{"id":277681,"date":"2026-05-20T05:21:09","date_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:21:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277681\/"},"modified":"2026-05-20T05:21:09","modified_gmt":"2026-05-20T05:21:09","slug":"mistakes-dont-slow-winter-park-in-42-28-spring-win-over-dr-phillips-orlando-sentinel","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/277681\/","title":{"rendered":"Mistakes don\u2019t slow Winter Park in 42-28 spring win over Dr. Phillips \u2013 Orlando Sentinel"},"content":{"rendered":"

WINTER PARK \u2014 It was a mistake-riddled game, with more yellow flags flying around than any football coach would ever like to see. This, however, was spring football<\/a>, and for the most part, Winter Park coach Tim Shifflet could shrug off all of the penalties when considering the good things he saw.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, on the other side of the 42-28 score, Dr. Phillips first-year coach Caleb Walls was not particularly pleased, but he, too, understood it\u2019s spring, mistakes are made, and there are many lessons to learn.<\/p>\n

\u201cYeah, it\u2019s a spring game and after three-and-a-half weeks, it\u2019s always good to come out and compete against a different colored jersey,\u201d Shifflet said. \u201cThe kids have worked hard. They\u2019ve been out there and it\u2019s been hot and it\u2019s been tough.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThis is their reward, to come out here and get an opportunity to run around and have some fun, and that\u2019s kind of what I tell them. There were some stupid penalties here and there, but it\u2019s a learning experience.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Winter Park offense set the tone early. The Wildcats showed their ability to make big plays, and did so quickly. On the play of the game, quarterback Onrique Archie dumped a short screen pass to Damari Rolle, who made a few tacklers miss and then turned on the speed en route to a 70-yard touchdown.<\/p>\n

\"WinterWinter Park quarterback Onrique Archie showed his speed and ability to run on several occasions during a 42-28 victory over Dr. Phillips on Tuesay. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n

The defense was equally successful, as KJ Davis and Talyn Boe combined for a sack on DP\u2019s first play. Robert Howard and Maximus Lennon combined for a tackle in the backfield on the next play, and Dr. Phillips was 3-and-out to start.<\/p>\n

On Winter Park\u2019s next possession, Archie called his own number, taking the snap and bolting up the middle, dodging tacklers and then also showing his speed on his way to a 61-yard touchdown<\/p>\n

Davis forced a fumble and recovered it on the next series, and it was Archie again, this time from 42 yards and Winter Park was making this one a laugher early 21-0.<\/p>\n

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The Winter Park offensive line was doing a tremendous job blocking the likes of Dr. Phillips linemen Chop Henderson and Yousef Robinson, and Archie took advantage.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re always as good as our offensive line is going to be and we did a good job up front,\u201d Shifflet said of the O-line, which is led by the likes of tight end Smith Lessard, Collin Stone and Marco Malave. \u201cOur guys on the edges and in the backfield can run, but the guys on the offensive line have got to do the job up front. They did a good job tonight.\u201d<\/p>\n

Archie takes the reins as the Winter Park quarterback this year, after sharing duties with Elijah Nickerson a year ago. Nickerson transferred to Lake Nona.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s always been fast \u2026 he can go. It\u2019s one of the strengths of his game, his ability to stretch the field at any time and make plays,\u201d Shifflet said. \u201cHe\u2019s a smart kid, he does a helluva job being a leader and I\u2019m proud of the effort. We need our quarterback to play well and he played well.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WinterWinter Park defensive linemen KJ Davis (9) and Talyn Boe (11) made for a miserable night for Dr. Phillips quarterbacks, like Tien Williams, on this play. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n

Another bright spot was Davis, an edge rusher who hasn\u2019t, perhaps, lived up to his billing in recent years, but he came out to play Tuesday. He was a fixture in the DP backfield all night and was a wrecking ball for the Winter Park defense. He also came up with an interception of a batted ball in the first half.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe has all the God-given gifts that you could possibly have. He\u2019s just gotta get after it for 48 minutes as opposed to 24 minutes or 20 minutes,\u201d Shifflet said. \u201cHe can be a really, really great defensive end and he has the opportunity to go play college football. He really played well tonight. He played with a little more aggressiveness, a little more of a motor.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe can be one of the best defensive ends in the area.\u201d<\/p>\n

Walls saw some positives, as well, from his DP crew. He lit into the team with a firey halftime speech after watching Winter Park build a 28-14 lead at the break, and the Panthers seemed a little more fired up and\u00a0 aggressive in the second half.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019re young, but there were a lot of positives to it. A lot of the plays that were made were from freshmen, so being young, it gives us hope for the future,\u201d Walls said. \u201cWe just gotta work in summer, evaluate, watch film, learn from our losses and come back stronger for next season.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"Dr.Dr. Phillips coach Caleb Walls lets his team know at halftime that he was not pleased with the effort during a 42-28 loss to Winter Park in a spring game Tuesday night. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n

DP\u2019s first points came\u00a0 via a 9-yard touchdown pass from quarterback Tien Williams to Shamar Parker.<\/p>\n

Winter Park and Davis kept the defense ramped up, getting another sack with help from Howard and Ben Strom. The aggressiveness, however, knocked Williams out of the game, after a rough facemask tackle by Ashton Gedeusma, who also had a stellar game.<\/p>\n

Williams remained on the sideline for the remainder of the game as a precautionary measure, but he said he was fine.<\/p>\n

Winder Pierre Jr. substituted and engineered the Panthers second scoring drive, capping it with a 9-yard touchdown pass to Jaiden Smith heading into halftime.<\/p>\n

DP was fired up to start the second half, marching down the field to score on a Pierre Jr. 22-yard pass to Cameron Roy, as DP pulled within 28-21.<\/p>\n

\"WinterWinter Park’s KJ Davis bats down a pass by Winder Pierre Jr., which Pierre Jr. actually ends up catching and running for positive yardage during DP’s 42-28 loss to Winter Park in a spring game Tuesday night. (Chris Hays\/Orlando Sentinel)<\/p>\n

Winter Park shut down the short-lived Dr. Phillips hopes two plays later, when Archie hit Tristan Gunn with a 58-yard TD catch and run.<\/p>\n

The 27-year-old Walls got his first game-time taste of being a head coach. He said he liked what he saw out of running back Justin Shelton and receiver Smith, as well as Williams until he got hurt, and back-up quarterback Pierre Jr.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt was good, man. There are ups and downs with everything, but I\u2019d rather it be like this,\u201d Walls said, \u201ccome in with this group, build the foundation and just work our way up. I wouldn\u2019t want it any other way.\u201d<\/p>\n

Remaining Spring Games<\/p>\n

Wednesday<\/p>\n

Deltona at East River, 6:30<\/p>\n

Lake Mary at Jones<\/p>\n

Lake Minneola at Olympia<\/p>\n

Lake Wales at Lake Brantley<\/p>\n

Thursday<\/p>\n

Eustis, Matanzas at Pine Ridge, 6<\/p>\n

Lake Buena Vista at Horizon<\/p>\n

Orangewood Christian at Bishop John Snyder<\/p>\n

Seminole at Edgewater<\/p>\n

Friday<\/p>\n

Astronaut at Innovation, 6<\/p>\n

Gateway, Windermere at Osceola, 6<\/p>\n

Lyman at Mount Dora Christian, 6<\/p>\n

Wildwood, Zarephath at Umatilla, 6<\/p>\n

DeLand at TFA<\/p>\n

Leesburg at Wekiva<\/p>\n

Rockledge at West Orange<\/p>\n

Winter Springs at Orange City University<\/p>\n

No Spring game: Mount Dora<\/p>\n

Chris Hays can be found on X.com @OS_ChrisHays<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"WINTER PARK \u2014 It was a mistake-riddled game, with more yellow flags flying around than any football coach…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":277682,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[11],"tags":[1745,3745,139,141,140,76046,76642,110],"class_list":["post-277681","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-orlando","tag-high-school-football","tag-high-school-sports","tag-orlando","tag-orlando-headlines","tag-orlando-news","tag-social-sports","tag-social-varsity-sports","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277681","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=277681"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/277681\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/277682"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=277681"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=277681"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=277681"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}