Fort Meade Miners Hold Off Feisty Haines City Hornets
Fri. September 14, 2012 at 11:16 p.m. | By Polk Preps Staff
Fort Meade wide receiver Tobias Culpepper gets taken down by a Haines City defender after making a catch Friday night at Fort Meade. (Photo by GEORGE AYCRIGG | LEDGER MEDIA GROUP )
BY LISA COFFEY
THE LEDGER
FORT MEADE | The Fort Meade defense came up big on three plays in a 24-19 victory Friday over Haines City in front of 500 fans at Frank S. Battle Field.
First, the Miners' defense blocked a Haines City extra point kick in the third quarter.
With Fort Meade (3-0) leading 24-13 in the fourth, Haines City closed the gap on an eight-yard touchdown pass from Ryan Pynes to Jack Tisdale.
However, the Miners covered the end zone forcing Tisdale out of bounds on the 2-point conversion pass.
The Miner defense also held the Hornets (1-2) to 206 yards of total offense.
In a back and forth game, Miner Ryan Fulse rushed for 121 yards and a touchdown, while Fort Meade quarterback Jay Smith threw for 145 yards and two touchdown passes.
Haines City workhorse Dacorius Law rushed for 102 yards and a touchdown. He also returned a punt 59 yards for a second score.
Injured Miner running back D.J. Clark sat out his second game.
The Miners travel to Bartow next week.
Haines City travels to Lakeland for a Class 7A, District 5 contest.
Haines City 0 7 6 6 — 19
Fort Meade 3 7 14 0 — 24
HC | FM
First downs 8 6
Total Yards 206 322
Rushes/Yards 33-151 25-177
Passing 55 145
Comp/Att/Int 7-14-1 10-17-0
Sacks 0 3
Punts/avg. 3-26.6 3-37.7
Fumbles/Lost 1-1 3-1
Penalties/Yards 4-20 11-105
FIRST QUARTER
FM - Jack Cortez 38 FG, 6:50
SECOND QUARTER
HC - Dacorius Law 59 punt return (Cristobal Benitez kick), 6:55
FM - Tobias Culpepper 13 from Jay Smith (Jack Cortez kick), 1:31
THIRD QUARTER
FM - Chris Morris 54 from Jay Smith (Cortez kick), 11:04
HC - Law 17 run (kick blocked), 9:10
FM - Ryan Fulse 7 run (Cortez kick), 1:03
FOURTH QUARTER
HC - Jack Tisdale 8 from Ryan Pynes (pass failed), 5:32
Individual stats
Rushing - FM, Ryan Fulse 21-121; HC, Dacorius Law 26-102.
Receiving - FM, Chris Morris 2-95 (1 TD); HC, Jack Tisdale 4-29 (1 TD).
Passing - HC - Ryan Pynes 7-14-1 55 yds (1 TD), FM, Jay Smith 10-17-0 145 yds (2 TDs).
