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STANDINGS Immokalee, James blank Veiroi 12-0 Class 5A, District 10 District Overall Pts. PA BradentonSE 1 0 4 1 184 46 Charlotte 1 0 2 3 45 60 Bayshore 0 0 2 2 76 70 Port Charlotte 0 1 1 3 80 127 Venice 0 1 0 4 12 142 Class 5A, District 11 "Edgerrin is just a powerful back, and he did the job for us again," Meadows said. "He's a great back, but our line did a great job, especially Craig Moore," Meadows said of his 6-4, 310-pound offensive right tackle. Williams gained 82 yards on 14 carries. District Overall By JOHN HARRIS III News-Press staff writer The city of Fort Myers was spared by the tropical depression that battered most of South Florida on Friday, but the Bishop Verot football team was hit by Hurricane Edgerrin.

Immokalee star running back Edgerrin James continued his romp through opposing defenses for 219 yards on 32 carries and two touchdowns, leading the Indians (4-1) to a 12-0 triumph over the host Vikings James, who felt "kind of weak" while battling flu-like symptoms during the day, took some cold medicine and went about his business as usual. When asked how he kept his endurance through his malady, James said, "Once I started playing, I was alright." James, who entered the game as the state's leading rusher, has 1,159 yards on 1 24 carries plus 1 4 touch-do wns in five games. James' first score came four minutes into the game, as he crashed in from the 1 Following a Dedrin Smith interception on the ensuing posses sion, Immokalee drove down to the Viking 3, where James was stopped on fourth down. But Bishop Verot gave the ball right back when Jean Cantave fell on a Keith Williams fumble on the Viking 16-yard line. The visitors then moved the ball to the 1, then had a James touchdown burst called back due to an illegal motion.

Immokalee then commited three straight penalties to put itselves out of scoring range. "We did make lots of errors, but the kids still stayed mentally tough and played like warriors," Immoka lee coach Gary Meadows said. After the stop, quarterback Nate Hagerman took the Vikings 60 yards on 13 plays to the Indians' 12. More than six minutes into the drive, Williams was stopped on a fourth-and-2 by linebacker Roy Campbell. "Roy Campbell was all over the place tonight.

He and Dedrin came up with some great defensive plays," Meadows said. James scored his 1 4th touchdown of the year midway through the third quarter on a slashing 13-yard jaunt through the right side of the Verot defense. I Pts. PA North FM 3 0 5 0 190 36 Collier 2 0 5 0 167 35 Fort Myers 2 0 4 0 80 38 Cypress Lake 0 1 2 2 89 91 Cape Coral 0 1 3 1 134 59 Mariner 0 2 2 2 78 43 Riverdale 0 3 1 4 47 147 Class 4A, District 13 Bishop verot Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Immokalee Bishop Verot 11 9 41-263 32-108 39 40 2-2-0 4-9-1 2-22 5 0-0 3-2 2-2 '3-H5 7-75 6 0 6 0-12 0 0 0 0 -0 District Overall I Pts. PA Immokalee 2 0 4 1 156 62 Lely 1 0 2 3 88 109 Estero 1 1 2 3 109 143 Naples 0 1 1 4 48 80 Lemon Bay 0 2 0 5 8 167 Class 4A, District 14 District Overall Pts.

PA Glades-Cent. 2 0 5 0 200 6 Suncoast 1 0 1 2 38 64 Clewiston 1 1 2 2 51 47 South Fork 0 1 2 2 51 70 Okeechobee 0 2 2 2 78 87 Class 3A, District 7 District Overall Pts. PA LaBelle 1 0 5 0 151 33 Pope Jhn Paul 10 1 4 81 99 Pahokee 11 4 1 122 27 Bishop Verot 0 1 3 2 81 39 Card. Newman 0 1 1 4 23 151 Class 2A, District 7 District Overall Pts. PA Glades Day 2 0 5 0 195 6 Moore Haven 2 0 5 0 221 33 Amer.

Heritage 0 1 1 2 28 22 Westminster 1 1 2 1 62 87 Benjamin 0 1 2 2 54 75 The King's 0 2 0 4 62 158 Class 3A, Independent fcrntttiMMMMii fl Overall Pts. PA Lehigh 3 2 86 78 Lee County Athletic Conference Conference Overall Pts. PA North FM 4 0 5 0 145 30 Fort Myers 2 0 4 0 43 19 Cape Coral 1 0 3 1 48 20 Estero 1 2 2 3 55 99 Cypress Lake 0 2 2 2 27 60 Mariner 0 2 2 2 16 43 Riverdale 0 2 1 4 12 75 NOTE: Points and points allowed are for conference games only. MARC BEAUDINNews-Press IKffiErS Danle'S' Tmmy Md Mark FORT MYERS: Wave whips Sarasota 20-9 From Page 1C had two steps on his defender, for a 43-yard scoring play and a 13-6 half- time edge. David Church, the third produc tive senior, made a late appearance, which was fitting since he was tardy for a team meal, accordine to offen sive coordinator Sam Sirianni and therefore didn't move into his customary backfield position until the third quarter.

Although Church didn't hear the had lived a full life. He was Sarasota 16 28-122 115 12-32-1 3-1 6-40 Fort Myers 7 25-127 107 10-13-0 2-1 4-40 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Sarasota Fort Myers 0 -0 Sarasota FG Baruch 32 Fort Myers Douglas3 run (Ramos kick) Sarasota FG Baruch 45 Fort Myers Davis 43 pass from Travis (fumbled snap) Fort Myers -D. Church 59 run (Romoskick) Sarasota FG Baruch 36 Immokalee -Immokalee E. James 1 run (pass failed) E. James 13 run (passfailed) LaBelle crushes Mooney News-Press staff LaBELLE Senior Mark Lynch ran for 233 yards on 21 carries and scored five touchdowns as No.

1-ranked Class 3A LaBelle defeated Cardinal Mooney 38-13 Friday night in a non-district high school football game. Lynch had scoring runs of 13, 3, 75, 80 and 7 yards with no fumbles as the Cowboys (5-0) accumulated 422 yards in total offense. The LaBelle defense, meanwhile, shut down Cardinal Mooney, allowing only one first down in the first half and three in the second half. Class 3A Cardinal Mooney (2-3) had 21 yards rushing and 78 yards passing 40 of which came on one completion. Mooney 4 22-21 78 8-15-0 7-360 2-1 1-15 LaBelle 12 38-320 102 7-13-1 1-0 4-40 Flrstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Cardinal Mooney LaBelle -7 Cardinal Mooney FG Pflugner 33 LaBelle-Lynch 13 run (Gramaticakick) LaBelle -Lynch3run(Gramatica kick) Cardinal Mooney Mathey 43 punt return (Pflugnerkick) LaBelle -Lynch 80 run (Gramaticakick) Cardinal Mooney FG Pflugner 40 LaBelle Lynch 75 run (Gramatica kick LaBelle FG Gramatica 35 LaBelle -Lynch 7 run (Gramaticakick) Moore Haven 51, Santa Fe Catholic 7 MOORE HAVEN Senior halfback Leroy Myers ran for 268 yards on 1 1 carries and had three touchdowns as No.

6-ranked, Class 2A Moore Haven won its homecoming game. Senior halfback Gilbert King also ran for 1 26 yards on 1 0 carries for the Terriers (5-0). "We played a lot better in the second half," Moore Haven defensive coordinator Kenny Buckner said. "We lacked a little intensity. We turned it up in the second half and held them to 34 total yards." Lakeland Santa Fe Catholic is 2-2.

Santa Fe 11 41-77 97 10-19-3 3-320 4-3 6-30 Moore Haven 16 34-420 67 33-0 1-390 4-3 6-75 Flrstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Santa Fe Catholic Moore Haven 0 7 0 7 13 8 18 12 51 Moore Haven Myers90run (Prowantkick) Moore Haven Brown 11 pass from W.Kina (kick fa, led) Moore Haven G.King 12run Myers run) Sante Fe Catholic 10 pass (kick good) names notavailabie Moore Haven Myers 41 run (kick failed) Moore Haven 12 run (kick failed) Moore Haven (kick failed) Moore Haven Storey 40 pass from W.Kina (kick failed) Moore Haven Myers 17 run pass failed) Barron Collier 49, Key West 14 Running back Meenyus Miller ran for 131 yards on 10 carries and scored three touchdowns as Barron Collier (5-0) won its homecoming. Clifton Robinson added 103 yards on eight carries and caught two touchdown passes from sophomore quarterback Matt Maloney. Maloney completed 10-of-12 passes for 212 yards. "I thought we played real well," Barron Collier coach Dave Tanner said. "Offensively, we pretty well did what we wanted.

We got a little sloppy in the fourth quarter." Key West A NA NA NA NA NA NA First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Collier 11 28-243 215 1114-1 2-290 3-1 5-65 Key West Barron Collier 0 0 0 14 14 21 14 7 7 49 Barron Collier Robinson 13 run (Gaftrun) Barron Collier Miller 16 run (kick failed) Barron Collier Robinson 62 pass from Maloney (Gonzalei kick) Barron Collier Miller 20 run (Gomolei kick) Barron Collier Miller 40 run (Gonzalei kick) Barron Collier Robinson 8 pass from Maio-ney(Gonzaieikick) Barron Collier Whinnery 1 run (Gonzalei kick) Key West scoring not available. Charlotte 14, Lemon Bay 0 Senior Shane Allen ran for 174 yards on 13 carries and scored two touchdowns as Class 5A-10 Charlotte (2-3) shut out the Manta Rays. Charlotte 10 35-234 15 3- 9-1 4- 23 2-2 7-70 Lemon Bay 5 24-1-24) 22 6-13-1 935 4-1 4-10 Flrstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Charlotte Lemon Bay 8 6 8 0 0 8 0 0 14 8 Charlotte Allen 54 run (kick failed) Charlotte Allen 68 run (Dill pass from Cape turns lights out on Venice 48-0 Red Knights rip Riverdale 48-6 dinner bell, he didn't have any trouble finding the end zone. With first- and-10 at the Fort Myers 41, Church took a pitch and cruised the right side. He turned the corner in a hurry and outraced several Sailors for a 59-yard scoring romp.

Church said the TD had special significance. His grandfather, Robert Brown, died earlier in the week. "When I saw that opening, I though about my grandfather," Church said. "I was devastated early in the week, but then I realized he would be outrageous." "It seemed," added Jamie Thomas, "like we scored every time we touched the ball in the second half." And he did when he brought back a punt 48 yards to end the scoring. It was his second career punt-return TD.

The Seahawks accounted for 407 yards on the ground and 564 total if you factor in 89 yards in punt returns, including Thomas'. Cape amassed 159 yards in its first 14 plays from scrimmage, but didn't score until Hawthorn bulled in from a yard out to cap an eight-play, 62-yard drive 3:31 into the second quarter. Ironically, it came after a fumble by Venice quarterback Jason Mort at the Seahawks' 38. Two dazzling scrambles by Murray were Cape's second TD drive, the last a 17-yarder with 2:25 left in the half, and a 41-yard, Murray-to-Waymon Idlette bomb set up Hawthorn's second score, making it 21-0 at halftime. "My receivers were open," said the left-handed Murray of his scatter-and-run specials.

"But my back was blocking out to the direction I was supposed to throw. Soljusttookoff." Harvin waited no longer than the first play of the second half to add a 58-yard rumble to the end zone, and scored again less than seven minutes later after taking a desperation pitch from Murray onthird-and-goal from the 18. Cape Coral 11 35-407 68 4-6-0 0-0 4-4 6-42 Venice 9 40-129 20 3-14-1 2-1 5-42 Flrstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Pen. -yards Cape Coral Venice 21 20 7 48 0 0 8 Cape Coral Hawthorn 1 run (Snyder kick) Cape Coral Murray 17 run (kick failed) Cape Coral Hawthorn 4 run (Hipp pass from Murray) Cope Coral Harvin 58 run (Hawthorn run) Cape Coral Harvin 18 pass from Mur-ray (kick failed) Cape Coral Hawthorn 72 run (kick failed) Cape Coral Thomas 48 punt return (Snyderkick) Estero 21, Cypress Lake 20 (0T) Estero CypressLake 14 6 41-149 25-53 40 53 6-10-1 6-10-2 5-30 5-30 1-1 3-1 7-65 1-5 Flrstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Estero Cypress Lake 7 -6 CL-Watkins95 kick return (Rogers kick) Ross4run (Mlllan kick) CL Jackson 1 run (Rogers kick) Ross lOrun (Millan kick) CL-Watkins3 pass from Langley (kick fail) E-Young 2 pass from Henry (Mlllan kick) the first half, North Fort Myers quarterback Eric Cartmell heaved a pass from his 47-yard line to Jevon Kearse. As the pass sailed through the air, Kearse realized it was underthrown.

He ran back three yards to catch it, then turned around and sprinted to the end zone. "It was a bootleg," Cartmell said. "My guard pulled and made a good block. I just did what I was supposed to do." North Fort Myers scored twice in third quarter: a 28-yard pass from Cartmell to Harrison Thomas, Navas' 18-yard run. North coach Wade Hummel decided to put in some of his reserves on offense, including 6-foot, 225 pound J.T.

Turner. Turner, who starts at defensive tackle, is third on the depth chart at running back. The depth chart didn't keep him from gaining 42 yards on three carries, including a 27-yard touchdown. Although North Fort Myers didn't need it to win, Turner did. "That was my first touchdown," Turner said.

"It definitely felt good for me. I needed it." N. Fort Myers Riverdale Firstdowns 15 6 Rushes-yards 26-328 22-88 Passing 123 77 Comp-att-int 6-10-1 6-16-1 Punts-avg 1-37 6-30 Fumbles-lost 4-1 3-2 4-45 5-30 North Fort Myers Riverdale 48 4 North Fort Myers Navas 3 run (kick failed) North Fort Myers Kearse 6 run (Kearse run) North Fort Myers Gaymon 25 run (run tailed) Riverdale Stewart 6 pass from Haley (kick failed) North Fort Myers Kearse 46 pass from Cartmell (Lewis pass) North Fort Myers Thomas 28 pass from Cartmell Berman kick North Fort Myers Navas 18 run (kick blocked) North Fort Myers Turner 27 run (Berman kick) SCORES Around Southwest Florida Cape Coral 48, VeniceO Estero 21, CypressLake 20 (OT) Fort Myers 20, Sarasota 9 Lehigh 22, Naples 19 North Fort Myers 48, Riverdale6 Immokalee 12, Bishop VerotO Barron Collier 49, Key West 14 Charlotte 14, Lemon BayO LaBelle38, Cardinal Mooney 13 Miami Pace 35, Lely 29 Moore Haven 51, Santa FeCathollc7 Other district schools Bradenton Southeast 32, Orlando Evans 12 Sarasota Booker31, N. Palm Beach BenjamlnO Glades Central 47, Pope John Paul 0 Glades Day 42, Marathon 0 Palm Beach Lakes31, Cardinal Newman 9 Pahokee 14, William T. Dwyer 0 Okeechobee at Fort Pierce Westwood John Carroll at King's Academy Around the state Bartow 25, Avon Park 14 Belen 14, Coral Shores 0 Boca Raton 47, Palm Beach GardensO Brandon 10, Tampa Bay Tech 6 Carol City 19, Miami Central 13 Citrus21, Lake Weir 19 Clearwater 32, Seminole31 Crystal River 27, South Lake3 FAMU 20, Wakulla 0 Gulf 10, LecontoB Plant 11 Jenkins21, Frostproof 20 (OT) Jesuit 28, LandO'Lakes3 Killian 19, Braddockl Lake Gibson 20, Haines City 15 Lake Wales 14, DeSoto 0 Lincoln 18, Leon 14 Madison County 22, Bradford 6 Manatee21, Chamberlain 14 Miami 21, Palmetto-Miami 20 North Miami Beach 26, Coral Park 12 Osceola-Seminole 27, PalmettoO P.K.

Yonge41, Florida High 10 Palmer Trinity 37, Zlon Lutheran 6 Pasco 36, South Sumter 19 Ransom Everglades 24, DadeChrlstian8 Rlvervlew24, Gaither23 South Oade 13, American 0 Tampa Catholic 31, St. Petersburg 14 Tarpon Temple Heights37, St. Joseph'sO Vero Beach31, Martin County 7 Wellington 21, Forest Hill 12 Colleges covet W. Virginia star The Associated Press BELLE, W. Va.

Colleges across the country are running up big phone bills trying to land DuPont High School wide receiver Randy Moss. Moss said he hears from Notre Dame, Florida, Ohio State and West Virginia once a week. They'd probably contact him more often but NCAA rules prevent them. And naming all the other schools that have contacted Moss probably would fill up the first half of a newspaper page. "If you're the kind of guy who doesn't get many phone calls, I guess you look forward to receiving all the calls," he said.

"But it's nothing I look forward to. Sometimes after football practice it wears me down. I guess it's something you have to do if you want to get up in the world. "Ohio State, Florida and Notre Dame are down pat," he said. Moss, who also plays defensive back, has just 13 receptions for 241 yards through four games, well off the numbers he put up as a sophomore and junior.

But teams are devising special coverages to prevent him from beating them. DuPont coach Dick Whitman, seeking a third straight state title, is simply turning to a bevy of other athletes who probably will end up playing college ball somewhere. "He doesn't have the starting statistics, but he's playing good, solid football, particularly on the defensive side of the ball," Whitman said. ByDONNIEWILKIE News-Press staff writer VENICE Cape Coral's return to the Friday night lights was stalled for all of 1 2 minutes but then it was lights out for the hapless Venice Indians. The defending District 5A-11 champions scored 21 points in the final 8:29 of the second quarter, then had four more touchdowns before they ran their 10th play of the second half in a 48-0 non-district laugher at Powell-Davis Stadium.

Cape (3-1) was off last week. Four lost fumbles three of the them inside the Venice 30-yard-line kept the Seahawks grounded fora while. But running backs Ray Hawthorn (11 carries, 158 yards, three touchdowns) and Isaac Harvin (10-104, two TDs) and quarterback Montain Murray (7-119, one TD) were already off to the races. And once they figured out a way to hold onto the ball, the pointscameinahurry. "I guess we had butterfingers or something," said Murray, who lost fumbled twice in the first quarter but improvised on pass plays for dashes of 17, 30 and 17 yards on the first two second-quarter TD drives.

"But our motto is, 'Turn negatives into We kept our heads up and things worked out in the end." Did they ever. The mismatch reached its, uh, low point with 7:37 remaining in the game, when Cape coach James Hale offered the 0-4 Indians a chance to play with a running clock. They refused, so Hale ordered backup quarterback Chad Jeffries to take two delay-of-game penalties and down the ball four times after the 'Hawks had driven to the Venice 6. "I didn't know what to do," Hale admitted. "Our other running backs are just as good as our starters.

If we hadn't fumbled so many times early, that score By DAVID DORSEY News-Press staff writer When the fourth quarter finally arrived, North Fort Myers led by 35 points. The scoring continued, however, as a Red Knight defensive tackle scored the final touchdown while playing offense. With two running backs rushing for more than 100 yards, North Fort Myers took an early lead before surging past Riverdale for a 48-6 victory Friday night at Riverdale. Red Knight running back Cisco Navas scored the first touchdown on a 3-yard run. He finished with 122 yards on 11 carries.

"Last year, we would start scoring a lot in the second half. This year, we like to get going early," said Navas, who scored another touchdown in the third quarter with an 18-yard run. "It helps a lot when two backs get 100 yards." Marlon Gaymon finished with 138 yards on 15 carries. He broke free for a 25-yard touchdown in the second quarter. "We don't have a game next week," Gaymon said.

"We wanted to come out a play hard." With the score 20-0, Riverdale finally reached the scoreboard on a 6-yard pass from Brad Haley to Owen Stewart. It was the last time the Raiders would get even near the end zone; they managed just one first down in the second half. Riverdale running back Troy Smith gained 60 yards on 11 carries, and was not pleased with his performance. "I wasn't running like I was supposed to," Smith said. "I made too many mental mistakes.

The whole team made too many mental mistakes." With 15 seconds remaining in.