Just as it did a year ago, the annual East-West Orange County Senior Bowl came down to the final play of the game Wednesday night. Kyle Herrera’s 34-yard field goal won it for the East 20-17.

In this edition… Rollins soccer caught in a snowstorm, prep and college football postseason takes shape, Dwight Howard is honored, UCF off to fast start in hoops, and local alumni in title games.

On schedule Friday in the second round of the Florida high school football playoffs are huge matchups featuring local teams… Oak Ridge at Dr. Phillips; Winter Park at Seminole; DeLand at Orange Park.

The high school football regular season is officially in the books and the chase is on for teams wishing to become one of the last still standing in the state finals. Overall winners will be crowned in Orlando.

Timber Creek senior Justin Mandell entered the high school bowling state tournament as the top-seed in individual bracket play but one of his better efforts was not quite good enough to advance to the finals.

The boys and girls golf teams at Olympia High School qualified for the Class 2A state finals next week. Timber Creek won a close boys regional over the Titans while the Olympia girls won big over Edgewater.

Felipe Quiroga has spent much of his prep career in the shadows of older teammates at Timber Creek. In his senior season, though, the defending district champion is now the leader and lone upperclassman on a roster freshmen and sophomores.

Last year, the Timber Creek boys bowling team took the long way around the state tournament before eventually reaching the finals against Mainland, where they came away as runners-up. What stung most was that the Wolves underperformed at the most crucial part of the year.

Later this week the College World Series begins, on Saturday, June 19. And while area teams such as UCF and Stetson will not be taking part, it doesn’t mean Central Florida players have been left out. Florida and Florida State have a combined eight locals on baseball rosters.

For the young ballplayers who recently accepted their high school diplomas, the decision is now whether to start collegiate playing careers or join minor league baseball teams. For current underclassmen hailing from nearby, the decision is a similar one to make.