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Raiders offense shows some long distance speed

Corey Davis
Posted 5/25/17

ORANGE PARK- Starting as many as six freshman on defense, Orange Park coach Tom MacPherson had to be extremely pleased with what he saw Friday night in the spring football jamboree.

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Raiders offense shows some long distance speed


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ORANGE PARK- Starting as many as six freshman on defense, Orange Park coach Tom MacPherson had to be extremely pleased with what he saw Friday night in the spring football jamboree.

Third Half: Orange Park 7, Baldwin 7

Screws gave the Indians an early 7-0 lead with a 25-yard toss to Kenneth Bacon II with 7:34 left in the first quarter.

That lead wouldn’t last long though as rising senior Marquise Brown received the ensuing kickoff at the 25 cut left and broke several tackles along the way before racing 75 yards down the sideline tying the game at 7-7 just seconds later.

Macpherson kidded with Brown that while yes he had made a great play, that he had also broke “72 tackles” along the way.

Both teams settled down and the defenses took over and shut out the other in the final half as both teams settled for 7-7 tie after the Raiders drove inside the 20 and missed a short field goal.

Brown is one of only three seniors on the team this season as MacPherson said this years team is very underclassmen heavy.

Second Half: Orange Park 35, Parker 6

Orange Park opened their first half of the jamboree with a bang scoring 35 points in two quarters.

Behind new quarterback rising junior AJ Meater, the Raiders drove 70 yards in 10 plays.

Meater scrambled 30 yards down to the 28 and Brown followed two plays later with a 10 yard run to the 17. Robbie Reynolds III drove the Raiders inside the five with runs of eight and five yards.

Deonte Domineck followed with a 4 yard touchdown run behind the big gravediggers offensive line to give the Raiders an early 7-0 lead midway through the first quarter.

On the Raider’s next drive, Meater followed with a 14 yard pass to Brown down to the 45 and Zykeim Sermons carried the Raiders down to the 20 with runs of 14 and 11.

Two plays later, Brown went down the right side line untouched for a 14-0 lead with 2:13 left in the first quarter.

Two possessions later, Sermons broke off runs of 6, 7 and 4 bringing the Raiders inside the 30 yard line.

Meater finished the drive connecting with Brown who broke a tackle and raced 30 yards for another score and 21-0 lead with 8:31 left in the half.

Sapp again tried to lead his team to an answer connecting with Randall for a 23 yard completion. A roughing the passer call moved the ball to midfield.

However, four straight incomplete passes turned the ball over on downs again.

One of the six starting freshman on defense, Kendy Charles sacked Sapp on the ensuing possession to force another punt.

Abraham Sunwabeth raced 64 yards up the middle and down the sideline untouched to give the Raiders a 28-0 lead with 1:04 left in the half.

Sapp hit Matthew Rivera for a 73 yard touchdown pass left to cut the lead to 28-6 with 30.9 seconds left.

However, Sermons took the ensuing kickoff back 80 yards untouched to give the Raiders a 35-6 lead with 16.3 seconds left.

Orange Park will host Bishop Kenny Aug 18 and Parker travels to West Nassau Aug 18 in its Kickoff Classic.