New FHSAA Championship Division puts top 8 teams in spotlight • Top center Moustapha Thiam reclassifies from 2025 to join UCF’s 2024 class
 Sentinel Sports Final Thursday, June 6, 2024 | | |
| | | | | Florida high school sports is forever changed ... for the worst. The eight-team Open division, however, is an intriguing concept. It's like the UEFA Champions League for the postseason. ... UCF basketball coach Johnny Dawkins continues to reload his roster, and he's had a top center in country reclassify for 2024. No doubt being in the Big 12 has helped. ... The Marlins are bad. | | | | If the NCAA, with its hundreds of full-time employees, couldn't police NIL, do you really think the FHSAA and its bare-bones staff can? | | | | | FHSAA approval is best vs. best game changer for Florida. The top eight teams in major sports will square off with a double-elimination twist. "I am 100% in favor," said Lake Brantley softball coach Jacob Stanley. "I know this means the chance of winning a state title drops tremendously." | | | | | Thiam averaged 15.2 points, 7.2 rebounds, 3.7 blocks and 28 minutes while playing in the Adidas 2SSB circuit this spring. | | | | | Rays starter Zach Eflin returned from the injured list and worked four innings of two-run ball. Limited to a pitch count, Eflin allowed three hits and struck out three. The right-hander, who missed three weeks with lower back inflammation, finished his 55-pitch outing by retiring 10 straight. | | | | | Ryan Tannus, the only senior starter Dr. Phillips' state runner-up boys water polo team, led the state in assists and points (goals and assists combined). "He really put the team on his back and took all the pressure," DP coach Leo Ramirez said. | | | | | The usually affable Tua Tagovailoa showed mild irritation during Dolphins' minicamp. While discussing his ongoing contract extension talks, he said the "market is the market." | | | | | With the insouciance of a 17-year-old having the time of her life in Paris, Mirra Andreeva says she and her coach work out a game plan before a tennis match — and then she forgets all about that, preferring to just wing it. | | | | | Seminole's undefeated girls water polo team (31-0) leads the Orlando Sentinel 2024 All-Area team. Topping that list is 'Noles sophomore Halle Zimlich, who also was state player of the year. West Orange, Lake Mary, Winter Park, Dr. Phillips, Oviedo, Olympia, Lake Nona and Boone are represented. She led the state in goals and points. She also earned the Florida Dairy Farmers 2024 Miss Water Polo award in voting by a statewide panel of high school coaches. | | | | | Dozens of players gathered for a solemn celebration of life for PGA Tour winner Grayson Murray. | | | | | Although Matthew Tkachuk had jut one goal in six conference finals games, the Panthers star is a crucial part of Florida's Stanley Cup hopes. | | | | | Miami's five-time Pro Bowl left tackle who is constantly battling injury, after contemplating retirement, is back and looking to make 2024 his best season yet. | | | |
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