St. Ed's advances in SSAA playoffs, Jensen Beach, Master's Academy post wins
St. Edward's 14, Palm Beach Christian Prep 12
Nate Sparkman threw two touchdown passes and the Pirate defense had to grind out a second-half performance as St. Edward's advanced to the second round of the SSAA 4A playoffs.
Palm Beach Christian Prep was first to come up with big plays early as an interception led to a touchdown run by quarterback Grant Turner to give the Saints a 6-0 lead with 3:33 left in the first quarter.
Sparkman would hit Connor O'Brien on an 8-yard touchdown connection early in the second quarter and the Pirates (4-5) added to their lead shortly after as Sparkman hit Nicky Colontrelle on a 5-yard touchdown pass that would give St. Edward's a 14-6 halftime lead.
Late in the third quarter, Turner threw a 21-yard touchdown pass to Ryan Ferdinand but the Pirates were able to hold on a potential tying two-point conversion try that loomed large in the final minutes.
With St. Edward's trying to chew up the clock, Sparkman hit Pat McMullan on a 37-yard completion on a third-and-3 with under two minutes to go that effectively sealed the win for the Pirates.
McMullan had missed the previous two games for St. Edward's but had a huge impact Thursday with three sacks on defense and the key catch on offense to secure the victory.
“We haven’t had Pat for a couple weeks due to a shoulder injury, we missed him, we didn’t know what we were going to get level wise from him coming back tonight but he stepped up huge tonight especially putting the game away on that play,” Pirate head coach Rich Schofield said.
St. Edward's will await to see their next opponent in the semifinals as Out-of-Door Academy and All Saints Academy will play their quarterfinal on Friday night.
Schofield was happy to see his kids dig deep to get past an opponent that gave the Pirates all they could handle Thursday.
“We knew they were a good, super athletic team," Schofield said. "It was going to be a handful to slow them down. Offensively, we got off to a good start but sputtered a bit as we went along which we'll work on going into next week but we’re excited for the next opportunity next week.”
— Gavin Cooney, Special to TCPalm
Jensen Beach 27, Bayside 0
A pair of touchdown connections from quarterback Jonny Ahern to senior wide receiver Jason Curry, Jr. led the Falcons (8-1) to a Senior Night victory.
The duo linked up on a 64-yard strike and another from 50 yards in the first half for Jensen Beach.
Senior Dylan Fatovich opened the scoring on the night for Jensen Beach returning a punt for a touchdown and classmate Elvick Previlma added a 51-yard touchdown catch from Ahern in the third quarter for the Falcons.
Jensen Beach's defense pitched its sixth shutout of the season and will get county rival Martin County next Thursday night to conclude its regular season.
Master's Academy 46, Florida School for the Deaf and Blind 16
The Patriots improved to 9-0, completing its regular season and begin 8-man football playoffs next week.
Swimming and Diving
Area swimmers locked up regional berths at Thursday's District 10-3A swimming and diving championship at Sailfish Splash Waterpark in Stuart.
South Fork's Finnegan May and Sebastian River's Louis St. Petery had two standout days in the pool, each winning two individual events.
May won the 50 freestyle with a time of 22.22 and took the 100 freestyle in 49.07 for the Bulldogs.
St. Petery won the 100 butterfly with a time of 53.10 and was victorious in the 100 backstroke clocking a time of 52.95 for the Sharks.
Several other area swimmers won events on the day and it was a strong day for the relay teams of Sebastian River's boys and girls.
Jace Domster, Stefano Mazzi, Louis St. Petery and Alessio Mazzi teamed to win the 200 medley relay and in the 400 freestyle relay, Louis St. Petery, Lee St. Petery, Jace Domster and Stefano Mazzi brought home the win for the Shark boys.
Zoe Keppel, Alexis Solomon, Mary Twomey and Paige Maclean brought home wins in the 200 medley relay and the 400 freestyle relay for the Shark girls and Twomey picked up a victory in the 100 butterfly.
Stefano Mazzi won the 200 individual medley and Matthew Pettit won the diving event for the Shark boys to earn a runner-up finish as a team behind Viera.
South Fork's girls finished as the team runner-up behind Viera and Calla Keenan was victorious in the 100 backstroke while the 200 freestyle relay team of Keenan, Marissa Coates, Catie Ewing and Kiley Keenan brought home a victory for the Bulldogs.
Fort Pierce Westwood's Julia Mesic took the victory in the 200 freestyle with a time of 2:20.40 for the Panthers.
The top two finishers in each event automatically advanced to the Region 4-3A meet to take place Nov. 1 at Sailfish Splash Waterpark.
Boys results
Viera 398, Sebastian River 373, South Fork 265, Heritage 215, Seminole Ridge 215, Fort Pierce Westwood 158, Atlantic 92
200 medley relay: Sebastian River (Jace Domster, Stefano Mazzi, Louis St. Petery, Alessio Mazzi) 1:45.14; 200 freestyle: Lucas Brown (V) 1:49.36, Silas Daut (SR) 1:50.86; 200 individual medley: Stefano Mazzi (SR) 2:02.42; 50 freestyle: Finnegan May (SF) 22.22, Alessio Mazzi (SR) 24.43; Diving: Matthew Pettit (SR) 441.25; 100 butterfly: Louis St. Petery (SR) 53.10; 100 freestyle: Finnegan May (SF) 49.07, Collin Barnhart (FPW) 54.30; 500 freestyle: Lucas Brown (V) 4:51.31, Silas Daut (SR) 4:56.13; 200 freestyle relay: Viera (Brady Zink, Clarence Masuecos, Ethan Wotton, Lucas Brown) 1:35.75, South Fork (Brody Metzger, Ben Prohaska, Henry Postel, Finnegan May) 1:40.97; 100 backstroke: Louis St. Petery (SR) 52.95, Lee St. Petery (SR) 56.75; 100 breaststroke: Logan Flach (H) 1:03.15, Stefano Mazzi (SR) 1:03.23; 400 freestyle relay: Sebastian River (Louis St. Petery, Lee St. Petery, Jace Domster, Stefano Mazzi) 3:25.58, South Fork (Brody Metzger, Ben Prohaska, Henry Postel, Finnegan May) 3:52.97
Girls results
Viera 379, South Fork 352, Sebastian River 342, Heritage 290, Seminole Ridge 140, Atlantic 87, Fort Pierce Westwood 40
200 medley relay: Sebastian River (Zoe Keppel, Alexis Solomon, Mary Twomey, Paige Maclean) 1:57.92; 200 freestyle: Julia Mesic (FPW) 2:02.40, Kiley Keenan (SF) 2:09.89; 200 individual medley: Autumn Flach (H) 2:20.75, Calla Keenan (SF) 2:23.57; 50 freestyle: Taylor Rizzi (SRidge) 25.56, Zoe Keppel (SR) 26.42; Diving: Sadie Dempz (V) 429.55, Aubrie Durham (SR) 412.05; 100 butterfly: Mary Twomey (SR) 1:01.10; 100 freestyle: Janey Vargas (V) 1:00.58; 500 freestyle: Julia Mesic (FPW) 5:28.30, Paige Maclean (SR) 5:43.70; 200 freestyle relay: South Fork (Calla Keenan, Marissa Coates, Catie Ewing, Kiley Keenan) 1:52.60; 100 backstroke: Calla Keenan (SF) 1:04.02, Zoe Keppel (SR) 1:04.04; 100 breaststroke: Autumn Flach (H) 1:08.93, Mary Twomey (SR) 1:10.60; 400 freestyle relay: Sebastian River (Zoe Keppel, Paige Maclean, Alexis Solomon, Mary Twomey) 3:59.54, South Fork (Calla Keenan, Marissa Coates, Catie Ewing, Kiley Keenan) 4:07.13
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