HIGH SCHOOL FOOTBALL: Week 5 Game Coverage

By  //  September 27, 2014

SPECIAL SPACECOASTDAILY.COM TEAM COVERAGE

ABOVE VIDEO: Viera Hawks’ receiver Trey Nixon was named the Friday Night Locker Room Player of the Week. Steve Wilson of FNLR interviwed Nixon following the Hawk’s 42-3 win over the Astronaut War Eagles.

ABOVE VIDEO: Viera Hawks’ coach Kevin Mays on Hawks’ big win over Astronaut.

Viera 42, Astronaut 3 (FINAL)

Mike Erdman Cadillac/Nissan Game of the Week hosted by Friday Night Locker Room can be heard on 89.3FM, 90.3FM and SpaceCoastDaily.com

nix-580
Trey Nixon, above, earns the Friday Night Locer Room/SpaceCoastDaily.com Player of the week. (Matt O’Hern image)
hawks-580
Viera Hawks warm up before kickoff.
hawks-cheer
Viera High School Cheerleaders before kickoff.
viera-band-580
Viera band getting set up before the game.
astronaut-580
Astronaut warms up before kickoff against Viera.

Melbourne 29, Centennial 8 (FINAL)

ABOVE VIDEO: Centennial scores late but the Bulldogs were able to hold them off for a final of 29-8.

Bayside 42, Fort Pierce 7 (FINAL)

Bayside 42, Fort Pierce 7 (FINAL)

Holy Trinity 61, Cooca Beach 21 (FINAL)

Kaylin Berner, right, and Julia Frolich, left, cheer on the Minutemen as they face Holy Trinity.
Kaylin Berner, right, and Julia Frolich, left, cheer on the Minutemen as they face Holy Trinity.

Mantanzas at Titusville (CANCELLED)

MCC 35, Father Lopez 20 (FINAL)

Oviedo 45, Merritt Island 20 (FINAL)

Merritt Island
Mustangs took on the Oviedo Lions on a wet field Friday. The Mustangs fell to the 8A Oviedo Lions, 45-20.

Palm Bay 46, Treasure Coast 0 (FINAL)

Cocoa 37, Raines 28 (FINAL)

COCOA-3
COCOA POURS IT ON RAINES: Bruce Judson, above, and the Cocoa Tigers took on Raines from Jacksonville Friday night.
cocoa-580-2
Cocoa crowd gets ready before the Raines game.
cocoa-580-1
Cocoa Tigers face Raines from Jacksonville.

COCOA-1

Screen Shot 2014-09-26 at 9.50.35 PM copy

Satellite 27, Eau Gallie 7 (FINAL)

eau-gallie
Eau Gallie cheerleaders before Fridays game against Satellite.

EAU-GALLIE-1
Eau Gallie mascot ready to lead the Commodores to victory.

SIGN UP FOR SCORES VIA TEXT at tinyurl.com/ScdTextAlerts

FNLR-435-090513EDITOR’S NOTE: Space Coast area high schools suit up for Week 5 of the 2014 football season and SpaceCoastDaily.com’s incomparable team of experts offer their insight and coverage.

SpaceCoastDaily.com’s team of prep football gurus includes recruiting expert Rae Kameka, Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong, Steve Wilson and Anthony Nachreiner, and SpaceCoastDaily.com’s Matt O’Hern, Charles Parker and Rhett Lighthall.

BREVARD COUNTY, FLORIDA – The expert Friday Night Locker Room radio broadcast crew of Steve Wilson and Orville Susong team with Space Coast Daily’s Matt O’Hern as they analyze and make their predictions about the upcoming Week 5 prep football games on the Space Coast.

Steve Wilson
Steve Wilson

O’Hern has a background in sports journalism that dates back to 2002 and covered Brevard County sports from 2004 through 2009 for Hometown News.

Matt O'Hern
Matt O’Hern

O’Hern’s career also includes two years covering NCAA Division I FCS football for Samford University (Alma Mater of FSU Coaches Jimbo Fischer and Bobby Bowden)  in Birmingham, Ala.

In 2003, O’Hern  covered college and prep football for the Birmingham Post-Herald.

Orville Susong
Orville Susong

O’Hern will provide football analysis throughout the 2014 season on SpaceCoastDaily.com.

“We are delighted to be able to bring this incredible team of experts to Space Coast Daily,” said publisher Tom Palermo.

“For many years, the Friday Night Locker Room crew has covered sporting events in Brevard County like no one else, and has the expertise, talent and insight that has become a key component for sports fans on the Space Coast.”

THREE DECADES OF KNOWLEDGE, EXPERIENCE

The Friday Night Locker Room live game broadcasts air locally on WPIO 89.3 and is streamed on SpaceCoastDaily.com.

Now in their third decade of providing local sports coverage, the Friday Night Locker Room team has aired hundreds of high school football games, high school basketball games, little league baseball and softball games, Brevard County Manatees baseball, high school baseball and softball games, and many other events in and around Brevard County.
Now in their third decade of providing local sports coverage, the Friday Night Locker Room team has aired hundreds of high school football games, high school basketball games, little league baseball and softball games, Brevard County Manatees baseball, high school baseball and softball games, and many other events in and around Brevard County.

Now in their third decade of providing local sports coverage, the Friday Night Locker Room team has aired hundreds of high school football games, high school basketball games, little league baseball and softball games, Brevard County Manatees baseball, high school baseball and softball games, and many other events in and around Brevard County.

The team has broadcast games from as far north as Tallahassee and as far south as Miami.

Mike Erdman Cadillac Nissan Sponsors Friday Night Locker Room

Wilson praised Randy Henry, owner of WPIO/WEJF and Mike Erdman for their commitment to airing the Friday Night Locker Room games and special features.

FNLR-435-090513
Friday Night Locker Room sponsors include Mike Erdman Nissan Cadillac, State Farm Insurance – Alan Wester – Rockledge/Viera, Beef O’Brady’s, SpaceCoastDaily.com, Berry Signs, Inc., Knudson Brain Spine Injury Law Office, Custom Prints Screen Printing, Florida MasterTemp, Al’s Trophy Shop and Planet Fitness.

“Without the support of our title sponsor, Mike Erdman Nissan/Cadillac, we would not be able to do what we de each and every Friday night,” said Wilson.

“Mr. Erdman is a big supporter of youth sports and we sincerely appreciate everything he does for us.”

Friday Night Locker Room sponsors include Mike Erdman Nissan Cadillac, State Farm Insurance – Alan Wester – Rockledge/Viera, Beef O’Brady’s, SpaceCoastDaily.com, Berry Signs, Inc., Knudson Brain Spine Injury Law Office, Custom Prints Screen Printing, Florida MasterTemp, Al’s Trophy Shop and Planet Fitness.

Both Steve Wilson and Orville Susong said they are thrilled to be teaming up with SpaceCoastDaily.com to reach an even greater audience.

“We are very excited about doing this and all of the possibilities going forward,” Wilson said.  “We look forward to this partnership and everything it holds for local sports enthusiasts.”