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Surprising Cardinal Newman reaches title game of Miami Dolphins 7-on-7 tournament
Saturday, June 18, 2011
by
Jeff Greer
When the quarterfinal matchups were set at the Miami Dolphins Academy 7-on-7 football tournament at Plantation Central Park, one Palm Beach County team remained.
It wasn't Glades Central, which had won the previous two tournaments. Nor was it small-schools powerhouse Jupiter Christian or always-athletic Pahokee.
It was Cardinal Newman.
And the Crusaders carried the county flag all the way to Saturday's final, where they lost, 52-28 to Miami-Jackson, which will represent the Dolphins at the National NFL 7-on-7 Finals in Cleveland July 7-10.
Not bad for the No. 38 seed in a 45-team single-elimination tournament.
"I'm not surprised," Newman's senior quarterback Brett Benes said. "I'm not going to say I expected it, but I had a ton of confidence in our team and knew we could get this far."
Newman went 0-2 Friday, when some 50-plus teams played in round-robin games after participating in a morning seminar at Davie-Nova.
Boca Raton, Glades Central, John I. Leonard, Jupiter Christian, Olympic Heights, Pahokee, Palm Beach Lakes, Suncoast and Village Academy also represented Palm Beach County at the event.
Immokalee surprised Glades Central 34-24 in the third round of the tournament. Suncoast, Palm Beach Lakes, Jupiter Christian and one of Village Academy's two teams each made the second round.
"It's a great experience for the kids," said Suncoast coach Jessie Hester, who won both the Dolphins and national NFL tournaments as Glades Central's coach in 2009 and 2010. "They get to work on their timing and fine-tune some things."
It was Newman that got the most fine-tuning on Saturday, playing in six games over the course of the morning and early afternoon.
The Crusaders beat Boca, sixth-seeded Coral Springs, No. 11-seed Pembroke Pines-Flanagan, third-seeded Lauderdale Lakes-Boyd Anderson and No. 10-seed Miami-Coral Reef en route to the final.
Benes didn't throw an interception until the championship, and he kindled up a connection with Newman's brightest star, sophomore Travis Rudolph.
Rudolph made countless catches in double and sometimes triple coverage, and he got plenty of help from 6-foot-6 junior-to-be Matt Burke and Devonte Brown, among others.
"It's all about competing," Newman coach Steve Walsh said. "We were probably outmatched in our last three games. To win two of them, it's great for the confidence of the kids."
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Yea baby commented on June 18, 2011 at 8:29 p.m.: report abuse
sign of great things to come this year for newman
Rick commented on June 19, 2011 at 10:53 a.m.: report abuse
so what happened tp JCS and that oft touted qp? let me guess, he looked at Talbott the whole time and no one else.....nothing new. Glades? wtf! and Newman, congratulations
Transfer Now Travis! commented on June 19, 2011 at 11:58 a.m.: report abuse
If Newman didn't have Travis Rudolph, they would suck majorly. Travis needs to transfer as soon as possible!
chargerfan commented on June 19, 2011 at 12:23 p.m.: report abuse
am suncoast dad..we lost but will improve. coach hester will be great for us. stayed and watched last 3 newman games yest. congrats..looked great..rudolph and qb are very good, but big TE made big difference. great hands.lot's of catches in traffic over middle.tough kid.This team has some playmakers...we will see them in september..
CN, Steve Walsh fan commented on June 19, 2011 at 9:52 p.m.: report abuse
Congrats to CN, after playing them last year in 7 v 7 you could see that Coach Walsh was going to turn these boys into winners.
"Where is" get over it! JCS must have beat you good to carry such a grudge!
mike commented on June 19, 2011 at 10:02 p.m.: report abuse
Well john I Leonard has a great QB coming from glades in Greg Davis and john I has some good wideouts diz year
Get a Life GREER commented on June 20, 2011 at 8:13 p.m.: report abuse
Hey GREER .... Wake UP ....
Where do you get "Surprising" from ?
Congrats to Cardinal Newman STUDENT ATHLETES .... the TEAM with MANY RETURNING STARTERS from a PLAYOFF team last year ...
Ever stop to think that GOOD COACHING and COMMITTED ATHLETES will BEAT a NOBODY Coach that RECRUITS and BREAKS ALL THE RULES (especially the most important, SPORTSMANSHIP) ... EVERY DAY ...
As for the WHINY, SELFISH, LOSERS that couldn't make the GRADES ... They have moved OUT ....
What is left is a GOOD COACH that DESIGNS a GREAT PASSING GAME and has SMART STUDENT ATHLETES THAT ARE COMMITTED TO EACH OTHER .....
What is SURPRISING .... Is your favorable coverage of programs that have NO COMMUNITY ... NO TRADITION .... and NO COMMITMENT to the TEAM CONCEPT because they are only at their WEST DELRAY GRADE FACTORY for SELFISH REASONS ...
SURPRISE us GREER ... And start ACTING like a responsible sports journalist and start providing some REAL coverage of REAL WINNERS ... Both in Life and Sport.
@get a life Greer commented on June 21, 2011 at 8:46 a.m.: report abuse
You must be Benes Dad, or close to Walsh, because Greer does good reporting, but sometimes people like you can't take the writing. It's good our area school did well at the seven on seven, but people have a right to comment on these threads as long as they follow the rules, and @ Why, it doesn't matter who's thread it is, you can bet it will get trashed talked. The reason is jealousy, debating, and just plain don't like you. Got to have thick skin when a story or thread comes out. It's not the writers fault for what people say. I feel things should be left on the topic, but as you can see one negative comment or even positive starts a thread war. Good luck to all 561 teams.
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