Tampa Jesuit defeats Lakeland in spring football game

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LAKELAND — Coaches want to have a good idea of where their team stands heading into the summer, and there’s no doubt that Lakeland coach Marvin Frazier has a handle on his Dreadnaughts.

Lakeland’s 30-16 loss to Tampa Jesuit exposed areas where the Dreadnaught need to work, but the entire spring also told Frazier enough about his team.

“We came a pretty decent way,” he said. “We had some a big senior class (last fall), So just about everywhere you look, we had a new guy stepping up. (Running back) Jadarius Dobie is a guy that was a returner that we felt good about and (wide receiver) Cam Fuse as a freshman then some of the other positions we had injury riddled season. So we had to get other guys and I think, you know, when you look at somebody like Kevn Hendrix.” 

Hendrix, a transfer from Kathleen where he played quarterback, played a couple of snaps at quarterback but showed potential as a receiver.

“There’s a lot of talent there,” Frazier said. “He was just moved to receiver a week ago. There are so many things we going to be able to do when we unleash it.”

One of the new players was at center as rising senior Ian Anderson was injured in the spring and replaced with a freshman. The Dreadnaughts had fumbles off bad snaps inside the 10 on back-to-back posssessions, which proved costly.

Here are takeaway from Lakeland’s spring.

Dobie a prime time back

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