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The Land O’ Lakes High School varsity wrestling team took first place overall at Pasco County’s Sunshine Athletic Conference championship meet, at Anclote High School in Holiday. Participating Land O’ Lakes wrestlers included Brandon Austin, Collin Bogle, David Dzuibek, Devyn Clearly, Tristan Grogan, Cole Henderson, Ryan Lebsack, Zayden Matthews, Elijah Newman, Morgan Ray, Isaac Tavo, Isaiah Tavo and Jarod Wright. The team is coached by Eddie Marley and Danny Miller.
Carrollwood Day School senior forward Aryana Dizon eclipsed the 1,000-point mark for her varsity basketball career. The 6-foot-2 Dizon, who guided the Patriots to a state title during the 2019-2020 season, is a University of Vermont commit.
Fifteen-year-old Land O’ Lakes resident Hailey Stricker recently recorded a hole-in-one at Pebble Creek Golf Club in New Tampa. The feat occurred on the course’s 116-yard par-three, 12th hole, using an eight-iron and a Wilson Chaos ball. Stricker — a freshman at Sunlake High — earned second team All-Conference honors as a member of the school’s varsity girls golf team.
Academy at the Lakes senior guard Caleb Yann recently crossed the ‘1,000 career points scored’ plateau. The 5-foot-11 Yann has averaged a combined 12.7 points per game across four varsity seasons, including a high of 17.7 points as a junior. Yann also played varsity football for the Wildcats, notably as a receiver, defensive back and punter.
Following the most successful season in program history, Saint Leo University head volleyball coach Jason Skoch announced his resignation to seek professional opportunities outside of coaching.
Skoch led the Lions to a 24-11 mark in his lone season as head coach in 2019, while capturing the program’s first NCAA South Region Championship and a trip to the NCAA Elite Eight.
The program’s 2020 season was canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic.
“I am very grateful for the opportunity provided me by (Saint Leo athletics director) Fran (Reidy) to coach at Saint Leo the past two years,” Skoch said in a release. “It was a great change of scenery for me and my family. I had fun with the challenges presented, and, as the team grew and matured, we found the ability to make history. Watching the players see the opportunity materialize right in front of their eyes was fun.”
Skoch led three different women’s volleyball programs to NCAA Tournament success (Saint Leo, West Texas A&M, Truman State). He leaves behind a coaching legacy that includes over 400 career victories, five coach of the year honors, nine 30-plus win seasons, 13 conference championships, 12 NCAA appearances, and six trips to the Elite Eight.
Saint Leo beach volleyball coach Mike Shearer will serve as named interim head coach of the indoor volleyball program. A coaching search will be conducted at a later date when COVID-19 protocols allow, the school says.
Published February 03, 2021
Registration is now open for Idlewild Baptist Church’s men’s recreational softball league. Games are played Monday evenings, from March 22 through May 24, at the church’s Lutz campus, 18333 Exciting Idlewild Blvd. The league is open to all men in the community, 18 and older. Friends, co-workers, neighbors and so on are invited. Cost is $50 per player. Visit idlewild.org/recreation for more information or contact Jacob Martin at .
Registration is now open for Dade City Little League’s spring season. Divisions are being offered in baseball, softball and challengers (physical or intellectual disability), for youth ages 4 to 16. Opening day is scheduled for April 10. Games will be played at John S. Burks Memorial Park, 13220 Gene Nelson Blvd. Cost is $40 per player.
Visit Sports.bluesombrero.com/dadecityll to register.
The Thomas E. Weightman Middle School boys soccer team finished their 2020 season with a perfect 7-0 record and were crowned champions of East Pasco County. Also notable: Weightman eighth-grader Cameron Brunner set a school record with 15 goals in seven games.
Land O’ Lakes resident Elli Black took first place in AAU Cross-Country National Championships for the 11- to 12-year-old girls group — clocking a 10:13.24 in last month’s 3K race at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee.
Black’s 3K time set a course record, which equated to a 5:29 minute per mile pace.
Black is a home-schooled seventh-grader who runs varsity cross-country and track for Tampa’s Cambridge Christian School.
Prior to the national meet, the local youth finished runner-up at the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) Class 1A state championships, registering an 18:28.5 mark in the 5K race. (The winner of the 1A state race was Black’s prep teammate Caroline Lehman, a high school junior who clocked an 18:07.80.)
More than 1,700 athletes — age 50 and older — competed in 21 different sports at the 29th annual Florida Senior Games that ran from Dec. 5 through Dec. 13.
More than 50 senior athletes from Pasco County were among those competing.
Five of the 21 sports took place in Pasco. The Wiregrass Ranch Sports Campus of Pasco County hosted bag toss, basketball shooting, basketball 3-on-3 and volleyball. Pickleball was played at the Sarah Vande Berg Tennis and Wellness Center in Zephyrhills.
The Senior Games each year are presented by the Florida Sports Foundation, the official sports promotion and development organization of the State of Florida.
The event is described as “an Olympic-style sports festival for active adults.”
Here is a look at all the Senior Games athletes from Pasco and the sports they competed in:
5K Road Race
Cynthia Miller, Odessa
Gary Miller, Odessa
Archery
Ed Griffin, Land O’ Lakes
James Pettitt, Hudson
Diane Watson, Hudson
Bowling
David Henderson, Dade City
Jeffery Williams, Land O’ Lakes
Cycling
Duane Barker, Zephyrhills
David Sikes, Wesley Chapel
Doug Webster, New Port Richey
Golf
Kenneth Atwell, Hudson
Bill Demers, New Port Richey
David Parker, Port Richey
Kendal Shaw, Wesley Chapel
Pickleball
Mike Bernaldo, Wesley Chapel
Maria Bustos, Port Richey
Patricio Bustos, Port Richey
Pascal Collard, Wesley Chapel
Dale Delcamp, Zephyrhills
Ernesto Diaz, Zephyrhills
Peggy Griffiths, Dade City
Deborah Jean Jesseman, Zephyrhills
Robert Jesseman, Zephyrhills
Rita Jones, Zephyrhills
Kathy McCausey, Land O’ Lakes
Gary Penfield, Zephyrhills
Ron Perkins, Zephyrhills
David Peterson, Odessa
Lani Prilliman, Zephyrhills
Andrew Sorrentino, Zephyrhills
Jimmie Stokes, Zephyrhills
Val Thomopalos, Land O’ Lakes
Jason Young, Land O’ Lakes
Powerlifting
Paul Hampton, Wesley Chapel
Otis Perry, Wesley Chapel
Raquetball
James Adamek, New Port Richey
James Brown, New Port Richey
Samuel Fustaino, Dade City
Roy Joes, New Port Richey
Bob Kozyra, Wesley Chapel
Alan Leathers, Odessa
Shuffleboard
Earl Ball, Zephyrhills
Michael Zellner, Holiday
Swimming
Karen Westerman, Land O’ Lakes
Ann Guins, Hudson
Table Tennis
Bruce Holck, Wesley Chapel
Tennis
Terri Baun, New Port Richey
Scott Campbell, Land O’ Lakes
Peter Clapson, New Port Richey
Patricia Evanoff, Odessa
Dan McMullen, Holiday
Paula Kastenson, Trinity
Donovan Peterson, Land O’ Lakes
Kathryn Peterson, Land O’ Lakes
Janette Rice, Wesley Chapel
Thomas Trotta, New Port Richey
Track & Field
Samuel Alcott, New Port Richey
Susan Cooke, Odessa
