Bishop Moore blasts Winter Park in boys lacrosse
scored two goals, and the Bishop Moore Hornets attacked Winter Park from all angles Tuesday to grab a 16-3 victory in a boys lacrosse region tournament semifinal.
Bishop Moore (17-2), which is No. 7 in the LaxPower state rankings, carries a five-game winning streak into Friday night’s Region 2 final game at Tampa Jesuit.
Winter Park (18-2), which lost only to the Hornets this season, saw a 14-game winning streak snapped.
Bishop Moore’s offense benefited from goals from nine different Hornets.
and scored two goals each.
“Being able to step up (is key),” Bishop Moore coach
said. “You know they’re going to key on whoever the main threats are. You have to hope that the other offensive guys on the field can step up.”
After McKeever made it 7-0 Bishop Moore, Winter Park played the Hornets tighter on defense in the second quarter.
scored two goals to bring the Wildcats within 8-2. Celebration senior
didn’t have his best day as a server, but he led his team with 22 kills and the Storm rebounded after a first set loss to post a 3-1 home win vs. Dr. Phillips in a region boys volleyball final.
had nine aces and 13 kills for Celebration. (25-1), which advances to the state tournament for the first time. Standout
Lake Mary fought off two match points to win a five-set thriller against Lake Nona in the Region 1 boys volleyball final.
Lake Mary (25-2), heading to state for the third straight season, won the first two tightly-contested sets, but Lake Nona (16-3) rallied to tie behind exceptional play by who had 27 kills, 15 assists and 12 digs.
Lake Howell’s pitched a no-hitter as the Silver Hawks shut out host Winter Springs 1-0 in a Class 8A, District 9 baseball semifinal game.
The Silver Hawks advance to Thursday’s final vs. Hagerty (21-5).
Mount Dora got five scoreless innings from its starter,
and won 8-3 vs. top-seed South Sumter in a 5A-6 semifinal.
The win guarantees Mount Dora, which opened the postseason Monday as a No. 5 seed, its first region berth since 2012.
Trinity Prep’s doubles tandem of and
lost a heartbreaker in Tuesday’s Class 1A individuals bracket girls tennis final.
and of Sarasota’s Out-of-Door Academy pulled out a third-set tiebreaker 10-7 to win the match after splitting sets.
In this year’s new Florida High School Athletic Association state tennis format, individual bracket winners will face No. 1 players from the team brackets to determine overall singles and doubles champions for each classification.
The 4A team tournament opens today at Red Bug Lake Park with a field that includes undefeated Lake Nona and Winter Park on the girls side and boys teams from Olympia (18-1) and Freedom (16-1).
Two-time 4A individual singles champion of Timber Creek is in individual play at Sylvan Lake Park.
Montverde Academy’s defending state champion and unbeaten 2A boys team plays Jacksonville Bolles in a 2A quarterfinal at 8 a.m. at Sanlando.