High school football returned to South Florida on Friday night as the Chaminade-Madonna Lions got by the Champagnat Catholic Lions 27-14 at Vince Zappone Field in Hollywood. It was a battle between two reigning FHSAA champions. Chaminade-Madonna has won the last three FHSAA Class 3A championships while Champagnat Catholic are the defending FHSAA Class 2A state champions.
Champagnat Catholic(0-1) scored at the 9:26 mark of the first quarter. Quarterback Tyous Taylor threw a 12-yard touchdown pass to running back Donovan Jones on the right sideline.
Chaminade-Madonna(1-0) tied it up with 2:40 left in the first. Running back Thaddius Franklin recovered a fumbled snap and scored from one yard away.
In the second quarter, Chaminade-Madonna scored the only points. They added a touchdown when Franklin went up the middle untouched from four yards out to make it 14-7 with 28 seconds remaining in the first half.
Franklin compiled his third touchdown of the contest during the third quarter at 7:04. He rushed to the right side of the line on a six-yard score and gave them a 20-7 lead.
Champagnat Catholic was able to score on the final play of the third quarter and trailed 20-14. Jones raced around the left end and scored on a nine-yard touchdown.
Chaminade-Madonna would cap the scoring with 1:32 left in the final quarter. Franklin reached the end zone with a one-yard plunge for his fourth touchdown of the game and they led 27-14.
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