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Local chiropractor Dr. Timothy Bain was able to spend the day with the NHL’s Stanley Cup at his Wesley Chapel-based practice, B3 Medical, at 2818 Cypress Ridge Blvd., Suite 100.

Bain has been the Tampa Bay Lightning’s team chiropractor since 2011, assisting players on injury prevention and body maintenance.

He was part of the team’s exclusive 52-member traveling party (including players and coaches) to the NHL’s quarantine “bubble” for the postseason tournament in Canada. The Lightning won the Stanley Cup on Sept. 28, defeating the Dallas Stars in six games in the finals.

Bain’s B3 Medical practice also has locations New Tampa, Carrollwood and Riverview. He also works with a sports performance facility at Saddlebrook Resort & Spa designed for elite-level athletes.

Time to again show off your school spirit.

The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) welcomes all member schools to participate in the 2020-2021 Sunshine State Spirit Showdown —  a schoolwide competition designed to promote good sportsmanship and school spirit. It was created in 2013, with the idea of the school community to come as one “to create something exciting and unique.”

The deadline to submit entries will be Feb. 1.

Criteria for submissions have changed slightly this year due to COVID-19 protocols that some schools are following.

There will be two separate category winners this year to accommodate game attendance limitations, restrictions on crowds and gatherings, physical and distance learning, and so on.

The first category will be for schools who have no restrictions or changes due to COVID-19. These are schools that still allow full game attendance, student sections, pep rallies and more.

The second category will be for schools who have had to alter their typical protocols. These are schools that have limitations on game attendance and may not have student sections at all, do not allow pep rallies or large gatherings, and have students who are distance learning and unable to physically be in attendance.

Schools must submit a video that is 90 seconds to three minutes in length. The video must contain a 30-second part on boosting school morale in creative ways, and encouraging positivity and strength through these difficult times; content must be appropriate; and it must be uploaded onto FHSAA’s YouTube channel.

Judging will come from FHSAA’s Student-Athlete Advisory Committee and social media fan voting.

Videos will be ranked based on the following categories: positive emphasis, spirit, originality, creativity and organization, and student body and community participation while still focusing on safety.

Winners of each category will be announced March 9. A plaque and banner will be presented to each winning school.

Past winners of the contest include Clay (Green Cove Springs), Fort Walton Beach, River Ridge (New Port Richey), Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), Lake Howell (Winter Park), and Atlantic Coast high schools.

Visit tinyurl.com/yxfnmelp for more information about the Sunshine State Spirit Showdown.

Bishop McLaughlin Catholic High School has turned to a widely known figure to lead its varsity girls soccer program.

The Hurricanes athletics department announced the hiring of Kacey White — a former United States Women’s National Team (USWNT) member and NCAA All-American and National Champion, who also has a lengthy coaching resume as USWNT assistant coach and collegiate coaching.

Most recently, the 36-year-old White served as a development academy director for the Brandon-based West Florida Flames youth soccer club.

She previously served as head coach at Xavier University and Wisconsin-Green Bay, and held assistant positions at Oklahoma, Southern Methodist and Texas Tech, respectively.

White has a decorated background as a player. She was a member of the University of North Carolina’s 2003 national championship team, a two-time All-American (2004,2005) and three-time All-ACC selection. Following her graduation, White earned a spot on the USWNT, where she earned 17 caps and served as an alternate for the 2008 Beijing Olympics. She also played professionally for six years in both the United States and Sweden.

• Carrollwood Day School senior tight end Michael Trigg verbally committed to play collegiate football at Division I FBS University of Southern California (USC), in Los Angeles. Trigg, at 6-foot-4 and weighing 230-pounds, is a consensus four-star prospect rated among the nation’s top football recruits for the 2021 class. The tight end has registered 29 receptions for 581 yards and five scores through six games this season.

Trigg chose USC among nearly 50 scholarship offers. Also a highly regarded basketball standout at shooting guard, he’s received multiple offers from Division I programs allowing him to play on both the gridiron and hardwood.

• Carrollwood Day School 6-foot-2 senior forward Aryana Dixon verbally committed to play collegiate women’s basketball at Division I University of Vermont, in Burlington. Dixon last season tallied 10.2 points, 4.0 rebounds, 2.0 steals, 1.2 assists and 1.1 blocks per game, for a Patriots team that won the Class 3A state championship and finished with a 27-2 mark.

Youth football leagues can now apply to Hillsborough County for permission to resume games and tournaments at county parks.

Football leagues already have been allowed to use county fields for non-contact practices and conditioning, but contact practices and games and tournaments have not been permitted since late March due to COVID-19 concerns.

To receive permission to resume games and contact practices on county-maintained fields, each league can now submit a plan that must be approved by Hillsborough County Parks & Recreation.

The plans must outline the social distancing, sanitation, scheduling and other measures the leagues will use to assure the safety of players, volunteers and fans. Safety requirements include temperature checks for all players, spectators, coaches and staff.

Such plans can be submitted for review to . Parks officials will review the plans and respond to the league with changes or approval.

County leaders recently decided to allow the resumption of contact practices, games and tournaments for youth football after extensive consultation with local health officials, emergency managers, Parks & Recreation staff, and others.

The Sunlake High varsity cross-country program swept the Oct. 10 Sunshine Athletic Conference East Championship East meet, claiming top team finishes and individual champions in both the boys and girls 5K races. The Seahawks girls tallied a perfect 15 points (school’s top five runners place one through five), paced by top individual finisher senior Shannon Gordy (21:16.40), while the boys registered 21 points behind race champion, junior Colby Robbins (16:27.40). Sunlake en route defeated six other East Pasco County high schools, including Wiregrass Ranch, Land O’ Lakes, Cypress Creek, Zephyrhills, Pasco and Wesley Chapel. The meet was hosted by Wesley Chapel High.

Academy at the Lakes senior McKenna Smith was recently named to the 2019-2020 National Interscholastic Swimming Coaches Association (NISCA) High School All-American team, for her marks in the 50 and 100 girls freestyle events. Her 50 free (23.05 seconds) ranks 32nd best in the nation, while her 100 free (50.11) is tied for 34th best nationwide. It marks the second consecutive year that Smith’s been selected to the All-American list. Last November, Smith earned bronze medals in both events at the Class 1A Florida High School Athletic Association state swimming and diving championships in Stuart.