Friday Night Lights 2010: 10-12

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New Commit FL RB Demetrius Hart

In Dr. Phillips's preseason game, Hart rushed for a touchdown, while taking 10 carries for 106 yards. Or was it 76 yards, with 108 in returns? It was just an exhibition, so I won't be a stickler for accuracy, though the DP website says 10 carries for 86 yards and 3 receptions for 9 yards. If you're a Scout subscriber, you can see the highlights from that game.

In Game 1, the Panthers took on perennial power Orlando Edgewater (Greg Mathews, Mike Jones), and ran away with a 48-7 win. Hart's performance:

Edgewater keyed on Demetrius Hart, but with an Alabama coach watching DP's scatback still generated 75 yards on 20 carries and boosted his school scoring record with the 39th and 40th touchdowns of his career.

Was nothing to write home about by his lofty standards. Another postgame column by the Sentinel:

[Hart] was the object of most of Edgewater's defensive attention but still managed to rush for 75 yards and pad his school scoring record with his 39th and 40th career TDs.

So: nice. For the record, the Dr. Phillips website (which I'll use for stats since it's a consistent source) credits him with 79 yards on the ground.

In Game 2 against Osceola, Hart ran 19 times for 96 yards and three TDs. The Sentinel has highlights:

The DP website says Hart also had three receptions for 47 yards.

In Game 3, DP faced off with rival Olympia, and crushed the #3 team in Central Florida 49-0. Hart was a star:

Hart carried 18 times for 224 yards and scored on runs of 17, 7, and 88. He added a fourth TD on a 33-yard pass from junior quarterback Nick Patti, who threw for four scores.

"It was a great effort," Hart said. "We had a lot of minor distractions. We came together to win."

Hart, a 5-9, 185-pound bottle rocket of a back who is being recruited by Alabama, Michigan and Auburn, came in needing 127 yards to break Al Gilreath's 20-year-old school career rushing record of 2,230 yards. He surpassed that mark in the third quarter and zoomed past the 200 plateau for the first time this season with his long breakaway scoring scamper that made it 49-0 with two minutes remaining in the third quarter.

Hart also ran his DP career records for TDs up to 48, points to 288, and all-purpose yards to over 4,500.

"All that means is win a state championship," Hart said, brushing aside talk of his individual accolades.

:swoons:. Yet again, video evidence (hide the women and children, it's gory):

Weeeeee MICH. A couple of those plays made the Sentinel's Top 10 for the weekend. DP Recap.

In Game 4, Dr. Phillips smacked Cypress Creek 52-0. Hart ran for 168 yards (and four touchdowns) on just 14 attempts. Through four games, the Orlando Sentinel pegged him as the second-best offensive performer in Central Florida (despite doing more scoring and totaling almost as much offense as a quarterback in #1 Jeff Driskel. I'm sure it's just a coincidence that they picked a Gator commit as the #1 offensive performer).

After a bye week, Game 5 saw Dr. Phillips go up against Boone. Demetrius committed to the Wolverines immediately after rushing for 145 yards in a 45-0 romp. He also had 122 receiving yards, and 4 total touchdowns. There's all sorts of video from the game, with the above link containing highlights, along with a Brighthouse Sports Network (who televised the game) postgame wrapup. In addition, thanks to an awesome mgoblog reader who wished to remain anonymous, enjoy every carry by Hart:

Weeeeee MICH again.

This week: Dr. Phillips travels to Evans on Friday at 7:30.

FL QB Kevin Sousa

Last week: Lake Nona fell to Auburndale 35-31. The Lions' offense finally came alive, jumping out to a 28-7 lead before the defense faltered down the stretch. Sousa's coach told TomVH that Sousa's breakout performance led to the offensive output, with 13/20 passing for 197 yards and 3 TDs, and 17 carries for 150 yards and a touchdown.

A couple of big weeks in a row finally have Sousa's season numbers looking a bit more respectable. Keep in mind he's doing this despite a porous offensive line, and without his top receiver.

This week: Lake Nona visits Celebration on Friday at 7:30pm.

MI WR Shawn Conway

Last Week: Seaholm lost to Berkley 21-48. Conway was limited due to injury, and I couldn't find individual stats for him. As always, FridayNighthighlights.tv provides the video.

This week: Seaholm hosts Ferndale Friday at 7.

OH OL Jack Miller

Last week: St. John's crushed Ecorse (MI) 49-6.

This week: St. John's hosts Clay Friday at 7.

FL OL Tony Posada

Last week: Plant beat Gaither 24-16. The game was closer than expected with Plant's star RB James Wilder unavailable. No word on whether Posada played for the Panthers.

This week: Plant hosts Spoto on Friday.

MI OL Jake Fisher

Last week: Pregame fluff. Traverse City West upset Petoskey 35-12. Fisher was very involved in the game:

West went up 14 in the second quarter after a Saunders 3-yard run and a Kenny 24-yard pass to Jake Fisher... Petoskey answered with a Josh Daniel 19-yard score, but Fisher blocked the extra point...

Fisher returned an onside kick to the Petoskey 6 and Saunder ran it in for a touchdown one play later for the final score.

Article 2.

This week: TC West plays at Alpena Friday at 7pm.

OH DE Chris Rock

Last week: DeSales is dismantled by St. Edward 0-62.

This week: DeSales faces Bishop Watterson Friday at 7:30 at Crew Stadium..

MI DE/LB Brennen Beyer

Last week: Pregame fluff. Plymouth falls to rival Canton 0-36. Canton game-planned to stay away from Beyer:

"No. 1 was probably Brennen (Beyer) coming off the edge," said [Canton QB Ben] Merbler. "He's a great player and we were concerned about keeping him taken care of."

This week: Plymouth hosts Adrian on Friday at 6:30.

TX LB Kellen Jones

Last week: St. Pius X beat Kelly 28-0. Jones told Tom that he had 18 tackles, 7 for loss, 2 sacks, and a forced fumble.

This week: St. Pius travels to Houston Christian on Friday at 7:30.

OH CB/S Greg Brown

Last week: Fremont Ross defeated Marion Harding 22-17:

The Little Giants were held without much success offensively until the 4:25 mark, when sophomore quarterback Tyler Wolf hooked up with Brown on an 83-yard touchdown pass down the right sideline, and Brown ran in the two-point conversion to make the score 10-8...

With 3:47 left on the clock in the third quarter, Brown ran 27 yards up the middle out of the shotgun to score...

Brown led Ross with 138 yards of total offense and two touchdowns in the game, rushing for 58 yards on nine carries to go with his two receptions for 80 yards.

The Fremont Ross Forum blog says:

Had it not been for a great Wolf to Brown TD pass(a thing of beauty) and a fumble recovery returned for a TD, this would have been a much different game.

Luckily the Ross defense woke up at halftime and shut down the Marion running game and the Little Giants punched in a TD on a Greg Brown 27 yard TD run.

This week: Ross travels to Napoleon on Friday.

MI CB Delonte Hollowell

Last week: Cass Tech pasted Henry Ford 54-0.

Next Week: Cass Tech plays Cody on Friday at 7:30 at Detroit Renaissance.