Sports Lowdown

Trent Chmelik - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography The Florida Tech Panthers scored 28 points in the second half on Saturday, coming away with a 35-0 win over the Mississippi College Choctaws at Robinson-Hale Stadium. With the victory, the Panthers improve to 3-1 on the season, including 2-0 in the Gulf South Conference.   This was the second straight game that the Panthers defense did not allow a touchdown and the second shutout of the season overall, following the 44-0 drubbing of Virginia University of Lynchburg to start the season.   “The defense has been unbelievable,” said head coach Steve Englehart, as he started his postgame interview with Jerry Durney and Paul Van Scott. “They've been kind of a bend-don't break style all year and they didn't even bend tonight.”   Things got off to a good start for the Panthers, who took the ball 76 yards on their opening possession, highlighted by an 18-yard catch by Robert Foy and capped off by a Gary H...

Antwuan Haynes - Photo credit: James Ragan Photography Space Coast Daily Game Highlights - w/ Alan Zlotorzynski The Florida Tech Panthers secured their second home win of the season on Saturday, taking care of the visiting Shorter Hawks 31-6 at Florida Tech Panther Stadium. With the victory, Florida Tech head coach Steve Englehart improved his record over Shorter to 5-0.   It was a big night for the Panthers running game, as they racked up 340 yards on 47 carries, led by Antwuan Haynes , who carried the ball 19 times for 188 yards and two touchdowns, while Gary Holmes put up 86 yards on 11 carries.   “Offensively, I thought we did a lot of good things,” said Englehart. “We just gotta finish a little better. We were close to several big plays and really putting up some big yards.”   Things didn't start well for the Panthers, with the Hawks taking advantage of an early turnover.  On the second offensive play of the game Florida Tech starting quar...

University Field/Photo Credit: Jerry Durney The Florida Tech Panthers scored 24 unanswered points, bridging the second and third quarter Saturday, leading to a 45-21 win over West Georgia in a key Gulf South Conference football game. The win was the first for Florida Tech in three trips to Carrollton. The Panthers salted things away in the fourth quarter with a 40-yard run by Trevor Sand with 1:20 left in the contest, which was the Panthers second touchdown of the quarter. That is on the heels of a 21 point fourth quarter in last week’s big win over Valdosta State . As nicely as the game ended for the Panthers on this Saturday, it did not start out that way. For the second straight week, a bad snap ended up costing the Panthers as quarterback Mark Cato had a snap go just out of his reach and over his head. The Wolves recovered at the Panthers 34 and six plays later, West Georgia quarterback Willie Candler found Brandon Walton for an 11-yard touchdown. That put the Wolves...