Orlando area high school scores and top performers from Tuesday, May 23 • UCF walks off Cincinnati to open AAC baseball tournament
 Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, May 24, 2023 | | |
| | | | | Sentinel columnist Mike Bianchi is aghast. A pro sports association, this time the PGA Tour, being petty and a broadcast partner in CBS with no backbone? They spoonfeed "scoops" to those "partners" and in turn they don't get asked tough questions on air. That's the deal. There's no journalism at play. The real grunt work is done behind the scenes by actual reporters without favor when no one is watching. ... UCF and USF just can't stay out of each other's way. With the Bulls upsetting top seed East Carolina, it sets up a rivalry date Thursday in the AAC baseball tournament. ... Its hard to believe former Magic coach Frank Vogel, who won a "bubble" championship with the Lakers, is above Nick Nurse and Mike Budenholzer for the 76ers job. Hopefully Vogel is treated better, no matter where he lands next, than he was in L.A. He took all the blame for a poor roster and then he learned of his firing after the front office leaked it to ESPN first. ... The postseason isn't going well for Orlando teams in FHSAA as the season draws to a close for baseball and softball. But at least no one lost 20-1 like the Rays. | | | | Seriously, how can the Official World Golf Rankings recognize 24 different tours – including those in Asia, Europe, Mexico, Thailand, Japan, Korea, China, Australia and even the Alps – but not acknowledge the existence of LIV? | | | | | Orlando area teams competed at the girls state softball tournament at Legends Way Ball Fields in Clermont on Tuesday. In baseball action, the state tournament continued at Hammond Stadium in Fort Myers. It was a rough outing, with a few games postponed because of inclement weather. | | | | | After UCF pitcher Cameron Leiter tossed seven scoreless innings, in which he allowed just 4 hits with 9 strikeouts and a walk, the Bearcats were able to get on the scoreboard in the top of the eighth once he was pulled. "At this stage of the season, it's just survive and advance," UCF coach Greg Lovelady said. | | | | | The 19-run margin of defeat eclipsed the previous franchise record, a 22-4 loss to the Boston Red Sox on July 23, 2002. Reliever Zack Burdi, called up Monday with Jake Diekman on the paternity list, made a bigger mess in the fifth, allowing 6 runs on a combination of misplaced pitches. | | | | | A combo guard from Columbus, Ga., Sellers shot 45% from 3 last season at Ball State. The 6-foot-4 sophomore is the fourth transfer to commit to the Knights and the third overall guard, joining Shemarri Allen from UMKC and Jaykwon Walton from Wichita State. Sellers has a past connection with Walton. | | | | | The Miami Heat take their first misstep of the series, now with a 3-1 series lead after an uneven loss to the Boston Celtics on Tuesday night at Kaseya Center. | | | | | "I've seen a guy that's followed through with his words, as well as any young man I've come across in my career," Dolphins coach Mike McDaniel said at team's organized team activities Tuesday. | | | | | UCF signee Caden McDonald homered and struck out six vs. Winter Springs in an FHSAA baseball state semifinal. McDonald, who also went 2-2 with a walk, hit a school-record 12th home run on a 2-out shot to right field in the first inning. The Orlando area, however, is without an FHSAA state final qualifier in back-to-back seasons for the first time since 1993-94. | | | | | The former Sixers assistant also is competing with former Toronto Raptors coach Nick Nurse and former Milwaukee Bucks coach Mike Budenholzer for the position. | | | | | Hurricanes basketball coach Jim Larrañaga signed a contract extension that will keep him in Coral Gables until 2027. | | | | | "We'll see what happens going forward," James says after being swept by the Nuggets in the conference finals. "I don't know. I don't know. I've got a lot to think about to be honest." | | | |
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