A roundup of Sarasota and Manatee County high school football games played on Friday, Oct. 4, 2024.
Lakewood Ranch 24, Sarasota 21
LAKEWOOD RANCH – There were just enough mistakes and big plays to make Friday night’s Sarasota-Lakewood Ranch matchup one of the more entertaining games of the high school football season.
In a game with five lead changes, in the end, it was the host Mustangs who made one more play than the Sailors, and that was a 25-yard field goal by Louka Coue with 11 seconds left to lift Lakewood Ranch to a 24-21 victory over the Sailors at The Preserve at Lakewood Ranch High School.
It was just the Mustangs’ second victory in 11 games with the Sailors (3-3), who saw their two-game winning streak come to an end. Ranch, meanwhile, rebounded from a 27-22 Monday night loss to Lennard to improve to 4-2.
The Mustangs, who desperately wanted to give the game to the Sailors through three fumbles and an interception, saw a 14-13 lead disappear after former Booker High quarterback Jordan Johnson threw a 2-yard TD to Sailor wide receiver Chase Fritz. Johnson then threw the 2-point conversion pass to tight end Scottie Wells. Earlier, Johnson had scored on a 1-yard run, giving Sarasota a 13-7 lead.
The eight points put the Sailors up 21-14 with five minutes, 52 seconds left and was set up on a fumble by Mustang quarterback Liam Fernandez on a passing attempt, Ranch’s fourth turnover of the game. The ball was slapped out of Fernandez’s hand and scooped up by Sarasota defensive lineman Javon Key, who returned it 55 yards to the Mustang 2. On second down, Johnson connected with Fritz just over the Ranch goal line.
But the Mustangs were far from dead. Getting the ensuing Sailor kickoff, on second down from his own 22, Fernandez took advantage of a blown Sailor coverage in the secondary to hit a wide-open Trent…
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Author : Herald-Tribune
Publish date : 2024-10-05 05:09:51
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