Devon Wright rushed for 254 yards as Taravella cruised to a 50-6 victory over host Coral Springs Charter at Coral Glades on Thursday night.

Wright, a junior running back, left his mark early and often, racking up 101 yards in the first quarter and had 204 yards at halftime. Wright came into Thursday's game third in the county in rushing.

Taravella (3-1) had a huge night offensively, picking up 408 yards rushing and finishing with 500 total yards.

Taravella had a shaky start, turning the ball over on its first two possessions, including muffing the opening kickoff that Coral Springs Charter recovered.

Coral Springs Charter, however, could not capitalize on these early mistakes.

Taravella got back on track when Wright took the handoff and ran 44 yards for the a 7-0 lead.

Wright scored again on an 8-yard run early in the second quarter to make it 14-0.

From there, things got worse for Coral Springs Charter (1-3). Deep in its own territory, a bad snap led to quarterback Dennis Hocker falling on the ball in the end zone for a safety.

Taravella extended its lead to 23-0 on Wright's third touchdown of the game, a 49-yard run midway through the second quarter.

Taravella put the game out of reach when Trevor Folino intercepted a pass. Three plays later, Zac Shannon connected with Julian Tropepe for a 60-yard touchdown.

Tropepe finished with 71 yards receiving and two touchdowns.

Coral Springs Charter was held to minus-28 yards rushing.

Coral Springs Charter scored late in the third quarter when Hocker found Jared Greenaway for a 60-yard pass for a touchdown.

• Pembroke Pines Charter 14, Pompano Beach 13: Host Pembroke Pines Charter held on to the victory by overcoming turnovers and benefiting from a missed field-goal attempt by Pompano Beach late in the game.

Leading 14-13 in the fourth quarter, Pembroke Pines Charter looked to put the game away, driving into Pompano Beach territory with less than five minutes remaining. On first-and-10 from Pompano Beach's 31-yard line, Charter squandered the scoring opportunity and fumbled, giving Pompano Beach possession.

Pompano Beach drove into Charter territory, but fullback Mason Hamilton was stopped on fourth-and-1, and Charter took control with 2:31 remaining. Only needing to run out the clock, Charter fumbled again on its first play, and Pompano Beach recovered and had new life. Pompano Beach drove to Charter's 10-yard line behind running back Karl Weaver. Weaver finsihed with 32 carries for 91 yards Out of timeouts with nine seconds left in the game, Pompano Beach attempted a 30-yard field goal to win the game. Emilio Myers' kick was wide left and Pembroke Pines escaped with the victory.

''We're much better this year handling adversity than we were a year ago,'' said Pembroke Pines Charter coach Steve Bruns. ``We overcame those two late turnovers and we held on to win in the fourth quarter. Last year, we lost a lot of games in the fourth quarter and winning games late and battling adversity was a point of emphasis for us entering the season.''

Pompano Beach got scored first on quarterback Joseph Philemon's 1-yard touchdown run in the first quarter. Pompano Beach led 7-0 with 4:06 left in the quarter. Pembroke Pines Charter answered quickly, scoring on its first possession, a four-play, 74 yard drive that was capped by a 1-yard run by Brandon Bennett.

Bennett had a run of 57 yards on the drive. The extra-point attempt was no good and Charter trailed 7-6 with 1:39 left in the first quarter.

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