A crowd of about 4,500 got what they came to see – a great high school football game.

But, for Apopka Blue Darter fans, it was not the result they wanted as the Edgewater Eagles defeated the Darters, 24-7, Friday, October 3, at Roger Williams Field.

Don’t be fooled by the final score, however, as the game was very much in doubt until two late Edgewater scores.

Leading 10-7, the Eagles scored two touchdowns in the final 5:11 of the game for the final margin of victory.

As expected, both defenses played very well. Edgewater (4-1) had just 151 yards rushing and 82 yards passing, but it was enough to overcome the Blue Darters, who played a good game on both sides of the ball. Apopka, meanwhile, had 171 yards rushing and 46 yards passing, but managed just 50 yards rushing in the second half.

Apopka (4-1) took the lead early with an impressive 80-yard drive on its first possession of the game. The Darters scored on the ninth play of the drive, a three-yard run by fullback Quentin Taylor.

Edgewater responded with a 45-yard field goal and then scored on an eight-yard pass from Mike Dunn to Antonio Turner with 26 seconds left in the second period.

The scored stood at 10-7 until the two late Edgewater scores.

Apopka must rebound from the loss to face a 5-0 University team next week in a Metro Conference tilt.