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Park Vista regains stride with 42-0 rout of Boca Raton
Thursday, October 18, 2012
by
Jeff Greer
It wasn't pretty, but Park Vista's rain-soaked 42-0 District 10-8A win over rival Boca Raton on Thursday night did exactly what the Cobras wanted: It reset their attitude.
Eighth-ranked Park Vista (5-1) wanted to right the ship after a 38-point drubbing at the hands of Palm Beach Central two Fridays ago. That loss put the Cobras in a precarious spot and created must-win matchups in toss-up games with Boca Raton and John I. Leonard.
But Park Vista needed little more than two minutes to score its first touchdown Thursday, a 41-yard catch-and-run by Adrian Cerrato. Emmanuel Smith followed that with a 49-yard punt return that put Boca Raton (2-5) in an early two-touchdown hole.
When Dalton Barkman intercepted a desperation pass and returned it 89 yards for a touchdown as the half ended, the rout was on. The only thing that slowed Park Vista's momentum was a lightning delay.
"We were able to make big plays to offset the sloppiness," Park Vista coach Brian Dodds said. "They were taking away certain things we like to do, and kind of forced us to make those big plays, and we did."
After throwing his second interception of the night, Cobras quarterback Qwad Martin hit Valdani Bastien on a short slant and Bastien did the rest, running his way to a 61-yard score. Martin completed three passes, two of them for touchdowns. He finished 3-of-12 with 101 yards.
On the ground, the Cobras used nine ball carriers and rushed for 110 yards, with 33 coming from a Nelyja Floyd end-around. Barkman made it five touchdowns of 30 yards or longer with a 30-yard scoring run in the fourth quarter, and Brandon Sharpe added the last score on a 4-yard run.
Park Vista ended up with more touchdowns (6) than first downs (4).
Boca Raton played unevenly all night, mixing gains such as Cecil Johnson's 30-yard run or Tard McCoy's 21-yarder with plays that achieved little. The Bobcats, languishing without injured quarterback Kevin Anderson, didn't complete a pass and mustered 156 yards of offense. The loss eliminated them from the playoffs.
Olympic Heights 33, Forest Hill 14: Jim Derival had 121 yards rushing and a touchdown, leading the Lions (6-1) past the Falcons (1-6) in Boca Raton. Running back John Cleristor added two more touchdown to go with 80 yards on the ground for the Lions, who totalled 269 rushing yards. For the Falcons, Calvary Pugh rushed for 113 yards.
Santaluces 49, Spanish River 0: The Chiefs (4-3, 3-2 District 13-7A) coasted past the Sharks (0-8, 0-5 13-7A) in Boca Raton.
Berean Christian game suspended: The Bulldogs' game against Miami-Hillell was suspended because of lightnin. There was no immediate word on whether the game will be made up.
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User Comments:
????? commented on October 18, 2012 at 10:59 p.m.: report abuse
What about the Dwyer game?
Chief Mother commented on October 18, 2012 at 11:48 p.m.: report abuse
Great job chiefs! Dee getting 4 rushing touchdowns and Sean hitting 1,000 yards p
assing! And our defense getting the job done. Love you boys!
I KNOW commented on October 19, 2012 at 9:32 a.m.: report abuse
BOCA IS VERY POOR COACHED
BocaCoachChange commented on October 19, 2012 at 3:40 p.m.: report abuse
The coach at Boca has no clue. Period. No one likes him. His players don't respect him him. His coaches don't respect him. Boca Raton is a high profile program that can garner national coaching candidates. Off the cuff hire after a good coach in Byars, was a HUGE mistake. Fire this inexperienced puppet, and hire a coach with a good track record.
Bocafootball commented on October 19, 2012 at 9:17 p.m.: report abuse
@bocacoachchange
First of all you probably have no idea about the program The players respect him,the coaches have been with him his whole career and how can u call him inexperienced
BocaCoachChange commented on October 20, 2012 at 8:47 a.m.: report abuse
I know the program well. The players do NOT respect their coach and ( like I said ) the other coaches do not either. He has 3 coaches still with him from before. 1 there for his son. And the other 2 have been there from before Burnham and work well on the D side of the ball. Burnham is in his mid 20s and has NO, I repeat NO previous coaching experience before coming to Boca. I would say that makes him inexperienced, don't you think? Regardless, Boca deserves better for it's current players, community and alumni. The girls volleyball and swim programs and the boys wrestling, swimming and soccer programs go to States yearly. COME FOOTBALL STOP EMBARRASING THE COMMUNITY. Burnham's got to go. Get a winning experienced coach in there ASAP
Dandy commented on October 20, 2012 at 4:42 p.m.: report abuse
Gobbledi gook, get a new everything.
Wrong commented on October 20, 2012 at 5:55 p.m.: report abuse
You are wrongs your knowledge must not be that awesome. The coaches you speak of from "before" Burnham got there at the same time as Burnham. Toes first year was their year and burnhams first year and Burnham is 30, which is still young and inexperienced though
Not for nothing commented on October 20, 2012 at 6:05 p.m.: report abuse
I am in NO WAY saying this guy deserves this job, but undecided to do some research. In coach Toes 2 seasons at the helm, the team won seven games in each of those seasons I THINK...... These 8 teams where on Boca's REGULAR SEASON schedule
Santaluces, pope John Paul, west Boca, suncoast, forest hill, Olympic heights, boynton beach, and Spanish river
This year, Dillard's(glades central last year), gardens, vista, JIL, ATL(it was on toes schedule too) Seminole ridge
I would say that's a bit different.
If this years team played, Boynton, PJP. Suncoast, forest hill, and Spanish river do you not think they would be winning?
I decided commented on October 20, 2012 at 6:06 p.m.: report abuse
Not undecided
Angry Fat Dude commented on October 20, 2012 at 9:46 p.m.: report abuse
maan, what a season. i think some a the blame falls on our boosters. we need more support and courage. we gots to get to them playoffs eventually, maybe this year aint our time yet. we gots a bright future tho for next year, we gots talent pouring in from somewheres
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