Leesburg High rolls over Cypress Creek, 63-0
By Gary White
Daily Commercial Staff Writer
Daily Commercial
September 19,1992
LEESBURG - If the Leesburg Yellow jackets wanted to win one for the Gipper, they might have saved it for a more meaningful occasion.
With head coach Ed Hoffman absent because of injury, Leesburg entered Friday night's game against first-year school Cypress Creek determined to make fans forget their error-prone opening victory over Eustis. Not that the Bears would have had a chance anyway.
Leesburg scored on eight of its 10 offensive possessions and coasted to a 63-0 victory that easily could have been more lopsided. The Jackets improved to 2-0.
Defensive coordinator George Fuller ran the team in place of Hoffman, who incurred a broken leg as well as knee and ankle damage during an accident in Wednesday's practice. Fuller's most difficult challenge was keeping the score down.
"This is entirely, unequivocally Ed Hoffman's program," Fuller said afterward. "I can't wait to hand him his whistle."
Hoffman is scheduled for surgery today and may miss the team's game next Friday at Auburndale.
But none of that mattered Friday night as Leesburg, ranked ninth in Class 4A, rolled to a 43-0 halftime lead. Quarterback Steve Gooden, who normally watches tailback Oran Singleton do the scoring, got into the act in the first half. He capped Leesburg's first drive with a 15-yard keeper, and immediately after Julliard Roberts' interception, Gooden made a nice reverse-field run for a 29-yard score.
"It was wide open; they were so worried about the fullback and the tailback they weren't coming to me," Gooden said.
The rout was on. Singleton scored three times in the first half and fullback Nick Williams added another touchdown before Leesburg pulled the first team.
Gooden said Leesburg had planned to use the de facto scrimmage to work on its passing game. He settled for tossing four passes and completing three for 79 yards.
"I told them (his teammates) before we went out, the key to this game was the intensity level," Gooden said. "When we played Eustis, we didn't have the intensity. We just went out flat."
Despite the Jackets' total dominance, however, their performance isn't flawless. Blocking penalties negated Singleton's touchdown runs of 38 and 25 yards, although Leesburg still scored on both possessions. Backup tailback Herbert Ellis saw a Singleton-like, 66-yard sprint nullified just before the half.
Singleton finished with 170 yards on 10 official carries, although he added a 60-yard touchdown on a free kick return. In two games, penalties have cost Singleton 120 yards and four touchdowns.
"We just can't keep making those mistakes," Fuller said.
Not that it mattered. Leesburg amassed 446 yards of offense, scoring on all but its final possessions of each half. Cypress Creek has been outscored in its two games by 119-13
Leesburg allowed Cypress Creek fullback Norman Levy to gain 155 yards on 21 carries, and
twice the Bears threatened to avoid a shutout. But Fred Waczewski missed a 32-yard field goal late in the first half, and Leesburg's second-team defense held on downs late in the fourth quarter.
"Facing Singleton tonight and (St. Cloud's Eric) Butler last week - those are two of the top backs in the state of Florida," Cypress creek Coach Dave Langdon said.
"We've got even seniors who haven't played before. We played against a great team with a great back."
And it didn't help the Bears that Leesburg had added incentive - to win it for Hoffman.
"I was pleased with he way the kids came together and didn't give us any problems," Fuller said. " We expect them to go out and play hard, and that (Hoffman's absence) is certainly incentive."
That and the team's disappointment with the Eustis game formed a double motivation.
"We had to show we were a mature team and we could come through adversity and win
without our head coach," Gooden said. "I think we came a long way tonight. We didn't play to
the other team's level. We played at our level."
By Gary White
Daily Commercial Staff Writer
Daily Commercial
September 19,1992
LEESBURG - If the Leesburg Yellow jackets wanted to win one for the Gipper, they might have saved it for a more meaningful occasion.
With head coach Ed Hoffman absent because of injury, Leesburg entered Friday night's game against first-year school Cypress Creek determined to make fans forget their error-prone opening victory over Eustis. Not that the Bears would have had a chance anyway.
Leesburg scored on eight of its 10 offensive possessions and coasted to a 63-0 victory that easily could have been more lopsided. The Jackets improved to 2-0.
Defensive coordinator George Fuller ran the team in place of Hoffman, who incurred a broken leg as well as knee and ankle damage during an accident in Wednesday's practice. Fuller's most difficult challenge was keeping the score down.
"This is entirely, unequivocally Ed Hoffman's program," Fuller said afterward. "I can't wait to hand him his whistle."
Hoffman is scheduled for surgery today and may miss the team's game next Friday at Auburndale.
But none of that mattered Friday night as Leesburg, ranked ninth in Class 4A, rolled to a 43-0 halftime lead. Quarterback Steve Gooden, who normally watches tailback Oran Singleton do the scoring, got into the act in the first half. He capped Leesburg's first drive with a 15-yard keeper, and immediately after Julliard Roberts' interception, Gooden made a nice reverse-field run for a 29-yard score.
"It was wide open; they were so worried about the fullback and the tailback they weren't coming to me," Gooden said.
The rout was on. Singleton scored three times in the first half and fullback Nick Williams added another touchdown before Leesburg pulled the first team.
Gooden said Leesburg had planned to use the de facto scrimmage to work on its passing game. He settled for tossing four passes and completing three for 79 yards.
"I told them (his teammates) before we went out, the key to this game was the intensity level," Gooden said. "When we played Eustis, we didn't have the intensity. We just went out flat."
Despite the Jackets' total dominance, however, their performance isn't flawless. Blocking penalties negated Singleton's touchdown runs of 38 and 25 yards, although Leesburg still scored on both possessions. Backup tailback Herbert Ellis saw a Singleton-like, 66-yard sprint nullified just before the half.
Singleton finished with 170 yards on 10 official carries, although he added a 60-yard touchdown on a free kick return. In two games, penalties have cost Singleton 120 yards and four touchdowns.
"We just can't keep making those mistakes," Fuller said.
Not that it mattered. Leesburg amassed 446 yards of offense, scoring on all but its final possessions of each half. Cypress Creek has been outscored in its two games by 119-13
Leesburg allowed Cypress Creek fullback Norman Levy to gain 155 yards on 21 carries, and
twice the Bears threatened to avoid a shutout. But Fred Waczewski missed a 32-yard field goal late in the first half, and Leesburg's second-team defense held on downs late in the fourth quarter.
"Facing Singleton tonight and (St. Cloud's Eric) Butler last week - those are two of the top backs in the state of Florida," Cypress creek Coach Dave Langdon said.
"We've got even seniors who haven't played before. We played against a great team with a great back."
And it didn't help the Bears that Leesburg had added incentive - to win it for Hoffman.
"I was pleased with he way the kids came together and didn't give us any problems," Fuller said. " We expect them to go out and play hard, and that (Hoffman's absence) is certainly incentive."
That and the team's disappointment with the Eustis game formed a double motivation.
"We had to show we were a mature team and we could come through adversity and win
without our head coach," Gooden said. "I think we came a long way tonight. We didn't play to
the other team's level. We played at our level."
LEESBURG 63, CYPRESS CREEK 0
at Leesburg
Cypress Creek 0 0 0 0--0
Leesburg 21 22 13 7--63
Cypress Creek 0 0 0 0--0
Leesburg 21 22 13 7--63
First Quarter
Lee-Gooden 13 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Gooden 29 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Singleton 3 yard run (Rausch kick)
Second Quarter
Lee-Williams 20 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Singleton 52 yard run (Rausch kick failed)
Lee-Safety, ball snapped out of end zone
Lee-Singleton 60 kick return (Rausch kick)
Third Quarter
Lee-Ellis 1 yard run (kick failed)
Lee-Singleton 40 yard run (Rausch kick)
Fourth Quarter
Lee-Roberts 1 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Gooden 13 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Gooden 29 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Singleton 3 yard run (Rausch kick)
Second Quarter
Lee-Williams 20 yard run (Rausch kick)
Lee-Singleton 52 yard run (Rausch kick failed)
Lee-Safety, ball snapped out of end zone
Lee-Singleton 60 kick return (Rausch kick)
Third Quarter
Lee-Ellis 1 yard run (kick failed)
Lee-Singleton 40 yard run (Rausch kick)
Fourth Quarter
Lee-Roberts 1 yard run (Rausch kick)
CYPRESS CREEK Leesburg
12 First Downs 19
37-194 Rushes-Yards 38-367
8 Yards Passing 79
1-11-1 Passes 3-4-0
2-27 Punts-Avg. 0-0
3-2 Fumbles Lost 4-1
1-5 Penalties Yards 4-41
37-194 Rushes-Yards 38-367
8 Yards Passing 79
1-11-1 Passes 3-4-0
2-27 Punts-Avg. 0-0
3-2 Fumbles Lost 4-1
1-5 Penalties Yards 4-41
INDIVIDUAL STATISTICS
RUSHING--Cypress Creek: Johnson 3-10, Barrett 5-8, Levy 21-155,
Rainat 6-39, Leesburg: Singleton 10-170, Gooden 5-61, Keith 2-5,
Williams 7-56, Ellis 6-39, Blake 5-29, Roberts 3-7
PASSING--Cypress Creek: Barrett 1-10-1, 8 yards; Lemon 0-1-0;
Leesburg: Gooden 3-4-0-, 79 yards
RECEIVING--Cypress Creek: Rainat 1-8; Leesburg: Cook 1-15, Keith
1-47, Blake 1-17
RUSHING--Cypress Creek: Johnson 3-10, Barrett 5-8, Levy 21-155,
Rainat 6-39, Leesburg: Singleton 10-170, Gooden 5-61, Keith 2-5,
Williams 7-56, Ellis 6-39, Blake 5-29, Roberts 3-7
PASSING--Cypress Creek: Barrett 1-10-1, 8 yards; Lemon 0-1-0;
Leesburg: Gooden 3-4-0-, 79 yards
RECEIVING--Cypress Creek: Rainat 1-8; Leesburg: Cook 1-15, Keith
1-47, Blake 1-17
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Gary White
Daily Commercial Staff Writer
Daily Commercial
September 19,1992
Daily Commercial Staff Writer
Daily Commercial
September 19,1992
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