September 21, 1991
By Herky Cush Of The Sentinel Staff
LEESBURG — The threat of lightning twice held up play in the Leesburg-Mount Dora game Friday night, but in the end it was the host Yellow Jackets who did the quick striking in a 42-7 non-district victory at Leesburg Memorial/Hubert O. Dabney Stadium before a crowd of about 1,000 fans.
Three times in the game Leesburg had scoring drives of one play with tailback Oran Singleton scoring on runs on 74 and 76 yards and quarterback Steve Gooden completing a 68-yard pass to Bo Widmann.
Mount Dora (0-2) answered the first touchdown of Leesburg (2-0) but could not offer any challenge to the big plays of the Yellow Jackets.
''I'd prefer the long drives that take time off the clock,'' Leesburg coach Ken Weir said. ''But with Oran that's just not going to happen.''
Following the second halt in play, 32 minutes with 3:40 left in the second quarter, the teams took a two-minute break for the half. And in the second half, with the consent of both coaches, the clock kept running, even on incomplete passes and timeouts.
Gooden took off on a 44-yard keeper to open the scoring with 1:35 gone in the opening period.
Mount Dora answered with Shawn Howard scoring on a 4-yard run on fourth down.
Then Singleton, 5 feet 5, 155 pounds, took over with three consecutive touchdowns.
Following the Singleton Show, Gooden struck with two long touchdown passes - a 68-yarder to Widmann and then a 55-yarder to D. J. Keith in the third period that closed the scoring.
''There's no answer for that kind of speed,'' said Mount Dora's first-year coach Craig Cosden. ''We can't prepare for that kind of speed because we don't have anyone like Oran.''
On both of the long runs by Singleton, the last Hurricane to have a shot was Howard, but he couldn't get enough of an angle to make a play on the swift Leesburg star.
''He's quick that's for sure,'' Weir said. ''I just felt bad for him about the continuous clock.''
Singleton had 186 yards on 10 carries in the first half and finished the game with 184 on 13 carries. His three second-half carries came behind the second-team offensive line.
Leesburg 42, Mount Dora 7
Mount Dora 7 0 0 0 - 7
Leesburg 14 21 7 0 - 42
L - Gooden 44 run (Raush kick); MD - Howard 4 run (Beasley kick); L - Singleton 1 run (Raush kick); L - Singleton 74 run (Raush kick); L - Singleton 76 run (Raush kick); L - Widmann 68 pass from Gooden (Raush kick); L - Keith 55 pass from Gooden (Raush kick).
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