New Smyrna Beach Cudas dream season over with 24-20 playoff loss to Winter Haven
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Football team undefeated during regular season
Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Winter Haven moves quickly down towards the Cudas end zone before taking a knee in the closing seconds of a 24-20 playoff win over previously unbeated New Smyrna Beach Friday night.NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- The Cudas lost to Winter Haven 24-20 tonight in the opening round of the playoffs after an undefeated regular season with nine wins.
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NEW SMYRNA BEACH -- Jim Tager talks with Headline Surfer about the Cudas football team's undefeated regular season and the heart the players showed in their opening round loss in the playoffs to Winter Haven, as well as the controversy that surrounded the previous game with Spruce Creek and its marching band, in the 24/7 Internet newspaper's online newsmaker show, "The Sunday Conversation.
Headline Surfer photo by Henry Frederick / Winter Haven runs a play from its own 20-yard line early in the third quarter, leading the New Smyrna Beach Cudas, 24-20 midway through the third quarter in a playoff game Friday night at New Smyrna Beach Stadium.