Friday's final:
Arlington CD 53, St. Johns CD 0
The Arlington Country Day Apaches rumbled over a
dinged up St. Johns Country Day School squad for a
53-0 win in Orange Park Friday night.
Coming off a 35-13 thumping at the hands of University
Christian School last Friday, the Apaches (6-3, 4-1
D2-1B) were hungry for a win and a spot in the
district playoffs. The St. John’s Country Day School
Spartans (1-8, 0-4 D2-1B) were too bruised and sick to
keep the Apaches out of the end zone.
The Spartans have been without Carlos Simms Jr. since
the first game of the season, but the team was also
with out emerging running back Hwang Marino due to
stomach flu and defensive standout senior T.J. Weaver
was taken out of the game after he injured a hamstring
in the first quarter.
“We brought a knife to a gun fight tonight,” said
Rodney DuBose, Spartans Head Coach. “It’s tough for a
developing program to compete against a good team when
we have some sick kids and then T.J.(Weaver) hurts his
hamstring in the first half. They’ve got a really good
team with good players.”
One of those players was running to the end zone early
and often Friday night. Apache sophomore running back
Dietrick Payne ran for 197 yards on 18 carries, five
of those carries went for touchdowns. Payne had rushed
for 1,119 total yards prior to Friday’s game,
according to Apache Head Coach James Simms.
“He’s one of the best backs in the state and he’s only
a sophomore,” Simms said.
Payne scored the Apache’s first five touchdowns before
giving way to Ron Melendez, who scored on a 6-yard run
in the third quarter, Steven Brock, scored on a
20-yard run in the fourth, and Anthony Mosely, scored
on a 60-yard punt return in the fourth.
