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Mike Klein, Seabreeze's new head football coach, talks to his team during a water break at the spring football game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze's Dean Hayes (left) forces Fleming Island's Trace Burney (3) out of bounds during the spring game held at the Ormond Beach Sports Compelex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Sandcrab Dylan Hayes (3) pressures Fleming Island's De'mhir Jackson (7) in the sring game at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Fleming Island's Cibastian Broughton does a flip in the end zone after scoring the first touchdown of the spring game against Seabreeze at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze's Brody Boda (1) celebrates after blocking a kick in the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
A tackle by Sandcrab Brogan Kelly (right) forces a fumble during the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze quarterback Harden Hayes runs a keeper for the Sandcrabs in the game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze quarterback Hayden Hayes (2) hands off to Jeremias George (left) in the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze cheerleaders--Cassidy Hill, Jewel Tiffany, Ava Ott, Taylor Boehman and Sarah Sandblom--support the football team during the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Sandcrab Dylan Hayes (3) tackles Fleming Island's De'mhir Jackson (7) in the spring game at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Fleming Island's Cibastian Broughton maneuvers his way through Seabreeze traffic in the spring game at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Fleming Island defenders attempt to stop Seabreeze's Jeremias George in the spring game at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze players watch from the sidelines as Hayden Hayes runs another quarterback keeper in the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Sandcrab Jeremias George (11) outruns the Fleming Island defense during the spring game at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze head football coach Mike Klein and his daughter Milana. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze head coach Mike Klein runs through plays with players Logan Smith (6) and Dylan Hayes (3) during the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze's Brody Boda (center) fends off Levi Cox (left) and Alton Bacon (right) before scoring a touchdown in the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Sandcrab Brody Boda scampers on a 41-yard catch and run for a touchdown in the spring game against Fleming Island at the Ormond beach Sports Complex. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze's Luke Cloer (left) and Brody Boda celebrate after Boda's touchdown in the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze head coach Mike Klein talks to his players after the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Seabreeze head coach Mike Klein talks to his players after the spring game against Fleming Island. Photo by Michele Meyers
Fleming Island dominated Seabreeze 41-7 in the spring football game on Thursday, May 23, at the Ormond Beach Sports Complex.
Seabreeze head football coach was hired just over a month ago. He took the position about four days before the start of spring football practice, went to a staff meeting on Saturday, April 27, and held his first practice with the Sandcrabs two days later.
“I told the guys it is a process,” he said after the spring game. “When you’re putting in a new offense and putting in a new defense and you only have three weeks to prepare, it’s not going to be a finished product. We really wanted to focus on us. We really wanted to run our stuff and focus on our base offense and base defense. So that hurt us a little bit tonight because we didn’t take a whole week to scout these guys.”
Golden Eagles quarterback Cibastian Broughton ran for a 75-yard touchdown in the first 10 seconds of the game. It set the tone for Fleming Island scoring all of its points in the first half, and the majority of the Golden Eagles' scores coming on runs longer than 50 yards.
I’m proud of these guys. They didn’t pout — they didn’t hang their heads in the locker room. They came back out and they played. They showed who they are. With that kind of mentality and that kind of heart, I know where we’re going to be.
— MIKE KLEIN, Seabreeze head football coach
In the second half, Seabreeze quarterback Hayden Hayes tossed a 41-yard touchdown pass to tight end Brody Boda. Drew McNerny kicked the extra point.
Hayes said it is a dream to play football with his teammates who he has grown up with — no matter the outcome of the spring game.
“On the field, obviously, it’s not the result we wanted but on the sideline, the team didn’t fall apart,” Hayes said. “As poorly as we performed, we still didn’t shy away. Not the result we wanted but next page — next chapter. (We are) going to work on everything. Back to square one — back to the lab.”
The Hayes-Boda duo had multiple connections through tight coverage by Fleming Island. Boda said Coach Klein has brought the players together as a team.
“A lot of the players really support Coach Klein,” Boda said. “He has only been with us three weeks and he has brought us together. As a team, we never stop until the game is over.”
Boda launched his 6-foot-4 frame into the air to block the extra point following Fleming Island’s first touchdown. Moving forward, he said he is going to work on getting bigger, faster and stronger.
“I want to work on my routes especially, and pass rush too,” he said. “My mom, (Martha Castra) did hurdles in high school, so maybe that’s where I got my (vertical jump).”
Klein said he wanted to see who his team would be when things went positively and when things went negatively.
“I’m proud of these guys,” he said. “They didn’t pout — they didn’t hang their heads in the locker room. They came back out and they played. They showed who they are. With that kind of mentality and that kind of heart, I know where we’re going to be.”
Coming from a defensive coordinator position at DeLand, Klein said he has been focusing on his team’s tackling technique and teaching his players the defense.
“We play a defense that’s based on movement and based on attacking,” he said. “It was just a lot of little things for us tonight. These guys have only been doing this for three weeks. We’ll continue to work on tackling and learning the defense. It takes just one little mistake for us that ends up in a score for them. Things that get fixed through repetition.”
