Week 9 football

The Times will publish scores from each of tonight's football games in Pasco, Hernando, Citrus, Hillsborough and Pinellas Counties as we receive them. If you don't see the game you're looking for, check back. We'll be updating the list throughout the night.

(Pictured: Crystal River's Walter Graden and Citrus' Derek Paquette. Times photo - M.N. Golden. Click to enlarge.)

Victory Christian 47, Calvary Christian 0

Newsome 35, Tampa Bay Tech 14

Springstead 21, River Ridge 3

Nature Coast 13, Hernando 7

Out of Door Academy 28, Hernando Christian 0

East Bay 31, Durant 10

Clearwater Central Catholic 27, Avon Park 21

Wharton 44, Mitchell 0

Tarpon Springs 20, Ridgewood 17

Admiral Farragut 27, Lake City Christian 14

Jefferson 68, Sickles 0

East Lake 31, Palm Harbor University 10

Wesley Chapel 31, Zephyrhills 26

Land O'Lakes 28, Gaither 24

Largo 27, St. Petersburg 0

Middleton 28, Sarasota Riverview (2OT)

Freedom 24, Hillsborough 21

Citrus 37, Crystal River 36

Clearwater 26, Dunedin 24

(Pictured: Nature Coast Tech celebrates its first district title. Times photo - Edmund D. Fountain. Click to enlarge.)

Robinson 41, Blake 20

Trinity Catholic 60, Gulf 0

Hudson 30, Lecanto 10

Central 27, South Lake 7

Bishop McLaughlin 54, First Academy 6

Plant 42, Alonso 20

Armwood 64, Brandon 7

Chamberlain 42, Leto 0

Celebration 40, Tampa Baptist 0

Berkeley Prep 47, Bradenton Prep 12

Southeast 19, Osceola 16

Northeast 34, Boca Ciega 28 (OT)

Dixie Hollins33, Pinellas Park 14

St. Petersburg Catholic 48, Mulberry 13

Gibbs 29, Seminole 16

Bradenton Bayshore 28, Lakewood 21 (OT)

(Pictured: Land O'Lakes' Joe Weatherford. Times photo - Brian Cassella. Click to enlarge.)

Keswick Christian 52, Orlando Agape 14

Lakeland Christian 28, Northside Christian 14

Fort Meade 57, Indian Rocks Christian 0

Lakeland Santa Fe 29, Cambridge 26

Comments

Dont know what happened to Dunedin. It wasnt clearwaters passing game either they just didnt want it as bad and they got out coached

clearwater baby!!!!.. all the way!!!!

Much props to Clearwater they wanted it more we choked big time

[Andy]

I give it up to Land O Lakes Gators for coming back vs Gaither after being down 24-0 at the half to come back and win 28-24....Joe Weatherford had a good game and bounce back from starting off the game not doing good....Wharton better be ready cause Land O Lakes looks like they are back to last season's form.

Oh no, outcoached AGAIN. That great coaching machine, impossible to believe. Could it be that the "coaching staff" can't win the big one. I feel sorry for the kids that have to play under all those rejects.

Hooray for Gibbs for having a chance to get into the playoffs. They have hung tuff all year. Good luck next week.

[Vince Lombardi]

Wow.. High School football is such an emotionally charged game of momentum!
Land O' Lakes comes back from 24-0...
Clearwater comes back from 24-6...
Dixie Hollins and Gibbs have turned their
seasons around and are still in the playoff hunt..Even St. Pete Catholic deserves recognition for not quitting on their season...Belief, Desire, Never Quit Attitude..
These are the hallmarks of winning teams.
Any team can be defeated if the will to win
is exceptional!

At last, a person with a positive and correct attitude towards high school football. I applaud you.

I agree 1041!

I agree as well i wish more people posted like that.

Here comes the theme of the week
Belief, Desire, Never Quit Attitude

Is someone making t shirts with that on the front? Great sentiments.....

well looks like some good games this week. good way to finish a season.

[Andy]

Well positive comments should be coming from these blog cause these kids play their hearts out and and the saying goes when they lose they get too much credit but when they win they get to less of the credit so maybe now alot more people have realize that it is just a game and we all do have our opinions of course but we should try not to go too far with them.

[hernando alum]

Wow...have you ever seen a Coach blow a game like Matt Smith did for his hard fighting Leopards friday night against NCTHS? All his second half time outs used on one fruitless drive??? Then they run out of time inside the 10???

great game between southeast and osceola, this is turning out to be a rather exciting district with 2 teams at 3-1 and one at 4-0

Have to give it up for the CCC boys last night! Nate Lenz made several key plays and Jordan Becker, with the last catch as the clock hit zero to keep the game from overtime! Way to go CCC!

Tarpon is one of the best team in pinellas county straight up. You'll see em merkin people in the playoffs.
MERK CITY

How did Tarpon do against Dunedin?
I'm pretty sure Largo would handle them
pretty well.

I just want to say Congrats to Clearwater....they have really stepped things up when needed to lately. Good luck against East Lake and beat them into the ground.

Armwood Hawks defense continues to dominate holding Brandons Mike Brown "The best runningback in the county" to a -20 yards. Offense is clicking as well putting up 64 points with a running clock.

NEHI was up on Bogie 21-0 at halftime and let bogie come back to send it to O.T. 28-28. Northeast needs to start finishing games better.

Nobody on this blog gives a hoot about Armwood. Go to a Hillsboro blog

Largo would demolish Tarpon Springs. And Osceola. `nuff said.

Largo sucks dick. There over rated

Wow the QB from clearwater showed you how to beat Dunedin. I think he is the best QB in the county. Dun Dun can be passed on. Clearwater really exposed Dun Dun. Know clue why countryside only thre 17 times against them. If the Clearwater QB were to work on football instead of Basketball he could play at a big time program. Six foot five, big arm and can move.

Clearwatrer is really hitting their stride can they still make the playoffs?

Yes i believe they can but they would need palm harbor to beat dunedin n they would be in a tiebreak with the loser of the countryside vs. east lake game... thats if dunedin loses to palm harbor tho

Ummm can you please check the stats Loucks did not pass well at on on dunedin it was the running game and turnovers that won the game for clearwater. i think he was like 8 of 26 if you call that a good passing game. Dunedin even had more passing yards than clearwater by alot

Mr Crow get off the blog.

You reported that Stephen Garcia was selected to play in the Army All-American Bowl and he hadn't he was nominated (as was Torry Davis from Armwood but you didn't report that). Then Torry Davis is actually SELECTED to be in the bowl game and you haven't said a word.

So far Brantley from TC, Davis from Armwood, and Thompson from Glades have been selected. I guess you are waiting to see if Garcia is selected...

bogie was the better team on friday and northeast out coached bogie to take the win

10:14, go to the Hillsboro blog. Noone here cares about your teams

There is only one blog for the times area.

This is probably the only place to try and get a writer to look at what they are doing or not doing. The pro-Jefferson thing has just about gotten out of control.

The times didn't even mention the numerous on-side kick attempts by Jefferson in a 68-0 rout of sickles.

They talk about Garcia's record, but fail to not that he only has big games against the worst teams. Take Leto and Sickles off of his season and he has nothing...

What went on at the Gulf - Trinity Catholic game that Trinity won 60-0?

Apparently, Gulf laid dead for the game. Why did Gulf schedule them if they didn't want to play them?

Gulf is supposed to be this big time playoff bound team with a D1 QB and what do they do when they play a REAL big time playoff bound team with an actual D1 QB they lay down and say that their getting ready for Hudson. Well that worked last year when Hudson was stacked, this year its just a lame excuse.

Bogie was and is not the better team on Friday against NEHI. Nehi started sitting starters to rest them for the big game this week. Thats when Bogie started looking only halfway decent. They were not putting together good drives they were getting lucky plays. I know sometimes lucky plays win ball games but that doesnt mean your a better team. I will give Bogie credit they fought till the end. Northeast real test is this week when two old friends bring the same offense and the same deffense at each other and say here stop this. OH yeah, well here stop this.

Northeast at Osceola

Watch this one it will be a good one

This should be the game of the week...........

[OL Expert]

Please.

It doesn't matter what gulf tried or didn't try to do.

Do you realize how good trinity is?

Probably the only teams in the 3 county area that could beat them are armwood, jefferson, or plant.

They would beat anyone in Pinellas by at least 2-3 TD's.

Gulf is a decent pasco program,but let's not kid ourselves. Had Voss played they would have lost by 50 instead of 60. They did the right thing by keeping him out with his knee banged up. I know hudson sucks, but this is the biggest game in gulf high history.

[Andy]

I played vs Ocala Trinity Catholic when at I was at Gulf and I've seen Jefferson, Armwood, and Plant play...and I've watched Pinellas teams play and I dont care what gameplan you have for the Trnity Catholic team it prolly would not work they are the real deal and are 1 of the best teams in the state....Gulf played Alton Voss last year and he went 6-13 57 yards and had -13 yards rushing that team can shut down great players....and their offense is more explosive then any team around this 3 county area...I would pay good money to see a team around here beat them with the exception of Lakeland who would beat anyone in the state and the nation .Ocala Trnity Catholic players showed us how they prepare for us and each player has a inch thick packet on the team they are playing and they know what position you play ...how big you are....When we went up there to play them they knew our whole playbook and under each players name had their strength's and weakness ....I don't know what team's prepare like that but I dont think anyone around here does and you can't run plays when they already know what you are doing.

[OL Expert]

Andy-hello from a former gulf high player. I graduated in 89.

I hope to be at the hudson game.

clearwater showed their dominance over dunedin their number 98 was the worst player ive seen since i have been in high school other than 54 on the same team

clearwater showed their dominance over dunedin their number 98 was the worst player ive seen since i have been in high school other than 54 on the same team

LD Crow and matt mooney how come the stats are below Loucks and sackman, two juniors. please explain

clearwater showed their dominance over dunedin their number 98 was the worst player ive seen since i have been in high school other than 54 on the same team

LD Crow and matt mooney how come the stats are below Loucks and sackman, two juniors. please explain

Clearwater dominant. 3-5 is not dominant that just sucks. Congrats to them for winning a hard fought game but dont come on here spewing off at the mouth that your now all of a sudden the best team in the county. You had all season to prove that and you failed try again next year. Tell clearwater to enjoy that Dunedin win as they will have a nice comfy seat at Dunedin memorial stadium in 3 weeks to watch the *district champs* in a *home* *playoff* game. See you next year thanks for making us sweat and PHUH wont stand a chance after this letdown.

Oh Dun Dun, have you forgotten, there is a game Friday with The Canes. Wat you guys gonna b doin after that loss?

It wont be a loss i can gaurantee PHUH dont know what's about to hit them. We got some frustration to take off

Frustration come from the game or your coaches?

From the game. We blame our selves and we will make up for it.

my prediction.... PHU... 85... DunDun -2

lol

are you ready for some footballllllllllllllllllllllllll

[D Stalker]

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