Cure Bowl features 2 teams with similar paths, differing philosophies • Jones High sends football players to college at impressive rate
 Sentinel Sports Final Saturday, December 16, 2023 | | |
| | | | Magic lose big in Boston | Cure Bowl features 2 teams with similar paths, differing philosophies | Jones High sends football players to college at impressive rate | | | | The Magic turned the ball over 21 times, which led to 26 points for the Celtics on Friday night at TD Garden. The sides meet again Sunday. | | | | | Appalachian State's high-flying offense will battle the stingy defense of Miami of Ohio on Saturday in the Cure Bowl at FBC Mortgage Stadium on the campus of UCF. | | | | | Jones High football coach Elijah Williams has sent 111 kids to college over the past 7 years. He said, "That is our first message from the jump, and that is that everything we do is going to be college-based. We do know there are a lot of guys who won't go to college, but here at Jones you are going to be prepared to go to college." | | | | | Since he became football coach at Jones High, here are the 111 players who have received college football scholarships with help from Elijah Williams. | | | | | Boys basketball winners included Oak Ridge, Windermere and Winter Park, while Wekiva and Foundation Academy won in girls basketball. In wrestling, Hagerty won its pool in the two-day Johnny Rouse Duals meet, while Timber Creek is second after Day 1 of the Bill Scott Memorial. | | | | | Lake Highland Prep seventh grader Annabella Tomasic took Florida cross country by storm as she won nine consecutive meets and capped that streak with the fastest time in the FHSAA state finals as the 2A state champion. She leads runners from 10 schools making the Orlando Sentinel All-Area team. | | | | | Hagerty senior Jonathan Leon repeats as the Orlando Sentinel boys cross country Runner of the Year for the 2023 season. The UF signee was the FHSAA 4A state runner-up to cap a season that saw him run the second fastest time in area history. The All-Area team includes teams from seven schools. | | | | | The 6-foot-6, 285-pound Downs was the No. 66 defensive lineman in the country, according to 247Sports' composite rankings, and the No. 8 overall player in South Carolina. | | | | | Slowed by a knee injury early in the season, the veteran tailback is finally showing how he can help Tampa Bay's offense. | | | | | Tyler Glasnow once was a prospect in a money-saving trade. Now he leaves Tampa Bay in a similar deal for a new pitching phenom. | | | |
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