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Viera, Rockledge, Heritage, Astronaut, Holy Trinity: Brevard HS FB playoff winners

Brian McCallum
Florida Today
Reggie Reynolds of Heritage catches a pass over Eau Gallie defender Dink Jackson (9) during Friday's first round playoff game.

Astronaut scored two touchdowns before its first offensive possession, and the War Eagles won, 48-14.

It was their 10th win, the first time they've hit that mark since 2000, when they were the Class 3A state runners-up.

Now in 4A, Astronaut will meet Region 3-4A No. 1 seed Cocoa next in a regional semifinal game. The Tigers drew a bye in the first round.

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Datwain Joe got the home team on the board by returning the fumbled opening kickoff 10 yards to the end zone. After Avon Park (5-6) then drove to the War Eagles 15, Jaiden Dollard recoverd a second fumble and ran 85 yards for a score.

Javon Garvin added a 55-yarder and Connor Ferguson a 46-yarder. Abreon Torres, who missed the bulk of the season with an injury, scored a pair of late touchdowns for Astronaut.

Avon Park (5-6)    0    6    0    8   - 14
Astronaut (10-1)    14    14    0    20   - 48

1st Quarter
A: Datwain Joe 10 fumble return (Hailey Hermanson kick), 11:50
A: Jaiden Dollard 85 fumble return (Hermanson kick), 6:00

2nd Quarter
A: Javon Garvin 55 run (Hermanson kick), 11:46
AP: Joseph Satine 1 run (Kick no good), 5:52
A: Connor Ferguson 46 run (Hermanson kick), 3:16

4th Quarter
A: Abreon Torres 1 run (Hermanson kick), 11:55
AP: Tyreek Dunlap 1 run (Earl Collins run), 9:10
A: Torres 15 run (Hermanson kick), 5:56
A: Tony Kato 7 run (kick failed), 1:30

Heritage 38, Eau Gallie 17

Eau Gallie again flirted with a win at Heritage but couldn't stop Heritage in the second half.

Recovering back-to-back onside kicks after halftime, the Commodores turned a 14-3 deficit into a 17-14 lead with a pair of Jarrad Baker Jr. touchdowns.

A 32-yard pass from Nigel Scott to Reggie Reynolds, a 10-yard Rontavious Farmer run — his second score of the night — and a 10-yard touchdown pass from Scott to Jumaine McDonald, ended Eau Gallie's season at 7-4.

Heritage, now 9-2, will host Miami Northwestern next week.

Eau Gallie (7-4)    3    0    14    0   - 17
Heritage (9-2)    0    14    8    16   - 38

1st Quarter
EG: Sean Deavers 30 FG, 7:04

2nd Quarter
H: Rontavius Farmer 1 run (run failed), 10:30
H: Bennie Hancock 65 pass from Nigel Scott (Jumaine McDonald run), 6:30

3rd Quarter
EG: Jarrad Baker 2 run (Deavers kick), 9:26
EG: Baker 2 run (Deavers kick), 5:11
H: Reggie Reynolds 32 pass from Scott (Scott run), 2:18

4th Quarter
H: Farmer 10 run (Nate Etienne pass from Scott), 9:26
H: McDonald 10 pass from Scott (Scott run), 1:56

Rockledge 35, Coconut Creek 13

Rockledge, the top seed in Region 4-5A, improved to 10-1 by winning at McLarty Stadium. 

Jalen Mitchell scored on runs of 75 and 10 yards before intermission. Avery Smith scored two of his own from there, 8 and 72 yards. It was the seventh consecutive win for Rockledge.

Rockledge led, 28-0, before giving up a 65-yard scoring pass in the final seconds of the third period.

Plantation American Heritage will visit McLarty Stadium next week after a 37-14 win at Fort Pierce Westwood.

Coconut Creek (6-5)    0    0    7    6   - 13
Rockledge (10-1)    14    7    7    7   - 35

1st Quarter
R: Jalen Mitchell 75 run (Jesus Delgado kick), 10:12
R: Trevor Phillips 16 pass from Elias Allen (Delgado kick), 0:38

2nd Quarter
R: Mitchell 10 run (Delgado kick), 2:59

3rd Quarter
R: Avery Smith 8 run (Delgado kick), 0:33
CC: Marlin Mayo 65 pass from Demarcus McEarchern (Jonas Salguero kick), 0:18

4th Quarter
R: Smith 72 run (Delgado kick), 11:09
CC: McEarchern 6 run (kick failed), 2:16

Viera 39, Sickles 0

Viera earned the rematch with Plant, which knocked the Hawks out of the Class 7A regional playoffs last year, and that game will again be at Viera.

Now 8-3, the Hawks won their eighth in a row. They got a pair of touchdown catches by Sean Atkins, including a 64-yarder midway through the third quarter. It was one of two Bryce Norton touchdown passes.

Sickles came into the game having held five opponents to one score. The Gryphons ended their season at 7-4.

Sickles (7-4)    0    0    0    0   - 0
Viera (8-3)    12    6    15    0   - 39

1st Quarter
V: Jalen Housey 10 run (kick failed), 4:24
V: Bryce Norton 8 run (run failed), 2:07

2nd Quarter
V: T.J. Johnson 5 run (kick failed), 1:19

3rd Quarter
V: Sean Atkins 3 run (Cooper Davis pass from Robbie Murtha), 8:44
V: Atkins 64 pass from Norton (Murtha kick), 6:01

4th Quarter
V: Dan Steen 5 run (kick failed), 11:30

Holy Trinity 34, Cardinal Newman 30

Holy Trinity scored one of the biggest upsets of the first weekend of the playoffs and did it with a 50-yard scoring pass from Dru Nickson to James BlackStrain as time expired.

It was the first football playoffs win in Holy Trinity history.

The Tigers, now 6-4, were the fifth seed in Region 2-3A but knocked off the fourth seed, Cardinal Newman. Cardinal Newman finished 8-3.

The Tigers had led throughout the game until midway through the final period. They fell behind on a blocked punt that led to a safety with 1:49 to play.

Holy Trinity will face the No. 1 seed next, King's Academy, in the regional semifinal round.

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Cardinal Gibbons 49, Merritt Island 14

It was a rough night for Merritt Island, which ended its season 5-6. It was the first time the Mustangs lost consecutive games in 2018.

Cardinal Gibbons, now 9-2, was the No. 2 seed in Region 4-5A and had allowed just six total points in its last three games.

Merritt Island (5-6)    0    0    7    7   - 14
Cardinal Gibbons (9-2)    21    21    7    0   - 49

1st Quarter
CG: TD, (Daton Montiel kick), 10:56
CG: Jackson Marseille pass from Nik Scalzo (Daton Montiel kick), 3:27
CG: Tajae Davis run (Montiel kick), 1:00

2nd Quarter
CG: Vincent Davis run (Montiel kick), 9:00
CG: Fumble return (Montiel kick), 8:00
CG: Pass from Scalzo (Montiel kick), 1:00

3rd Quarter
MI: INT (Jake Nobles kick), 2:00
CG: Brody Palhegyi run (Thomas Carney kick), 0:30

4th Quarter
MI: DeVyon Collins run (Nobles kick), 4:37

Father Lopez 23, MCC 21

Melbourne Central Catholic trailed by 17 points before a second-half comeback that gave them the lead until eight minutes remained.

The Green Wave scored the go-ahead touchdown for its third win of the season against a Brevard County team, having beaten Cocoa Beach and Satellite already.

The Hustlers finished 6-5.

MCC (6-5)    0    0    14    7   - 21
Father Lopez (9-2)    3    14    0    6   - 23

1st Quarter
FL: Parker Koch 23 FG, 2:52

2nd Quarter
FL: Eddie Whipple 40 run (Koch kick), 11:05
FL: Matthews 5 run (Koch kick), 2:07

3rd Quarter
MCC: TD (Kyle McBride kick), 9:06
MCC: LaAnthony Valentine 5 run (McBride kick), 0:40

4th Quarter
MCC: Michael Carley 39 pass from Valentine (McBride kick), 11:50
FL: Matthews 5 run (kick failed), 8:08

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