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The Titans tumbled as the Hawks soared in a 35-0 victory for Spruce Creek played at a neutral field on Friday. Early in the first, Spruce Creek’s junior QB Damarcus Creecy made a shovel pass to Kevin Minckler who ran it in just short of the goal line, but senior RB Kevin Minckler made a leaping touchdown on the very next play to go up 7-0 on the Titans in the first. As the second quarter unfolded, Spruce Creek’s Kevin Minckler made a 20-yard dash into the endzone and brought the score to 14-0.

The Bulldogs broke out of the doghouse and swept the Titans in 3 sets on the road for a 25-29, 25-14, 25-9 quick match. Despite the amazing performance by junior outside hitter Jerianna Flaverney for the Titans, the offense of the Bulldogs pulled away from the Titan’s comeback attempts each time to secure a victory for DeLand. Freshman outside hitter Erynn Gotsch led the serving for the Bulldogs with 5 aces and also led the offense with 8 kills.

Week 2 of the 2021 High school football season kicks off around the state tonight(yes, Thursday night football!) with two area teams in action.   New Smyrna Beach will open its difficult district schedule with Jones at home, while Deltona hits the road for Mount Dora.   Originally, four area teams were set to play tonight, but the University-DeLand game was cancelled three hours prior to kickoff due to COVID issues.