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Football 11/4/11: Countryside vs St. Petersburg

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Countryside 41

St. Petersburg 14

SCORE BY QUARTER

	1	2	3	4	OT	Total
ST. PETERSBURG HIGH SCHOOL	7	7	0	0	-	14
COUNTRYSIDE HIGH SCHOOL	13	0	14	14	-	41

Scoring Summary
1st Quarter
	FG	Cou — PAT was good. Ryan Pandy kicked a 35-yard field goal.
	FG	Cou — PAT was good. Ryan Pandy kicked a 28-yard field goal.
	TD	STP – David Jones ran 81 yards for a touchdown. PAT was good by Sean Covington.
	TD	Cou – Gray Crow threw 20 yards to Jordan Rossi for a touchdown. PAT was good by Ryan Pandy.
2nd Quarter
	TD	STP – Maurice Hemingway ran 2 yards for a touchdown. PAT was good by Sean Covington.
3rd Quarter
	TD	Cou – Diomi Roberts ran 2 yards for a touchdown. PAT was good by Ryan Pandy.
	TD	Cou – Diomi Roberts ran 1 yards for a touchdown. PAT was good by Ryan Pandy.
4th Quarter
	TD	Cou – Mike Flory ran 4 yards for a touchdown. PAT was good by Ryan Pandy.
	TD	Cou – Michael Tsalickis ran 13 yards for a touchdown. PAT was good by Ryan Pandy.

For the second straight regular season, Countryside is perfect.

The Cougars put the finishing touches on a 10-0 year with their 41-14 win over St. Petersburg on Friday night. The victory clinched their second straight Class 7A, District 9 title and ensured a home playoff game in two weeks.

“To leave a mark on this school like we did is really amazing,” said Countryside senior quarterback Gray Crow, who threw for 216 yards and a touchdown. “It’s really hard to describe. People will see what we did for years to come.”

What the Cougars did against St. Petersburg was muddle through a sluggish first half before rolling. Countryside led 20-14 at halftime, and St. Petersburg got the ball to start the second half. After holding the Green Devils (6-3, 3-2) on three downs, it forced a Sean Covington punt from the 20.

Countryside’s Diomi Roberts raced in from the right side and blocked the punt, which was recovered at the St. Petersburg 3. Two plays later, Roberts lunged in from a yard out to increase the lead to 27-14.

“That was big,” Cougars coach Jared Davis said. “It kind of sparked us. We played a little bit better in the second half overall. It was a combination of getting that punt block and playing better.”

The Green Devils tried to mount a drive after the block. David Jones ripped off a 39-yard run on the second play, but Covington missed a 41-yard field goal. Jones, who finished with 116 yards on five carries, scored on an 81-yard run in the first quarter that gave St. Petersburg a 7-6 lead.

Countryside continued to get huge chunks of yards through the air and on the ground. Early in the fourth, Mike Flory scored from 4 yards to make it 34-14. Mike Tsalickis scored the final touchdown on a 13-yard run.

“We sort of wore down a little bit,” St. Petersburg coach Joe Fabrizio said. “They’re a big team, and we’re young. That’s the best team we’ve played this year.”

When time ran out, Countryside celebrated with Gatorade showers, a dance at midfield and pictures in front of the scoreboard. The Cougars have a bye next week, so they will have a chance to rest before the playoff game.

But first, they’ll do a little more celebrating.

“It’s going to take a while for the adrenaline to wear off from this one,” Crow said. “I might get a few hours of sleep. Then we’ve got to get back to work.”

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3A state swimming: Countryside’s Ellis nabs three golds

admin — Sun, 14 Nov 2010 04:50:46 +0000

Matt Ellis with his gold medal for winning the 50 yard free during finals of FHSAA 3A state swimming and diving.

Matt Ellis’ first championship race was the usual explosion of froth and flailing. There was no conservation of energy and hardly any breathing.

The Countryside High junior’s only strategy Saturday in the 50-yard freestyle was to go out as fast as he could. Ellis got the best start. Others were close. They all reached the finish as if carried by one large wave.

Ellis, his chest still heaving from an all-out sprint, looked at the wall at the far end of the Central Florida YMCA to see the results. Then the realization hit. He won the Class 3A state title with a time of 20.58 seconds, shaving nearly half a second off his personal best. It was his first state title. Ellis, who moved to the area from Texas before the season, finished fifth in the 100 fly in his home state a year ago.

There wasn’t much time to celebrate. Ellis, still dripping, accepted his gold medal then marched to the finals of his next race, the 100 butterfly. Throwing his arms forward before moving them back into the water, Ellis seemed to skip across the pool as he moved into striking distance in the final lap. In a rush to the wall, Ellis touched first to win his second medal in 49.26 seconds, beating Fleming Island’s Kyle Casias by 0. 32 seconds.

Matt Ellis Swimming for the gold in his 100 yard butterfly.

“I was happy with how everything went in my individual races,” Ellis said. “I was hoping for a little better time in the 100 fly, but I had to really dig deep in that one to come back and win. Two state titles in individual races is a pretty big accomplishment.”

Ellis added a third gold when he swam the anchor leg to help the Cougars’ 200 free relay team win in 1:25.47. Richard Willsey, John Kelly and Jon Witkowski swam the first three legs and put Countryside in position to win. Ellis sealed it with a strong finish to overtake Winter Park, capping the best state finish by a county boy in decades.

“We couldn’t be happier with how we did,” Witkowski said. “This is something we thought we could win since the beginning of the season.”

In his fourth event of the night, Ellis was unable to add a fourth gold medal as Countryside’s 400 free relay finished second in 3:06.87. Ellis swam the first leg, followed by Willsey, Gary Lush and Kelly. They were out-touched at the wall by Hagerty, which won in 3:06.54.
Palm Harbor University’s boys, which had hopes of winning their second team title in three seasons, finished second with 184.5 points.

The Hurricanes took the lead in the team standings after the 100 free, thanks to a second-place finish by Ryan McRae (46.38) and fourth-place finish by Jason Williams (46.66).

Matt Ellis Swimming for the gold in his 100 yard butterfly.

PHU had a 16.5-point lead heading into the final event, then the Hurricanes watched it disappear because they did not have a team in the 400 free relay.

PHU’s David Morgan was third in the 100 breast (57.54) and teammate Williams third in the 50 free (21.27). The Hurricanes’ 200 free relay of McRae, Zach Perrotti, Morgan and Williams also took third in 1:26. 61.

Nick Alexiou of Clearwater was the runnerup in the 200 free in 1:37.66.
Seminole’s Matt Thompson was third in the 200 individual medley (1:50.16) and fourth in the 500 free (4:27.90).

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