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.

Boone’s volleyball team has turned heads this postseason in the hallways of its own school. Following the first region tournament win in program history, the Braves benefited from its home crowd Tuesday.

Sports fans had little trouble finding something to do with their time on Friday. In action were the Orlando Magic, Florida Tuskers, UCF football and women’s soccer, Rollins men’s soccer, and prep football games.

When Hagerty opened to a freshman class in 2005, there was just one boy and two girls running with the cross country team. Coach Jay Getty looks back with a smile when he thinks about how far along they’ve come.

It’s been said that records are made to be broken. Last month Lake Howell senior Lauren Adkins set the school’s new career mark in kills by surpassing the 1,023 by former player of the year Ruthie King.

The Lake Mary boys golf team overcame difficult weather conditions at Deer Run last Wednesday to win the Seminole Athletic Conference Tournament. Lake Brantley finished second, followed by Winter Springs and Hagerty.

Last Friday Seminole handled Winter Springs 23-0 as Deron Thompson rushed for 66 yards and went 7-of-11 for 75 yards and a touchdown. Winter Springs turned around and got a win on the road on Thursday against Lyman 49-28.

Winter Park went for over 300 yards of offense against Winter Springs last Friday night as the Wildcats opened the high school football season with a 19-6 win. Two long drives which led to touchdowns in the second half for Winter Park sealed the game.

There will be a few new faces on the links in 2010 for the Lake Mary boys golf team as the 2009 FHSAA Class 2A champs look to defend their title. Last season the Rams won the program’s third state championship since 2004 by an eight-stroke advantage at Silver Spring Shores.