High school football: Thursday's results

A look at the games played around the county last night.

By Times Staff
Published October 13, 2006

JEFFERSON 45, BLAKE 14

TAMPA - When Stephen Garcia wasn't clicking as well as he normally does with his receivers, he decided to use his legs instead.

Garcia broke a scoreless tie in the second quarter with a 44-yard touchdown run where he eluded seven defenders.

Jefferson (7-1) then started to pour it on against the pesky Yellow Jackets.

Garcia threw two touchdowns right before the half as the Dragons took a commanding 21-0 lead.

Blake (2-5) fought back in the third quarter thanks to some big runs by quarterback Mark Mosquera.

But after the Yellow Jackets cut the lead to 21-7, Jefferson's Ernest Marshall ran back a kickoff 70 yards for a score.

Mosquera added a 1-yard score to make it 28-14, but the Yellow Jackets couldn't get any closer.

Garcia finished with 179 passing and 102 rushing yards and four touchdowns. Anthony Mackinnon caught four passes for 79 yards.

- JUSTIN DARGAHI, Times correspondent

FREEDOM 44, MIDDLETON 33

TAMPA - Fans of offense left Freedom's clash at Middleton all smiles. Middleton outgained Freedom 460 yards to 381 yards, but a special teams play sealed the win for Freedom (3-4).

After a Freedom fumble on the Tigers' 30-yard line, Middleton (3-5), behind for most of the night, started to pick up momentum midway through the third quarter when quarterback DeAndra Presley found Javarous Martin down the right sideline for a 70-yard touchdown to cut Freedom's lead to 30-21.

But on the ensuing kickoff, Freedom's Josh Lee ran through a few Middleton arm tackles and juked the kicker for an 85-yard touchdown return that gave the Patriots a 16-point lead and momentum.

Patriots quarterback Andrew Carr finished 25-for-32 for 288 yards and three touchdowns. Larry Thompson caught two touchdown passes, and Alex Carr caught 10 passes for 157 yards to lead Freedom.

Middleton's Carlton Jones was the Tigers' leading rusher with 127 yards and one touchdown on 14 carries.

- BRYAN BURNS, Times correspondent

PLANT 56, LETO 8

TAMPA - Behind quarterback Robert Marve's pinpoint passing, Plant thumped Leto in a Class 4A, District 10 matchup to stay unbeaten and inch closer towards a winner-take-all district showdown in two weeks at Jefferson.

Running back Lovell Jackson put the Panthers on the board with a 29-yard run three minutes into the game, but the night belonged to Marve after that. After short scoring passes to Derek Winter and Cam Martin in the first quarter, Marve went to the deep ball.

He hooked up with Winter and Martin again in the second quarter, this time for touchdown passes of 30 and 40 yards. The Plant quarterback and Alabama oral commitment tossed a 42-yard scoring pass to Cornelius Gallon and a 50-yard pass in the air to Jackson in the third quarter. He was 13-of-22 for 259 yards.

Plant (7-0, 2-0) completed its scoring midway through the fourth quarter when Luke Rorech scampered in from 4 yards.

Leto dropped to 2-5 and 0-2.

- ROD GIPSON, Times correspondent

King 20, Sickles 10

TAMPA - Michael Johnson and Kingsley Aguta scored on long touchdown runs in the final seven minutes to lift King in a Class 5A, District 6 game.

King (3-5, 1-1) had to come from behind after Josh Mendez scored on a 2-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter for Sickles (0-8, 0-2), capping a 73-yard, 13-play drive.

After the ensuing kickoff, the Lions went in front for good at 14-10 as Johnson sprinted 70 yards. He finished with 107 yards rushing on nine carries.

Aguta gave King some insurance on the Lions' next possession by racing 66 yards for his second score. Aguta wound up with 98 yards on 13 rushes.

Sickles drove inside King's 20 in the closing minutes, but Kevin Donaldson ended the rally with an interception of an A.J. Bose pass, Sickles' sixth turnover.

Jarrell Livingston had a big night for King with two interceptions and a fumble recovery. The teams combined for 11 fumbles, each losing three.

- DON JENSEN, Times correspondent

Hillsborough 30, TBT 0

TAMPA - Visiting Hillsborough racked up nearly 300 rushing yards and four touchdowns to shut out Tampa Bay Tech.

The Terriers' first score came on a quarterback safety. On the ensuing Titans free kick, Iziah Wyche returned the ball to the Titans 16-yard line.

Three plays later, Kendall Brown scored on a 14-yard quarterback keeper to increase the lead to 9-0.

The Terriers 5-3 recovered a Titans (0-8) fumble and marched 47 yards as Wyche scored from 7 yards out to end the half.

In the second half, the Terriers rushed for 192 yards with Kasheif Steen adding to the total yards with touchdown runs of 43 and 4 yards..

- PATRICK NGUYEN, Times correspondent

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