BY MACKENZIE MOCK
On Future Boone Braves night, the football team took on the number one in the state Apopka Blue Darters (1-3).
The team started strong, holding back the Apopka offense for the first half of the quarter, but then the Blue Darters scored the first touchdown of the night. However, the Braves (0-3) blocked the field goal kick keeping the score 0-6.
Senior Brandon Reddick responded by scoring the team’s first touchdown from senior quarterback Calvin Smith‘s pass. Senior Austin Jones made the field goal to put the team ahead 7-6.
Quickly after, Apopka scored another touchdown making the score 7-14. Then with a minute left in the first quarter, the Blue Darters scored again putting them ahead 7-22. The score remained the same at the end of the first quarter.
The second quarter went back and forth between Boone and Apopka, but the Blue Darters pulled through in the end scoring another touchdown giving them a greater lead, 7-37. However, junior Carlos Hall intercepted the ball with 10 seconds left in the quarter but the team could not score off of it. At halftime the Braves were down 7-37.
The third quarter was a repeat of the second with the Braves holding Apopka’s defense to only one touchdown. Junior Quentin Davis made some play stopping tackles to help out the defense. The score at the end of the third was 7-44.
The team’s defense kept up with the Blue Darters not allowing them to score a single touchdown in the fourth quarter. The offense made more plays and at the end of the quarter junior Adam Anderson received a pass from Smith to give the Braves another touchdown. Apopka took a knee and the clock ran out leaving the final score 14-44.
The team’s next game will be next Friday, Sept. 27, away against the Winter Park Wildcats (4-0) at 7 p.m.