The Plantation Colonels dominated with their stellar offense and strong defense as they handled the Dillard Panthers 33-6 at Otis Gray Jr. Memorial Stadium on Friday night. It was the first game of the regular season for both schools that are less than four miles away from each other on Sunrise Boulevard.
Neither team was able to score in the opening quarter. Dillard(0-1) running back Eddie Roberts IV fumbled the ball at the Colonels 31-yard line with around one minute to go in the first quarter. Plantation(1-0) capitalized on it with a 17-play, 69-yard drive for the initial score. Running back Clint Sills Jr. sprinted up the middle for a two-yard touchdown with 5:44 left in the second quarter for a 6-0 lead.
The Colonels had a touchdown called back because of an illegal block just one minute later when cornerback Xavier Currithers intercepted a Lee Martin pass at the Plantation 28-yard line.
The Panthers evened the game at 6-6 early in the third quarter. The Colonels had a bad hand off exchange and defensive back Rico Kennedy recovered a fumbled and returned it 17 yards for a touchdown at 9:51.
Plantation retook the lead 13-6 on their second possession of the second half. On fourth-and-goal from the Panthers four-yard line, quarterback Chris Lammons rolled out left and scored at 6:06 of the third quarter.
Dillard had a bad snap on a punt deep in their own end and the Colonels started their next drive at the Panthers one-yard line. Sills Jr. went around the right end on the first play for a touchdown and made it 20-6 with 4:06 remaining in the third.
The Colonels extended the lead to 27-6 with 8:14 to go in the fourth quarter when Sills Jr. received and shovel pass from Lammons and raced 37 yards for the touchdown. Plantation finished things off as Lammons completed a touchdown pass with 5:09 remaining in the game.
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