Venice Stuns Southeast Late in Spring Game

Final score: Venice 28, Southeast 27

Recap: Venice scored 21 unanswered points in the fourth quarter Friday, wiping away a Southeast 20-7 lead in spring football action. Southeast's Brian Poole scored on touchdown runs of 34 and 63 yards and finished with 191 yards rushing on 11 carries. Seminoles quarterback Myles Braxton-Johnson completed 8-of-18 passes for 111 yards and an interception.

Key play: Venice recovered a Southeast fumble at the Seminoles' 11 yard line, setting up Danny Dillard's game-winning, 3-yard touchdown run with 1:47 remaining in the fourth quarter.

Star of the game: Poole, who had 191 yards rushing and two touchdowns.

Quotable: “I think we played about the way I expected us to play. I thought we'd get trucked earlier in the game.” — Southeast coach Paul Maechtle.

Venice       0   0  7   21 — 28

Southeast 0  13  7    7 — 27

Second quarter

S--Poole 34 run (kick failed)

S--Sannon 24 pass from Braxton-Johnson (Christiansen kick)

Third quarter

S--Poole 63 run (Christiansen kick)

V--Dillard 5 run (Lambrecht kick)

Fourth quarter

S--Williams 9 pass from Braxton-Johnson (Christiansen kick)

V--Dillard 53 run (Lambrecht kick)

V--Flessner 42 run(Lambrecht kick)

V--Dillard 3 run (Lambrecht kick)