{"id":3012,"date":"2010-12-13T19:33:43","date_gmt":"2010-12-14T00:33:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=3012"},"modified":"2010-12-13T19:33:43","modified_gmt":"2010-12-14T00:33:43","slug":"three-area-high-school-football-teams-make-it-to-finals","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?p=3012","title":{"rendered":"Three Area High School Football Teams Make It To Finals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Never before in the history of Hillsborough County have three of its high schools reached the state finals in high school football.<\/p>\n<p>Plant, Armwood and Jefferson all won their semi-final games Friday, and will move on to the finals that will begin Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson, who squeaked by St. Augustine 28-27, will be facing Miami Norland in a 1 p.m. contest Friday for the Class 3A State Championship.<\/p>\n<p>Plant, coming off a 48-6 thrashing of Lakeland, will face Ft. Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas for the Class 5A State title at 7 p. m. Friday<\/p>\n\n\t\t<style>\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 {\n\t\t\t\tmargin: auto;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-item {\n\t\t\t\tfloat: left;\n\t\t\t\tmargin-top: 10px;\n\t\t\t\ttext-align: center;\n\t\t\t\twidth: 50%;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 img {\n\t\t\t\tborder: 2px solid #cfcfcf;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t#gallery-1 .gallery-caption {\n\t\t\t\tmargin-left: 0;\n\t\t\t}\n\t\t\t\/* see gallery_shortcode() in wp-includes\/media.php *\/\n\t\t<\/style>\n\t\t<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-3012 gallery-columns-2 gallery-size-thumbnail'><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?attachment_id=3016'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Plants-James-Wilder-Small-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3016\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3016'>\n\t\t\t\tJames Wilder\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><dl class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<dt class='gallery-icon portrait'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/?attachment_id=3017'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/flsentinel.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2010\/12\/Matt-Jones-150x150.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" aria-describedby=\"gallery-1-3017\" \/><\/a>\n\t\t\t<\/dt>\n\t\t\t\t<dd class='wp-caption-text gallery-caption' id='gallery-1-3017'>\n\t\t\t\tMatt Jones\n\t\t\t\t<\/dd><\/dl><br style=\"clear: both\" \/>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\n<p>Armwood, who prevailed 22-20 over Palm Beach Gardens Dwyer, will face Tallahassee Lincoln for the Class 4A title Saturday at 1 p.m.<\/p>\n<p>In the Plant victory, normal starting quarterback <strong>Phillip Ely<\/strong> watched from the sideline with an injured back as his teammate, <strong>James Wilder, Jr.<\/strong>, beat the Dreadnaughts single-handed.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Wilder<\/strong> rushed for 215 yards, [private]scored five touchdowns, blocked an extra point, and recovered a fumble.<\/p>\n<p>Plant (12-2) was never challenged as the game started with an 87-yard kickoff return for a touchdown by <strong>Eric Patterson<\/strong>. They went on to score 20 unanswered points before halftime.<\/p>\n<p>In Armwood\u2019s victory, they were trailing by one point with five seconds left when head coach <strong>Sean Callahan<\/strong> called senior <strong>Darrell Dudney<\/strong> from the sideline and sent him into the game. <strong>Dudney<\/strong> responded with a 44-yard game winning field goal to push his 14-0 team into the finals.<\/p>\n<p>The undefeated Jefferson Dragons (14-0) pulled out their victory with senior quarterback <strong>Quentin Williams<\/strong> pounding his fist over his heart.<\/p>\n<p>With 6:24 left in the game, <strong>Williams<\/strong>, who passed for 249 yards and two touchdowns, scored on a one-yard run to tie the game. They then converted the extra point to claim their one point lead.<\/p>\n<p>Jefferson\u2019s defense did their part with linebackers <strong>Ramik Wilson<\/strong> and <strong>Tyriq McCord<\/strong> sending St. Augustine players in reverse for losses.[\/private]<\/p>\n<p><strong> <\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Never before in the history of Hillsborough County have three of its high schools reached the state finals in high school football. Plant, Armwood and Jefferson all won their semi-final games Friday, and will move on to the finals that will begin Friday. 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