- October 15, 2024
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Following Hurricane Milton's impact on West Orange and Southwest Orange County, six area high school football games were moved to Monday and Tuesday nights.
Here's a roundup of all the area's Week Eight action played in early Week Nine of the season. Let's start off with the Orange Observer Game of the Week:
GAME OF THE WEEK
Windermere (7-0), 52
Oak Ridge (4-3), 6
HIGHLIGHTS: In the Wolverines’ second-ever on-campus home football game, they handled their business and dominated visiting Oak Ridge.
“I thought the defense played fast and physical and are continuing to get better every week,” said coach Riki Smith after the win. “I thought Jack (Reilly) was extremely precise; Bryce Speed at wide receiver was a baller tonight along with Jalen Davis, who is an up-and-coming player for us as just a sophomore. He's going to be really good. Henry Rogers ran really hard at running back for us behind our offensive line that was blocking really well. Overall, I was really excited about all facets of the game. That just goes back to the preparation we put in this week. I thought everyone, coaches and players, did a really good job of preparing for Oak Ridge with the weird schedule.”
UP NEXT: For the third week in a row, Windermere will be the hosts, as Lake Howell heads to the Windy City for this Week Nine matchup.
CFCA (3-3), 44
Trinity Prep (0-7), 17
HIGHLIGHTS: The Eagles were led by sophomore quarterback Mason Mathis and his three touchdown passes, while Dominic McCrory wrecked the Trinity Prep offense with four sacks on the night. Central Florida Christian didn’t stop on just those two phases of the game; sophomore Davy Murphy returned a kickoff to the house for the special teams TD.
UP NEXT: The Eagles will return home to face Trinity Christian Academy in Week Nine Oct. 18.
Foundation Academy (3-4), 15
Faith Christian (4-4), 8
HIGHLIGHTS: Led by running back Sam Wood and his two touchdowns and two-point conversion, the Lions return to winning ways after a heartbreaker in Week Seven.
“Tonight’s game was hard fought by both teams,” said Foundation coach Andre Walker. “It really turned out to be a slugfest between two evenly matched opponents, which neither team wanted to lose, but the Lions held strong at the end to keep Faith from putting up no more than 8 points.”
UP NEXT: Foundation Academy will look to keep the momentum rolling at home in Week Nine as it hosts Hollis Christian.
Horizon (0-7), 8
South Lake (4-3), 20
HIGHLIGHTS: The Hawks of Horizon remain winless on the season against district foes the South Lake Eagles. Horizon senior Nicholas Grantz was one of the bright spots in this one, racking up eight total tackles, with three being for a loss.
UP NEXT: After a quick stop at home in Week Eight, Horizon returns to the road and will face Lake Minneola High for the Hawks’ fifth-out-of-six game on the road.
West Orange (6-1), 48
West Port (1-7), 12
HIGHLIGHTS: The Warriors bounce back in this road district game thanks to its stellar offense led by the big guys up front — Fenway Cochrane, Mason Gifford, Jordan Barry-Lopez, Nico Marti and Nick Pochete — who led the attack to 42 points. Running back Jayden Ammons was the big beneficiary of the stellar line play, as he rushed for 110 yards with three TDs. Fellow tailback Nehemiah Burgess added 57 yards on the ground to go with his rushing touchdown, while QB Brian Dillard also ran for a score and returned a punt for a TD.
The West Orange defense stepped up as well with interceptions by Dashon Lemons and Donovan Lanier, to go along with sacks from a heap of the defensive front: Jackson Delgado, Bryson Furrey and Logan Hartman all had two sacks each while Matheus Kaminski had one sack.
“Good to be back playing football after another short week,” said coach Geno Thompson. “Looking forward to being back home for homecoming this Friday at Raymond Screws Field!”
UP NEXT: The Warriors host fellow area team, the Olympia Titans Oct. 18 for its homecoming game.
Olympia (2-4) at Celebration (2-4)
7 p.m. kickoff
