2011 Groveland South Lake At Leesburg Football Game Post Game Notes, November 1, 2011

Groveland South Lake At Leesburg (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/October 28, 2011)

By Gerald Lacey

Staff Writer

Carver Heights Quarterback Club

November 1, 2011

LEESBURG - The Jackets are 5-0 against non-district opponents in 2011.

Before the win over St. Cloud earlier this season Leesburg had never beaten any team larger than a 6A Classification they are now 3-2 against 7A competition their first year playing on that level.

Leesburg's two losses this season have been against two teams ranked in the Orlando Sentinel Super 16. The loss to Orlando Maynard Evans was on the road at Trojans Field in Orlando. Evans at the time was undefeated and ranked #5 in the Super 16. The Trojans were also ranked #10 in the Associated Press Class 7A Top Ten Football Poll. Leesburg's other loss was to Clermont East Ridge in the Dungeon at East Ridge High School. East Ridge was the #16 ranked team in the Super 16 poll at the time of the loss.

Sophomore Bryant Benton (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/October 28, 2011)

Three of the Jackets opponents have spent time in the Super 16 and the Super 16 Watch List. At the time when Leesburg faced the three opponents they came in with a combined record of 13-2 and #5 and #10 rankings in the state top ten poll. The Jackets played all three games on the road.

The Jackets have a chance to finish the 2011 regular season undefeated at Leesburg Memorial Field at Hubert O. Dabney Stadium. Leesburg will enter Friday's game against Ocala Lake Weir with a 4-0 home record.

Randy Trivers continues his winning ways, the Jackets have posted back to back winning seasons in 2010 and 2011. In 2008 and 2009 the Jackets had a combined record of 9-11. In the two seasons since Trivers arrived the Jackets are 13-6 going into Friday's regular season final. This is the fastest start for any Leesburg High School since Max Wettstein in 1973 and 1974.

Groveland South Lake At Leesburg (PHOTO BY ASHLEY BEYER/October 28, 2011)

DB/RB/KR Trevon Perry left the game Friday night with a knee injury and his status is questionable for the game against Ocala Lake Weir.

The Jackets went 0-5 in P.A.T.s against South Lake Friday night.

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Ashley Beyer

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Class of 2001 Leesburg High School

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."

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Gerald Lacey

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Carver Heights Quarterback Club

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Class of 1988 Leesburg High School

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South Lake spoils Leesburg's playoff plan

November 02, 2001
By PETE STELLA
Daily Commercial Staff Writer

GROVELAND
All the Leesburg Yellow Jackets needed to do to solidify a Class 4A-4 playoff spot was get a victory Friday night.

Enter the underdog South Lake Eagles.

The Eagles jumped out to an early lead, then held off a Leesburg late-game surge to win, 21-20.

After a Jarriel Lewis punt from the Eagles' end-zone with less than a minute to play, Leesburg (6-4, 3-3) took over on the 15-yard line.

After a gain of two yards and with no timeouts remaining, Yellow Jackets kicker Stephen Malinda entered the game to get the win. The off-and-on rain throughout the night made the playing field slick, but the snap and hold were good. Malina booted the pigskin for a 30-yard attempt but watched it fall a few yards short.



"My hat's off to Leesburg -- it's a shame someone had to lose tonight," South Lake coach Charles Weems said.

The Eagles (5-5, 4-3 5A-4) turned their season around after an 0-3 start to win five of their last seven games. The Yellow Jackets had several opportunities to win the game but turnovers eventually hurt them.

With four minutes gone in the first quarter, South Lake already owned a 14-0 lead. On the opening kickoff, Leesburg coughed up the ball (one of five fumbles on the night) and two plays later, Terrance Holden ran in from 17 yards. On the Yellow Jackets ensuing possession, they again fumbled on the first play and suffered the consequences. Lewis found Perry Garrett for a 30-yard touchdown pass four plays later.

Lewis ended the game 14-of-17 for 182 yards, two touchdowns and an interception. Garrett added 70 yards on the ground.

The Eagles added a third score in the first quarter when Lewis hit brother Jarrett for a 51-yard touchdown.



But the Yellow Jackets did not back down. Quarterback Jermaine Orr scored on touchdown runs of 3, 1 and 1 yards. Orr's third scored came with 5:39 in the third quarter, but the South Lake defense blocked the extra point attempt to hold the fragile, 21-20 lead.

"We came tough the first quarter and they played a great second half like we knew they would," Weems said. "They're a great team. . . .we knew they wouldn't quit.

"This was a great way to send our seniors out."

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Leesburg chalks up almost 300 yards on ground to beat South Lake

published: Saturday, September 19, 2009

FRANK JOLLEY

Staff Writer

LEESBURG -- As a coach, Charles Nassar always looks for a perfect game from the Leesburg High School football team.
He nearly got it Friday night.

The Yellow Jackets rushed for nearly 300 yards, including 130 by quarterback Efrain Negron, to earn a 21-7 victory against South Lake at H.O. Dabney Stadium.

"This was the closest we've come to a perfect game this season, including our preseason games," Nassar said. "We committed a couple of turnovers and had a few penalties, but we did of things right (Friday). We have some execution issues to clean, like the exchange between our quarterback and running backs, this was a very good performance by our kids."


Leesburg (2-1) took a 7-0 lead midway through the second quarter on a six-yard run by Malcolm Belton, and added to its advantage when Jalen Dozier capped a three play, 33-yard drive with a 10-yard run following a South Lake fumble.


Dozier took an inside handoff off a direct snap to running back Luther McDowell and outraced the Eagles defense to the end zone.

The Yellow Jackets gained 146 yards in the first half, all of which came on the ground. For Nassar, an advocate of the option, Leesburg's success on the ground was a highlight.

In the second half, the Yellow Jackets did not attempt a pass.

"Last week (against Mount Dora), D'Mauri Jones, our best receiver, was banged up but he was healthy for this game," Nassar said. "He was healthy for this game, but South Lake did a good job defending him, so we stayed on the ground and had of lot of success. Our running game was working, so why change?"

South Lake (0-3) was its own worst enemy at times, particularly in the second half. The Eagles fumbled on their first possession in the third quarter, their second of the game, and were whistled for two equipment violations on defense -- the first of which occurred on a fourth-and-four, giving the Yellow Jackets a first down.

Even though Leesburg eventually punted the ball away, South Lake watch the game clock become its enemy, as the Yellow Jackets took two additional minutes off the clock.

"We're continuing to beat ourselves with silly mistakes," South Lake coach Walter Banks said. "It's like giving yourself a self-inflicted wound. We digging ourselves into a hole that we can't get out of and it's really frustrating.

"Our kids are leaving everything on the field, in terms of effort and desire, but we have to find a way to cut out the mistakes."


 
South Lake's lone offensive highlight came in the third quarter when quarterback Stanley Evans hit Nick Wiasome in stride and the junior wide receiver outraced Leesburg's secondary to the end zone on a 69-yard score. For the game, Evans completed four of eight passes for 127 yards with a touchdown and an interception. Evans also rushed for 41 yards on 14 carries.


South Lake's ground attack was led by Steel Stewart, who picked up 67 yards on 10 carries.

In addition to Negron, Leesburg's running attack included Dozier (74-yards rushing), McDowell (59), Belton (20), James Asibey-Bonsu (10) and Kamonte Philips (2).

For South Lake, the road doesn't get any easier Friday, when perennial Class 6A powerhouse Apopka makes its first-ever trip to Groveland, while Leesburg opens district play against Citrus in Inverness.

"For us, the real season starts next week," Nassar said. "District games are the ones that count. We're going to spend next week trying to get better, like we do every week. This win was nice, but the important games on our schedule begin (Friday)."

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