Mountain Vista hits FG on last play of 1st half at Seminole | Week 1 Football Live Report
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High school football’s 2026 regular season kicks off tonight with five games that pit Orlando area teams against out-of-state visitors.
The Thursday lineup has a tradition-rich Archbishop Hoban team from Ohio playing at West Orange, which is No. 9 in the Sentinel Super Coaches Poll; and Colorado power Mountain Vista playing at No. 11 Sanford Seminole. East River and University (Orlando) also host interstate games and Oak Ridge plays an Illinois squad at the Austin-Tindall Sports Complex.
The Friday night slate includes challenging road trips for No. 1 DeLand and No. 2 Jones.
We’ll be posting live updates from selected games right here once games kick off. Check back often.
Also, the Sentinel’s 2026 football preview section will be in Sunday’s newspaper. All of those stories are posted online at orlandosentinel.com.
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Games listed are scheduled for 7 p.m. kickoffs unless noted otherwise. Rankings in bold are from this week’s preseason Sentinel Super 16 coaches poll.
Archbishop Hoban (Ohio) at No. 9 West Orange, Thursday
Coverage by Chris Hays
AJ Chung appeared to have connected with Taj Anderson for a touchdown with 8 seconds left in the first half. But the ball was knocked away on a great play by the Hoban defender, Khalil Diming. West Orange kicker Rodrigo Biggio’s 43-yard field goal was wide right and we go to halftime with Hoban leading 10-7.
Bad snap and a blocked punt by West Orange’s Namir Coleman. The Warriors take over the ball with 18 seconds left in the half at the 21 yard line.
West Orange tackle Jordan Aiken limps off the field. 3:04 left before halftime. Warriors punting the ball to Hoban.
TOUCHDOWN: Hoban scores on a 5 yard touchdown run by Khalil Diming and the Knights take a 10-7 lead. 5:40 left second quarter
Headed to the second quarter at West Orange, Warriors lead 7-3.
TOUCHDOWN: West Orange on the board, AJ Chung hits Mikel Victor with a 15-yard touchdown pass. Warriors lead 7-3, with 3:54 left in the first quarter. The ball bounced off the crossbar and over for the PAT.
FIELD GOAL: Hoban kicker Jeremy Hammel boots a 55-yard field goal to put the Ohio team on top 3-0 early in the first quarter.
West Orange pulls off onside kick on the opening kickoff, but officials say it was an illegal touch so Hoban starts things off on offense.
PRE-GAME NOTES:
Tim Tyrrell, formerly head coach at South Florida power Chaminade-Madonna (Hollywood), is 151-27 in 14 years at Hoban in Akron, including five state championships since 2015.
Both of these teams went 10-2 last season.
Mountain Vista (Colorado) at No. 11 Seminole, Thursday
Coverage by Chris Martucci
Mountain Vista’s Marquise Reese with 234 passing yards and a touchdown in that first half. Brooklyn Bailey has been the beneficiary of 155 of those yards. Luke Bentley with one catch for 67 yards and a touchdown.
FIELD GOAL: Grayson Rooney nails the 37-yard field goal at the halftime buzzer for Mountain Vista. Upped the lGolden Eagles lead to 17-13 going into the break.
Daniel Proenza back in the game at quarterback for the Seminoles.
TOUCHDOWN: Mountain View quarterback Marquise Reese keeps it himself on the read option and takes it in for the touchdown. Extra point good. 14-13 Mountain Vista on top. 2:38 2Q.
Mountain Vista QB Marquise Reese finds Brooklyn Bailey for 37 yards on 3rd-and-15 before Bailey steps out at the Seminole 1-yard line. Time out Mountain Vista. 2:50 left in the first half.
Seminole forces a fumble but the Golden Eagles recover. Loss of 16 on the play for Mountain Vista.
Seminoles bat down a pass for fourth down. … but a pass interference penalty erases the incompletion and keeps the drive alive for Mountain Vista.
Andrew Schramski returns the short kick 39 yards to the Mountain Vista 46 for Seminole.
TOUCHDOWN: Marquise Reese hits Luke Bentley on a slant route and he takes it 67 yards for a Mountain Vista touchdown. Extra point good. 13-7 Seminole. 8:49 2Q.
Low snap gets past Seminole’s Isaiah Taylor and he is brought down for a loss of 16. That, plus a false start on 3rd-and-1, killed what was setting up to be another scoring drive for SHS. Austin Plebanski’s field goal attempt is no good. Mountain Vista takes over at its 20.
Seminole leads Mountain Vista 13-0 at the end of the first quarter.
Isaiah Taylor in at quarterback for Seminole this series.
Mountain Vista goes for it on fourth down but the Seminole defense sacks Marquise Reese to force a turnover on downs. Seminole takes over at the Golden Eagles’ 40. 1:44 1Q.
TOUCHDOWN: Tyree Howard busts through the line and rumbles 15 yards for the touchdown to increase the Seminole lead. Extra point good. 13-0 Seminole. 4:55 1Q.
Daniel Proenza throws deep to Cam Roberts for 43 yards. First-and-10 at the Mountain Vista 28.
TOUCHDOWN: Seminole quarterback Daniel Proenza rumbles 11 yards for the opening touchdown. The ‘Noles offense was able to take advantage of the short field after the Mountain Vista turnover. Extra point no good. 6-0 Seminole at 9:08 1Q.
Seminole forces a fumble on the opening kickoff and recovers. ‘Noles to start at the Mountain Vista 27.
Seminole wins the toss and defers to the second half. Mountain Vista to receive the opening kickoff.
Game time is pushed back from 7 to 7:30 p.m. with the junior varsity game ending at 7:02.
PRE-GAME NOTES:
The Golden Eagles, 12-1 last season in Colorado’s large-school classification, are ranked No. 3 in 5A. They are led by senior quarterback Marquise Reese, a Colorado State commit who passed for 3,314 passing yards and 44 touchdowns last year.
Seminole counters with a rugged defense.
Orlando-area high school football preview for 2026
Friday games
No. 5 Evans at No. 13 Lake Nona
Coverage by Chris Hays
Two 2025 playoff teams go at it. Will Evans go wide-open on offense with its new transfer tandem of quarterback Will Jackson and receiver Brian Dillard?
Hawthorne at No. 6 Bishop Moore
Coverage by Philip Rossman-Reich
Bishop Moore vies for head coach Matt Hedrick’s 200th career win against last year’s Rural Division state champ from the Gainesville area. Hawthorne is a very small school, but has talent.
No. 3 Edgewater at Ocoee
Coverage by Jean Racine
Edgewater is 46-1 in regular season games since 2021 — losing only to TFA in a 2024 season opener. First matchup since the Eagles blanked Ocoee 46-0 in 2023.
No. 16 Dr. Phillips at No. 7 The First Academy
Coverage by Chris Martucci
This is the first official game for new DP head coach Caleb Walls, and the first football meeting for Orlando schools that sit five miles apart.
No. 8 Osceola at St. Cloud
Coverage by J. Daniel Pearson
This is the 103rd game in one of the longest standing rivalries in Florida high school football. Osceola has dominated, including 15 wins in a row. That streak is 20 in a row on the field, but the Kowboys forfeited their 2010 win due to an ineligible player.
Other big games
No. 1 DeLand at Lake Wales
DeLand outscored Sumner 52-46 in a wild preseason game and might be in for another track meet. Lake Wales was a 15-0 state title team in 2022 and finished 10-3 with a playoff loss to Jones last season.
No. 2 Jones vs. .Santa Margarita (California)
Jones coach Elijah Williams has an “anytime, anywhere” attitude about scheduling and the Tigers have started with two giant challenges. He took his team to Dade County to play Miami Central (a preseason loss) and fly this week to take on the team that was No. 1 in California last season at Saddleback College in Mission Viejo. The Eagles are No. 6 in MaxPreps’ national rankings.
Both teams have former NFL players as head coaches. Williams was an NFL defensive back. Santa Margarita’s Carson Palmer was longtime pro quarterback.
No. 10 Oviedo at Titusville
Oviedo, 40-15 under coach Greg Odierno, looks to get off to another strong start.
No. 12 South Lake at East Ridge
East Ridge leads Lake County rivalry 10-8, but Eagles won the past two — including a come-from-behind 49-35 victory last season at home.
No. 14 Winter Park at Windermere
First meeting with the Wildcats is a big test for the host Wolverines, who went 10-0 as an independent in the past two years and are riding a 21-game winning streak.
Hernando at No. 15 Lake Brantley
Visiting Leopards were 7-4 district champs last season, but seven players are suspended for their part in an on-the-field fight with players from Sunlake High last week.
Varsity content editor Buddy Collings can be contacted by email at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com.
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