08/25/2026
"Osceola Air Partners with Positively Osceola to Celebrate Local Student-Athletes"
**POSITIVELY OSCEOLA'S 'OSCEOLA AIR PLAYER OF THE WEEK': JADEN TAYLOR-IRONS DELIVERS WHEN IT MATTERS MOST**
In St. Cloud’s biggest rivalry win in nearly two decades, Jaden Taylor-Irons was at the center of the Bulldogs’ biggest plays, helping power St. Cloud High School past Osceola and earning honors as Positively Osceola’s Osceola Air Player of the Week.
Taylor-Irons opened the game with an electrifying 95-yard touchdown return on the opening kickoff to seize momentum and stake the Bulldogs to a 6-0 lead, sending the large home crowd into a frenzy.
With Osceola driving in the third quarter, Taylor-Irons was “Johnny on the Spot” when he recovered a fumble after a Kowboys running back dropped the ball after colliding with the back judge.
Later, with Osceola driving toward a potential go-ahead touchdown in the fourth quarter, Taylor-Irons made a sensational interception and returned it 45 yards to thwart the drive and flip the field.
Finally, he helped St. Cloud continue a time-consuming fourth-quarter drive when he took a pitch from quarterback Jeremiah Lattier and raced 14 yards to inside the Osceola 10. That play helped the Bulldogs kill more than five minutes off the clock and pin the Kowboys deep in their own territory to help secure the win.
For the game, Taylor-Irons rushed five times for 15 yards, registered four tackles and four assists, and recorded both an interception and a fumble recovery.
“Osceola has a very good defense and this was not a game about where we were going to pile up a lot of big stats,” St. Cloud coach Mike Short noted. “It was a game where we had to make big plays at key moments and no one made more of them than Jaden. He is absolutely deserving of Player of the Week honors.”
“We knew it was a big game but we also knew we couldn’t let the moment get too big for us and I think that happened last season,” Taylor-Irons said, referring to a game in which St. Cloud led in the third quarter before giving up 38 unanswered points in a 44-7 loss. “We kept our composure and knew what we had to do.”
The St. Cloud-Osceola series was played for the 103rd time Friday, and Taylor-Irons was not even born the last time the Bulldogs beat the Kowboys on the field in 2010. Although he appreciates the history of the achievement, he said his focus — and the team’s focus — is already on the next opponent.
***Osceola Air Partners with Positively Osceola to Celebrate Local Student-Athletes***
Positively Osceola is proud to welcome Osceola Air as the community partner of Positively Osceola’s Osceola Air Player of the Week, helping recognize outstanding high school football student-athletes from across Osceola County throughout the season.
A 100% locally owned and operated company, Osceola Air, ac & plumbing pros has deep roots in the community it serves. Founded by lifelong Osceola County resident Zak McMorrow launched in 2014, the St. Cloud-based company has grown from a small local HVAC business into a full-service home comfort company providing air conditioning, heating, plumbing, drain and indoor air quality services throughout Osceola County and surrounding Central Florida communities. Giving back to the communities it serves is also one of Osceola Air’s core values.
Positively Osceola thanks Osceola Air for stepping up to support local student-athletes and high school sports as the community partner of the Player of the Week program. Partnerships with locally rooted businesses like Osceola Air help Positively Osceola continue celebrating the student-athletes, teams and schools making a positive impact in and around Osceola County. Osceola County School District