Stallions win first ever state title

American Heritage wins the Class 1A state championship at the buzzer

Published December 13th, 2007

American Heritage-Delray won its first ever state football championship in dramatic fashion Friday, as senior kicker Jordan Spennato, who hadn’t kicked a single field goal all year, drilled a 40-yarder with no time remaining to lift the Stallions to a 3-128 win over North Florida Christian at the Citrus Bowl.

Spennato had missed just three extra points all year, and hadn’t attempted a field goal because the Stallions usually like to go for it and score touchdowns rather than settle for three-pointers.

Justin Feagin dominated the game for Heritage, rushing for 206 yards and scoring three touchdowns, and he completed 7-of-13 passes for 70 yards and contributed eight tackles while playing safety.

Feagin tied the score at 21-all with an 80-yard TD run late in the third quarter.

He then put the Stallions ahead 28-21 with a 39-yard run midway through the fourth quarter.

Eagles quarterback Cole Trickett threw his third TD pass of the game, a 72-yarder to receiver Melvin Ray, to tie the score again with 2:26 left.

Trickett, the son of Florida State Seminoles offensive line coach Rick Trickett, passed for 307 yards. Ray had five catches for 146 yards and all three TDs, and Darius McQueen caught 10 passes for 117 yards.

It was the second state title game appearance for Heritage, which made it in 2003 but fell. The title was Stallions coach Willie Bueno’s third. He won as a player for Glades Day in 1986, then won a state title as Glades Central coach in 2000.
The Stallions finished 13-1.

Boys basketball
Santaluces routed Atlantic 68-48. Addison Smith had 17 points and 10 assists and Anthony Banks added 22 points and 10 rebounds as the Chiefs (7-0) beat the Eagles.

St. Andrew’s took out Pope John Paul II 52-27. Vinny Panza had 11 points and six assists to lead the Scots (7-1) past the Eagles (2-4).

Francis Geubelle added 13 points for St. Andrew’s.

Spanish River edged John I. Leonard 55-51. Jonah Schutzman had 24 points and seven rebounds to lead the Sharks (5-3) past the Lancers.

Evan Lawlor contributed 14 points and seven assists for Spanish River.

Boca Raton defeated Texas-E.P. Franklin 62-56. Jon Peterson had 15 points and eight rebounds and Mike Technow added 14 points and 10 rebounds to help the Bobcats (5-1) win the second of their two games Friday at the Cedar Hill Lions Club Tournament in Cedar Hill, Texas.

In the first game, the Bobcats were edged by Sherman, Texas, 77-76 in overtime.

Colby Wohlleb led Boca Raton with 20 points, seven rebounds and three assists and Anthony Anderson added 18 points and nine rebounds.

Lake Worth topped Spanish River 70-53: Vincent Tido had 24 points, four rebounds and five assists and Gilbert Barrington and Walter Marshall each scored 12 points as the Trojans (3-3) defeated the Sharks.

John Shannon scored 18 points for Spanish River.

Olympic Heights nipped Archbishop McCarthy 37-36. Mike Senior had five points and 11 rebounds to help the Lions (6-1) top the Mavericks in overtime.

Grandview Prep topped North Broward Prep 70-55. Altavious Carter had 16 points, 16 rebounds and 10 blocks as the Pride (7-0) beat the Eagles (4-2).

Isaac Sosa scored 21 points, and Padrick Matilus added 16 points and eight assists for Grandview.

Girls basketball
Plantation-American Heritage defeated West Boca Raton 81-40: Alina Tremattera had 14 points, but the Bulls (4-5) fell to the Patriots (6-1) in Boca Raton.

Trinity Christian topped Pope John Paul II 60-13. Danielle McCray had 28 points and eight rebounds as the Warriors (6-3) routed the Eagles in Boynton Beach.

BOYS SOCCER
Julian Seratto had two goals and an assist to lead Boca Raton to a 4-1 win against Jupiter.

Joey Borick also scored two goals for Boca Raton (10-1).

American Heritage defeated Spanish River 4-1. Hasani Sinclair scored two goals and Fred Menor and Alex Bidos each added a goal to help the Stallions (7-3-1) defeat the Sharks (8-1).

Saint Andrew’s tied Pope John Paul II 1-1. Jake Pluskota scored for the Eagles (3-3-2).

Girls soccer
West Boca Raton shut out Martin County 5-0. Kaitlyn Lorenc had two goals and one assist as the Bulls (11-2-2) routed the Tigers.

Boca Raton topped Jupiter 3-1. Sam Major scored two goals to lead the Bobcats (5-3-2).

Spanish River tied Suncoast 3-3. McKenna Moller scored twice, including the tying goal in the 75th minute, to help the Sharks (3-2-4) tie the Chargers (10-0-2).

Saint Andrew’s edged Pope John Paul 1-0 on a goal by Claudia Devitt.