From the Nike website (see local all-tournament guys at the end)...
They came to the tournament saying they were the fastest team around. And Miami's Vapor Trail sure backed it up. The Floridians are champs after taking down Team Super Speed from De Soto, Texas in the final of the Nike 7on 2009 Tournament. Yep, for the second year in a row, a team from the Sunshine State wins it all.
It was scaldingly hot when the two teams took to the Ronaldo Field for the game. Three minutes in, Vapor Trail QB Teddy Bridgewater threw his first of five TD passes. Super Speed worked back down the field, but on third down missed on a wide open route. "We got into catch up mode after that," said De Soto coach Brett Polite, "and that's tough to do against that team." Indeed, Vapor hit a quick strike to make it 14-0, and it looked like Texas was in trouble.
But the exceptional Darius Terrell caught a TD pass from Ryan Polite to cut the lead to 14-7, and some Miami miscues kept the score that way until halftime. But Bridgewater picked up where he left off in the second half, throwing TD passes in back to back drives, including a sensational bomb to Miami's inspirational leader, Michael "Deuce" Harris. That made it 28-7. Just when it seemed Super Speed would have to slink back to Texas, Polite found Marcus Murphy on an 80-yard bomb. The defense got the ball back, and with 10 minutes left, all the momentum was with Super Speed.
But Vapor Trail's defense, so stout all tournament long, came up huge again. Alex Kelly made a couple of deflections, and Miami got the ball back. Seconds later, they were in the end zone once more. Bridgewater sprinted one way, then threw all the way across the field to Harris in the corner, who made a circus catch. "I've been lifting weights, working on my arm strength, so watch out this season," said Bridgewater. South Florida, you've been warned.
The game ended soon after, the final score 34-15 Vapor Trail. As Harris predicted before the tournament, his team went undefeated and won it all. "I didn't say what I was going to do, I said what WE are going do--and we did!" he said afterward.
Harris, Bridgewater, and Kelly were named to the all-tourney team, along with Polite and Terrell from Super Speed, Nick Jones and Marcus Lattimore from Zoom Blade, Mike Davis from Zoom Fly, Ron Lewis from Field Generals (Lakewood), George Farmer and Robert Woods from Land Sharks (Serra), and A.J. Johnson from Team Merciless.
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