Venice Indians vs St Thomas Aquinas Raiders

Venice, Florida: The capacity crowd at Powell Stadium was electric for Friday night lights as the Venice Indians hosted St Thomas Aquinas for the semi-finals of the Florida Class 7A football playoffs. The winner of this match-up would have their ticket punched for the state finals next weekend in Orlando.

St Thomas Aquinas found the end zone first, scoring the first quarter on a defensive touchdown. Jaden Davis recovered a fumble and returned it 80 yards for a touchdown to give the Raiders a 7-0 lead. With less than a minute to go in the first quarter, the Raiders got three more points on a 40 yard field goal by Alex McCourt to make it 10-0.

Venice got on the scoreboard in the second quarter following a ten yard run by quarterback Bryce Carpenter. St Thomas then answered with a 45 yard touchdown pass as Derek Wingo hit Nigel White for a touchdown. At the end of the first half, St Thomas Aquinas took a 17-7 lead into the locker room for halftime.

The third quarter was all Venice as they posted thirteen answered points to the scoreboard. Carpenter completed a four yard touchdown pass to Jaivon Heiligh for the first touchdown of the quarter. Then a little later in the quarter, Carpenter ran the ball in to the end zone following a 12 yard run but the point after was missed making it 20-7 at the end of the quarter.

St Thomas Aquinas tied the game in the fourth quarter following a 40 yard field goal by McCourt. But with less than six minutes to go the Indians got a rushing touchdown to win the game 27-20 and send them to the state championship game in Orlando where they will face Bartram Trail.

Click on the photo above to view my Venice Indians/St Thomas Aquinas photo gallery.

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