‘I’m excited about the pass game’: Haines City holds off Kathleen’s rally in scrimmage

Haines City head football coach Pat Herrington saw some positive aspects in a scrimmage Friday night at Kathleen High School. Kathleen head football coach Saul Speights also saw some aspects his team can build off.

That’s what happens when a scrimmage comes down to one possession. But Kathleen ran out of timeouts in the end, and Haines City prevailed 34-28 in a spring game.

“I’m excited about the pass game. We’re able to pass the ball way better than we did last year,” Herrington said. “We have a lot of young guys that’s going to come in and contribute. We got a couple of ninth graders that are balling right now. An off-season of the weightroom — get them bigger, get them stronger. It’s going to be nice. I think we had a good mix of run and pass tonight.”

And that’s exactly what happened. Haines City’s first touchdown was a 24-yard touchdown pass from starting quarterback Deonte Fielder to Daniel James with 1:27 to go in the first, giving Haines City a 7-0 lead.

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Kathleen finally got the ball, but Red Devil quarterback Kelin Hendrix threw a pick to Kanai Washington. But Kathleen imposed its defensive will thanks to Chris Everett’s interception. But the Red Devil offense couldn’t do move the ball.

On Haines City’s ensuing offensive possession, James hauled in a 61-yard touchdown reception with 2:20 left in the second from Fielder to make it 14-0 after the extra point.

And as time expired in the second quarter, Fielder threw a 20-yard touchdown pass to Kanai Washington to put the Hornets up 20-0 after a failed extra point.

Kathleen in the third quarter finally got back in the ballgame late in the third quarter thanks to a 25-yard…

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Publish date : 2024-05-25 14:07:13

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