Orlando City braces for decisive playoff game vs. Charlotte FC • Beede’s Breakdown: How Magic snapped 5-game losing streak vs. Pelicans
Sentinel Sports Final Saturday, November 9, 2024 | | |
| | | | Pride prevail in 1st home NWSL playoff match; Orlando City faces decisive showdown with Charlotte | Magic halt losing skid | Gators venture to No. 5 Texas; UCF at Arizona State | | | | Barbra Banda scored two goals and Haley McCutcheon as well as Marta also tallied as the host Orlando Pride opened the National Women’s Soccer League playoffs on Friday night with a 4-1 victory over the Chicago Red Stars. | | | | | The Lions struggled offensively in the second match at Charlotte. They were outshot 12-3 and never really appeared to be on the verge of scoring. | | | | | Without Paolo Banchero and Wendell Carter Jr., the Magic held an opponent to sub-100 points for the first time since opening night. | | | | | Todd Golden, 39 and in his third season at UF, agreed to a two-year contract extension with a $1 million raise in March after he led the Gators to their first NCAA tournament berth since 2021. | | | | | In volleyball, Winter Park advanced to the Class 7A championship, while Mount Dora won the 2A Region 2 cross country title. Boys soccer winners included Timber Creek, Celebration and Bishop Moore, while East Ridge and Celebration won in girls soccer. | | | | | Three days after failing to convince a committee it deserves to be reinstated to FHSAA football state playoffs, The First Academy will again appeal its case this morning to the 13-member board of directors. TFA was expelled from 2024 and '25 playoffs when it was found to have FHSAA violated rules. | | | | | The Eagles — Sunshine State Athletic Association champions last season — are one game from successfully defending the title after a thrilling come-from behind victory over Christ Church Academy of Jacksonville on Friday night 40-29. | | | | | Atticus Van Dyke's 4th-quarter TD catch helped Winter Park top Boone to capture a district title. | | | | | The top-ranked Orlando area teams in the other classes are Bishop Moore, No. 4 in 3A; Kissimmee Osceola, No. 6 in 6A and Edgewater, No. 7 in 5A. | | | | | Florida hopes to put it all together and make a little history during its inaugural SEC meeting with Texas and first trip to Austin since 1939 and second in 100 years, dating to a 7-7 tie in 1924. | | | | | While he grew up with kids who yearned for the Ivy leagues, Aidan Warner's thoughts drifted from the classroom to the gridiron. A Winter Park High standout with 29 touchdown passes in 2022 an… | | | | | The Knights' coach hired Kenny Dillingham when he was at Auburn in 2019 and the two have developed mutual respect. | | | | | In what has become a lost season, FSU coach Mike Norvell is seeking to identify which players show up in practices or games to compete as he sees who the Seminoles can build around for 2025. | | | | | The Hurricanes, ranked fourth in the College Football Playoff rankings, will need stay on guard when they go on the road to face Georgia Tech. | | | | | Despite a small sample size playing with and without Paolo Banchero, both Franz Wagner and Jalen Suggs have seen an uptick in production. | | | | | Keyshawn Hall added a double-double with 14 points and 12 rebounds. | | | | | Griffin is teaming up with former UCF standout center and Lake Brantley alum Joey Grant, cofounder and CEO of GMTM sports, to put on the event. | | | |
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