1986: Ribault 32, Raines 0 1987: Raines 15, Ribault 6 1988: Raines 35, Ribault 18 1989: Raines 24, Ribault 0 1990: Raines 21, Ribault 0 1991: Raines 25, Ribault 7 1992: Ribault 14, Raines 6 1993: Ribault 18, Raines 2
1994: Ribault 8, Raines 7 1995: Raines 31, Ribault 19 1996: Ribault 8, Raines 7 1997: Raines 38, Ribault 0 1998: Raines 60, Ribault 12 1999: Ribault 22, Raines 15 2000: Ribault 26, Raines 20 2001: Raines 24, Ribault 18
the game, giving Ribault a 27-21 win. In 2010, Raines entered the classic undefeated and full of confidence. Unforunatetly, Ribault had other ideas and lefts with a 32-19 win to capture its second straight win in the series. Raines rebounded to win the next four in the series to take back the trophy and momentum again. Déjà Vu Five years after Ribault pulled off the stunning win over undefeated Raines, the Trojans found themselves in the same predicament. Raines was not only undefeated and coming off an emotional 35-30 win over Bolles to clinch the district title the week, before but also a number-one ranking in the AP state football poll. Ribault was a sizeable underdog in the game and wasn’t expected to put up much a fight. However, Ribault had other ideas, scoring on its first two possessions of the game to take a 13-0 lead. Derias McGoogin connected with Desean McNair for a 12 yard strike, and McNair’s 30yard run on the Trojans third possession of the game set up McGoogin’s 1-yard sneak with 2:31 left in the first quarter. Bishop Bonnett cut the lead in half on a 7-yard run, cutting the lead to 12-6 with 2:23 left in the first half. Ribault answered back as Jhamall Marsh found Michael McCray wide open on a 25-yard strike with thirty seconds left in the half as the Trojans took a 19-6 lead into the break. Jordan Rivers returned the second-half kickoff all the way down to the 32, which set up an Augie DeBiase 29-yard touchdown pass on fourth down to Rick Wells, cutting the lead to 19-14 five minutes into the third quarter. On the ensuing possession, Ribault was facing fourth-and-ten and Raines jumped offsides back-to-back plays, giving the
2002: Raines 33, Ribault 12 2003: Raines 57, Ribault 0 2004: Raines 33, Ribault 6 2005: Raines 36, Ribault 6 2006: Raines 39, Ribault 0 2007: Raines 27, Ribault 7 2008: Raines 22, Ribault 21 (OT) 2009: Ribault 27, Raines 21
Trojans a first down. A few plays later, McGoogin was hit for a 14-yard loss by Florida commit Jaquan Bailey, who immediately got up and did the Gator Chomp in front of McGoogin and was hit for taunting. Offsetting penalties forced Ribault into a trying a 28-yard field goal that fell short, keeping the Vikings in the game heading into the fourth quarter. THE FINISH DeBiase drove the Vikings down the field quickly, but his pass was batted down by Joshua Whitehead and fell into the hands of a diving Cameron Richardson inside the ten-yard line. Raines held Ribault to back-to-back three-and-outs on its next two drives to take over at midfield with three minutes left in the game. Three plays later, DeBiase was looking deep for Rick Wells. Wells beat the safety, who pulled his jersey for the blatant pass interference, putting the Vikings at the 35-yard line. DeBiase rumbled eight yards, down to the 16, with less than a minute remaining to put the Vikings in striking distance. The crowd rose to its feet as both sides anxiously awaited the final minute of the game. An illegal man downfield backed the Vikings up to the 26 with plenty of time still in the game. On second down, DeBiase looked for Wells in the end zone, but the ball sailed out of bounds.
2010: Ribault 32, Raines 19 2011: Raines 39, Ribault 7 2012: Raines 42, Ribault 20 2013: Raines 40, Ribault 25 2014: Raines 19, Ribault 7 2015: Ribault 19, Raines 14
Charles Williams broke up a DeBiase pass on third down, setting up one final play as the crowd became deafening. Faced with fourth down from the 26yard line, DeBiase dropped back and tried to hit Ronald Patterson on a quick out pass, well short of the end zone; however, Brandon Thomas stepped in front of Patterson and picked off the pass at the 10, nearly returning it all the way back for a score before being tackled by DeBiase around the 25-yard line. After years of seeing Raines pull out the last-minute victories in the rivalry, it was finally Ribault’s turn to return the favor. POSTGAME Immediately following the game, both teams gathered at midfield for prayer, followed by positive comments from both schools’ principals and administration. The winning team is then presented with the trophy, which bears both schools’ colors, maroon and Carolina blue, and all the scores from the previous games. However, Raines didn’t bring the trophy with them making the postgame celebration a little less dramatic. Fortunately though, Ribault didn’t go home empty-handed as Church’s Chicken presented Anthony Flynn with the Coaches Award trophy (which is presented to the winning team) and Desean McNair with the Offensive MVP trophy; the entire defense was awarded the Defensive MVP trophy. ITG
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