District 25 – Oxbridge Looks to Make A Deeper Playoff Run
Written by Lee Roggenburg on . Posted in Featured Posts, Florida Lacrosse News, High School, Southeast Boys.
Oxbridge Thunderwolves. That’s all you need to know about who will win this district this season. The King’s Academy is building something very nice. That’s the second thing you need to know. And John I Leonard was last year’s poster boys for never giving up on yourselves; that’s the third thing you need to know. Everyone else is looking to build for the future.
Probably the most dominating aspect of last year in anything in the state was how Oxbridge played defense against Florida competition. Against a schedule that included Jupiter (held the eventual STATE CHAMPS to TWO GOALS on the road!), Saint Andrew’s, Ponte Vedra, Bishop Moore, St. Thomas, King’s Academy, Nease, Barron Collier and St. Edward’s the Thunderwolves gave up 6 goals twice . . . and no more than that. The unfortunate thing is that second 6 came in the first round of the FHSAA bracket in a game they only scored 5 themselves. And that shows how hard it can be to get to the Final Four out of the Southeast.
Of course, the FHSAA still has that scenario set up. A potential, and likely, Oxbridge-SA 1st round game and the winner facing St. Thomas in Round 2. Nowhere else in the state does the 1st two rounds set up like that. Unless they take a leap of faith and seed the quadrants based on ranking. Trust me Gainesville, it would make the playoffs AWESOME.
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 |
Oxbridge Academy | 5-0 | 1.000 | 17-3 | 0.850 | 245 | 88 |
King’s Academy | 4-1 | 0.800 | 17-2 | 0.895 | 237 | 102 |
Park Vista | 4-2 | 0.667 | 12-3 | 0.800 | 143 | 89 |
Wellington | 3-3 | 0.500 | 10-6 | 0.625 | 125 | 109 |
Cardinal Newman | 1-4 | 0.200 | 6-10 | 0.375 | 87 | 140 |
Leonard | 0-2 | 0.000 | 9-9 | 0.500 | 88 | 110 |
Palm Beach Central | 0-5 | 0.000 | 5-11 | 0.313 | 102 | 147 |
- * Denotes district data.