Lakeland Stuns Aquinas as Florida’s Open Division Opens

The result carries particular significance after Aquinas beat Lakeland in each of the past two Class 5A championship games.

Official response and confirmed impact

This time, the Dreadnaughts emerged with a pool-play win that changes the outlook for both programs.

Lakeland improves to 10-1 and heads to Chaminade next Friday with a chance to reach 2-0 in Pool A.

Aquinas falls to 10-1 and travels to Venice seeking its first Open Division victory.

Brady Quinn threw three touchdown passes as Chaminade controlled the game from the outset and repeatedly kept Venice from finishing scoring opportunities.

Rushing touchdowns from Clinton Jean-Pierre and Amos Bradford helped the Lions build a 28-0 halftime lead.

Venice had opportunities to cut into that margin, but Chaminade’s defense continued to produce stops.

Incident background

Quinn connected with Tromon Isaac Jr. for two first-half touchdowns, including a roughly 50-yard strike with 2.7 seconds remaining before the break.