The Magic show off a new logo, host youth basketball camps throughout area… Former UCF QB Daunte Culpepper to return to Orlando with two former coaches… UCF track and field gets first Outdoor All-American… Athletic programs at Winter Park dominate FHSAA.
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.
Things weren’t exactly looking good over the course of the first half for the Winter Park boys lacrosse team during Friday night’s District 8 title game against Timber Creek at Boone High School. But the Wildcats prevailed 16-7 off of 12 unanswered goals.
In the third game between these two rivals, the comeback attempt for Edgewater was not enough as Winter Park’s Brett Comer dropped 23 points to help the Wildcats move to the region finals – on Saturday at Jacksonville First Coast – with a 70-59 win.
After least week’s tournament-opening win on the road against the No. 2 team in the state, the No. 1 Winter Park Wildcats look poised to be in the running for a Class 6A state title. That is if they can escape Edgewater with a win on Tuesday.
District tournaments are in full swing for local boys basketball teams as the likes of Winter Park and Edgewater look to advance to states. On Saturday, the 6A-4 title will be decided and the Eagles and Wildcats are the favorites to play for it.
If there is one thing that the basketball team at Winter Park has shown over the course of the 2009-10 season, it’s that the Wildcats are a deep team that doesn’t rely solely on the play of star junior Austin Rivers.
Austin Rivers earned his second-straight most valuable player award at the 37th Annual City of Palms Classic at in Fort Meyers, but the Wildcats faltered down the stretch in the title game against New Jersey’s Paterson Catholic.
With the final swing of his leg, in the last high school football game of young life, Boone’s Lucas Rawlings helped the East Seniors cap a come-from-behind 17-14 win in the annual Orange County Senior Bowl on Wednesday at Oak Ridge High School.