Posted October 11, 200321 yr Article #1: Palm Beach Post Notice the bold and underlined print. Bobcats D dominates - again By Faran Fagen, Special to The Palm Beach Post Saturday, October 11, 2003 BOCA RATON -- The 38 points Boca Raton scored Friday night equaled more than the 34 the Bobcats' defense has allowed in six games this season. Boca (6-0) remained undefeated by shutting out crosstown rival Spanish River, which came into the game having earned two overtime wins in the past two weeks. But the more than 400 Spanish River fans packed into the stands could not spark the Sharks, who mustered just 90 yards of total offense. "I can't give away the secret, but we have a group of kids who have bought into our system 100 percent," Boca defensive coordinator John Carter said. The Bobcats sacked Spanish River quarterback Dario Melendez six times and held the county's large-schools rushing leader, Jason Chery, to 82 yards on 13 carries. "John (Carter) prides his defense on shutting down the other team's running back," Bobcats coach Rick Swain said. Boca's offense wasn't bad either. Daniel Studdard rushed 11 times for 98 yards, including a 24-yard touchdown. Justin Morales ran four times for 99 yards, including a 64-yard run in which he made three tacklers miss. Ryan Maher caught two touchdown passes, one a 60-yarder from quarterback Cody Clinton and the other a 4-yard pass from Mike Fields on a tricky halfback option play. Boca kicker Tony Ciaravino, who made 5-of-5 extra points, also connected on a 47-yard field goal in the closing seconds of the first half. Spanish River (2-4) had a chance to score in the third quarter, but Melendez's well-placed pass was dropped by a receiver in the end zone. Chery also returned a kickoff 44 yards and made three tackles, which likely prevented additional Boca touchdowns. Article #2: Sun-Sentinal Again, look at the bold and underlined print. Boca Raton sinks River, 38-0 By Dave Heeren Staff Writer Posted October 11 2003 Boca Raton ? It was a strange first quarter. Boca Raton players fumbled three punts, were guilty of four offside penalties and received three lengthy lectures from the referee for uniform code violations. And yet the Bobcats led on the scoreboard 7-0. Once the Bobcats got their act together, the rout was on. They scored 31 points in the second and third quarters and then ran out the clock for a 38-0 victory over Spanish River. "They physically outplayed us more than any other team," Spanish River coach Bob Braunstein said within hearing range of Boca Raton coach Rick Swain after the game. "I want to see a team from Boca get a state championship." On Friday night, the Bobcats (6-0) certainly appeared to be a team that could contend for the championship in Class 4A. They scored four touchdowns on plays of 25 yards or more and had two long punt returns negated by penalties. They sacked Spanish River quarterbacks five times and held all Sharks' running backs except Jason Chery to minus-19 yards. Chery, Palm Beach County's leading rusher among large-school players, pounded out 97 yards on 17 carries, mostly between the tackles. Most plays in which the Bobcats were able to use their speed in defensive pursuit ended in minus yardage for the Sharks. Spanish River (2-4) had only one chance to score but failed to do so when a potential touchdown pass by quarterback Hernan Melendez was dropped at the goal line. "Coach [John]Carter is doing an outstanding job," Swain said. "He spends 25 to 30 hours every weekend studying film. He has the kids in the right spots, and they are flying to the football." Carter, the Bobcats' defensive coordinator, coached with and against Swain in Gainesville before coming to Boca Raton. Justin Morales opened the scoring with a 32-yard run in the first quarter after catching a 35-yard pass from quarterback Matt Brooks to set up the score. The Bobcats went 88 yards on four plays in the up-tempo drive. In the second quarter, the Bobcats scored on a 25-yard run by Daniel Studdard and a 4-yard halfback pass from Mike Fields to Ryan Maher. Just before halftime, kicker Tony Ciaravino booted a 48-yard field goal that was long enough to be good from 53 yards. It was Ciaravino's sixth field goal of the season. "Most of his kicks have been long ones," Swain said. Morales scored on a 62-yard run on the second play of the second half to extend the Bobcats' lead to 31-0. Maher scored their final TD on a pass from reserve quarterback Cody Clinton. The pass led Maher perfectly along the right sideline and he outran a defender 66 yards to the end zone. Clinton had replaced Brooks, who was forced out of the game with a leg injury late in the second quarter after colliding with the first-down marker on the sideline. Brooks returned to the game to hand the ball off for Morales' touchdown run in the third quarter, but did not play after that. Swain said he didn't think the injury would keep Brooks out of next week's district game against Okeechobee. The Bobcats used mostly substitutes in the fourth quarter, which was played with a running clock by agreement of both teams. Sorry, I'm a little excited about my bro. He's a sophmore, and probably a better QB than the starter, but Matt Brooks is a senior, so he plays-- for now. It's the first time I've seen his name in the paper for a game report. :thumbup
October 11, 200321 yr Author WOOO 4 yard pass congrats lol sounds like a fluke pass My brother made the 60-yard pass, not the 4-yarder. lol. Thats ur bro^^^^? Not the picture. That's of the starter, Matt Brooks. He's not even holding the ball right. lol.
October 12, 200321 yr Author wow Josh, you beat my HS when we suck... not when we were great Actually, we still beat you when you were great, when we won districts in '94 and '95.
October 12, 200321 yr Lmao , Josh you and your high school it cracks me up , You only post when you win vs Schools that are not that good, Why dont you post when you lose too ?
October 12, 200321 yr Author Why dont you post when you lose too ? Because they're undefeated, 6-0. :lol
October 12, 200321 yr wow Josh, you beat my HS when we suck... not when we were great Actually, we still beat you when you were great, when we won districts in '94 and '95. you werent we then... and talentwise.... we owned
October 12, 200321 yr Author BTW: Just watched the whole game on the Sunshine Network (it was game of the week) and Cody Clinton was named MVP of the game. Just felt like saying that.
October 13, 200321 yr Josh, your such a nerd, please dont ever in your life say your cheap school would beat Hialeah... You would never get passed our D-Line and you would never stop our starting RB Anthony Cambell
October 14, 200321 yr Josh, your such a nerd, please dont ever in your life say your cheap school would beat Hialeah... You would never get passed our D-Line and you would never stop our starting RB Anthony Cambell Wut grade is anthony in?the rb?
October 14, 200321 yr Anthony Cambell is a Senior , but still next year they will not stop our other RB....BTW : no i dont play football for my school
October 14, 200321 yr Author do any of yall play for your varsity football team? I'm a freshman, and we don't have any freshman on our Varsity or J/V programs (therefore making our freshman team filled with ballers, we're 4-1). Josh, your such a nerd, please dont ever in your life say your cheap school would beat Hialeah... You would never get passed our D-Line and you would never stop our starting RB Anthony Cambell Josh = Jock, not nerd. lol. And, um, we have arguably the best running game in the county. And very possibly a top 3 defense in the state. Do your research.
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