Park Vista Upends Glades Central

     The Park Vista Cobras overcame the Glades Central Raiders 21-20 on Thursday night at the Snake Pit. The Cobras came back in the same way against Fort Pierce Central in the spring game earlier this year.
     Glades Central(4-4) got ahead 6-0 at 7:52 of the first quarter. Quarterback Marion Moreland fired a 40-yard touchdown pass to wide receiver Desna Washington on the left sideline.
     Park Vista(6-3) took the lead 7-6 with 28 seconds left in the first. Quarterback Gio Thomas found wide receiver Cliff Desir wide open on the left side and he walked in untouched on a 24-yard pass play.
     In the second quarter, the Raiders recovered a fumble at the Cobras six-yard line. They regained the lead 13-7 at the 8:56 mark as Moreland raced up the middle from six yards away on the first play of the drive.
     Glades Central extended the gap to a 13-point margin with 1:59 to go in the second. Running back Jaheim Humphries powered in through the left side of the line from four yards out.
     The Cobras would chop the deficit to 20-13 on the ensuing kickoff. Desir caught the ball at the one-yard line on the left sideline, cut across the gridiron and then sprinted down the right sideline for a 99-yard touchdown with 1:38 remaining in the first half.
     Defensive back Cole Polnasek intercepted a Moreland pass at the goal line and returned it to one-yard line for Park Vista with over five minutes left in the fourth quarter. Backup quarterback Riley Klaus was brought in and he helped the team march down the field. He connected an eight-yard pass to wide receiver Frantz Derival on the right side of the end zone to cap a 99-yard drive. Thomas entered the game and cannonballed into the end zone on a two-point conversion run for a Cobras 21-20 lead with 1:30 remaining in the fourth.
     The Raiders had one more opportunity to get the victory on their final possession. Quarterback Zomarion Harper came into the contest and drove his team to the Cobras 35-yard line. He threw a long pass on the final play to the low right corner of the end zone and it was picked off by Polnasek.