DeSoto Halts Frostproof in the 4th, 22-21
Fri. September 14, 2012 at 11:15 p.m. | By Polk Preps Staff
By DEL MILLIGAN
THE LEDGER
FROSTPROOF | Driving for the go-ahead touchdown midway through the fourth quarter, Frostproof quarterback Xavier Gaines was stopped on fourth-and-2 at the Arcadia DeSoto 16-yard line.
DeSoto took over with 7:02 left in the game, and never relinquished the ball, winning 22-21, on Friday night to improve to 3-0.
"We couldn't stop them when it counted,'' Frostproof coach Price Harris said.
DeSoto drove to the Frostproof 3 before going into victory formation in the closing seconds.
Running back Terrell Gordon led DeSoto with 135 yards and two touchdowns.
Frostproof, 2-1, scored all three of its touchdowns in the final 7 minutes before halftime to lead 21-13.
Frostproof was flagged 15 times for 127 yards and fumbled five times.
"We killed ourselves - penalties, missed blocks, missed assignments,'' Harris said."They made us pay for those mistakes.''
Gaines, a ninth-grader, tossed two touchdowns, a 40-yarder to Daniel Knighten and a lob into the end zone to Reggie Allen from the 6. Cecil Cherry added a 45-yard touchdown run.
Arcadia DeSoto 0 13 9 0 — 22
Frostproof 0 21 0 0 — 21
DES | FP
First downs 12 17
Rushes/Yards 39/219 44/285
Passing 0-3-1 8-15-0
Passing Yards 0 154
Total Yards 219 439
Fumbles/Lost 1/1 5/1
Punts/avg. 2/34.0 1/-2.0
Penalties/Yards 8/73 15/127
Records 3-0 2-1
Second Quarter
D — Terrell Gordon 4-run, Rosario Zavala kick (10:29)
F — Cecil Cherry 45-run, Federico Avellaneda kick (7:11)
F — Daniel Knighten 40-pass from Xavier Gaines (2:31)
D — Dequon Richardson 90 kickoff return, kick failed (2:16
F — Reggie Allen 6-pass from Xavier Gaines (0:17)
Third Quarter
D — Safety on high punt snap kicked out of end zone (8:01)
D — Gordon 10-run, Zavala kick (0:51)
Individual Statistics
Rushing: DeS — Gordon 22-135; FP — Kaleel Gaines 10-91.
Passing: DeS — Reginald Jones 0-3-1; FP — Xavier Gaines 8-15-0 154 yards.
Receiving: FP — Kaleel Gaines 2-48.
