Lake Nona scores 28 unanswered to distance itself from St. Cloud
By Bill Gronvold and Orlando Sentinel Correspondent
Junior quarterback Michael Kern passed for 306 yards and four touchdowns as host Lake Nona pulled away from St. Cloud for a 49-21 football win Monday night.
The game had been postponed from September 15 due to the aftermath of Hurricane Irma.
Kern was 19 of 30 passing. Sophomore wideout Ethan Johnson caught two of the TD tosses and junior Moises Aracena added 119 yards and two TDs rushing.
The Lions improved to 4-1 and are 3-0 in 7A, District 5. Lake Nona plays its third district game in seven days when it travels to third place Harmony (4-2, 3-1) on Thursday night.
Down 21-7 in the second quarter, St. Cloud (3-4, 2-2) put together back-to-back drives capped by short scoring runs by Seth Johnson and Charles Robinson to even the score at 21-21 with three minutes remaining.
Lake Nona answered with an 81-yard drive, which included a 25-yard pass from Kern to wideout Anthony Queeley, followed by a 15-yard unsportsmanlike conduct penalty on St. Cloud as the two teams scrapped on the Nona sideline after Queeley was run out of bounds and lost his helmet.
With 1:30 remaining in the half, Kern lofted a 26-yard fourth down pass to Anthony Manning in the end zone and the Lions led 28-21 at intermission.
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Kern tossed two third quarter scoring passes to Queeley and Johnson and Aracena scored a fourth quarter TD as the Lions reeled off 28 unanswered points after the 21-all tie.
St. Cloud senior Charles Robinson carried 28 times for a game-high 139 yards and a score. Quarterback Colt Smith was 18 of 24 for 168 yards and a TD for the Bulldogs.
Both quarterbacks had one interception.
St. Cloud has its third district date in eight days on Friday night at winless Celebration.
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