Turnovers hurt as Deltona, Harmony fall in FHSAA flag football semifinals
Deltona suffered the first and only loss of its historic 2026 girls flag football season in excruciating fashion Friday morning. The Wolves led with less than four minutes to go before faltering in a 40-32 loss to Miami Northwestern in a Class 2A state semifinal game played at the Tampa Bay Buccaneers’ indoor AdventHealth Training Center. Deltona, which finished 20-1, led 32-27 with less than four minutes to go but had its next two possessions end with interceptions.
Northwestern (20-1) took full advantage, scoring twice in the final 3:52 to prevail. The second Orlando-area state tourney qualifier , Harmony (19-2), also fell victim to turnovers in a 39-19 loss against Lennard (13-7) in a 4A semifinal. Like Deltona, Harmony opened the scoring in its game with a touchdown pass by prolific ninth-grade quarterback Ivy Munns to Kalie Conley on its first possession.
Munns came into the game owning Harmony’s record for TD passes in a season and added two more late in the game to finish with 76 for the year. She had a stack of completions but was intercepted four times and those picks led to four consecutive scores by Lennard for a 33-7 halftime lead that grew to 39-7. Deltona’s standout senior quarterback, Frantashia Williams, engineered four touchdown drives that went the full 66 yards on the 80-yard field for flag football, which does not have kickoffs.
Possessions to start each half and after scores begin at a team’s own 14-yard line. The Wolves also had a 43-yard TD march and built leads of 7-0, 14-7, 20-19 and 32-27. Williams scored herself on three short keepers and threw two touchdown passes.
But she vomited on the sideline with her team leading 14-13 with 4:09 remaining in the first half and may have played the rest of the game at less than 100%. She led the state in touchdowns scored with 48. Williams did start the Wolves’ next possession with a good punt return that gave her team a chance to widen the lead.