2005 & 2006 PEACE RIVER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONS
05-06 combined record 23-2 / 22-0 vs Conference/outscored opponents 503-18
vs RIVERDALE 3-0 (38-6) vs Cypress Lake 3-0 (98-6) vs CAPE JR. 2-0 (57-6)
THIS TEAM HAS BEEN THE MOST DOMINANT FIRECAT TEAM SINCE ITS INCEPTION IN 2001, AND WILL TAKE ITS PLACE AS ONE OF THE GREAT TEAMS IN REBEL / FIRECAT HISTORY. THIS TEAM WAS LED ON OFFENSE BY HEAD COACH ERIC RIVERA AND ON DEFENSE BY ASSISTANT HEAD COACH RON LILLARD, THE OFFENSIVE LINE WAS COACHED BY CAREY McCRAY, OTHER ASSISTANTS INCLUDE COACH KEARSE, COACH DIAMOND RIVERA, COACH RODNEY, QUINCY SORRELL, AND TEAM MOM K. WRENN.
THEY DID NOT ALLOW A CONFERENCE OPPONENT TO SCORE ON THEM DURING THE 05 SEASON AND SURRENDERED ONLY 13 POINTS ALL SEASON LONG EVENTUALLY LOSING TO THE NATIONAL CHAMPION LIBERTY CITY WARRIORS 14-13, IN THE LAST TWO MINUTES OF THE SOUTH EAST REGIONAL FINAL. THIS TEAM WAS LED BY SEVERAL PLAYERS INCLUDING SAVON SEWARD, PRINCE HOLLOWAY, NESTLY JEAN, SHAQ JONES, DALLAS CRAWFORD, ROBERT LEWIS, ALANTE SMITH, TREY SLY, ANTHONY JACKSON, THUNDAI STRAWDER, AND DANIEL KING.
IN THE 06 SEASON THIS TEAM GAVE UP A TOTAL OF 6 POINTS DURING CONFERNCE PLAY TO CAPE JR. (A FUMBLE RECOVERED IN THE END ZONE) AND 12 POINTS DURING THE PLAYOFFS, WHERE THEY DEFEATED CYPRESS LAKE 38-6 & RIVERDALE 8-6. THIS TEAM AGAIN WAS DOMINANT ON DEFENSE SCORING A DEFENSIVE TOUCHDOWN IN THE FIRST 7 GAMES OF THE SEASON. IT WAS BALANCED ON OFFENSE RELYING ON THE RUSHING ATTACK OF KEANDRE SMITH, QUINTON SMITH, AND ALANTE SMITH AND THE PASSING ATTACK OF DALLAS CRAWFORD TO PRINCE HOLLOWAY, TERRANCE CHAMBERS, AND SHAQ JONES.
THIS TEAM BEAT A VERY EVENLY MATCHED RIVERDALE WILDCAT TEAM TWICE ALLOWING A TOTAL OF 6 POINT TO THE WILDCATS IN THOSE TWO GAMES. IN THE PEACE RIVER CONFERENCE CHAMPIONSHIP GAME IN FRONT OF AN ESTIMATED CROWD OF 3,000, PRINCE HOLLOWAY STOLE THE SHOW WHEN HE RETURNED THE KICKOFF 95 YARDS, AFTER RIVERDALE SCORED THE ONLY TOUCHDOWN OF THE GAME WITH ABOUT A MINUTE LEFT IN THE CONTEST.
INSTEAD OF SQUIB KICKING THE BALL RIVERDALE DECIDED TO KICK IT DEEP AND PRINCE HOLLOWAY BROKE THE HEARTS OF WILDCAT FANS AS HE RACED DOWN THE SIDELINE UNTOUCHED TYING THE SCORE. DANIEL KING THEN CAME IN AND CALMLY KICKED THE GAME WINNING EXTRA POINT SEALING THE WIN FOR THE FIRECATS. THIS TEAM WAS LED AGAIN BY SHAQ JONES, PRINCE HOLLOWAY, CORDAVIOUS BROWN, QUINTON SMITH (MOOKIE), KEANDRE SMITH, ROBERT LEWIS, DALLAS CRAWFORD, TERRY PERRY, TERRANCE CHAMBERS, JARREL, AND ANCHORED BY A GREAT LINE CONSITING OF DANIEL KING, ARTHUR, HOWARD YOUNG, DANIEL ALVAREZ, DEVON WRENN, DUMAS.
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