How Magic came up short at Heat to open 4-game trip with loss | FSU and coach Mike Norvell agree to 8-year deal at more than $10M per year | UCF hopes momentum rolls into matchup with No. 18 BYU

High school basketball: Olympia (OT), Oak Ridge win Metro Conference titles; Montverde motors • Boys soccer: Windermere, Lake Nona remain unbeaten entering final week

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Sentinel Sports Final Saturday, January 13, 2024

How Magic came up short at Heat to open 4-game trip with loss | FSU and coach Mike Norvell agree to 8-year deal at more than $10M per year | UCF hopes momentum rolls into matchup with No. 18 BYU Beede's Breakdown: How Magic came up short at Heat to open 4-game trip with loss Although both sides were shorthanded, the Heat outlasted the Magic in a back-and-forth contest Friday night in Miami. Read more → High school basketball: Olympia (OT), Oak Ridge win Metro Conference titles; Montverde motors Boys basketball: Olympia topped Edgewater in overtime and Oak Ridge won big in Friday's Metro Conference boys basketball title games. Cooper Flagg and national No. 1 Montverde motored in HoopHall; Lake Highland won another close call against TFA; Seminole, Windermere High and Windermere Prep won. Read more → Boys soccer: Windermere, Lake Nona remain unbeaten entering final week Boys soccer coach Lou Romao has Windermere High undefeated this season after spending the past 13 years and winning more than 100 games at Olympia. The Wolverines will clash with Lake Nona, Cypress Creek and Olympia in an FHSAA district tournament beginning Jan. 24. Read more → High school sports scores and top performers from Friday Among boys basketball winners were Oak Ridge, Montverde Academy, Lake Highland Prep, Olympia and Windermere, while Timber Creek added a big boys soccer. Read more → FSU, coach Mike Norvell agree to 8-year deal at more than $10M per year Mike Norvell had been speculated to be among the coaches Alabama was interested in as a candidate to replace Nick Saban, who retired earlier this week. Read more → Washington's Kalen DeBoer signs deal to replace Nick Saban at Alabama The coach led the Huskies to a 25-3 record in two seasons after taking over a program that was 4-8 in 2021. Read more → UCF hopes momentum rolls into matchup with No. 18 BYU UCF coach Johnny Dawkins said, "We realize that we've played two Big 12 games and we have 16 more to go, and there are going to be games just like [the Kansas game]. There are no nights off, every team is very, very good, and we have to prepare the right way." Read more → After huge win, UCF gets even bigger news with commitment from 5-star Mikey Williams Former 5-star swing player Mikey Williams, the No. 39 player in the nation for the Class of 2023 (247 Sports), has committed to UCF, according to ESPN. Read more → UF guard Riley Kugel's no-show at Ole Miss could be wake-up call for Gators' star While the season had not gone as expected for UF guard Riley Kugel, a former Dr. Phillips standout and state champion, it went off the rails in Oxford to spur a serious conversation with second-year Gators' coach Todd Golden. Read more → Four UCF players set for Hula Bowl at Bounce House Quarterback John Rhys Plumlee, defensive end Tre'mon Morris-Brash, linebacker Jason Johnson and cornerback Decorian Patterson are set to show out in the all-star game. Read more →

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