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Benjamin rushes to inaugural SFC championship
Saturday, November 17, 2012
by
Steve Dorsey
Benjamin coach Ron Ream is in his fourth decade of coaching and he's won plenty of big games during his Palm Beach County Hall of Fame career. But the victory the Buccaneers handed him Saturday night definitely ranks among his fondest.
Benjamin defeated Pine Crest 41-20 at FAU Stadium to capture the inaugural championship game of the Southeastern Football Conference, a league of 14 small private schools in South Florida that formed this year.
"We wanted to be part of something better," Ream said after he was handed the championship trophy by his players. "It's a great honor. It was a fun, fun night."
Benjamin's punishing running game simply was too much for Pine Crest to contain. The Bucs, who finished with an 11-1 record, rushed for 381 yards and registered 22 first downs while executing a power running game to perfection.
"Our running backs ran hard and our linemen opened holes," Ream said.
Junior running back McKenna Johnston had a spectacular game, rushing for 165 yards and two touchdowns on 23 carries. His backfield mate, senior Drew Spragg, chipped in with 126 yards rushing and two touchdowns.
Benjamin set the tone of the game on its first possession when the Bucs drove 80 yards, with Johnston scoring from the 1. Pine Crest tied the game midway through the first quarter, but Spragg broke loose for a 78-yard touchdown run and Johnston added a 15-yard scoring run to give Benjamin a 21-7 lead at halftime.
A 59-yard touchdown run by Pine Crest's Kalvin Cline pulled the Panthers to within a touchdown early in the third quarter, but touchdown runs by Spragg and James Theofilos and a touchdown pass from Cooper Hopkins to Ross Sanford sealed the victory for the Bucs.
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User Comments:
Congratulations commented on November 17, 2012 at 10:43 p.m.: report abuse
Way to go Coach Ream. You are a great coach and a great teacher.
Buc Fan commented on November 17, 2012 at 10:56 p.m.: report abuse
The Bucs offense dominated the game. It was never a contest.
ExecAsst commented on November 18, 2012 at 7 a.m.: report abuse
CONGRATS BUCS ON A FANTASTIC AND EXCITING GAME!!!
HARD WORK ALL SEASON AND POSITIVE ATTITUDES = WINNERS!!!
And to YeahRight - Congrats on being the first of MANY jealous losers with absolutely nothing happening in their lives except to try and bring down those that have obviously succeeded. Everyone on this team OUTSHINES you and OUT MAN'S you in every way possible way.
@^^^lol commented on November 18, 2012 at 12:50 p.m.: report abuse
Not saying outshines or out man's everyone, just a pathetic loser like you who chooses to bash the success of others. Everyone of these student-athletes busts their but in practice, games and the classroom. To make statement that a kid is spoiled or a brat that you dont even know because of what school they attend shows your are either ignorant or jealous, You get to choose wich one. I suggest you spend less time with your kid and allow him to learn how to make educated decisions that you are obviously not capable of.
WHY commented on November 18, 2012 at 5:26 p.m.: report abuse
Why does every SFC article have to turn into this stupid nonsense going back and forth between proponents and opponents of this league. If you don't support it, stop reading all the articles and making your ignorant comments. If you support it, stop letting the ignorant posts get to you and turning it into a battle on here. I support everything this league is about after reading their mission statement in the program while attending their championship game which was run very well. If you are in the same boat as I am, comment on whats important and let the bashers think what they write makes sense other than letting it get under your skin.
Why why^^^^^^ commented on November 18, 2012 at 9:54 p.m.: report abuse
Well said, congrats to SFC for a great inaugural season.
This again commented on November 19, 2012 at 1:57 p.m.: report abuse
Congrats on winning the one step above city league championship. The teams in this league are poor at best we all know it most independents like Berean Christian would beat you.... why this story is even covered is beyond me??? The championship ring will probably be made of candy
@This again commented on November 19, 2012 at 4:51 p.m.: report abuse
Why do you care? If it doesnt involve you, go away!
Just Fact not Bashing commented on November 21, 2012 at 7:24 a.m.: report abuse
Its quite embarrassing,to make a big deal of a bunch of schools that chose not to compete with the rest of HS football.If you chose to do that all your sports programs should have went over.Last I recall Benjamin ,SA,Pope all have very good Lax teams and some other of their sports excel.Should everyone pull out who gets their butts kick, or try and get better.Do not agree this should be allowed all of their programs should have gone over to the new league not just the 1 that wasn't doing well.
sfc FAN commented on November 24, 2012 at 1:11 p.m.: report abuse
We need to vote benjamin out of the league to keep it fair
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