- December 4, 2025
Seabreeze's Simeon Daffin (bottom) makes the tackle on Rockledge quarterback Joseph Watkins Jr. as Matthew Wells (9) closes in. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Zach Voltaire (1) catches this deep pass from Seabreeze quarterback Jace Gainer. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Danny Spada (4) celebrates with Zach Voltaire (1) after his deep catch in the second quarter set up a Sandcrabs' touchdown. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Stephen Williams Jr. (2) and Logan Smith (6) celebrate with Zach Voltaire (1) after his deep catch set up the Sandcrabs' first-half touchdown. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Cash Kurz (7) and Matthew Wells (right) corral a Rocklege ball carrier. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Cash Kurz (7) chases as Matthew Wells gets ready to wrap up Rockledge's Michael Gonzalez Jr. (0). Photo by Brent Woronoff
Stephen Williams Jr. and Seabreeze teammates surround Rockledge receiver Michael Gonzalez Jr. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Cash Kurz (7) and Logan Smith (6) tackle Matthew Ford (12). Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Alex Lacomb (17), Tristan Miller (10), Simeon Daffin (11) and Cash Kurz chase down Rockledge's Michael Gonzzlez Jr. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze defensive end Matthew Wells swoops in for a tackle. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Grant Losey (0) and Stephen Williams Jr. put pressure on Rocklege punter Michael Arbour. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Logan Smith chases down Rockledge quarterback Joseph Watkins Jr. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Logan Smith (6) makes a tackle. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Simeon Daffin (11) gets ready to make a tackle on Rockledge quarterback Joseph Watkins. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's 6-foot-6 kicker/punter Luke Zboch on the sideline before the game. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze senior Sig Lewis takes photos for the school yearbook on the Sandcrabs' sidelines. Lewis observed the game's USA theme. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze senior Sig Lewis, dressed in the spirit of the game's USA theme, took photos on the sideline for the yearbook. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze cheerleaders perform a stunt. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze’s football coaches were pleased with their team’s first-half performance against Rockledge. The Sandcrabs went into halftime leading 7-6, and the Raiders’ only touchdown came off a blocked punt. Seabreeze’s defense was playing well.
Then came the second half. Rockledge opened the third quarter with Robert Blalock throwing a long touchdown pass. Then came another, followed by another touchdown. And another. And two more. Blalock threw five second- half touchdown passes. Raheim Cutter ran for the other score.
By the time the game clock mercifully ticked down to zero, Rockledge had scored 41 second-half points to defeat Seabreeze 47-7 in a District 6-4A game Friday, Sept. 12, at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
Whatever it is, whether it's missed tackles or missed assignments or whatever it is, we've got to come out and play better in the second half.
— MIKE KLEIN, Seabreeze coach
“We had a great game plan. We had a great first half, and you just hate to see it get out of hand,” Seabreeze coach Mike Klein said. “Whatever it is, whether it's missed tackles or missed assignments or whatever it is, we've got to come out and play better in the second half. We played a great first half against (Spruce) Creek. We didn’t have a good second half against them. We had a great first half against Rockledge tonight. We didn't have a great second half. We've been working on a lot of things at practice to continue to build our conditioning and get things right. We just got to continue to work.”
The Sandcrabs dropped to 1-2 after defeating Halifax Academy 24-0 on Sept. 5. Rockledge won its first game of the season after losing three straight. The Raiders’ high score before the Seabreeze game was 21 points in a one-point loss to Viera in their season opener.
The Sandcrabs will face another team capable of putting up a lot of points when they travel to Matanzas on Friday, Sept. 19. The Pirates (3-1) defeated Jacksonville Jackson 36-14 on Sept. 12 and have won three in a row scoring an average of 39.7 points.
The Sandcrabs will try to put two good halves together. They won the first half against Rockledge despite finding themselves in a hole early. The Raiders blocked Seabreeze’s first punt and returned it 6 yards for a touchdown and a 6-0 lead.
Seabreeze took the lead in the second quarter when quarterback Jace Gainer fired a long pass to Zach Voltaire to set up Logan Smith’s 1-yard touchdown run. Luke Zboch booted the extra point.
But Voltaire had cramping issues and left the game in the second half. Without the senior at safety, the Raiders were able to hit receivers over the top. Voltaire had intercepted a pass in each of the ’Crabs’ first two games. Seabreeze's offense, meanwhile, struggled to move the ball all game.
“They’re a really good football team,” Klein said of the Raiders. “They’re a very athletic football team, and we knew we had to stay on top of their receivers. We had opportunities to get off the field. There were some times there we had them in the backfield. We just didn't tackle. There were a couple of times we let them get behind us.”
The Sandcrabs have allowed a total of 20 first-half points in three games. But with a lot of two-way players, they’ve struggled after halftime.
“We’ve shown that we can play with anybody,” Klein said “There's just still some things that we got to work on to be at that level. We're close. We're not there yet. We’ll come back to work and continue to try to improve week by week. Then we're going to keep getting better.”
