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Two Pasco High School student-athletes each recently signed their national letter of intent to advance to the college ranks for his respective sport. Varsity boys tennis standout Logan Haga is headed to Division I Jacksonville State University (Jacksonville, Alabama), and varsity golf standout TJ Floberg, is headed to Division II University of Wisconsin-Parkside. Haga won the Class 3A individual singles state title in 2019, as a sophomore. Floberg was named 2021 Sunshine Athletic Conference East Boys Golfer of the Year.

Steinbrenner High School senior distance runner Zachary Harrigan was named to the 27th annual Florida Dairy Farmers Academic All-State Team — a recognition program presented by the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) that honors 24 graduating student-athletes (12 boys, 12 girls) who excel in both athletics and academics.

As part of the designation, Harrigan will receive a $1,700 scholarship and commemorative medallion.

Harrigan owns a 4.0 GPA and is in the top of his class. He has lettered in cross-country and track all four years of high school, and was a member of Steinbrenner’s 2019 FHSAA cross-country state championship team.

Off the course and out of the classroom, Harrigan earned more than 225 community service hours working with the Humane Society, Idlewild Baptist Church and Feeding Tampa Bay. He plans on studying pre-medicine at Auburn University (Auburn, Alabama) this fall.

To be eligible for Academic All-State, students must be a graduating senior with a minimum 3.5 unweighted GPA, and must have earned a minimum of two varsity letters in at least two different sports during their junior and senior year.

The members of the 2021 Florida Dairy Farmers Academic All-State Team are:

• Jack Adams, Episcopal School (Jacksonville)
• Brooks Bak, Plant (Tampa)
• Flynn Baliton, Father Lopez (Daytona Beach)
• Emma Davey, Trinity Prep (Winter Park)
• Zachary Harrigan, Steinbrenner (Lutz)
• Hartley Hill, Plant (Tampa)
• Julia Horn, Spanish River (Boca Raton)
• Jennifer Jacoby, Cape Coral
• Zachariah John, Florida Atlantic University High School (Boca Raton)
• Kai Komatsu, Olympia (Orlando)
• Ethan Lantzy, Jupiter
• Marcus Lisman, Bishop Moore (Orlando)
• Caroline Orcutt, Fort Walton Beach
• Daniela Paredes, Maclay (Tallahassee)
• Thomas Pitchford, Marathon
• Hayaat Kay-Ramos, Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest)
• Kasey Singer, Clearwater Central Catholic
• Walter Stahll, Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs)
• Michael Sweeney, Maclay (Tallahassee)
• Brogan Tagman, Boone (Orlando)
• Gabriella Vera, Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers)
• Olivia Walton, Aucilla Christian (Monticello)
• Lindsey Weingard, Dr. Krop (Miami)

Joshua Dunn, left, and Calvin Crowe teamed up to win the South Pasco Bassmasters (SPBM) April tournament on Lake Panasoffkee. The duo hauled in five bass for a total weight of 20.86 pounds, anchored by a 6.97-pounder. Their strategy involved fishing the shoreline grass using plastic frogs. The next SPBM tourney is set for May 15 at Lake Tarpon in Tarpon Springs. Visit SouthPascoBassmasters.com for more information.

The Land O’ Lakes K-2 Battlehawks youth flag football team earned an invitation to the Under Armour Under the Lights state championships at the Tournament Sportsplex of Tampa Bay, in Tampa. The Battlehawks finished the winter season with an 8-1 mark and No. 13 state ranking, but suffered a 2-point loss in the single-elimination tournament on March 14. Battlehawks head coach Greg Marks said of the team, ‘They gave everything they had to win that game and I was so proud of them.’ Back row, from left: head coach Greg Marks, Zane Miller, Brooklyn Hencz, Brantley Wall, Christian Mirabella, Bryson Freeman, Colton Hammond and assistant coach Joey Hencz. Front row, from left: Caden Alleger, Cameron Wright, Parker Nichols, Carson Hammond, Madden Langehennig and Tanner Boyette.

The Saint Leo University men’s basketball claimed its first-ever Sunshine State Conference (SSC) championship tournament title, defeating Florida Southern University 83-70 on March 21 at the Marion Bowman Activities Center. The Lions (7-1) were paced by senior guard Rusty Moorer, who registered a game-high 28 points. The team is coached by Lance Randall.

Kristofer Samson, left, and Mike Mathews teamed up to win the South Pasco Bassmasters (SPBM) March tournament on the Winter Haven Chain of Lakes. The team hauled in five bass for a total weight of 13.80 pounds. Their strategy was to fish in water 15-feet deep using diving crankbaits and jerkbaits. The next SPBM tourney is set for April 17 at Lake Panasoffkee. Visit SouthPascoBassmasters.com for more information.

Zephyrhills Christian Academy product Evan Miller, a junior at the University of South Carolina, recently qualified for the 2021 NCAA Division I Indoor Track & Field Championships after earning a fourth-place finish in the 200-meter dash (20.93) at the SEC Indoor Championships last month. He also posted a personal-best 20.87 in the meet’s preliminary race. Miller was surpassed only by Louisiana State University’s Terrance Laird (20.28), the University of Florida’s Joseph Fahnbulleh and the University of Kentucky’s Lance Lang in the conference’s 200-meter finals.

At the national championships on March 12 in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Miller finished 13th in the 200-meter preliminary race, clocking 21.33.

Prior to the college ranks, the Zephyrhills native won the Class 1A crown 100-meter dash (10.75) at the 2018 FHSAA State Track & Field Championships. He also was a member of Zephyrhills Christian’s 4×100 relay team that won back-to-back state crowns in 2017 and 2018.

Wharton High School junior distance runner Brooke Reif recently broke her own school track record in the 3,200-meter run, clocking a 11:09 at the 48th annual Ram Invite at Sarasota Riverview High School. Reif previously had set the Wharton 2-mile record in a preseason run when she timed 11:18.38. Reif is building off a strong cross-country season, where she placed 31st in the 4A state meet (20:04.2).

Saint Leo University women’s cross-country runner Paige Patterson took first place last month at the 2021 Sunshine State Conference (SSC) Championships, at the Rinker Athletic Complex in West Palm Beach.

The junior from Edmonton, Alberta, clocked a 22:34.88 in the 6K race, besting the second-place finisher (Embry Riddle’s Alyssa Jack) by 8 seconds.

Patterson makes history as the program’s third runner to win an individual conference title, joining Colett Rampf and Tereza Novotna. Her first-place finish at the conference meet is the first for the Lions women’s distance runner since Rampf won in 2017 (which marked her fourth-straight crown).