After committee upholds FHSAA finding of violations, The First Academy is out of playoffs

Magic wrap up winless trip at Pacers in desperate need of shot-making • UCF basketball sets tone for 2024-25 season with Top 25 upset in opener

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Sentinel Sports Final Wednesday, November 6, 2024

After committee upholds FHSAA finding of violations, The First Academy is out of playoffs Penalties include forfeitures of all nine 2024 wins, which knocks the Royals out of the Class 1A playoffs. TFA was ranked No. 1 by FHSAA. Read more → Magic wrap up winless trip at Pacers in desperate need of shot-making Without Paolo Banchero, the Magic shot 14.7% (5 of 34) from distance in a lopsided loss at Oklahoma City, their fourth in a row. "The game is a game of runs and there's not a winner until the end of the fourth quarter," guard Cory Joseph told the Sentinel. Read more → UCF basketball sets tone for 2024-25 season with Top 25 upset in opener The Knights relied on the defense and clutch shooting to help push past No. 13 Texas A&M despite missing two key players. Read more → Projected pairings for Orlando-area teams after TFA ruling shakes up state football playoff picture The FHSAA heard the appeal and upheld its previous ruling and so TFA is banned from the playoffs for 2024 and 2025 and must forfeit all 2024 games. The FHSAA also handed down similar sanctions to Miami Central on Monday, thus creating plenty of drama as the state's football playoff pairings approach. Read more → Veteran tackle Terron Armstead happy to stay with Dolphins at trade deadline Miami's veteran left tackle said he did not ask the Dolphins front office for a trade to a team in better position to contend this season ahead of the deadline. Read more → Lake Highland Prep cruises in 3A girls volleyball state semifinal The win marks the first time the Highlanders have advanced to a championship match since winning their sixth volleyball state title in 2019. Read more → Hurricanes crack top five of first College Football Playoff rankings For the first time since 2017, UM is in a position to make the College Football Playoff as Miami was among the top five teams in the first CFP rankings released Tuesday night. Read more → Blues overcome Lightning as Dylan Holloway taken to hospital because of injury The puck was a deflected shot attempt by Tampa Bay's Nick Paul that rode up and caught Holloway high off his shoulder, collarbone and neck area with 2:36 remaining in the first period. Read more → Bucs running back Rachaad White finally gets to step foot in Arrowhead Stadium — and its end zone White's family never had the money to buy him a ticket to a Chiefs game, so he instead dreamed of playing for them while running around the yard, imagining that he was juking and cutting against an NFL defense just like his boyhood hero, Jamaal Charles. Read more → Dolphins' McDaniel optimistic for a Zach Sieler return; Bradley Chubb to play at some point this season Miami is getting good news on one of its standout defenders, and edge rusher Bradley Chubb's rehab shouldn't last the entire 2024 season. Read more →

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