What’s next for UCF after staff change and play-calling moves? | Analysis • SJ Tuohy leaves executive director role at UCF’s NIL collective
Sentinel Sports Final Thursday, October 31, 2024 | | |
| | | | Knights aiming to end slide vs. Arizona | Gators getting ready for Georgia | Magic fall short in Chicago | | | | Gus Malzahn whiffed on his hand-picked quarterback and his hand-picked defensive coordinator. | | | | | The Knights hope for a jumpstart after Gus Malzahn fired defensive coordinator Ted Roof and handed off play-calling duties to Tim Harris Jr. | | | | | Tuohy's presence helped open new opportunities for the collective, generating more revenue for UCF athletes. | | | | | Despite a game-high 31 points from Paolo Banchero, the Magic opened their 5-game road trip with a loss Wednesday at Chicago. | | | | | Make no mistake. The Magic forward will be the first to credit his Orlando teammates for the team's success. "No great team is a one- or two-man show," Banchero told the Sentinel. "It takes all five guys on the court and all 15 on the roster to contribute in different ways every night." | | | | | In boys golf, Vishruth Badiga shot 72 to lead Lake Mary boys golf to a Class 3AD4 win; Chase Bauer shot 69 for Windermere Prep to win 1AD6. Winter Park, Innovation, Osceola and Bishop Moore won girls volleyball regionals. Leesburg boys and East River girls are still alive at bowling state. | | | | | Sincere Edwards, RJ Harvey, Chasen Johnson and Braeden Marshall are just a few of the former Orlando-area players who are now having success at the collegiate level. | | | | | State swim contender Windermere, with Erisman siblings, won 20 of 24 races in district. District golf includes 285 for Montverde girls, low scores by Shawn Coultoff (West Orange), Cameron Baez (Windermere). Lake Highland volleyball advances. | | | | | In afternoon match play, girls defending state champ East River maintained their momentum and stretched their two-year winning streak in head-to-head matches while boys defending state champ Leesburg, led by Jaxson Whitney's 867 and Hayden Stuebe's 866, advanced with a 4,038 total and then won three Baker system matches on Wednesday. | | | | | The Florida-Georgia game's future beyond 2027 remains undecided, but Tuesday Jacksonville mayor Donna Deegan said she's "extraordinarily optimistic" the city will sign a new contract to keep the annual matchup there in 2028 and beyond. | | | | | During two seasons in Gainesville, Trevor Etienne shared carries with Montrell Johnson Jr. to form an effective 1-2 punch. But at times, Etienne felt like a second fiddle to Johnson, who followed Billy Napier from Louisiana-Lafayette after the 2021 season. | | | | | Tre Wilson will miss his fourth game during a disappointing sophomore season derailed by minor knee surgery after Week 2. The emergence of transfers Elijhah Badger and Chimere Dike has helped offset his absence. | | | | | The Dodgers earned their eighth championship and seventh since leaving Brooklyn for Los Angeles — their first in a non-shortened season since 1988. | | | | | Goalie Andrei Vasilevskiy finished with 33 saves in the 5-2 triumph for his 299th career victory. | | | |
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