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Copyright Times Publishing Co. Nov 28,
2003
When the boys' golf Western Conference National Division
First Team was announced
last week, it read like a who's who of local golfers. All
the players were from Durant,
Riverview and Newsome and all made appearances deep into the
recent state playoffs.
Durant's Ulf Andersson, Matt Galloway and
Kyle Hughes, Riverview's Matt Colson and
Newsome's Bobby
Dyer all made the first team. The second team featured East
Bay's
Austin Conforte
and Kris Shane, along with Brad Schneider from Bloomingdale.
National
Division Coach of the Year honors went to Dick Sheffield of
Durant.
On the girls' side, numerous local teams
had honorees.
First Team included Jeana Taylor
(Durant), Mallory Rush (Riverview), Steffani Smith
(Armwood)
and Chelsea Richards (Bloomingdale). The Second Team
featured Ashley
Simonds (Armwood), Tiffany Wenjen (Durant),
Lindsey Garbleman (East Bay) and Alina
Blakenship (Brandon).
BOYS SOCCER: Bloomingdale is off to a 2-0
start after wins against Sarasota Riverview a
nd Sarasota.
After defeating Sarasota Riverview 2-0 on Nov. 18, the Bulls
beat Sarasota
3-2 Nov. 21. Alex Labadie scored the Bulls'
first goal while Alex Muniz and Tom Davison
scored second
half goals. Davison's game-winning score came with less than
four
minutes remaining in the game. Bulls' goalkeeper Chris Sedlak had 16 saves.
In other matches, Brandon defeated East
Bay 1-0 and Durant topped Riverview 4-1. In
upcoming matches
on Tuesday, Armwood plays at Jefferson, Bloomingdale is at
Plant
City, Brandon is at Plant, Durant hosts Sarasota Riverview,
East Bay is at King,
Riverview is at Sarasota and Tampa Bay Tech is at Blake.
WRESTLING: "The Streak" is set to
continue. Brandon's 30-year unbeaten streak in dual
matches
is the longest streak in any high school sports in the
country. The Eagles, who
have earned five national
championships, six state titles and have had 36 individuals
wrestlers take state crowns during those 30 seasons, will
look to keep it alive
Wednesday when the season opens with
Alonso. In other season-opening matches that
day, Armwood
hosts Bloomingdale, Newsome hosts Freedom and Tampa Bay Tech
hosts
Freedom. East Bay opens the season Thursday at Wharton
and Durant opens the season
Dec. 9 at Armwood.
GIRLS' BASKETBALL: In action Monday,
Armwood hosts Chamberlain, Bloomingdale hosts
Blake, East Bay hosts Plant, Durant is at King, Newsome
hosts Plant and Riverview is at
Brandon. Tampa Bay Tech hosts Newsome on Tuesday.
BOYS' BASKETBALL: The prep season tips
off Monday with all of the local teams in
action. Armwood
plays at Plant City, Bloomingdale travels to Alonso while
Brandon is at
Gaither. Durant hosts Newsome, East Bay is at Riverview and
Tampa Bay Tech is at
Hillsborough.
SCHOLARSHIPS: Brandon basketball player Jonathan Banks has
signed with Valdosta
State. The 6-foot-2 Banks was the starting guard for the
Eagles team that won the
district and went to the region quarterfinals. |
