VENICE — A four-touchdown lead in the first half wasn’t enough for the Venice football team to coast to another postseason win in the Class 4S state semifinals on Friday night.
Led by dynamic dual-threat quarterback Creed Whittemore, Buchholz orchestrated four unanswered scores to draw even with Venice by the end of the third quarter.
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