Miami Norland stuns American Heritage with a late score

Ennio Yapoor TD pass 24.5 second left gives the Vikings a huge win

Gary Adornato | Oct 14, 2024

Miami Norland quarterback Ennio Yapoor rushed for his team's first touchdown of the night and then completed a game-winning touchdown pass with just 24.5 seconds left in the fourth quarter, as the Vikings knocked off American Heritage, 32-27. / Matt Christopher

In a Monday night football showdown between two Top 10 Florida high school football teams, at Traz Powell Stadium in South Florida, No. 9 Miami Norland got a late touchdown to knockoff No. 10 American Heritage, 32-27, in a thriller.

Norland senior Ennio Yapoor, one of the top quarterbacks in the state, delivered a strike to the back of end zone for Jade Card, who hauled it in for the score. The touchdown erased a one point deficit for the Vikings with just 24.5 second left in the football game. It stood for the game winner.

Just a few minutes earlier, the game’s other big time quarterback, Heritage’s Dia Bell, a Texas commit, rambled 67-yards for a go-ahead touchdown with just 2:44 left on the fourth quarter clock. It pushed the Patriots in front, 27-26.

Norland dominated the first half and went to the intermission with a 20-10 lead. Byron Louis, however, quickly vaulted Heritage back into the contest with a 68-yard touchdown ru on the first play of the third quarter. The Florida State commit had a pair of TDs in the game.

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Published Oct 14, 2024

GARY ADORNATO

Gary Adornato began covering high school sports with the Baltimore Sun in 1982, while still a mass communications major at Towson University, and in 2003 became one of the first journalists to cover high school sports online while operating MIAASports.com, the official website of the Maryland Interscholastic Athletic Association. Later, Adornato pioneered market-wide coverage of high school sports with DigitalSports.com, introducing video highlights and player interviews while assembling an award-winning editorial staff. In 2010, he launched VarsitySportsNetwork.com which became the premier source of high school media coverage in the state of Maryland. In 2022, he sold VSN to The Baltimore Banner and joined SBLive Sports as the company's East Coast Managing Editor.