Lake Sports - Monday Morning Quarterback
September 03, 2001
By Joe Williams, Sentinel Staff Writer
Lost among all the hoopla of the season-opening game between longtime rivals Leesburg and Eustis Friday night was that two of the better kickers in Lake and Sumter counties may have been on the field in Eustis' David Schmidt and Leesburg's Stephen Malinda.
Although the game never came close to coming down to a kicker -- Leesburg was the winner 48-20 -- it would have been interesting if it had.
Schmidt showed resilience, bouncing back from what seemed like a serious injury to his left knee in the second quarter to kick an extra point after Eustis' lone touchdown in the second half. It was late in the fourth quarter.
In the second period, Schmidt had to be helped off the field when he took a hit to the inside of his left knee while playing in the Panthers' secondary and making a tackle.
IT'S A KICK
Eustis managed to nullify the punt returning abilities of Leesburg's Jermaine Orr through much of the game Friday night by kicking away from him most the night. But on the first play of the fourth quarter, Orr finally got a chance to field a punt. He caught it on the left side of the field, sprinted to his right, got the corner and was gone untouched for 66 yards and a touchdown.
It is the fifth time in the past 12 games -- 11 last year -- that Orr has returned a punt for a touchdown.
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Joe Williams, Sentinel Staff Writer
Orlando Sentinel
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