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FHSAA Season Preview – District 18

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

District 18 District 18 provided an exciting three-way race at the top as Bishop Verot, Cypress Lakes and Estero all had excellent seasons, with Bishop Verot finding a way to get through the District before bowing out in the first round to Cardinal Mooney. Along the way we were witness to one very unusual occurrence . . . a Fort Myers team...

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FHSAA Season Preview – District 16

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

Florida District 16 The District has some changes from last season. The 5 schools are now Alonso (Tampa), Freedom (Tampa), George Steinbrenner (Lutz), Sickles (Tampa) and Wharton (Tampa). The Tampa area was shoehorned into 2 Districts of 16 teams last season and are now split into three districts so last year’s results are pretty much a...

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#9 Oxbridge Uses 5-Goal 4th Quarter Run to Top #12 Stoneman 11-7

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

Opening Day! Not on April 1st . . . like that other sport. Had some nice games in the area . . . Boca-Jensen Beach, West Boca-Wellington, American Heritage-Saint Andrew’s . . . all three of those had a surprising or somewhat surprising score to me. West Boca’s 13-5 win over Wellington was a real eye opener . . ....

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Plant Stops Newsome to Open Season

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

Plant goalie Jack Schifino had a great night recording 12 saves to hold off a Newsome comeback In a battle of Hillsborough County heavyweights Monday night HB Plant High School traveled to Newsome High School to kick off the 2016 lacrosse season. In a back and forth battle, Plant HS, led by senior attackman Henry Brannan’s 6 goals held on for a...

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Bishop Moore Wins 2OT Game Over Dr. Phillips

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

Bishop Moore won it’s home opener in exciting fashion as the Hornets pulled out a double OT victory over Dr. Phillips 7-6. Bishop Moore had the lead throughout the game until Dr. Phillips tied it up with 3:45 left in the 4th. Both teams exchanged possessions in the first OT and Will Stricker made the winning goal in the 2nd OT from a...

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Flemming Island Off To A Fast Start

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

By Michael Zima, Correspondent Senior Sam Barrington led 10 Golden Eagles scorers with five goals as Fleming Island ushered in the John Hawley era with a 20-0 victory over host Flagler Palm Coast Tuesday night. Hawley is replacing Jeff LaVangie, who went 33-14 in three years at as the Golden Eagles head coach before accepting an assistant...

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Ponte Vedra Wins Home Opener

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

Above Photo courtesy of Lynn Damm photography On a cold and rainy night in the Shark Tank, Ponte Vedra started the 2016 campaign with an impressive win against a tough Matanzas team 23-10. Andrew O’Dare won the opening face off and the Sharks offense was off and running. PV came out firing with a well-balanced offense and scored with 7...

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Vero Beach Scores 145th Straight Win vs Florida Opponents

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

On a chilly night at the Citrus Bowl, defending State Champion Vero Beach HS girls opened its 2016 campaign with its 145th straight win over Florida opponents. They hosted Lake Brantley and came away with a 15-1 victory. Vero Beach had a balanced attack with Maddie Ellis and Claire Connelly scoring 3 goals each. Ellis also had 4 draw controls...

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Lynn Routs Palm Beach Atlantic In Opener 21-5

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

thanks to Alex Slocum, Assistant Director of Athletic Communications Athletics – Lynn University for this press release BOCA RATON, Fla. – Under a heavy downpour at Bobby Campbell Stadium Saturday night, the Lynn University lacrosse team opened up its 2016 campaign with a program-record for goals scored in a 21-5 takedown of...

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Season 2! St. Brendan’s Finishes Their Preseason . . .

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 10, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

FLN has asked Head Coach Doug Shanahan of St. Brendan High School in Miami to continue to share his thoughts on how he is building his new program through what is now their second season and Doug has graciously agreed to do so. Here is his next submission for 2016! We thank Doug for taking the time to do this and letting our readers...

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FHSAA Season Preview District 13

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 9, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

This year the preview is being brought to you by the Lacrosse News Network Florida Classic. This fantastic event is schedule for February 27th and is headlined by the oldest rivalry in college sports, Cornell vs Hobart Men’s Lacrosse. The big game is flanked by Oxbridge vs Saint Andrews and Benjamin vs Lake Highland Prep. Be sure to get...

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FHSAA Season Preview – District 23

Written by Lee Roggenburg on February 9, 2016. Posted in Uncategorized.

District 23 District 23 was likely the deepest district in the state last season but last year will be hard to replicate thanks to some upheaval in the coaching positions late in the year. Jensen Beach program builder Matt Sofarelli, also an assistant coach on the Launch staff, has moved on to the Pine School to serve as Athletic Director. ...

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