Round After Round

1st round 12u Florida State Playoffs
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(1)Westside Wildcats 37-12 (16)Daytona Beach Flames
(2)Pine Hills Trojans 24-0 (15)Osceola Seminoles
(3)Tampa Rams 18-14 (14)The Keys
(4)Ft. Lauderdale Black Hawks 6-20(13)HOF Sparks
(5)South Florida Elite 8-7 (12)OG Hornets
(6)Orlando Jags 30-12 (11)St. Augustine Orcas
(7)Miami Warriors vs. (10)Sniper Gang
(8)Duval Guardians 26-0 (9)Naples Ravens

Every team still standing has won their league so no teams were weak. But some leagues were smaller and easier than others which led to the downfall of some weaker teams.

Sniper Gang was one of those teams.

They were only as dominant as they were because of their one man show in a weak league. The name "Damari McCoven" rang in ears all around the league standing at a towering 5'10 180 pounds at 12 years old. And of course these were the type of coaches to just hand it off to him and let him rumble.

But that was nearly all they had going for them so the plan for the Warriors was to chop the tree down from the base and it worked nearly to perfection. The effects hadn't worn in on the first couple runs but as the game went on he was stuffed nearly every single time. He was never in on defense either because of how tired he was so Amari and DJ had a field day along with Devonte who had been moved in as a replacement for Logan.

Amari (11 carries, 2 tds, 92 yards)
Devonte (4 carries, 1 td, 37 yards)
DJ (15 carries, 3 tds, 50 yards)

(7)Miami Warriors 40-7 (10)Sniper Gang

The team was happy about the win but of course nobody could be as happy as Logan who, after 2 months, could finally play again and he couldn't have been more excited to get back on the field and the coach let him ease into practice but by the time a week had passed and the 2nd round was underway he was already proven to be back into the flow of things.

Quarterfinals 12u Florida State Playoffs
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(1)Westside Wildcats 21-22 (13)HOF Sparks
(2)Pine Hills Trojans 8-18 (8)Duval Guardians
(3)Tampa Rams vs. (7)Miami Warriors
(5)South Florida Elite 13-24 (6)Orlando Jags

Much to the surprise of many one of the favorites to make it to the National Title Game, or the "Youth Football Super Bowl", had been wiped out by the 13 seed HOF Sparks in an intense game going down to the wire where Westside was stopped at the end of the game.

Every game of the 2nd round had ended in an upset and every player on the Tampa Rams were praying the curse didn't catch them too.

As Logan walked out as the lone captain faced with 3 players towering over his short figure that stood at only 5'2 as he had barely grown over the course of the season. He called tails and contrary to what the coach had planned for he asked to receive the first kickoff of the game. As he walked back to the team and hyped them up with music blasting in the background. He shouted "FAMILY ON ME, FAMILY ON 3" everybody shouted with him and they ran out to a torrent of purple smoke

1st Quarter
10:00
Rams 0-0 Warriors
Kickoff

The kickoff was returned by Amari and was returned to their own 36.

1st quarter
9:47
0-0
Warriors ball
1st & 10 on own 36

1st down was a run up the middle to DJ in which he stomped forward for 8 yards, 2nd down was a qb sneak going for 2 yards setting up a 3rd in inches in which they ran a play that the Philadelphia Eagles had made all so prominent in their 2022-23 season many years ago being a jumbo qb sneak but instead DJ would line up at qb and it worked leading to 5 yards and a first down.

1st Quarter
8:53
0-0
Warriors ball
1st & 10 on opp 49

The next play was a different formation with the wr/tight ends being split out very wide with Logan lining up in the slot on the left side and Amari lining up in the slot on the right so that there were 2 wideouts on each side, DJ was beside the qb now who was in shotgun. The 2 wideout on the outside ran go routes and Logan and Amari ran slants but as soon as Amari's defender went to jump the slant Amari cut right back outside on a whip route and nobody was there to stop him.

He caught it with ease and when he turned up the corner 5 yards behind him and the safety barreling at him were the only problems he thought were truly threats. So he ran forward for a bit and then when he cut inside after about 7 yards Logan absolutely decapitated the safety with an insane block. Which meant Amari had a free lane while streaking near the middle of the field and with many chasing from his left he ran towards the right sideline and with a blocker(the wr who ran the fly earlier) blocking the corner back on that side he waltzed in for a touchdown and celebrated with a couple shoulder bumps.

But when he looked back he saw not 1 but 2 flags on the field to later find out the vicious block by Logan had brought the touchdown back and brought them back another 15 yards at that.

1st Quarter
8:17
0-0
Warriors ball
2nd & 25 on own 36

Right back where the drive had started from they came out in the same formation as the play before with the outside guys running posts and the slots running 5 yards outs and the ball was thrown to Logan but he dropped it with the defender playing amazing coverage. Setting up a 3rd & 25 where the coach just wanted some yards back.

They went back into the original formation ion with 5 lineman 2 tight ends and the wishbone with the qb, DJ, Amari, and Logan in the backfield. A quick outside handoff to Logan and a good block by DJ while the defense was also playing a little further back was all they needed for a 16 yard scamper from Logan.

1st Quarter
7:44
0-0
Warriors ball
4th & 9 on opp 48

They decided to go for it with the decoy of Amari running a sweep to the outside while the qb ran a bootleg to the right and with the tight end setting a huge block on the corner everything was set up perfect. Except for the outside linebacker who got there just in time to stop the gain at 7 yards for a turnover on downs.

1st Quarter
7:31
0-0
Rams ball
1st & 10 on own 41

The first play the team had lined up in a single back formation with 2 receivers lined up wide left, 1 lined up close on the left and another on the right. From left to right they ran a fly, hitch, drag, and post while the rb stayed to block. The qb dropped back and faked throwing the post to draw some pressure away from the hitch then dropped it down low but the cornerback was there to stop it immediately for a 3 yard gain.

They then lined up again in a nearly identical formation where the receivers on the left lined up out wide in a triangular formation to draw someone out of the box as they would run the ball to the right between the guard and tackle for another 3 yard gain.

On 3rd down they needed just 4 yards and lined up in I-formation and tried to run it right off the centers heel but the defensive line dropped down causing the lineman to trip making a sort of domino effect in which the rb dropped down for a loss of 1 yard.

1st Quarter
5:20
0-0
Rams ball
4th & 5 on own 46

The punt dropped around 30 yards later and Logan picked it up off the bounce and took off to his left for 17 yards and after being spun around he…somehow managed to regain his balance and continued to tiptoe down the sideline for another 11 yards before being pushed out.

1st Quarter
4:49
0-0
Warriors ball
1st & 10 on opp 48

After back to back runs to the left then right by DJ going for 5 and 3 yards respectively they were set up for a 3rd and 2 in which they sent a toss out to Amari and as Logan missed his block Amari made a hard cut inside but then spun back outside quite literally breaking the linebackers ankles as he would go out with a sprained ankle but not before Amari picked up 7.

1st & 10
3:36
0-0
Warriors ball
1st & 10 on opp 33

The next play was a stretch to Logan for 12 then a run up the gut to Logan for 4, which was followed by a counter run from Amari going for 8

1st & 10
2:08
0-0
Warriors ball
1st & 10 on opp 9

The next play Amari ran for 6 and DJ would then power it in capping off the long drive with an extra point to add.

Going into the 2nd quarter they were up a score on the higher seeded Tampa Rams

2nd Quarter
10:00
Rams 0-7 Warriors
Rams ball
3rd & 6 on opp 47

On a 3rd & 6 they decided to run a common out and corner route combo towards Logan's side since Amiri had switched sides seeing the ball was being thrown to the left a lot, however thinking they were in zone the quarter back was fooled into thinking Logan would be way deeper than he truly was and in came Logan to nearly pick the ball off just barely dropping it.

Yet on the next play they would punt it inside the 10 to Logan who would run straight through the middle with nearly perfect blocking and after juking out the punter he was nearly off to the races before he was just tripped up from behind by a shoelace tackle after getting to about the opposing 20. A distance of which would be cleared by 2 runs from Amari and a final one from DJ for the score marking an effortless drive except for a missed extra point.

2nd Quarter
6:18
0-13
Rams ball
1st & 10 on own 39

The Rams would milk a bit of clock off after 2 first downs gained over 6 plays.

2nd Quarter
4:26
0-13
Rams ball
1st & 10 on opp 38

A quick slant would turn into 13 yards before a stretch handoff going for 6 a play later. Then Logan would be caught being greedy in a cover 2 biting on a short route then being beat on a corner where the receiver luckily stepped out at the 7

2nd Quarter
3:30
0-13
Rams ball
1st & 10 on opp 7

3 runs from the man in the backfield just barely covered the distance with an extra point cutting the Rams' deficit to 6 points.

2nd Quarter
1:58
7-13
Kickoff

Logan and Amari decided to break out a special play and since everybody was focusing on him after he picked up the kick return he pitched it back to Amari who's as running to the left as he ran to the right. However it seemed as though Tampa had superhuman reaction speed as nearly the whole team swarmed Amari…who didn't have the ball. Yet as Logan blazed down the sideline hitting his dad's signature celebration in which he would aim an imaginary gun at the opposing sideline with the football and pretend to shoot the coach as nobody was even close.

Surprisingly the ref hadn't called a taunting flag that would effect the play even after he did imaginary snow angels in the sun with his teammate. DJ would cap off the drive this time with an extra point.

The Rams had a good drive going but weren't able to put any points on the board before halftime

Halftime
Tampa Rams 7-20 Miami Warriors

Although it seemed as though the Warriors decked out in their natural purple, black, and silver had come out slow to start the Rams hadn't capitalized even well into the 3rd Quarter. It was uneventful until a vicious sack had knocked the Rams' starting qb out of the game for the rest of the quarter. The backup had come in and before even warming up he had went deep after just his 2nd play which Devonte would pick off and take all the way back to the house for the only score of the 3rd Quarter.

4th Quarter
10:00
7-27
Rams ball
1st & 10 on 50

The drive right after though the qb looked like a new man and went 6/6 on throws for the drive with his oline also holding up well in the running game they were able to drive down until the qb threw a dig for a 12 yard score. Then after the Warriors had an unsuccessful drive he came back and went deep again but this time dropping it into a bread basket a couple plays into the drive for a touchdown cutting the lead down to one score once again.

But the foolish coach of the Tampa Rams had put back in the starting qb who looked fine warming back up but being scared of being hit he was getting balls out quick and maybe too quick spelling a 4th & out. A turnover on downs which Logan and Amari would capitalize on with 20+ yard runs each.

Logan would be the one to put the nail in the coffin with a toss play for 13 yards.

4th Quarter
3:16
21-34

The qb couldn't recover from the injury and still struggled even throwing an interception to a linebacker which would invite the Warriors to run and kneel the game away.

With that the semifinals are set.