomfield handled the load from out of the backfield for the Grenadiers.

Timber Creek running back Isiah Bolden. (Photo by Scott McCall)

Timber Creek wide receiver Jalil Byrd. (Photo by Scott McCall)

CHS quarterback Jose Castro went 7 of 10 passing for 99 yards and a touchdown, to Derek Knott in the first half, before cooling down the rest of the way. Also catching passes from Castro was Diante Harrison, who pulled the Grenadiers within six points when he took a pass and made his way into the end zone from 17 yards out with 2:50 to go.

– More Colonial at Timber Creek coverage –

Game recap at Orlando Sentinel

Video highlights at WFTV

High school football stats at Varsity Sports

High school football district standings at Varsity Sports

– Oak Ridge Pioneers (4-1)

Despite a mountain of penalties the Pioneers had their way on Homecoming Night. Senior quarterback Baylin Trujillo may have taken too many sacks but he also threw three touchdown passes on 13 of 15 passing for 269 yards. Junior Ricky Harper turned a catch into a 63-yard score and repeatedly picked up big gains by spinning off defenders. He hauled in five passes for 142 yards in the win. Sophomores Rayshawn Jackson and Guito Ervilus were also on the receiving end of Trujillo scores. Jackson caught five passes for 80 yards and Ervilus scored on a 10-yard catch-and-run in the third quarter.

Oak Ridge has started the season with a 3-1 record heading into district play. (Photo by J.C. Carnahan)

Junior running back Mario Bargainer scored twice and racked up 99 yards on eight carries while sophomore Andre Scott zigzagged his way 82 yards downfield for a touchdown, before running in the 2-point conversion and later catching a 36-yard pass.

Defensively, while senior Lucktes Estiverne delivered the big hits, tackles-for-losses were made by the likes of junior Kurt Daniels, sophomore Daquell Lloyd, junior Quentin Willis and senior Stephen Hardricks. Daniels also recovered a fumble as did senior Jay Swift, who added two quarterback sacks to his credit.

– Colonial Grenadiers (0-5)

Senior quarterback Jose Castro finished the night 5 of 9 for 96 yards and two touchdown passes for Colonial. The first score came on a 56-yard completion to sophomore Derek Knott while the second came in the final seconds of the game as junior Chris Nazario pulled in his only catch from one yard out. Knott caught three passes for 79 yards, blocked an extra-point attempt and broke up a pass. Leading the way out of the backfield was senior Jermaine Broomfield with 18 carries for 84 yards, including bursts of 18 and 22 yards in the second half.

On defense junior Chad Tajadeen had big tackles and provided pressure on the quarterback. Also applying the pressure were senior Ryan Moore and junior Marquis Cousins. Recording sacks were Moore, with two of his own, senior Keenan Anderson and junior Alex Dominguez. Junior Ricky Jordan broke up a pass while sophomore Diante Harrison blocked an extra point, one of three in all for Colonial on the night.

– More Colonial at Oak Ridge coverage –

Video highlight at WFTV

Ramos became just the second bowler to post 12-staright strikes in a game in Timber Creek history (Noah Barnett in 2005) when he managed to do so at Sky Lanes Bowling Center against Freedom High School.

On that particular morning he said he awoke with not even the slightest hint of what was to come. And he still wouldn’t have figured the end result beforehand after being unable to even knock down one strike during warm-ups.

“After practice was done I just thought about what line to play (on the lane) and after the first two strikes I started getting more and more comfortable,” said Ramos.

The boys and girls bowling teams at Timber Creek High School are once again having a solid season. Last month Roberto Ramos (bottom row, far right) bowled a perfect game. (Photo by J.C. Carnahan)

Then the pins kept falling, strike after strike, until everyone around him began to take notice. Although the unspoken rule in the world of bowling is that you leave your teammate alone when they get on such a roll he recalls feeling the eyes of everyone on him the further along the game went.

“As more and more strikes come you kind of hear people gathering around you,” he said. “The cheers start getting louder and your arm starts getting numb.”

Senior teammate Scott Conroy remembers how the chase for perfection energized the team and kept the momentum moving in the right direction for the unbeaten Wolves, who took third at the state tournament a year ago under head coach Deb Scherr.

“When somebody gets a strike it gives us all a boast of morale. We’re all cheering, and then the next person wants to get a strike to keep it all going,” said Conroy. “When he was bowling his 300 everybody just stopped and came over for it, then jumped up and cheered for him when he did it.”

Duen can relate.

As his perfect game began to materialize he said he also felt the pressure, but put any thought of such a possibility out of his mind so as to not lose focus. But as with any moment such as this, the attention reluctantly turned in his direction.

Colonial freshman William Duen led a young Colonial squad to a win last month with a perfect game of his own at Semoran Lanes. (Photo by J.C. Carnahan)

“That’s what happens when you’re going for a perfect game. Everybody surrounds your lane, everything gets quiet, and you don’t really like it much,” he said with a smirk.

In his first year of varsity competition Duen is more concerned with having fun after school at the bowling alley than he is about such personal goals. On this particular day he was concerned about the prospects of his team losing a match at Semoran Lanes against both University and Cypress Creek.

So he methodically went about his business, in his own unique way, by making the bowling ball meet those pins while “throwing granny style” each and every time it was his turn to let loose.

“We were down by almost 80 pins and I just thought that I had to do something to help them, or else we might lose,” said Duen.

His perfect set came after bowling a 215 in the first game of the series that day, which he says is average by his standards. So far this season the relatively young team at Colonial, coached by Gary Miramonti, is two games above .500 thanks to the efforts of Dustin Hopper, Andrew Taylor, Matt Nieves and Chaz De Los Santos.

As for Ramos, he had previously bowled a 299 and just couldn’t wait to get that perfect-game monkey off his back. And that’s exactly what it felt like for him. He was more relieved than he was amazed at the accomplishment as he high-fived teammates and opponents before hugging his watery-eyed mom.

If bowling a perfect game has proven to be anything for these two competitors it’s that it’s a mentally and physically exhausting task to complete, one that’s been chased after and so close to realizing so many times but never fully experienced and appreciated.

Yet they’d trade all those strikes in for a chance to compete with their teammates next month at the state championship meet at Boardwalk Bowl, Nov. 11-12. Talk about a perfect way to end a perfect season.

Timber Creek quarterback Tyler Marincov looks downfield for a receiver.

Following last week’s 24-17 home loss to Oviedo, the Wolves could use some time off. This Friday the Timber Creek football team will sit and watch as local teams are in action while they get some rest during the bye week. That’s critical before heading on the road to face the Wildcats as last week starting running back Isiah Bolden left the game with a head injury after taking 16 carries for 124 yards in the loss.

Timber Creek’s overall mark dropped to 2-2 on the year. They’ve won big over Freedom (0-4), gave away a game to Boone (2-2) in triple overtime, held on for the win late against Wekiva (1-3) and were outdone by an Oviedo (3-1) team led by UCF recruit Blake Bortles at quarterback.

TCHS running back Isiah Bolden pushes forward for more yards.

Winter Park comes off its bye week to face Cypress Creek (3-1) as one of three unbeaten teams in the Metro Conference with a 3-0 mark. The others are Dr. Phillips (4-0) in District 6 and Apopka (4-0) in District 5. None of the three unbeaten teams are scheduled to play each other during the regular season.

Timber Creek vs. Oviedo – By The Numbers

Should Bolden be unable to go against Winter Park a mixture of Joe Haas (5.4 yards per carry on 14 attempts) and Cameron Smith (4.2 yards per carry on 10 attempts) could be in order. Against Oviedo they combined for 45 yards on nine carries while Smith found the end zone for a score. Smith also picked off a pass and had three tackles on defense.

Quarterback Tyler Marincov had his worst game of the young season as he finished 9 of 22 for 133 yards and two interceptions. He also ran for 38 yards and a touchdown, in the third quarter. Kyle Plaugher caught three passes for 63 yards and Jalil Byrd caught two for 29 yards.

Defensively for the Wolves, Colin Brown was in on 13 tackles while Jacob Wainwright totaled 10 tackles and picked off a pass. Michael Puckett recovered a fumble for Timber Creek.

Joe Haas attempts to avoid a tackle last week against Oviedo.

Cameron Smith eyes the end zone last week against Oviedo.

Timber Creek's defense forced three turnovers last week in the loss.

– Find more local high school football coverage and TCHS vs. Oviedo at:

High school football stats at Varsity Sports

High school football district standings at Varsity Sports

Video footage of Timber Creek vs. Oviedo at WFTV

Shannon Owens game recap of TCHS vs. Oviedo at Orlando Sentinel

Led by second-year head coach Chip Petree, West Orange takes its 3-0 mark into a home matchup with District 5 opponent Ocoee on Friday night. The last time they were able to get past the Knights was in 2005, which was also the last time the school had won four games in a season.

Coaches say it’s the rigorous off-season the team went through over the summer that has them feeling conditioned well enough for the duration of the schedule. And after handling Oak Ridge and Cypress Creek to start the year, a 49-14 road win over Colonial (0-3) on Friday night has lifted the spirits of those in Winter Garden.

In that particular game big plays were made out of the backfield by senior Keaton Postell, who scored twice on 17 carries for 97 yards in the win. Senior quarterback Brandon Brown went 10 of 20 for 164 yards and three touchdowns. Two of those touchdown strikes went to junior Diego Quintanar (3 catches for 80 yards) while another found the hands of sophomore running back Kesanic Hardy (2 catches for 27 yards). Sophomore Erik McCree caught four passes for 44 yards.

Quintanar also scored a touchdown after scooping up a fumble while senior Michael McCastler returned a blocked punt for a score. Doing most of the dirty work defensively was senior Damon Adkinson, who led the charge with 8.5 tackles at the linebacker position.

– More about West Orange Warriors:

Official site for Warriors Football

Video coverage of West Orange vs. Colonial at WFTV 9