- February 23, 2025
FPC's Chloe Wallace (24) reaches for Camryn Chiumento's flag. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Nereyda Campos (right) tries to run past Anna Mort. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze quarterback Rani Gupta looks to pass. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Camryn Chiumento stretches for yards as FPC players pull her flag. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze Ylan Phan pulls Jaiya Jordan's flag. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Anna Mort chases FPC's Nereyda Campos. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Nereyda Campos runs for yards. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC quarterback Jaiya Jordan steps up in the pocket. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze quarterback Rani Gupta looks to pass to Ylan Phan. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze seniors Camryn Chiumento and Ylan Phan noted how physical their flag football game with Flagler Palm Coast was. They loved it.
“This game was a lot of fun,” Chiumento said after the Sandcrabs grinded out a 13-0 victory to improve to 2-0 on Thursday, Feb. 20, at FPC’s stadium. Phan and Chiumento each scored a touchdown.
Like basketball, flag football is a non-contact sport, and like basketball, that isn’t always the case in flag football, they said.
“FPC worked really hard against us,” Chiumento said. “There are a lot of good players on both of these teams. There was a lot of physical contact. Everyone on our team is always bringing each other up. It helps us with these type of games.”
Added Phan, “The energy in the huddles, everyone communicating — it was perfect.”
The Sandcrabs prevailed in the defensive battle with Phan scoring the first touchdown with an option run and Chiumento providing insurance with a touchdown catch from Rani Gupta with less than a minute left in the first half. Gupta ran for the extra point.
“We always look forward to playing this team,” Phan said. “They’re very competitive.”
Amira Ferguson, Haylee Fountain and Ellison Kelso all had interceptions for Seabreeze.
“We were anticipating the pass,” Phan said. “We were very precise.”
FPC coaches Tony Coates and Jimmie Robinson III said the game's intensity was no surprise, even though the Bulldogs were playing their first game of the season.
“They’re right down the road from us. We’re always going to have a competitive game with them,” Robinson said.
Robinson said Seabreeze played off the ball on defense, and the Bulldogs should have taken advantage of that.
“We have a lot of talent,” Robinson said. “We just have to put them in the right positions.”
FPC has two road games this week — at Palatka on Feb. 25 and against county-rival Matanzas on Feb. 27.
The Sandcrabs have three games this week, including their first home contests against Mainland (Feb. 25) and Atlantic (Feb. 27). They have high hopes this season with nine seniors on the roster.
“Some of these girls have been playing three or four years together,” Seabreeze assistant coach Amol Gupta said. “They know how to lock in.”
