umannue rnmocrat Tough shoes to fill Section B SHS grad Dee Loper Hetlage shares her marathon-of-a-story Wednesday, October 27, 2010 PAGE 8B .B , __ ____ ' Follow us on Facebook www.garybrownforjudge.com Political advertisement paid for and approved by Gary Brown, Candidate, for Suwannee County Judge Scoreboard Oct. 22 Ribault 14 Suwannee 8 Hamilton 28 Wildwood 6 Lafayette Hawthorne Gainesville Central Taylor Union 4 i 4 Godby Columbia Raines Baker Dixie Hilliard Villages Trenton Branford 59 Madison 26 Fort White 28 Lincoln 15 Santa Fe 21 Bronson 16 Rickards 6 East Gadsden 14 Leon 10 Baldwin 7 A" . ' qW Ribault quarterback Damien Fleming, a Vanderbilt commitment, Trojans spoil By Corey Davis corey.davis@gaflnews.com LIVE OAK-Suwannee had visiting Ribault right where they wanted them in a close, hard-fought game Friday night at Paul Langford Stadium. Unfortunately, Ribault (5-2, 3-0) dug themselves out of the hole and escaped with a 14-8 District 2-2A win over host Suwannee (2-5, 1-2). By Co corey.davis BRONSON-B little trouble wi Bronson (1-6) te Bronson. Junior K.C. P -Photo: Paul Buchanan (SuwanneeSports.com) tries to elude a Suwannee defender during the game. homecoming Down 8-6, with eight minutes left in the game, Rib- ault senior quarterback Damien Fleming connected with Charles Brown on a 96-yard touchdown pass. Fleming, a Vanderbilt commitment, then found Brown for the two-point conversion pass to give the Trojans a 14-8 lead. Ribault stopped Suwannee on a fourth-and-4 from its 8-yard line to win the game and remain in control of the district with arch-rival Raines. Bucs roll Eagles prey Davis for the Bucs, as he went 4-for-4 for yards on just eight carries for two s@gaflnews.com 108 yards with three touchdown scores, while senior David Bass passes, ran for 25 yards and a caught two touchdowns and had a 3ranford (4-3) had touchdown on three carries and re- 76-yard punt return for a score. th a struggling turned a fumble 23 yards for a Branford returns home this week eam Friday night in score to lead the Bucs to a 59-16 to host St. Augustine St. Joseph (3- Big Ten Conference win. 4) for homecoming and another Big revatt came up big Senior Kyle Certain ran for 141 Ten Conference game. Branford players get ready to take the field during a recent away game as the Bucs Around the region By Corey Davis corey.davis@gaflnews.com With teams fighting for their lives Friday night, the playoff picture became a little clearer. Suwannee and Branford have been eliminat- ed from the playoffs or from winning their con- ference title. DISTRICT 2-2A Raines (3-0) and Ribault (3-0) remain the two unbeaten teams in the district and are one win from clinching playoff spots. Ribault can clinch the first berth with a win over Baldwin Thursday night, while Raines can follow Friday by beating Santa Fe on the road. Santa Fe (1-2) remains mathematically alive with a win over Baldwin to pick up their first win of the season. If Santa Fe can upset Raines, the Raiders would remain alive and possibly steal a playoff spot from Raines due to head-to- head tiebreaker. Suwannee (1-2), Baker County (1-2) and Baldwin (0-3) were eliminated from the play- offs with losses Friday night. DISTRICT 5-1A Hamilton County (4-0) remains at the top of the district standings tied with The Villages (4- 0). The two face off this Friday at The Villages, with the winner clinching the district title. Wildwood (3-1) and Trenton (2-2) took a step back with losses to both Hamilton and The Vil- lages and remain in the race. The two teams meet in Wildwood. The loser is eliminated from the playoffs, the winner remains in contention for at least another week. Dixie County (2-3), Hilliard (0-5) and Chiefland (0-4) have all been eliminated from the playoffs. DISTRICT 2-1 B Lafayette (5-0) clinched its fifth district title in the last six years with a convincing 41-7 win over Hawthorne (4-1) Friday night at Dale Walker Field. With the loss, Hawthorne is the district runner-up. Mandarin Christian (3-2), St. Francis (2-2), St. Johns (2-3), Aucilla (1-5) and Oak Hall (0- 4) were all eliminated from the playoffs. BIG TEN CONFERENCE Bishop Snyder clinched the Western Division two weeks ago with a win over Bell, leaving Bell (2-1), Branford (1-1) and St. Joseph (1-2) to battle for second. Branford hosts St. Joseph this week for homecoming and Bell in two weeks for senior night with a chance to finish second. Mandarin Christian (2-0) and St. Francis (1- 0) meet this Friday at Mandarin to decide the East Division. Hamilton County has put itself in position to clinch the district title with a win over Villages this week. Photo: Submitted