OKEECHOBEE – Today (July 1), six teams participated to the Huddle Touch 7v7 Tournament at Okeechobee High School.
This event featured the following teams – in alphabetical order:
•Coconut Creek
•Inlet Grove
•Okeechobee
•Port St. Lucie
•Tradition Prep
•Treasure Coast
Each of the six teams played five pool play games. After the pool play games ended, the following two teams earned a first-round bye:
•No. 1 seed Coconut Creek (5-0 in pool play)
•No. 2 seed Port St. Lucie (3-2 in pool play)
Here is how the other seeds were decided:
•No. 3 seed Inlet Grove
•No. 4 seed Treasure Coast
•No. 5 seed Okeechobee
•No. 6 seed Tradition Prep
After pool play, there were two first round playoff matchups. From that point on, every team competed in single elimination games.
The results of those first-round games were:
•No. 6 seed Tradition Prep upset No. 3 seed Inlet Grove, 15-14
•No. 5 seed Okeechobee upset No. 4 seed Treasure Coast, 18-8
This action was followed by the semifinals.
To put in as succinctly as possible, the top two seeds took care of business.
See the results below for yourself.
We ended up with a third place game between Okeechobee and Tradition Prep, meaning that these two teams still had something to play for.
Read the results below.
Finally, Coconut Creek faced off against Port St. Lucie in the final.
Coconut Creek was out in front for a good part of the title game. At one point, it had a 16-9 lead over Port St. Lucie.
But with less than six minutes left, Port St. Lucie’s offense used their chemistry, energy, and poise to pick apart Coconut Creek’s defense on the ensuing drive. It resulted in a touchdown pass and one-point conversion pass from junior quarterback Jordan Quillen (2025), making the game a 16-16 tie.
And then the next play happened.
Seemingly out of nowhere, sophomore athlete Antonio Richardson (2026) stepped in front of a Cocount Creek receiver and caught a game-turning interception. This gave Port St. Lucie a 19-16 lead in which it would not relinquish.
The tournament-winning play was the very next one.
On first down, Quillen threw a short pass to Richardson. But a potential short gain turned into an end zone situation as the Jaguars 2026 sensation was not touched en route to a score and a 25-16 lead.
Port St. Lucie withstood a late touchdown from Coconut Creek to hold on for its 25-22 win.
After both teams shook hands in the middle of the field, they gathered up together for a special presentation Huddle Touch CEO/Pastor Jeffrey Singletary and his team. They presented the Defensive and Offensive MVP’s of the 7-on-7 Tournament, followed by a cash prize sequence, a word of encouragement and a joint prayer.
You can watch all the action right below.
After this happened, new Port St. Lucie head coach Kimberry Lubin, three of his players, and one of his coaches made themselves available to recap today’s action.
PLEASE NOTE: Port St. Lucie has been selected as the host for next summer’s Huddle Touch 7-on-7 Tournament.
