State champ Freedom pins down girls wrestling awards
Honors continue to roll in for Freedom High School’s girls wrestling program, winner of this year’s inaugural Florida High School Athletic Association state tournament.
Patriots senior Kailey Reese was selected as the first recipient of the Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Wrestling award as the state’s best across all weight classes. She went 39-0 and was state champion in the 125-pound weight class.
The state coach-of-theyear honor went to Freedom’s Mikel Bush. He led a program that dominated the state meet with 142 points, well ahead of second-place Ponte Vedra (67).
Reese pinned her final 12 opponents. That included her four state tournament matches that lasted a total of 9 minutes and 4 seconds.
Beach volleyball playoffs
Seven area girls beach volleyball teams were involved in regional play-in matches on Monday that decided the 16 teams that will participate in the FHSAA’s first state tournament for the sport this weekend in Tallahassee.
Region finals and state quarterfinals are set for Friday at the Florida State University Beach Volleyball Courts. Semifinals are scheduled for 10 a.m., setting up a 3 p.m. championship match.
Tohopekaliga (7-4) received a bye into the round of 16.
Undefeated Hagerty (13-0) secured its spot by beating Montverde Academy. The Huskies, ranked No. 2 in the FHSAA power rankings behind Miami Westminster Christian (12-0), eliminated one of the area’s best teams, Oviedo (9-2), in a 3-2 district final match last week.
Orangewood Christian (13-1) edged Lake Mary 3 matches to 2 to advance and Timber Creek (8-6) did the same against Dr. Phillips.
Monday’s matches Hagerty 5, Montverde 0 Orangewood Christian 3, Lake Mary 2 Berkeley Prep 5, Windermere Prep 0 Timber Creek 3, Dr. Phillips 2
Boys volleyball playoffs
Here is the lineup for boys volleyball region quarterfinals involving area schools.
Winners advance to semifinals on Friday. That leads to Tuesday, May 10, finals and the state tournament at Archbishop McCarthy in South Florida, May 13-14.
Region 1
8 seed North Marion (10-4) at 1 Lake Mary (23-1), 7 7 Sanford Seminole (7-15) at 2 Creekside (16-4), 7
Region 2
No. 8 Winter Springs (13-7) at No. 1 Winter Park (22-2), 7 5 Lake Brantley (18-9) at 4 Apopka (12-3), 7
7 Bishop Moore (11-14) at 2 Lyman (19-8), 7
6 Lake Howell (14-6) at 3 Timber Creek (16-8) , 7
Region 3
No. 8 Olympia (14-12) at No. 1 Freedom (24-3), 7 p.m. 5 Lake Nona (15-10) at 4 Windermere (19-5), 7 7 Tohopekaliga (12-7) at 2 Tampa Bay HEAT (23-0), 7 6 St. Cloud (18-7) at 3 Celebration (20-2), 7
Girls flag football
Here are Tuesday’s girls flag football region quarterfinal pairings for area schools.
Winners play again on Thursday with the higher seed hosting. Region finals are Tuesday, May 10, setting up the May 13-14 state tournament in Jacksonville.
2A Region 1 quarterfinals
5 seed Spruce Creek (12-2) at 4 Winter Park (12-3), 7 p.m. 6 Timber Creek (12-2) at 3 Tallahassee Chiles (14-3), 7 2A Region 2 quarterfinal
5 Riverview (13-4) at
4 Dr. Phillips (15-1), 6
2A Region 3 quarterfinal
5 Park Vista (14-1) at 4 Harmony (15-2), 7
1A region 3 quarterfinals
8 Suncoast (12-6) at 1 Mainland (12-4), 7
5 Jones (12-2) at
4 Lincoln Park (9-6), 7