WESLEY CHAPEL — Moments after their hopes of a perfect season ended, the Springstead Eagles were reminded they still are a good football team.
In a meeting of two teams that entered with 6-0 records, Wiregrass Ranch defeated Springstead 14-3 before a homecoming crowd at The Ranch on Friday night. But the final score didn’t come close to telling the whole story of what transpired. For the better part of 48 minutes, the Eagles gave the Bulls — a team stocked with several major-college prospects and a slew of players that transferred in from other schools — all they could handle.
“You don’t ever want to accept losing,” Springstead coach Mike Garofano said. “But I told them not to hang their heads. I was very proud of their effort. I told them to use this as fuel for the rest of the season.”…