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Boone Stays Unbeaten at 5-0 With 24-21 Win at Ocoee as Jones Tops Osceola

Turnovers, special-teams swings, defensive scores defined a week shaping momentum into district play.

Boone running back Aaron Hardy had 198 yards and 2 touchdowns to lead Boone to a 24-21 victory over Ocoee on Friday night, Se[t, 19, 2-025 in Ocoee. (Chris Hays/Orlando Sentinel)
Bishop Moore quarterback Blake McCullough throws during a loss to No. 1 ranked Edgewater in an Aug. 15 preseason game. Those teams are ranked 1-2 in the Sentinel Super 16. (Stephen M. Dowell/Orlando Sentinel)
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Overview

  • Boone beat No. 12 Ocoee 24-21 to reach 5-0 behind Aaron Hardy’s 198 rushing yards and two touchdowns.
  • The matchup featured 25 penalties, six turnovers and an ejection, including Ocoee’s 79-yard touchdown on a botched 29-yard field-goal snap returned by Dariyon Gordon.
  • Boone seized control early in the fourth quarter when coach Andy Johnson went for it on 4th-and-6 at the 9 and Sam Johnson hit Garrison Woods for the go-ahead score.
  • No. 3 Jones defeated No. 4 Osceola 28-14 after a four-minute surge built a 21-0 lead on a TD pass, a blocked-punt recovery in the end zone and a scoop-and-score.
  • Elsewhere in the Super 16, The First Academy beat reigning 7A champion Venice 21-14, and Winter Park returned four interceptions for touchdowns in a 45-29 comeback.