Leesburg at St. Cloud Post Game Notes, October 4, 2011

Leesburg at St. Cloud (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011)

Leesburg at St. Cloud Post Game Notes, October 4, 2011

By Gerald Lacey

Staff Writer

Carver Heights Quarterback Club

October 4, 2011

The Jackets played their third consecutive game on the road in Friday's win against St. Cloud. They went 2-1 on the trip, they will be home Friday night against Minneola Lake Minneola High School. After Friday's game they will again go on the road for two straight weeks against Bushnell South Sumter 5-1 (1-0) and Orlando Maynard Evans 5-0 (1-0). Evans is ranked #14 in the Orlando Sentinel Super 16 High School Football Poll. South Sumter is on the Super 16 Watch List and received votes in the Class 4A Top 10 poll.

I Backs senior Emmanuel Nelson and junior Anthony Miller are banged up. Both left Friday's game with undisclosed injuries, their status is questionable for Friday's game against Minneola Lake Minneola High School.

Junior OLB/TE Jordan Tucker is making big plays for the Jackets. In the game against Clermont East Ridge he returned a fumble 68 yards just short of the goal line at the 3 yard line. He got another opportunity to score against St. Cloud, he reached the end zone after picking up a block punt by senior safety Zac Mahan and returning it 25 yards for a second half touchdown. Tucker's score was the only touchdown of the second half for the Jackets.

Under Armour High School All-American Noor Davis missed his third consecutive game Friday night in St. Cloud. Doctors have cleared him to return to practice. Davis status for Friday's Homecoming matchup against Lake Minneola is probable.

The Jackets were out done offensively by the Bulldogs. St. Cloud had 420 yards total offense, Leesburg had 277. For the second week in a row the "Black Jackets" defense allowed a back to rush for over 100 yards, Eric Pfeifer’s (10-116, 1 TD). The defense had a better second half only allowing the Bulldogs one touchdown after halftime.

Senior wide receiver Juilliard Roberts runs with the football in Friday's game against St.Cloud. (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011)

Sophomore Bryant Benton ended the game with his first interception of the year with :04 remaining in the game.

St. Cloud senior quarterback Phillip Steinmetz  went 12-32-264 and 3 TDs in the game.

Senior running back Emmanuel Nelson (24-132, 1 TD) had his fourth 100 yard rushing game of the season.

Junior OLB/TE Jordan Tucker scored Leesburg's only touchdown in the second half of Friday's game against St. Cloud. (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/September 30, 2011)

For the second week in a row the Jackets had over 100 yards in penalties, including 70 in the first half.

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Ashley Beyer is a freelance photographer who will be working with the Carver Heights Quarterback Club this season. She started photographing as a hobby when she was 13 with a manual SLR Canon film camera. In 1998 she received her first automatic Canon SLR camera. In the begining as a hobby photographer her cousins and friends babies were her favorite subjects. Now, she is getting the chance to share her Leesburg High School football pictures with many people through Facebook and the Leesburg Yellow Jackets Football blog.

"It makes me happy to do that because I know there are families out there that would love to have pictures of their boys playing football and can't get to the games or don't have the means to record those memories." 

Ashley Beyer Class of 2001 Leesburg High School 

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Former Jacket Trevathan named Permanent Game Captain for UK, August 26, 2011

UK Elects Permanent Game Captains

The Cats elected as expected two seniors as permanent captains for 2011.

Aug 26, 2011 5:23 PM by Alan Cutler

All-American linebacker Danny Trevathan and guard Stuart Hines will be joined by two additional game captains each week. Game captains are usually picked on the basis of their performance in the previous game.

There is an update on talented freshman wide out Daryl Collins who is out for the season and will have surgery next Thursday. He suffered a dislocated kneecap in his right knee. Collins, who was expected to help this year will redshirt this season. 

"Daryl got hurt a couple of days ago and we were waiting for the evaluation to come back," says Joker.

When it comes to practice, Joker was pleased. It included some head-to-head work and going against the scout team.

"We had good work today. We got to work together and against each other on offense and defense and then we got going against our scouts and Western Kentucky. It was a good ‘Tuesday' (format) practice. We have two, Tuesday-type practices, one today and then one tomorrow. We have to use that time wisely to get ready for Western. The next day we will have a Wednesday practice and then two Thursday-type practices. Today was really good work for us and we expect it to be more crisp tomorrow working the same type of practice."

From the way Joker talks, the Cats are on pace to be ready for the opener September 1st against Western Kentucky.

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Alan Cutler

Lex18.com 

Aug 26, 2011 5:23 PM 

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There is talk of a State Football Championship in Leesburg, 6-28-11

Will the Jackets play at Florida Citrus Bowl twice in 2011?

There is talk of a State Football Championship in Leesburg

By Gerald Lacey
Staff Writer
Carver Heights Quarterback Club
June 28, 2011

LEESBURG - The Jackets open the 2011 season at the Florida Citrus Bowl and have dreams of finishing there in December in the Class 7A State Championship game. Leesburg will have it's first legitimate chance to capture a third state title in Leesburg High School history . The Jackets will have it's most explosive offensive team since 1992 when they were led by Oran Singleton, Steve Gooden and Ty Lawrence. This year's Jackets are stacked with NCAA FBS talent and a coaching staff with a impressive resume. Last year produced the Jackets first winning season since 2007. FOR MORE CLICK BELOW

There is talk of a State Football Championship in Leesburg, 6-28-11

 

Cardinal with two recruits on ESPNU 150

June 8, 2011 10:16 am PT


ESPN is out with the its top 150 recruits for the class of 2012. Two of them are committed to play football for the Stanford Cardinal next year.

Noor Davis, an outside linebacker from Florida, made news by committing early to Stanford last month. The 6’4, 225-pound, 4-star athlete is listed as 18th on the ESPNU 150 list.

Alex Carter is a 6’1, 190-pound athlete. The Virginia high school star is ranked 115th on the list. Carter was the first member of the class of 2012 to commit. Officially the 4-star player is listed as an “athlete.” FOR MORE CLICK BELOW

Cardinal with two recruits on ESPNU 150

Former Jackets Standout Danny Trevathan, Named Game Captain For Auburn game, October 4, 2010

Trevathan, McIntosh Named Game Captains for Auburn

 

Kentucky Football Notebook

Oct. 4, 2010

LEXINGTON, Ky. – Junior linebacker Danny Trevathan and sophomore kicker Craig McIntosh have been named game captains for the Auburn game, Coach Joker Phillips has announced.

Game captains are usually chosen on the basis of performance in the previous game. Trevathan, a native of Leesburg, Fla., is coming off the best game of his career against Ole Miss, as he recorded a personal-best 15 tackles. The junior also recorded two tackles-for-loss against the Rebels. Trevathan is tied for second in the Southeastern Conference and in a tie for 24th in the nation in tackles-for-loss with 1.60 TFL per game. The swift, physical linebacker is in a tie for sixth in the SEC in total tackles, averaging 8.40 stops per game.

McIntosh is also coming off a career game, launching a career-long 50-yard field goal against the Rebels. The native of Lexington, Ky., made two field goals in the game, hitting from 50 and 42 yards, one at the end of the first half to give UK momentum going in at halftime. McIntosh also placed a perfect on-side kick for Kentucky that would have put the Wildcats in key position to make a comeback.

Trevathan and McIntosh will join permanent captains Randall Cobb and DeQuin Evans at the pregame coin toss.

UK-South Carolina Game Time to be Decided: The University of Kentucky football game against South Carolina on Oct. 16 has been slated for either a 3:30 p.m., 6 p.m. or 7 p.m. ET start. The official game time will not be announced until Sunday. The game will be broadcast live by either CBS, ESPN2 or ESPNU.

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Leesburg High School football standout Dontra Matthews sign letters of intent

Pictured with Austin are: (seated) mother, Talvia, and (standing from left) Leesburg boys basketball coach Colt McDowell and football coach Charles Nassar. Photo by the Daily Commercial

FRANK JOLLEY / DAILY COMMERCIAL

Leesburg High School seniors Marquez Austin and Dontra Matthews make their college plans official by signing national letters of intent to attend Victor Valley College, two-year program located in the high desert region in Victorville, Calif. Both were signed as defensive backs. They helped lead Leesburg to 28 wins over the past four seasons and the school's first district championship (2007) since 1991.

Pictured with Matthews are: (seated) guardian Lori Matthews and (standing from left) McDowell, guardian Jim Matthews and Nassar.  Photos by the Daily Commercial

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Daily Commercial

May 30, 2009

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Jackets Dan Oliver wins A and M freshman award, February 18, 1977

Former Leesburg High School Standout Dan Oliver

Dan Oliver wins A and M freshman award

Daily Commercial pg. 7

February 18, 1977

TALLAHASSEE - Daniel Oliver, the son of Mr. and Mrs. Albert Oliver of Okahumpka, has received recognition as the most Scholarly freshman member of Florida A&M University 1976 football team.

Oliver 18, who plays the position of wingback for FAMU, holds a 3.45 grade point average. He is a graduate of Leesburg High School where he earned letters in football and basketball and was a first-team All-State performer.

Oliver received the Freshman scholarship trophy at FAMU's annual Football Banquet honoring the 1976 Rattler squad.

In addition to the presentation of awards and letters, the program included remarks by FAMU Head Coach and Athletic Director Emeritus A.S. "Jake" Gaither, Head Coach Rudy Hubbard, Athletic Director Hansel Tookes and University President B.L. Perry, Jr.

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Daily Commercial
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February 18, 1977

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Jackets - - Both Teams Explode in 2nd Half, Sunday, September 14, 1969

1969 Leesburg Yellow Jackets Football Archives, Coach Wilbur Lofton gave some advice to his quarterback Mike Napier during a timeout in last night's Orange and Black Game. Napier apparently took the advice to heart as he led the Orange to a high scoring victory. Leesburg High School, Leesburg, Florida

MIKE FOWLER
Commercial Sports Editor
The Daily Commercial
Sunday, September 14, 1969

A warning to Leesburg Yellow Jacket fans: leave early. Forget about traffic. Forget about the crowds in the exit. Forget about catching the last half of some other game on TV. Forget about anything but watching the Jackets until the clock runs out.

For if last night's Orange & Black intra-squad game is any indication, things will happen late that would scare any self respecting witch.

Here's why.

The first half was - well, Coach Wilbur Lofton had the wraps on his team. "We don't want any injuries," he said, and though Sam Rixie dashed 70 yards to a TD on the first play of the game to start everything off excitingly, the first half was played with that warning very much in mind. At halftime Rixie's run, a two point conversion, a white touchdown and a safety were the scoreboard totals.

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"Well, after halftime we opened up a a bit," said Lofton.

And how.

Quarterback Mike Napier threw touchdown passes, end Greg Williams caught touchdown passes, Mike Chatman ran for two touchdowns at the Varsity Orange offense opened up. And for the Junior Varsity white offense, Tim Wesley caught two touchdown passes from Ken Nappi and Steve Ezell caught one from Jeff Hancock, and the only possible injury was to the scoreboard operator's nerves, trying to keep up with it all.

Final score was 52-30 in favor of the Orange.

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 It pleased the crowd, and it pleased Lofton and to make it a pleasing day all around the size of the crowd pleased the Dad's Club, sponsors of the game, by being maybe the largest ever to show up for an Orange and Black game.

Afterwards, Lofton summed up, a checklist of pleasing points:

"Mike (Napier) threw well, Chatman and Rixie both ran well - we were working on our running game, concentrating on it in the first half. And I'd say we still have a good way to go with it, still have a long way to go." "but all the slotbacks ran well, passed well, caught well. I'd say Tommy Ryan, a slotback, had the best day he's had with us. The offensive line did a good job. I'd say I was pleased."

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MIKE FOWLER
Commercial Sports Editor

DAILY COMMERCIAL 

September 14, 1969

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Jackets Impressive In Eustis Jamboree, Sunday, September 7, 1969

GREG WILLIAMS trots off the field after taking a touchdown pass from Leesburg quarterback Mike Napier on the first play against Groveland in the second quarter of last night's Jamboree.

Mike Fowler
Commercial Sports Editor
September 7, 1969

If the rest of the season follows the pattern of the first two offensive plays, then Leesburg High's Yellow Jackets could end up in the Super bowl against the Jets. If the rest of the season follows the pattern of the two quarters Leesburg played last night in the Jamboree at Eustis, then Yellow Jacket fans will see some of the best Class A football possible - a smooth, potent, often devastating offense, a rock-hard defense, a team murder against weaker opponents and sturdy against tough ones.

That was the pattern of the night, a night which left coach Wilbur Lofton jovial and pleased and Jacket fans in the Eustis bleachers talking excitedly.

The Jackets made their first at the ball a memorable one in the opening minutes of the second quarter, in which they faced Groveland, With the ball at it's own forty. quarterback Mike Napier faded back, threw long to Greg Williams, hooking to the right, and laid the ball in his hands,Williams, dodging one tackler, hit the goal line untouched, and the first ten seconds of the 1969 season had produced the first six points - and the first bit of glory for the Napier-Williams passing combination which is already an area legend.

Then only a couple of minutes later - minutes in which the defense held Groveland to no gain in three tries - Tony Hart dropped back, to receive a punt, took it once at his 25, found a fifty-yard return nullified by a penalty, took the second kick at the 32 and skipped through Grovelanders 68 yards for the Jackets second touchdown.

That left Jacket fans yelling, the stands buzzing, Groveland stunned. The first quarter produced nothing else but more things for the Jackets to smile about. The defense stopped Groveland's runners dead in the middle and around the ends, the swarming pass defense let virtually no Groveland receiver into the clear.

Napier left midway through the quarter without completing another pass, but the three he missed were smooth near-misses, no cause for shame in the first game of the season. His replacement, sophomore Andy Carlton, completed two passes, a 65-yarder to Sherrill Lackey and a twenty-five yarder to Sam Rixie, who struggled through a swarm of Grovelanders for the Jackets third touchdown.

Meanwhile Jacket runners Rixie and Mike Chatman were grinding out steady yardage to give Coach Lofton his most pleasant surprise of the evening. "I was afraid we wouldn't have a ground games at all, 'he said. "We do."  Final score for the quarter Leesburg 18, Groveland 0.

The third quarter was tougher, possibly more satisfying. The rival was Eustis, the Jackets grudge rival, last year's Area Champ, and this year's version of the Panthers is the same Eustis junior varsity that went undefeated and unscored-upon last year.

People were wondering if the Napier-Williams passing team could be the first to score on these Panthers. The answer they got was yes - it came late in the quarter, after nine minutes of virtual standstill football, Napier hit Lackey, ran 23 yards himself, and after a penalty, found the ball on the Jacket 30.

He hit Williams at the 50. Next, boxed in trying to pass he struggled to the Panthers 42. Two passes to Williams fell short. Only 1:33 remained on the clock when he hit Williams for a first down at the thirty, Lackey for another at the ten, and finally Williams, who took the ball at the five and danced through Panthers for the score.

Leesburg 6, Eustis 0, and time ran out with Eustis doggedly but far too slowly moving into Leesburg territory.

In the first quarter Eustis, plagued by slippery fingers, fumbled three times, losing two, to spoil a good performance by back Rick Day, and tied Umatilla scoreless. Umatilla end a bad night by losing the last quarter to Groveland, when Otis Evans, a bull of a fullback, plunged over from one yard out then kicked the extra point for Groveland's 7-o victory.

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Mike Fowler
Commercial Sports Editor 
DAILY COMMERCIAL 
September 7, 1969




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Jackets on Display In Jamboree Friday, September 3, 1969

By Sports Staff
Daily Commercial
September 3, 1969

The new model Yellow Jackets - rugged as  a Jeep on defense, flashy as a Ferrari on offense - will be unveiled in Eustis Friday night, along with three other Area football teams in the second big pre-season Jamboree, a free-wheeling affair in which each team plays two quarters against different opponents.

Leesburg, Eustis, Umatilla and Groveland are the high schools which will take the Eustis High field at 7:30 p.m. to preview their 1969 models in a show Ford, Chevy and Plymouth would envy. Leesburg's Yellow Jackets meet grudge-rival Eustis Panthers in the second quarter, a potentially explosive twelve minutes with the Jackets, led by quarterback Mike Napier colliding head-on with last year's Area champions.

Leesburg will play the third quarter against Groveland.

It'll be the year's first look at Coach Wilbur Lofton's potentially fine offense, based on the passing of Napier, whose folder of letters from interested colleges already looks like the manuscript of a thick novel. On the receiving end of Napier's tosses will be such as all-state candidate Greg Williams and wideouts Tommy Ryan, Theodis Williams, Sherrill Lackey and Danny Bradford. The Jackets' defense, led by linebacker Sam Rixie, is expected to be rugged. But Eustis should provide a rough test, with Coach Tommy Comer bringing a strong line and big backs.

Wildwood High will host another Jamboree Friday at 8 p.m. South Sumter, North Marion, Hernando of Brooksville and Wildwood will participate.

The schedule pits the South Sumter Rebels against North Marion in the first quarter, Wildwood's Wildcats against the big Hernando Leopards in the second, the Wildcats and Rebels in the third and Hernando against North Marion in the finale.

Admission at Carter Field in Wildwood is $1.50 for adults and $1 for students.

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DAILY COMMERCIAL

September 3, 1969

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Jackets Passing Too Much

Best In The State?
September 24, 1969

Jackets Passing Too Much
Ask Wilbur Lofton and he'll tell you his Leesburg High Yellow Jackets will be lucky to win five games. Ask a Yellow Jacket fan and he'll tell you they'll win them all.

Which of the two is right? Only time will tell, But one thing is for sure, the Yellow Jackets could go all the way.

The size, depth and experience is there at all the key spots - quarterback, wideouts, tackles, linebacking, In fact, the only key spot that remains a question mark is at running back, but that position may take care of itself.

"We could end up with a fine ballclub," remarks Lofton. We'll have as fine a Class A team as anybody, but you have to take into consideration our schedule. It's loaded with tough games."

A quick look at the schedule indicates such. It's dotted with two Class AA schools, four Class A schools and three Class Bs. It's about as varied a schedule as you can get

How can they be that tough with three Class B schools on the slate? It's simple ... the Class B teams are Eustis, Winter Garden Lakeview and Wildwood. Any of the three make a formidable opponent for any Class A school. Eustis has enough boys to be a Class A, But managed to stay in Class B one more year.

Winter Garden was a class A last year, went 8-2 against a predominately Class A schedule, but lacked two boys  of having enough this year. Wildwood, though small even for a Class B, won the 1965 state Class A football championship.

The Class AA schools are Deland and Ocala. DeLand has 736 boys in its top three grades, Ocala 1080. Leesburg has 471.

But, despite the awesome foes, there were many schools that dared not even schedule the Yellow Jackets this year, so feared were they of the passing of Mike Napier, the catching of Greg Williams, the defensive play of Greg Johnson, Sam  Rixie and Mike Chatman.

Basically, this Leesburg team could be the finest in the school's history, and it has the potential to win the 13 games necessary for a state Class A football title.

Lofton considers Napier the finest all-around quarterback he has ever coached. The 6-1, 185 pound senior has college scouts drooling with a passing arm that accounted for nearly 1,500 yards last season and legs that ran for nearly 600 more.

He is an odds-on favorite for All-State honors and a major college scholarship. Lofton also plans to use him as much as possible. When he's not on offense, he'll be a safety on defense and a fine one. He also will handle the punting chores.

Leesburg will go to the air much more than last year, Lofton promises, Napier's aerials will be directed primarily at Greg Williams, a 185-pound speedster who caught 51 last year for 973 yards and 11 scores. He, too, is all-state material.

But Williams isn't the only Napier target. Williams demands double (and sometimes triple) coverage with his speed, sure hands and quick moves. So Napier may go more to a capable crop that includes wideouts Tommy Ryan (190), Theodis Williams (160), Sherrill Lackey (165) AND Denny Bradford (160).

Napier may also be used as a wideout at times, with sophomore Andy Carlton: Destined to become as fine - if not finer - than Napier, at the quarterback slot, Carlton threw a 49-yard touchdown pass in the spring game and hit on four of five as a freshman last year.

Lackey, who played defense lat year, could become the pair's prime target. He caught both touchdown passes through in the spring game and has the speed to get open quick.

We may have to pass a little more than I like," cautions Lofton, "unless we can find ourselves a running game."

Sam Rixie, who doubles as an outstanding linebacker, will be the key. The 170-pounder will
run from the fullback spot and could be a fine one, though the lacks experience at that
position. Ryan, Anthony Hart (160), James Hulsh (175), Henry Kerrison (180) and Napier are
also expected to  handle the running chores.

Weakest places along the line are right in the heart - at guard and center, Isaac Williams, a
monster at 235-pounder, was lost in the spring by grades and would have been the starting
center.

But the tackle position is so well stocked that Lofton decided over the summer to move Rocky Norris, all 270-pounds of him, to offensive center.

The tackles may be the strongest point on the team. Greg Johnson, a starter as a freshman
last year, will go both ways, as will newcomer James Mackey. Johnson is 6-4 225.... Mackey
6-3, 205. Both have exceptional speed and have all-star credentials.

Mark Sneed, if he doesn't play guard, is big at 205, and will see a lot of action.

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DAILY COMMERCIAL 

September 24, 1969

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