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A Catholic Youth Sports competitive soccer club will host a series of open tryouts later this month at Our Lady of the Rosary Catholic Church, 2348 Collier Parkway in Land O’ Lakes. The club seeks girl players born between 2010 and 2011 and boys between 2007 and 2010.
Tryouts will be from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m., on June 23, June 25 and June 30. Players only need to attend one tryout.
Wharton High senior baseball standout Zach Ehrhard was honored with the 2021 Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award, by the Hillsborough County Commission at its May 19 meeting.
The Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award honors a high school baseball player or a team in Hillsborough County on the basis of outstanding athletic, scholastic and community achievements.
The annual award is named in honor of Baseball Hall of Fame member and 12-time All-Star Wade Boggs, who has been a resident of the Tampa Bay area since he was a boy. He played for the Boston Red Sox and the New York Yankees before finishing his career back at home with the Tampa Bay Devil Rays. He is a Plant High School graduate, a Wharton High School coach, and a resident of Hillsborough County.
Ehrhard, who hit .438 this season, lettered in varsity baseball for the fourth straight year and has been a starter since the first game of his freshman year.
A shortstop, pitcher and team captain, Ehrhard finished with a .407 career batting average, with over 40 stolen bases — 26 this season alone.
The Oklahoma State University baseball signee also got it done in the classroom. He has a cumulative grade point average of 5.9, was named Wharton’s male scholar-athlete recipient and is a National Honor Society member.
In the community, Ehrhard donated his time to numerous causes, including Relay for Life, Students Against Destructive Decisions, and WinterFest, an event for needy children.
Baseball talent runs in the Ehrhard family. Ehrhard’s older brother, Drew, was a recipient of the prestigious award in 2017 and went on to play baseball at the University of Tampa.
Honorable mentions for the Wade Boggs Achievement Award went to Riverview High’s Kipp Kochera and Alonso High’s Zen Hiatt. An award was not given last year due to the coronavirus pandemic.
The Cypress Creek High School varsity girls lacrosse team wrapped up a banner 2021 campaign, winning a district championship en route to an impressive 15-5 mark. The program, in its fourth year, is coached by Jason Alvis and Sydney Maziarz.
Jashua Dunn, left, and Calvin Crowe won the South Pasco Bassmasters (SPBM) May tournament in Lake Tarpon, hauling five bass for a total weight of 18.15 pounds. The catch also included the biggest bass of the tournament, weighing 5.43 pounds. The duo’s strategy included fishing shoreline vegetation and residential canals using plastic frogs. The next SPBM tournament is June 19 on the Kissimmee Chain. For information, visit SouthPascoBassmasters.com.
Sarah Summerfield, Hillsborough Community College (HCC) Athletic Director and tennis head coach, was selected as the Florida College System Activities Association (FCSAA) State/National Junior College Athletic Association (NJCAA) Region 8 Women’s Coach of the Year.
Under Summerfield and assistant coach Chris Nyholm, the Lady Hawks completed an undefeated season 6-0 and became the NJCAA Region 8 State Champions last month at Sanlando Park, Orlando. Summerfield received her award following the title run.
“I am honored to be selected as this year’s FCSAA Coach of the Year, representing Hillsborough Community College at the state level,” Summerfield said, in a release. “Coaching this team of hard-working women has been an honor and very rewarding.”
Summerfield played at Division I University of Wyoming, where she earned first-team All-Mountain West Conference honors in 2007 and 2009.
She began her coaching career as head women’s tennis coach at Saint Leo University, leading that program to a No. 3 national ranking and No. 2 in the Sunshine State Conference.
Summerfield went on become an assistant coach at Colgate University for both the men’s and women’s tennis teams before joining HCC in 2017.
Summerfield’s Lady Hawks practice and compete at the Tejas Pradip Patel HCC Tennis Center, on the college’s Dale Mabry campus.
The team has since advanced to Mesa, Arizona, for the National Championship, which began May 1.
Saint Leo University fifth-year senior infielder Kacie Kelly recently set the Lions softball program’s all-time career hits record — when she picked up her 270th career hit (and counting) on a bunt single on April 30 in a road game against Nova Southeastern University in Fort Lauderdale.
The 5-foot-3 left-handed hitter had started the day off tied for first in program history with Devyne Duncan (2002-2005) with 269 hits.
Kelly has since finished the regular season with 273 career hits, with an opportunity to add on during postseason play.
A Jacksonville native, Kelly prepped at Callahan’s West Nassau High School before enrolling in Saint Leo.
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:
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.
