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370 yds and 5 TD's!!!!!!
http://www.news-press.com/apps/pbcs....411130488/1075
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Sarasota chews up Lely 38-16 in 5A-3
By Deron Snyder
dsnyder@news-press.com
Published by news-press.com on November 13, 2004
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SARASOTA — Size, speed, strength and shiftiness. That's what Sarasota High tailback Mike Ford brings to the table, and he always eats until he's full. The 6-foot-2, 205-pound senior feasted Friday night on Lely, wolfing down 370 yards for five touchdowns, and ending the Trojans' season.
"He's a freight train," said Sarasota coach Bob Perkins, after the Sailors' 38-16 victory in a Region 5A-3 quarterfinal. "Either he stiff-arms you or he drops the shoulder. Now he's added the hurdle to his repertoire. He's a phenomenal back."
Ford broke out the track and field move on his final scoring run of the evening, a 49-yard effort down the left sideline. He leapt over a would-be tackler at the 30, exhibiting near-Olympic form. The touchdown put Sarasota (9-1) up 38-10, and gave him 310 yards with 9:12 remaining in the game. But Ford wasn't done, returning to the field on the Sailors' next two possessions, and carrying seven more times.
"You get a limited number of opportunities for certain personal accomplishments," said Perkins, who said the offensive line helped persuade him to let Ford break the school's single-game rushing record of 355 yards. "It's a personal accomplishment but it's a team accomplishment, too."
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"Ford just wore on us," Lely coach Chris Metzger said. "He's a big back and there's a reason he's being offered (scholarships) by everyone in the country. And their offensive line is monstrous.
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http://www.heraldtribune.com/apps/pb...411130515/1006
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Sarasota High tailback Mike Ford became the school's all-time leading rusher as he ran for a school- record 368 yards and five touchdowns in the Sailors' 38-16 victory over visiting Naples Lely in the Class 5A-Region 3 quarterfinals Friday night at Cleland Stadium at Ihrig Field.
Ford, who surpassed Herb Haygood's single-season rushing record of 1,717 with a 250-yard performance against Palmetto two weeks ago, broke Haygood's former single-game record of 359 yards with a 40-yard carry about midway through the second quarter. Ford has a school-record 3,459 rushing yards in two years as a Sailor.
Following the game, Ford said that Haygood gave him the blessing to eclipse his records. Haygood, who went on to be an All-America kick returner at Michigan State and the Denver Broncos' fifth-round draft pick in 2002, attended the Sailors' regular-season finale against Booker last week.
"(Haygood) wanted me to beat his records," Ford said. "When he found out that I was going for it and trying to beat it, he told me 'go ahead and work hard for it.'"
Ford eclipsed the 300-yard mark for the game with a 49-yard touchdown run that gave the Sailors a 38-10 lead with 9:15 left. On the touchdown, Ford hurdled a defender at the Lely 31 and maintained his stride to the end zone.
Sarasota head coach Bob Perkins let Ford go for the single-game rushing record on the Sailors' final series.
"You get limited opportunities at certain personal accomplishments. The kids worked hard as team, and we've got great accomplishments as a team," Perkins said. "This is an individual accomplishment, but the team shares in that accomplishment. The records that Mike has set are team accomplishments. Even though Mike's name goes on there, they know that it's going to say 2004, and they can say 'I was a lineman on that team.'"
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