sports2008 Football Schedules: St. Joseph Flashes
The St. Johns Sun will release local 2008 high school football schedules as they become available. Today we turn our attention to St. Joseph Academy. Three years ago the St. Joseph Academy Flashes (7-3) were on top of the world with their first playoff appearance since the 1970's. The Flashes followed that season up with a 9-1 season and back-to-back playoff appearances. St. Joseph looked to make it three in a row this past season but struggled to a 4-6 season ending the streak. The Flashes will look to restart their streak again as the 2008 season soon begins. Road to Port St. Lucie
Local high school baseball teams will have to learn a new route, if they hope to make it to the state baseball finals, as the FHSAA announced today the finals were moving from Sarasota to Port St Lucie for the 2009 and 2010 seasons. Tradition Field in Port St. Lucie will be the site of the 2009 and 2010 FHSAA Baseball Finals state championship tournament, the Florida High School Athletic Association announced today. The Treasure Coast Sports Commission, the New York Mets, St. Lucie County and the St. Lucie County School District jointly submitted the winning proposal. Centennial High School in Port St. Lucie will serve as the host school for the event. Proposals also were received from Bradenton, Kissimmee, Port Charlotte and Sarasota, the baseball finals’ current home. The 2008 baseball finals will be the last played in Sarasota under the current agreement. “We are excited to bring the FHSAA Baseball Finals to Port St. Lucie,” said FHSAA Executive Director John A. Stewart. “Tradition Field is a first-class facility, the New York Mets are a first-class organization, and the Treasure Coast Sports Commission, St. Lucie County and St. Lucie County Public Schools are first-class hosts. We know that the student-athletes and coaches who reach the FHSAA Baseball Finals will be treated to a championship experience they will never forget.” Originally built in the mid-80s as Thomas J. White Stadium, Tradition Field is the spring training home of the New York Mets and the summer home of the Florida State League St. Lucie Mets. With seven baseball fields on site, including the main playing field at the 8,000-seat complex, Tradition Field underwent more than $12 million worth of capital improvements in 2003 and 2004, including new seating areas, wider concourses and additional concession stands. The 2009 FHSAA Baseball Finals will mark the first time the event has been staged on the east coast since it was consolidated at a central site in 1988. Previous sites include Baseball City north of Haines City from 1988 through 1992, Ed Smith Stadium in Sarasota from 1993 through 1996 and again from 2005 through the present, and Legends Field in Tampa from 1997 through 2004. "We are looking forward to hosting the FHSAA Baseball Finals here in St. Lucie County,” said Joe De Ross, president of the Treasure Coast Sports Commission. “Bringing the baseball finals here was a combined effort of St. Lucie County, St. Lucie County School District, the N.Y. Mets and the Treasure Coast Sports Commission. Having spent many days enjoying games with my boys at the stadium, I can attest the The FHSAA Baseball Finals is the final event of the state’s high school baseball season. A total of 24 teams out of more than 560 participating teams – four in each of six school classifications based on student population – qualify for the tournament by advancing as champion or runner-up from their respective districts and winning their respective regional championships. Sports Calendar (Feb. 11-16)
Winter Sports are coming to a close with the playoffs here for soccer, basketball and wrestling. Nease boys soccer competes in the Class 4A State Finals this week in Fort Lauderdale, while the girls soccer team claimed their third title in the last four years last weekend. Local wrestling teams have competed in district and regional tournaments the last two weeks and the top four individuals in each weight class have advanced to state this weekend in Lakeland. St. Augustine girls basketball team continues its road to Lakeland with a second round playoff games this week and possibly third round game, with the Jackets playing at home Tuesday night against West Port, a win there would put the Lady Jackets in the regional final (Elite 8) Saturday at home against either Bishop Moore or Poinciana. Sports Calendar (Feb 4-9)
Winter Sports are coming to a close with the playoffs here for soccer, basketball and wrestling. Nease girls soccer competes in the Class 4A State Finals this week in Fort Lauderdale, while the boys soccer team is one step closer to joining them hosting the second round of the playoffs. Wrestling teams competed in district tournaments last week and head to regional tournaments this weekend, the top four individuals in each weight class advance to state the following weekend in Lakeland. St. Augustine and St. Joseph girls basketball teams continue their road to Lakeland with second round playoffs games this week, with the Jackets playing at home while the Flashes hit the road. Nease Bartram Trail athletics at the top
Orlando Olympia , Tampa Plant, Ponte Vedra Nease, Gainesville P.K. Yonge, Jacksonville Bolles, Mayo Lafayette, Naples Community School, Tallahassee FAMU and Bradenton Prep lead their respective categories following fall sports competition in the 2007-08 Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards Point Standings. Nease is tops is Class 4A with 506 points over Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), which finished with 437.5 points. Bolles, with 453 points, is out in front of the Class 3A private schools, 68 points better than second-place Lake Highland Prep (Orlando). Sports Calendar
Sports Calendar Winter sports begin to come to a close as all soccer, basketball and wrestling teams begin their push for the playoffs and the state tournaments. Girls and boys soccer headlines the week with playoff games at Bartram Trail and Nease, while girls basketball heads into district tournament action this week with the top two teams from each district moving on to the state playoffs next week. Boys basketball wraps up the regular season with the conference tournament before district tournaments begin next week, while wrestling teams start up district tournament play this weekend. 13 locals set to play in Shrine Bowl
At a 2 p.m. press conference today at the Florida Times Union, the rosters for the 19th Annual Florida Shrine Bowl were released to the media. The annual football game pitting the top local high school football players from all of the surrounding counties, including Duval, St. Johns, Clay, Nassau, Putnam, Union and Bradford, will take place this Saturday Jan. 18 2:30 p.m. at Mandarin High. Tickets are $7.50 for adults and $3 for children under twelve and are tax deductible with proceeds benefiting the Shriners Hospital for Children. The teams are South-Dennis Clemmons (Forrest) head coach, assistant coaches are from Fleming Island and Bartram Trail. Team is comprised of kids from St. Johns, Clay, Putnam, Bradford, Union counties along with Mandarin and Forrest High. South local kids Invited but declined : Kiwan Jakes (St. Augustine) on recruiting visit, Riley Haynes (Nease), Hunter Bates (Nease), Graham Bates (Nease) and Andrew Parker (Bartram). Notable North players include Nigel Carr (First Coast) FSU commit and A.J. Jenkins (Parker) Illinois commit. North players declining invitations but on the roster, Jermaine Thomas (First Coast) FSU commit, Montell Harris (Trinity) Duke commit, Jamie Harper (Trinity) undecided and Avis Commack (First Coast) FSU commit. Practices will be held Monday-Thursday at Ed White and Forrest High's. Sports Calendar (Jan 2-Jan 5)
Jan. 2 Nease at Tampa Admiral tourney (BS) TBA Jan. 3 Menendez at Seabreeze tournament (BBK) TBA St. Joseph at Shekinah (BBK) 7:30 St. Joseph at Shekinah (GBK) 6 Bartram Trail at Bishop Kenny (BS) 7:20 Nease at Tampa Admiral tourney (BS) TBA Providence at St. Joseph (BS) 7:20 Providence at St. Joseph (GS) 5:30 Jan. 4 Menendez at Seabreeze tourney (BBK) TBA Parker at Bartram Trail (BBK) 7:30 Hilliard at St. Joseph (BBK) 8 Bartram Trail at Englewood (GBK) 7:30 Sports Calendar (Dec. 27-29)
With football over, it's time to take in some Holiday basketball tournaments this weekend from St. Augustine to Orlando. Take in some action from the Menendez Boys Holiday Classic, or the Nease girls at the KSA tourney in Orlando or Nease at the Bolles tourney or St. Augustine girls in the Ocala Forest tournament. Menendez Falcon Holiday Classic (Boys) Teams: Palm Coast, Crystal River, St. Augustine and Pedro Menendez Thursday, Dec. 27 Friday, Dec. 28 HOLIDAY HOOPS AT MENENDEZ
With Christmas out of the way and New Years Day fastly approaching, local boys basketball teams get a few last games in before it turns to 2008. At Pedro Menendez Thursday, Dec. 27 Friday, Dec. 28  |
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