Sandcrabs drop to 0-3 after loss to Matanzas

The Pirates powered past the Sandcrabs 22-7 on Friday, Sept. 14, thanks to a huge fourth quarter.

By Ray Boone
| 10:42 p.m. September 14, 2018

A Seabreeze player runs the ball against the Pirates. Courtesy photo

Receiver Orion Mountain scored the Sandcrabs' only touchdown on Friday, Sept. 14. File photo

Ormond Beach Observer
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The Sandcrabs almost had it.

Head coach Troy Coke and his squad were searching for their first win of the season when the Sandcrabs took on a struggling and depleted Matanzas team on Friday, Sept. 14, at Daytona Stadium. The Sandcrabs even scored the first touchdown of the game: a 31-yard strike from backup quarterback Chase Verble, starting in the place of injured QB Isaiah Shirley, to senior receiver Orion Mountain.

The Sandcrabs led 7-6 after the Pirates senior Branden Gilyard scored on a 98-yard kickoff return but had the extra point blocked. Seabreeze held onto its narrow lead until a fourth-quarter collapse. The Pirates scored 16-straight points in the final period to put the game away. The Sandcrabs gave up a 46-yard touchdown run to Gilyard, which put the game out of reach.

The Pirates won 22-7, and the Sandcrabs dropped to 0-3.