St, John’s Fl- Florida commit Creed Whittemore started hot with two rushing touchdowns. The first was for 51 yards, and the second was a 40-yarder to put Buchholz up 14-0 early on Creekside. The legacy commit is the brother of Florida WR Trent Whittemore, and his mother Missy Whittemore, also played volleyball at Florida, in the 1990s.
Creekside had two possessions, and the Knights turned it over on downs twice in the beginning of this district 4S-3 battle. However, a Bruno Alves interception lead to a Sean Ashenfelder 9-yard touchdown run for Creekside.
Buchholz 13- Creekside 7, 4:17 1Q.
Jaren Hamilton caught a 47-yard touchdown pass from Whittemore to increase the Bobcat lead. The response by Creekside was swift as quarterback Sean Ashenfelder kept it on the zone read and jogged into the end zone for a score. Ashenfelder’s 1-yard keeper was his second rushing TD of the game
Buchholz 20- Creekside 14, 528 2Q.
Next play, Whittmore would hit another pass, this time a 67-yard pass to Jacarree Kelly. This one seemed to be slipping away from Creekside as Buchholz increased their lead. 27-14, 5:13 to play in the half.
Buchholz’s Jaren Hamilton caught his second touchdown pass of the night and Whittmore tossed his third touchdown of the night. By halftime he accounted for five total touchdowns in one half.
Buchholz 34- Creekside 14, H
After halftime, Creekside would inch a little closer when Wilson Edwards tossed a 9-yard TD pass to Nicholas Williams.
Buchholz 34- Creekside 20, 8:20 3Q.
Creekside desperatley needed a stop and they got one, forcing Buchholz to punt for the first time of the night. Creekside would get the ball with 2:59 in the third quarter. It would lead to a Nicholas Williams big play when he took a 14-yard screen pass for a touchdown to close the lead for Buchholz 34- 27.
The high scorig affair continued for this game when Buchoolz responded again. This time Kelly took it on the ground. Jacarree Kelly raced around the edge for a touchdown run for Buchholz. Giving Buchholz a 41-27 lead with 7:29 to play in the 4th quarter.
Creekside would waist no time in responding when Wilson Edwards scored with a 5-yard touchdown run to make the score Buchholz 41, and Creekside 34, with 4:50 to play. They would get another score, when Buch Riedl caught a 27-yard pass from Edwards to pull Creekside to within 7-points. 48-41 with 43 seconds left. An ensuing onsides kick would fail unfortunately, as Creekside(3-1, 0-1) fell to Buchholz (3-0,1-0) on a rainy night in Clay County.
Buchholz 48- Creekside 41, Final.
Photos by Will Brown
