The second annual Collier County All-Star Football Classic will be played at 7:30 p.m. Thursday, Dec. 10, at Gulf Coast High School.

The game will take place a day after the Rotary South John Carrigan All-Star Classic on Wednesday at Fort Myers High School’s Edison Stadium, the 21st annual showdown in Lee County.

Here are a look at the Collier County rosters:

South team:

Golden Gate: QB Devin Woods, RB Shun Knowles, WR Jean Eliudor, CB Ainalem Bruny, TE Kyle Watts, LB Will Garcia, DB Jeffrey Tondo

Lely: RB Darion Hall, DE Mike Snyder, QB Sean O’Reagan, WR Romamthi Mathurin, LB Alex Eloi, LB Rones Sagesse, DT Vinsin St. Jean, OL Materson Edouard, K Adolfo Bedolla, DL Thad Gillings

Naples: WR Cameron Schlagel, RB Chris Krieg, CB Stephen Pontes, WR Lervince Dervilles, TE John Brossard, LB Jose DaVila, DB Connor Parsons, DE Max Kelley, C Mitch Audit, OL Ryan Yerge, DE Tony Lorenzo, OL Conrad Churney, OL Joshua DeLaCruz

St. John Neumann: RB Will Affleck, OL Josh Beatty

Coaches: Dave Miller (Lely), Steve Crowley (Golden Gate), Bill Kramer (Naples), Mike Digrigoli (Golden Gate), Stavros Giarimoustas (Lely), Paul Horne (Naples)

North team

Barron Collier: WR Matt Higgins, QB Matt Novak, QB Mark Schoenfeld, WR Marvin Kloss, DE David Joyce, LB Jury Paulson, WR Vito Trupiano, C Dan Chesney, FS Carlos Perez, LB Ceasar Molina, OL Chris Pasalodos, OL Travis Martinez, DE Nate Rathbun

First Baptist: RB Mike Rodriguez, DE Dan Head, LB Spenser Smith

Gulf Coast: WR Kyle Huff, WR Zac Rittberg, C Shawn Normil, DE Dana Paul Luebbe, OL Aaron Cassner, P Connor Goulding

Immokalee: WR Roderick Talbert, C Maurice Roberts, DT Smith Alce, LB Johnny Gonzalez

Palmetto Ridge: SS Dan Burgess, RB Jimmy Perry, LB Marcos Perez, DT Louis Rodriguez, DT Andrew Smikle, OL Justin Zawodny, OL Kevin Victor, OL Brian Tovar, OL Richard Ramirez

Coaches: Frank Tudryn (Gulf Coast), Andrew Miranti (Gulf Coast), Mark Ivey (Barron Collier), Larry Campasso (Barron Collier), Dan Newbrough (Palmetto Ridge), Lance Merchant (Palmetto Ridge), Bill Sparacio (First Baptist), Matt Jansen (First Baptist), Israel Gallegos (Immokalee)

By DAVID DORSEY
ddorsey@news-press.com
One of the best football seasons in school history came to a halt Friday night for Cape Coral High.
The Seahawks fell to the Charlotte Tarpons 24-16 in the Region 4A-3 semifinals, the second round of the state playoffs, in front of a crowd of about 4,000 fans.
Charlotte defeated Cape Coral 44-0 during the spring game, but Cape Coral pushed that meaningless loss aside on its way to winning 10 consecutive regular season games for the second time in school history, finishing the year with an 11-1 record.
Charlotte improved to 11-1 and will play host to Seffner Armwood at 7:30 p.m. Friday for the regional championship. Armwood defeated Largo 49-3.
“The higher you go, the harder you fall,” said Cape Coral coach Mike Goebbel. “We got pretty far up on the ladder. It’s a long way down.”
This Cape Coral team had perhaps six Division I prospects on the roster. One of them, University of Florida-bound Jaylen Watkins, walked off the field alone afterward.
Watkins, the team’s senior starting quarterback, completed 11-of-17 passes for 160 yards and no interceptions. He rushed 11 times for 37 yards.
Also playing cornerback — his projected position in college — Watkins helped provide blanket coverage on Charlotte’s leading receiver, Alex Mut, who did not have a catch.
But Watkins lost three fumbles on offense, one of which led to a Charlotte touchdown.
“He’s taking it hard,” Cape Coral senior tailback Jeremy Davis said of Watkins. “It’s nothing but a game. It’s bad, but I’ll just have to move on.”
Davis had 15 carries for 95 yards and two touchdowns with his brother, Detroit Lions cornerback Phillip Buchanon, watching from the sidelines.
But because of the turnovers, Davis could not get the kind of continuity that his counterpart could in Bellamy.
Bellamy rushed 28 times for 165 yards, including three touchdown runs of 3, 2 and 12 yards. Bellamy set up one of his three touchdowns with a 33-yard catch from senior quarterback Kyle Midgett. Bellamy finished with two catches for 60 yards.
“We had some turnovers early in the game that helped us,” Charlotte coach Binky Waldrop said. “They’re a great football team. They’re well coached, and they were playing some good football. They have so much speed.
“This time of year, you’re going to see speed like that every Friday night. I thought our guys did a great job getting to their backs.”
Cape Coral made it a one possession game to tie the score with four minutes and 43 seconds remaining. Davis scored on a 1-yard run, making it 24-16, capping a 10-play, 60-yard drive that took three minutes and 47 seconds off the clock.
At that point, the game turned into a keep-away contest. Charlotte won that contest — and the game — by running nine consecutive running plays that took the clock down to zero.
“We did not want them to get the ball back,” Waldrop said.

Lehigh’s Josh Hollen picked off Crawford. Lehigh takes over at its own 41 with 1:44 left.

South takes over at its own 35 with 2:58 left in the game. The Wolfpack are out of timeouts.

Lehigh’s Russell Barton recovers onside kick.

Jari McMiller scores on a 1-yard run to pull South within 28-14 with 4:43 left.

The teams traded interceptions; South has a fourth-and-20 at the Lehigh 42 with 5:17 remaining.

South will start at its own 16.

End of the third quarter.

The Lehigh defense forces South into a three-and-out and takes over at the Wolfpack 47 with 2:14 left in the third quarter.

Lehigh takes a commanding lead on a 10-yard run by freshman Bobby Hart. The 90-yard drive featured a 67-yard run by Thornton.

South takes over at its own 34.

RB Curtavious Thornton scores on a 29-yard run to cap an 80-yard drive. Lehigh leads 21-7 with 9:12 left in the third quarter.

Lehigh has the ball to start the second half at its own 20.

Former Lehigh grad Phillip Buchanon is spending his off-weekend at the Cape/Charlotte game tonight. His brother is Jeremy Davis, Cape Coral’s running back. Buchanon played yesterday for the Detroit Lions against Green Bay.

Lehigh had 93 total yards in the first half – 95 rushing and minus-2 passing.

South had 134 – 131 passing and 3 rushing. The Wolfpack had just 42 total yards on its final 18 plays of the half. Dallas Crawford hit Sammy Watkins on a 92-yard reception on the first play of the game.

ECS junior Joseph Hartmann jumped on an ODA fumbled snap and ECS took over at the ODA 12-yard line. Three plays later, Rawson scored on a 5-yard touchdown run to put ECS up 18-17. The 2-point conversion run again failed.

ODA opened the half with a long drive but managed just a 25-yard field goal by kicker Jeff Young after running into issues with penalties deep in ECS territory. The Sentinels responded with a long touchdown drive that was capped by Veins’ 2-yard touchdown run. Rawson was stuffed on a 2-point conversion run. ODA is beginning to look a little tired on the field.

The Sentinels got on the board when senior running back Sean Rawson scored on a 1-yard touchdown run on 4th-and-goal from the 1-yard line with 8:12 left in the second quarter. ODA struck right back with a long drive that came up short when quarterback Brian Ragone fumbled the snap on the ECS 2-yard line and ECS senior Brett Knight fell on it. Both teams traded possesions before going to halftime. ODA gets the ball first in the second half. ECS has shot itself in the foot a bit racking up 55 yards in penalties and losing two fumbles. Colton Lynch still has not left the sideline and sophomore Tyler Veins is taking most of the snaps at quarterback for ECS.

Just as ECS was beginning to get in a rhythm, sophomore receiver Colby Lynch slipped on a screen pass attempt. Junior quarterback Matthew Schappell’s pass was backwards and ODA sophomore linebacker Grant McCarthy scooped it up and took it 47 yards for a touchdown. ODA leads 14-0 with 1:19 remaining in the first quarter.

After ECS fumbled a snap, ODA took a 7-0 lead after sophomore quarterback Brian Ragone connected with brother and junior wide receiver Chris Ragone on a 3-yard touchdown pass.

South has the ball at its 26 with 28 seconds left.

Lehigh is facing a third-and-14 at the 50 with 52 seconds left in the first half.

South’s drive stalls; Lehigh will start on its 39 with 3:12 left in the first half.

Strange sequence of events. South holds Lehigh than Watkins blocks a 20-yard FG attempt. But he is called for roughing the kicker. Overstreet score son the next play on a 2-yard run to put the Lightning up 14-7 with 5:07 left in the second quarter.

Lehigh goes three-and-out but Crawford touches the bouncing punt. It’s recovered by Lehigh’s Issac Crawford at the South 4.

Lehigh holds and takes over at its own 48 with 9:25 left in the second quarter.

End of the first quarter. South has a second-and-11 at its own 19.

South will start at its own 10 with 44 seconds left in the opening quarter.

Overstreet scores on a 1-yard run to tie the game at 7 with 54 seconds left in the first quarter.

Lehigh’s favorite dance teacher – Melissa Davis-Booth – visits the press box. Lightning QB Larry Overstreet immediately breaks a 26-yard run. Coincidence?

Lehigh’s Derrick Wells runs 26 yards on a fake punt to keep the Lightning drive alive.

Lehigh holds and will start its second series at its own 25. There is 8:25 left in the first quarter.

The Lightning go three-and-out. South will start at the Lehigh 48.

Lehigh starts on its own 20.

What a great timeout. South QB Dallas Crawford hits Sammy Watkins on a 92-yard TD reception on the first offensive play of the game. The Wolfpack lead 7-0 just 19 seconds into the game.

South uses its first timeout because it had 12 men on the field. There is 11:53 left in the first quarter.

South starts on its own 8-yard line after a holding penalty .

Lehigh running back Darius Hogan will not play tonight. He injured his knee late in last week’s win over Riverdale.

Maybe it’s the cold but it’s definitely a late arriving crowd here at Lehigh. South has won the toss and will receive. Kickoff is about 5 minutes away.

Cape Coral senior running back Spencer Boyd will not play tonight. The Notre Dame recruit will sit out his second straight game due to a knee injury. He should be able to return next week if Cape Coral advances.

Evangelical Christian senior quarterback Colton Lynch is dressed for the Sentinels’ Region 1B-3 final game against Sarasota Out-of-Door at Sarasota High School.

Lynch, junior Matthew Schappell and sophomore Tyler Veins all took snaps at quarterback in warmups for ECS.

Lynch took a helmet to the knee last week in ECS’ 38-31 win over Lakeland Victory Christian. He missed practice time this week because of the bruise.

Lynch has 3,174 total yards of offense on the season and has 42 total touchdowns in 11 games.

Evangelical Christian School senior quarterback Colton Lynch may not play in Friday’s Region B-3 Final against Sarasota Out-of-Door at Sarasota High at 7:30 p.m.

Lynch took a helmet to the knee when ECS topped Lakeland Victory Christian last week 38-31 in a B-3 semifinal game and has a bruise that severely limits movement.

ECS coach Brian Lynch, Colton’s father, said that the Sentinels are preparing like he will not be able to play. (more…)