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8C NEWS-PRESS, SATURDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1995 PREPS STANDINGS Class 5A, District 11 4 for 52 yards in the second half said, "We run the clock well, we knew what we had to do." "We were talking all week about knocking off a team we could beat, and we did it." Cape Coral coach James Hale: "We made mistakes in our kicking game and you can't do that in a close game. Naples has a lot of class." with 4:12 remaining and gave Naples another shot. Maurizi lost the ball at the Cape Coral 39, however, and it looked as though Cape Coral had dodged the final bullet. A conservative run sequence on the next possession forced the Sea-hawks to punt the ball with only 1:15 remaining in the game. Sears, who had fumbled a punt in the first quarter, went back to kick.

Jamie Mendicino, however, burst around the line and blocked the punt, setting up Naples at the Cape Coral 25. Three plays later, Mansberger trotted out and calmly delivered the ball through with the winning kick. Maurizi, who was a perfect 4-for- returned a punt to the Naples 33-yard line and a personal foul penalty set up Sears for the easy chip. The way Cape Coral had been holding Naples down, nine points seemed plenty. Naples quarterback 'Chris Mau-rizi had other ideas.

After being entirely shut down in the first half, 0-5 with an interception, Maurizi caught fire. He engineered a 74-yard drive, capped off by Howard Green's 10-yard scamper around left end. Maurizi hit Damar McCrary with first down passes of 10 and 30 yards. The drive took 3:49 and brought the Golden Eagles within two. A clipping penalty on a first down run forced Cape Coral to kick the ball A victory would have kept Cape Coral a game behind district-leading Barron Collier in District 5A-11.

BC defeated Fort Myers 48-7 on Friday night. After shutting down Naples in the first half, Cape Coral went ahead 9-0 on Matt Sears' 27-yard chip shot with two minutes remaining in the third quarter. The Seahawks allowed Naples only 17 total yards in the first half, with eight plays going for either no gain or a loss. Senior Alphonzo Kendrick's 54-yard sprint around end and down the left sideline had given Cape Coral a 6-0 lead with six minutes remaining in thefirsthalf. Late in the third, Jamie Thomas By KEVIN FLECKNEY News-Press staff There's something about wet fields and key district matchups that doesn't work too well for Cape Coral High School's football team.

In a game that was eerily similar to a last-minute loss two weeks ago at Fort Myers, Cape Coral lost to Naples 10-9 on Tim Mansberger's 37-yard field goal with 29 seconds left Friday night and in the process, may have seen its playoff hopes slip away. Cape Coral (6-2, 2-2) took a nine-point lead into the final period and appeared to have had the game won several times. Appearances, however, can be quite deceiving. District Overall Pts. PA Charlotte 4 0 7 0 128 49 Sarasota 4 0 7 0 208 56 Bayshore 3 1 4 3 139 131 Mariner 3 2 5 3 151 98 Port Charlotte 1 3 2 5 59 154 N.

Fort Myers 0 4 1 6 60 156 Venice 0 5 0 7 22 209 Class 5A, District 12 District Overall Pts, PA Barron Collier 4 0 6 2 244 88 Fort Myers 3 1 5 3 119 119 Cape Coral 2 2 6 2 320 50 Naples 2 2 5 3 140 87 Lely 1 3 2 5 80 205 Estero 0 4 2 5 102 157 Class 4A, District 12 District Overall Pts. PA Cypress Lake 3 0 6 2 171 87 Immokalee 2 1 3 5 111 139 Lehigh 2 1 4 4 162 154 Lemon Bay 1 2- 3 4 99 97 Riverdale 0 4 0 8 76 265 Class 3A, District 6 District Overall Pts. PA LaBelle 4 0 7 0 249 26 Avon Park 3 1 5 3 141 117 Bishop Verot 2 2 3 5 91 85 Frostproof 2 2 5 3 216 163 Card. Mooney 1 3 3 4 104 171 Lake Placid 0 4 1 7 70 290 Lee County Athletic Conference Conference Overall Pts. PA Cape Coral 5 1 6 2 164 40 Fort Myers 3 1 5 3 59 34 Mariner 3 1 5 3 68 23 Cypress Lake 3 2 6 2 107 68 Lehigh 2 3 2 3 86 110 Estero 1 2 2 5 29 56 N.

Fort Myers 1 3 1 6 35 86 Riverdale 0 5 0 8 27 158 NOTE: Points and points allowed are for conference games only. I Scores 2C LABELLE. Gambles earn win From Page 1C Perkowski said. "They didn't move the ball consistently on us. We just made a couple of mistakes." Those mistakes included an interception by senior Dedrick McLain at the LaBelle 1-yard line, and a sailing field-goal snap in the fourth quarter that killed any chances for a comeback.

Bishop Verot did give LaBelle a scare when senior Jamell Johnson, who ran for 170 yards on 27 carries, broke a 60-yard score on the Vikings' first play in the second half. LaBelle answered with a 15-play, 67-yard drive that included two fourth-down conversion, in which Brett Basquin caught a 6-yard TD pass from Rimes. "We've been known to play conservatively," said Dunbar of the conversions, one of which was fourth-and-5. "I said it's now or never and took a chance." "We're playing Avon Park for the district title (on Nov. 3)," Basquin said.

"If we can get the home-field advantage for the playoffs, we think we can go all the way to the state championship game." (a Vl i ,1, -i if i ii fc-MIMMWiM 'i iimii ii I f-i i.i-Si.ii -i. -rmr it t.r.f.fJ SLIPPERY FISH: Charlotte's Mike Alvarez runs past Mariner's Roderick Wilson. The Tarpons beat the atrlotte stiiios syiairioeir 21 Ch MARC BEAUDINNews-Press Seahawks 21-18. Charlotte Spikes 15 run (Germana kick) Mariner FG Munroe 21 Charlotte Oill 17 pass from Cunningham (Germana kick) Mariner Graham 45 pass from Royal (Munroekick) Charlotte Spikes 35 run (Germana kick) Mariner Graham 6 pass from Royal (Davis passfromRoyal) Collier 48, Fort Myers 7 Naples Cape Coral 7 7 32-71 36-70 52 27 4-9-1 3-7-0 4-34 4-36 2-2 2-2 4-60 5-50 Firstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Naples Cape Coral 0 0 10 10 6 3 0 -9 Cape Coral Kendrick 54 run (pass failed) Cape Coral FG Sears 27 Naples Green 10 run (Mansberger kick) Naples FG Mansberger 37 Lehigh wins in OT 17-1 By GLENN MILLER News-Press staff writer Lehigh Senior High football coach Larry Gary ordered his players to one knee in a circle around him moments after a 17-14 District 4A-12 overtime victory over Lemon Bay Friday night. "Offense scores points but.

Gary shouted to his team. "Defense wins games!" the team shouted back. That was the case Friday. Lehigh's offense scored 17 points, capped by Matt Groff's 25-yard field goal in overtime. Lehigh is now 4-4 and 2-1 in its district.

It was the defense that saved the night. When Lemon Bay (3-4, 1-2) had its turn in overtime to run four plays from the Lehigh 1 0, the visitors didn't get anywhere. Their 229 rushing yards compiled in regulation didn't help. Minus 3 yards on first down. No gain on second down.

And a loss of 2 yards on third down. Lemon Bay's Eric Schaum's 33-yard field-goal attempt was wide right. This was a stirring victory for Lehigh, which led 14-0 through three quarters. Lemon Bay, however, took advantage of Lehigh fumbles and tied the game in the fourth quarter on 3- and 8-yard touchdown runs by 1 Chris Slattery. Although Lehigh lost three fumbles in the second half, Gary liked the way his play ers responded.

"We have a big heart," Gary told his team. "We do not quit." The Lehigh defense knew what it had to do in overtime. "We had to dig real deep in our hearts," defensive lineman Thelton Jacob said. "That was just like practice," linebacker Duane Bonner said. "First-and-goal from the 10.

Just like practice. The defense always wins." The offense, however, scored the points. A little more than two minutes into the game, Lehigh running back Broderick Daniels shot 63 yards up the middle of the field for a touchdown. Daniels rushed for 101 yards on eight carries. With 6:59 remaining in the second period, Lehigh's Rod Pasley took a pitch from quarterback Josh Spry and scooted around the left end on a 3-yard scoring run.

Lemon Bay 17 39-224 9 1-4-0 1-32 3-2 3-25 Lehigh II 35-260 8 1-8-0 1-36 4-3 7-55 Firstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Lemon Bay Lehigh 0 0 0 14 0 14 6 8 0 0 3 17 Lehigh Daniels63 run (kick failed) Lehigh Pasley 3 run (Matthews pass from Spry) Lemon Bay Slattery 3 run (Schaum kick) Lemon Bay Slattery 8 run (Schaum kick) Lehigh-FGGroff25 Cypress Lake 24, DeSoto 0 ARCADIA Ben Hines scored three touchdowns as Cypress Lake (6-2) blanked Arcadia DeSoto (3-4-1) in a non-district game. Hines caught a 34-yard pass from Rick Langley for a touchdown and also scored on a pair of 1-yard runs. Langley completed 8 of 1 1 passes for 135 yards. Cypress Lake scored in the first quarter after a 23-yard punt by DeSoto gave it good field position at the DeSoto 38. Two plays later, Langley found Hines for a 7-0 lead.

Cypress Lake struck again on the first play of the second quarter when Hines capped a seven-play, 66-yard drive for a 14-0 lead. The march featured a pair of big plays a 16-yard pass from Langley to Eddie McCarthy and a 21-yard connection from Langley to Winston Watkins. After Danny Rogers' 35-yard field goal gave Cypress Lake a 17-0, the Panthers closed out the scoring midway through the fourth quarter on Hines' third touchdown. 38 yards on 13 carries. On a night when heavy rain turned Tony McKenna Field into a Woodstock-like mosh pit, Charlotte running back Mance Spikes got behind his self-appointed "Hogs" and sloshed for 127 yards and two TDs on 22 carries as the Tarpons beat a Lee County team for the 22nd time in the last 23 tries.

"I never had any doubts," Spikes said. He then turned the interview over to his main "Hog" tackle Todd Pierce, who paved the way for 162 rushing yards on 33 carries. "They had some weird fronts at first," Pierce said. "We had a talk about it at the half. We just got pumped up and went after it." ByRICK WEBER News-Press staff writer Mariner High School quarterback Shannon Royal, caked in mud and the disappointment of defeat, trudged off the field with his jersey and shoulder pads at his side.

He couldn't get one thought out of his mind: It's over. The Tritons' 21-18 loss to Charlotte on Friday night in a District 5A-11 game did not mathematically eliminate them from the playoffs. Mariner (5-3, 3-2) can still make the postseason if it beats Bradenton Bay-shore and Charlotte (7-0-1, 4-0) loses to Sarasota and Port Charlotte. But that' doesn't appear likely. Royal was flushed with resignation.

"This was a playoff game right here," said Royal, who completed 18 of 42 for 217 yards and two touchdowns. "I don't like our chances right now." It would be difficult to gauge what Mariner coach Mike Spencer was thinking, other than outrage at the Bishop Verot LaBelle 17 II 45-183 28-118 83 101 7-15-1 3-7-1 2-0 3-0 6-31 3-27 Fort Myers Collier Firstdowns 8 18 Rushes-yards 21-62 34-240 Passing 105 127 Comp-att-int 10-21-2 15-23-0 Punts-avg 5-35 2-34 Fumbles-lost 1-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 5-60 3-35 Fort Myers 7 0 0 0 7 Barron Collier 14 14 13 7-48 Barron Collier Robinson 1 run (Cardillo kick) Barron Collier Robinson 27 run (Cardillo kick) Fort Myers Folk 9 pass from Travis (Sousa kick) Barron Collier Moloney 1 run (Cardillo kick) Barron Collier Rine 8 pass from Travis (Cardillokick) Barron. Collier Robinson 1 run (kick blocked) Barron Collier Farese 12 pass from Moloney (Cardillokick) Barron Collier Raymond 2 run (Cardillo kick) Story 1C Charlotte Mariner Firstdowns 9 15 Rushes-yards 33-162 22-81 Passing 26 217 Comp-att-int 2-6-0 16-42-2 Punts-avg Fumbles-lost 1-1 3-0 Penalties-yards 11-73 11-125 Charlotte 0 7 7 21 Mariner 0 3 7 8 18 James (305 yards) too much for Riverdale Lely uses big plays to topple Estero 27-26 First downs Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Penalties-yards Bishop Verot LaBelle 7 0-7 0 7 17 LaBelle Harris 5 pass from Rimes (Grama-tlcakick) LaBelle FGGramatica39 Bishop Verot Johnson 60 run (Virgilto kick) LaBelle Basquin 6 pass from Rimes (Gra-maticakick) Sarasota runs past North 32-7 News-Press staff SARASOTA North Fort Myers running back Marlon Gaymon scored on a 30-yard run in the first quarter to give the Red Knights a 7-0 first-quarter lead Friday over the Sarasota Sailors, ranked No. 1 in the Class 5 A state poll. The lead didn't last.

Sarasota (7-0, 4-0) beat North Fort Myers 32-7 in a District 5A-11 game. North Fort Myers fell to Sarasota was led by two 100-yard rushers. Chris Humphrey rushed for 117 yards on 17 carries and Frank Mackay rushed for 103 yards on 22 carries. Gaymon rushed for 64 yards on 13carries. officiating.

He had caustic words for one official as he walked off, then offered this: "I don't have any comments." Spencer was livid about their interpretation of the Tritons' onside kick after they pulled to within three points 21-18 on Royal's 6-yard TD pass to running back Earnest Graham and two-point conversion pass to Josh Davis with 42 seconds left. Kicker Fabio Munroe softly nudged a bouncer that, according to the officials, was touched by a Mariner player before it went the required 1 0 yards and was then recovered by Tom Dean near midf ield. "They took it away from us," Royal said. "We touched it beyond midfield, to me. You never know what could've happened." Then again, Mariner was undisciplined and got flagged 11 times for 125 yards in penalties.

And the Tritons never got their running game going with Graham, who went into the game as Lee County's leading rusher (935 yards) but managed just brother Melvin. Genton converted the two-point pass to Melvin Livermon. On the next series, Riverdale's Carl Smart streaked down the left sideline for a 62-yard touchdown pass from Genton. The 2-point pass attempt was incomplete, leaving the score at 25-22. And that is when the Indians went back to the ground attack, which got them 267 yards in the first half alone.

James took the handoff on the first play of the next possession and raced 60 yards to the end zone. "When I went to the hole, I could have walked through it," James said. Immokalee Riverdale Firstdowns Rushes-yards Passing Comp-att-int Punts-avg Fumbles-lost Pen-yards 14 14 40-446 21 2-4-0 1-4 3-3 5-49 37-236 115 7-18-1 1-51 2-2 7-75 Immokalee Riverdale 13 14 Immokalee E. James 2 run (Smith run) Immokalee FG E. James 35 Riverdale J.

Livermon 13 run (Carter run) Immokalee W. James 36 run (Olvera pass from Smith) Immokalee Olvera 17 pass from Ramirez (passfail) iverdale M. Livermon 10 pass from J. Livermon (M. Livermon pass from Genton) Riverdale Smart 62 pass from Genton (pass fail) Immokalee E.

James 60 run (kick fail) Immokalee E. James 23run (E. James kick) first quarter to make it 7-6. After Lely scored on a 4-yard burst by junior running back James Kelly with 3:54 left in the first half to make it 14-6, Estero finally got the wake-up call. In the second half the Wildcats scored on their first two possessions with a 10-yard run by Henry and a 35-yard touchdown pass from Henry to Hodges.

That's where the Trojans took over. Senior running back Thomas Villa returned the Estero kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown to put the score at 26-21 with 1:27 left in the third. An 85-yard scoring pass and run from Paul to Desear put the Trojans ahead by one after a failed 2-point conversion for good with 6:49 left in the game. N. Fort Myers Sarasota Firstdowns 5 17 Rushes-yards 28-88 44-248 Passing 9 64 Comp-att-int 2-4-1 5-9-1 Punts-avg 4-27 2-41 Fumbies-lost 2-1 1-0 Penalties-yards 7-52 7-85 North Fort Myers 7 0 0 0 7 Sarasota 14 0 0 18 32 By MIKESTRASBAUGH News-Press staff Big plays by the Lely High School offense and special teams helped the Trojans bury visiting Estero 27-26 in a Class 5 A-l 2 game Friday night.

Although the Wildcats piled up 330 yards rushing and 128 passing, it was not enough to overcome an explosive Lely team. "Big plays for both teams," said Estero senior quarterback Anthony Henry who rushed for 116 yards on 15 carries and two touchdowns and passed for 128 yards and two more TDs. "They had more big plays than we did. That's how they took the game," Down by one point with less than two minutes remaining, Henry converted a third down with an 11-yard pass to junior running back John Hodges. But a big hit by senior defensive back Cedric Griffin caused Hodges to fumble at the Lely 40.

Griffin recovered the ball and sprinted 46 yards to the Estero 1 4 to seal the victory. Lely (2-6, 1-3) jumped out to a 7-0 lead when freshman running back Chad Desear caught a 32-yard touchdown pass from junior quarterback Matt Paul. Estero (2-5, 0-4) countered when Henry squeaked in with a 1-yard keeper with 2:35 left in the By BARBARA KLEMT Special to the News-Press Edgerrin James spoiled homecoming for Riverdale High School Friday by rushing for 305 yards and three touchdowns on 19 carries in Immokalee's 38-22 victory. Riverdale (0-8) closed the score to 25-22 with 4:31 remaining. But James promptly put the contest away with touchdown runs of 60 and 23 yards, respectively, on the Indians' final possessions.

"Edgerrin made tougher runs this week than last," Immokalee coach Darryl Bullock said about James, who had 203 yards last week in his season debut. He had been out with knee and elbow injuries. Immokalee (3-5, 2-1 in District 4A-12) led 25-8 entering the third quarter, yet allowed two touchdowns. "Riverdale's the best 0-8 team in Southwest Florida," Bullock said. "They have speed.

They're big and tough. They fought us to the end." The Raiders cut the difference to 25-14 when Jessie Liv-ermon took a handoff from quarterback David Genton and then threw a 10-yard touchdown to Estero Lely Firstdowns 18 13 Rushes-yards 49-330 32-129 Passing 128 153 Comp-att-int 9-16-0 4-11-0 Punts-avg 3-45 Fumbles-lost 3-1 4-1 Pen-yards 10-70 8-40 Estero 6 12 0-26 Lely 7 7 7 6-27 North Fort Myers Gaymon 30 run Berman kick) Sarasota Stanley 1 run (Nydick kick) Sarasota Ostrowe 11 pass from Jadgman (Nydick kick) Sarasota Mckay 23 pass from Jadgamn (kickDiock) Sarasota McKenzie 25 fumble return (pass fail) Sarasota Humphrey 1 run (kick fail) Glades Central 10 Clewiston 7 BELLE GLADE Gerald Louis kicked a 22-yard field goal in the third quarter to break a 7-7 tie and lift No. 5 Glades Central (7-0) past No. 4 Clewiston (6-1) in a key Class 4A-14 game. Anthony Midget had a 3-yard touchdown runJor Clewiston.

Lely Desear 32 pass from Paul (Jameson kick) Estero Henry 1 run (kick failed) Lely Kelly 4 run (Jameson kick) Estero Young 20 pass from Henry (Young pass from Henry) Estero Henry 10 run (kick (ailed) Estero Hodges 35 pass from Henry (kick failed) Lely Villa 80 kickoff return Jameson kick) Lely Desear 85 pass from Paul (pass failed) Cypress Lake DeSoto Firstdowns 7 9 Rushes-yards 21-113 38-157 Passing 135 75 Comp-att-int 8-11-0 6-11-2 Punts-avg 2-44 3-31 Fumbles-lost 0-0 3-2 Penalties-yards 8-105 11-115 Cypress Lake 1 7 3 7 24 Arcadia DeSoto 0 0 0 0 0 Cypress Lake Hinds 34 pass from Langley (Rogerskick) CypressLake Hinds 1 run (Rogerskick) Cypress Lake FG Rogers 35 CypressLake Hinds 1 run (Rogerskick).