Article: Barracudas win easy, run hard: New Smyrna Beach thrashed Pine Ridge 41-0, but that didn't please its coach.

Byline: Tim Povtak

Aug. 26--DELTONA -- Wins don't always make the good teams happy.

The New Smyrna Beach Barracudas, who reached the second round of the state playoffs in 2005, scored touchdowns on each of their first four possessions and breezed to an easy 41-0 victory over Pine Ridge, but it left Coach Howie DeCristofaro in a rather sour mood.

He made his team stay on the field and run sprints after the game, even riding a few of them for not running hard enough. He also decided there would be practice today, hoping to iron out all the problems.

"No, I'm not happy. That was the worst 41-0 victory I've ever seen," DeCristofaro said. ...

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