Week 3 Football: Jones, Osceola play for first win; Apopka chases consistency • UF's Ben Shelton, 3 past champions in U.S. Open men’s semifinals
 Sentinel Sports Final Friday, September 8, 2023 | | |
| | | | | Just a year ago, Ben Shelton was leaving the University of Florida to turn pro in tennis. Today, he's opposite Novak Djokovic in a U.S. Open men's semifinal (Yikes!!!) while Coco Gauff made the women's final (the first American teen since 2001). ... High school football ramps up with Week 3 and ex-Gators receiver Kadarius Toney (with the Kansas City Chiefs, for now) might get demoted there with his inability to catch anything that hit him in his hands in the opening loss to Detroit. He single handedly made MVP Patrick Mahomes look ordinary. ... The unfortunate tweet from UCF during the Kent State game shows how an innocent attempt at humor can go horribly wrong. How likely is the person who wrote that tweet about calling the National Guard is in their 20s and never learned about what happend in 1970? That's an indictment of our educational system, yes, but intent matters. Read Bianchi 's take about the Shannon Sharpe reference and you'll understand that knee-jerk responses calling for that person 's head isn't the answer, either. Know what social media doesn't have that traditional media has? Editors. They're gatekeepers to save writers from gaffes such as this. It's the downside of instant gratification and access. | | | | UCF quickly and rightfully apologized for a social media post that was dispatched during the team's 56-6 win over Kent State last week. During the Knights' victory, the team posted a picture of quarterback John Rhys Plumlee on the phone from the sideline with the caption, "Someone call the National Guard." | | | | | Ranked high school football matchups include No. 10 West Orange at No. 3 Edgewater, No. 4 Jones at No. 14 Osceola, No. 12 Evans at No. 7 Ocoee, No. 8 Wekiva at No. 15 Lake Minneola and No. 11 Winter Park at No. 16 Boone. Top-ranked Sanford Seminole is on the road at Treasure Coast. | | | | | The unseeded American from the University of Florida, 20, faces 23-time Grand Slam champion Novak Djokovic today, while defending champ Carlos Alcaraz meets third-seeded Daniil Medvedev. | | | | | On a busy Thursday of Central Florida prep sports, five-set volleyball wins came from Dr. Phillips, Harmony and Trinity Prep, while Seminole and Montverde shot low in boys golf and TFA and Lake Mary Prep shot low in girls golf. | | | | | Jared Goff threw for 253 yards and a touchdown while new Lions running back David Montgomery reached the end zone for the go-ahead score late in the game. | | | | | Gauff, a 19-year-old from Delray Beach who is the first American teenager to make it to the title match in New York since Serena Williams in 2001. Williams lost in that 2001 final, but had won the event in 1999 at 17. | | | | | A visit from McNeese comes at the perfect time as coach Billy Napier's Gators push to snap a four-game losing streak dating to 2022. | | | | | Miami Dolphins Pro Bowl left tackle Terron Armstead missed a second consecutive practice, and his availability for the opener at the Los Angeles Chargers appears to be in jeopardy. | | | | | As the head coach of the Dallas Cowboys, by now Mike McCarthy should be the proud owner of multiple rearview mirrors. You just never know when a certain Jerry is behind ya. | | | | | There still is time left on the clock. That's the first thing Mike Evans said about the Saturday deadline he set to reach an agreement on a new contract with the Bucs. | | | | | Luis Castillo went six innings to win his sixth consecutive decision and Mike Ford drove in the only run in Thursday night's matchup of playoff contenders. | | | | | Vic Fangio can offer guidance on cracking the Chargers and coach Brandon Staley's defense, but his focus is on containing the LA offense and QB Justin Herbert. | | | | | Will the Miami Hurricanes knock off No. 23 Texas A&M? Sun Sentinel writers don't think so. | | | |
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