District 17 – Can Cardinal Mooney Break Through to the Final Four?
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Tampa/Treasure Coast Boys.
District 17 faces substantial change this season as the formerly 6-team district now sports TEN teams, with 4 new additions to varsity status. A two-edged sword . . . GREAT to see the demand for growth but four at once means having to give up some out of district matchups for the previous 6.
We’ll take the positive side of the sword though!
Last year it was Cardinal Mooney as the breakout program of the state, going all the way to the FHSAA Elite Eight before bowing on the road to eventual state champion Jupiter. The next step for the #6 ranked team in the final poll is pretty straightforward . . . the Final Four and beyond. But they can’t overlook another rapidly growing program in their own backyard in Riverview-Sarasota as they finished #24 in our FLN Final Poll. In short order the two schools have slugged it out pretty good the last few years and it doesn’t look like that will change in the short term. And Out of Door has shown growth lately too so the battle for second might well be on!
Here is the link to Tampa Lax Report’s District 17 Preview: HERE
Last season’s Regular Season records via MaxPreps (Note: possibility not all results were uploaded):
School Name | *W-L | *Pct. | W-L | Pct. | GF | GA |
Cardinal Mooney | 6-0 | 1.000 | 20-2 | 0.909 | 335 | 115 |
Riverview Sarasota | 5-3 | 0.625 | 14-6 | 0.700 | 244 | 158 |
Out-of-Door Academy | 3-3 | 0.500 | 9-6 | 0.600 | 167 | 90 |
Saint Stephen’s Episcopal | 3-4 | 0.429 | 11-9 | 0.550 | 176 | 173 |
Calvary Christian | 1-4 | 0.200 | 9-6 | 0.600 | 137 | 154 |
Sarasota Military Academy | 0-4 | 0.000 | 2-13 | 0.133 | 47 | 211 |
- * Denotes district data.