Bishop Moore overcomes Tigers

When Bishop Moore met Tampa Jesuit in a March boys lacrosse match, the Hornets handed the Tigers their worst loss of the season, a 14-5 drubbing in Orlando.

Friday night’s region playoff rematch in Tampa would prove to be more of a challenge for Bishop Moore. But junior scored five goals and sophomore notched a pair as the Hornets defeated Jesuit 8-5 to advance to next week’s state tourney in Boca Raton.

“They made some adjustments after our first match. It’s the playoffs. Everyone wants to keep playing” said Hornets head coach

Kiefer scored the first two goals of the game for the Hornets (18-2). Rask added a first-period goal to give Bishop Moore a 3-0 advantage.

got Jesuit (18-3) on the board with a goal 44 seconds into the second period. The Hornets would answer right back as senior

scored on a twisting shot from his knees.

The rest of the half would belong to the Tigers. Back-go-back goals by

pulled the home team to within 4-3 and added a score at 1:43 to tie the game.

The Hornets regained the momentum in the third period as Kiefer scored a pair of goals a minute and 40 seconds apart. Rask notched his second goal of the night for a 7-4 lead.

Lake Mary’s girls and Olympia’s boys will play for state water polo titles today after both won semifinals vs. area teams in Miami on Friday.

scored five goals to lead Lake Mary (25-4) to a 13-7 victory over Lake Nona. added three goals for the Rams.

and each scored twice for Lake Nona, which finished 23-6.

Lake Mary will face Hialeah, a 26-9 winner over South Broward, today at 2 p.m. for the championship.

Olympia won 19-6 over Lake Nona (22-7) in boys play. led the Titans (23-7) with five goals;

scored four. Timber Creek junior cruised to a 6-1, 6-2 win over

of Miami Palmetto to capture her third consecutive state tennis championship on Friday

After her win in Altamonte Springs, Wolfberg traveled to Jacksonville and ran on a 4x400 relay that set a school record at the state track meet. She’ll run in the 4x800 finals this morning.

doubled to left field in the top of the eighth inning Friday to drive in the winning run for Timber Creek in a 2-1 win over Oviedo in the Class 9A, District 6 baseball title game. reached base on an error for the defending state champion Wolves before scoring the winning run from third. was superb down the stretch while striking out five over the final two innings.

“They’ve got the heart of a champion,” Timber Creek coach

said. “Hats off to both pitching staffs. We just made plays and in the end we got that two-strike hit and that’s what ended up winning the game.”

After each team scored runs in the first inning on errors they went on to strand 21 runners in all before the dramatic finish.

The Lions loaded the bases with no outs in the bottom of the second and again with one out in the fifth.

Elsewhere, connected for a grand slam in the top of the eighth inning to lead Lake Brantley to a 9-5 victory over Olympia in the 9A, District 3 baseball final.

walked to force home to give Boone an 8-7 district title win vs. Dr. Phillips.