FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 21, 2000


Winter Park, St. Thomas Aquinas, Astronaut, Bolles, Benjamin, Jupiter Christian lead Dodge Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings

GAINESVILLE – Winter Park, St. Thomas Aquinas, Astronaut, Bolles, Benjamin and Jupiter Christian lead their respective classifications following winter sports competition in the 2000 Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards Point Standings.

Winter Park, with 296.5 points, holds a 23-point advantage over Nease (St. Augustine) in Class 6A. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) is well in the lead in Class 5A with 485 points, 193.5 points better than second place Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), which has 291.5 points. Astronaut (Titusville) leads Class 4A with 393 points, 50 points ahead of Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), which won Class 4A last year. Bolles (Jacksonville), with 382.5 points, leads Class 3A by 16 points over Gulliver Prep (Miami), which has 366.5 points. Benjamin (North Palm Beach) has Class 2A all but wrapped up with 260 points, almost double that of second Lakeland Christian, which has 133.5 points. Finally, Jupiter Christian, with 101.5 points, leads Class A over second place Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood) by 15 points.

The Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards is named in honor of Commissioner-Emeritus Floyd E. Lay, who led the Association from 1963 through 1980. It is sponsored by The New Dodge, the official vehicle of the Florida High School Activities Association.

Due to the newly implemented by-sport classification system, the FHSAA Office has changed the way the Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards Point Standings are calculated. The 543 member senior high schools have been divided evenly into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 1999. An all-sports award will be presented in each of these six administrative classifications in overall, girls and boys divisions at the conclusion of the 1999-00 school year. Points are awarded a school based on its finish in FHSAA State Series competition in each sport in the classification in which it has been assigned to compete. The top 32 places are scored. Points are awarded as follows: 50, 47, 44, 42, 40, 38, 36, 34, 32, 30, 28, 26, 24, 22, 20, 18, 16, 15, 14, 13, 12, 11, 10, 9, 8, 7, 6, 5, 4, 3, 2, 1. When two or more schools are tied for a particular place in a sport, the points allotted for those places are shared equally by the schools that are tied. In the event of a tie for the award in either the overall, girls or boys divisions at the end of the school year, the following tiebreakers will be used: (1) number of state team championships won; (2) number of state team runners-up finishes; (3) number of regional team championships won; (4) number of regional team runners-up finishes; (5) number of district team championships won; and (6) number of district team runners-up finishes.

Winners will be honored at the FHSAA Hall of Fame Induction Ceremony and Awards Banquet on June 15.

Here are the top 10 teams in the overall standings, as well as girls program and boys program standings:

Overall Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 296.5
2. Nease (St. Augustine), 273.5
3. Douglas (Parkland), 242
4. Niceville, 222.5
5. Riverview (Sarasota), 188.5
6. Durant (Plant City), 185
7. Bloomingdale (Valrico), 181
8. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 180.5
9. Oviedo, 169
10. Vero Beach, 165.5

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 485
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 291.5
3. Fort Myers, 250
4. Cypress Lake (Fort Myers), 236.5
5. Buchholz (Gainesville), 233
6. Gainesville, 226
7. Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 211.5
8. Jupiter, 210
9. Plant (Tampa), 193
10. Fletcher (Neptune Beach), 182

CLASS 4A
1. Astronaut (Titusville), 393
2. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 343
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 264
4. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 200
5. Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 183.5
6. Gulf Breeze, 182.5
7. Eastside (Gainesville), 178
8. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 175
9. Jesuit (Tampa), 169
10. Clearwater, 166

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 382.5
2. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 366.5
3. Clearwater Central Catholic, 303.5
4. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 302
5. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 277
6. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 272
7. Pensacola Catholic, 234.5
8. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 232
9. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 225
10. Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach), 213.5

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 260
2. Lakeland Christian, 133.5
3. Keswick Christian (St. Petersburg), 128
4. First Academy (Orlando), 125.5
5. Vernon, 120.5
6. St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Bradenton), 117.5
7. Tampa Prep, 115
8. Seminole Presbyterian (Tampa), 113.5
9. Port St. Joe, 111
10. University Christian (Jacksonville), 106.5

CLASS A
1. Jupiter Christian, 101.5
2. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 86.5
3. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 79
4. Miami Christian, 75
5. Central Florida Christian (Ocoee), 68
6. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 55.5
7. Brevard Christian (West Melbourne), 54
8. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 50
9. Tampa Baptist, 45.5
10. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 43


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Niceville, 147.5
2. Nease (St. Augustine), 139.5
3. Winter Springs, 139
4. Durant (Plant City), 127.5
5. Winter Park, 117
6. Douglas (Parkland), 116
7. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 110
8. Bloomingdale (Valrico), 109
9. Riverview (Sarasota), 93.5
10. Lake Mary, 89

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 199
2. Buchholz (Gainesville), 183
3. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 157
4. Washington (Pensacola), 131
5. Palm Harbor University, 123
6. Our Lady of Lourdes (Miami), 122.5
7. Fort Myers, 120
8. Gainesville, 115
9. Sarasota, 111
10. (tie) Plant (Tampa), 109.5
10. (tie) Estero, 109.5

CLASS 4A
1. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 179.5
2. Astronaut (Titusville), 157
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 155
4. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 133
5. Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 107
6. Clearwater, 102
7. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 101
8. Gulf Breeze, 95.5
9. Pace, 94
10. Eastside (Gainesville), 77

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 222
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 182
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 173.5
4. Clearwater Central Catholic, 170
5. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 167
6. Pensacola Catholic, 163
7. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 150
8. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 135
9. Maclay (Tallahassee), 128.5
10. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 122.5

CLASS 2A
1. Keswick Christian (St. Petersburg), 128
2. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 121
3. St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Bradenton), 84
4. Lakeland Christian, 78
5. Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 74
6. Jay, 73.5
7. Mount Dora Bible, 70
8. Seminole Presbyterian (Tampa), 62
9. (tie) Oak Hall (Gainesville), 58.5
9. (tie) Vernon, 58.5

CLASS A
1. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 69.5
2. (tie) Jupiter Christian, 68
2. (tie) Central Florida Christian (Ocoee), 68
4. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 50
5. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 43
6. Greater Miami Academy, 37
7. Princeton Christian, 33.5
8. (tie) Faith Christian (Orlando), 25
8. (tie) Laurel Hill, 25
8. (tie) Miami Christian, 25


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 179.5
2. Christopher Columbus (Miami), 155.5
3. Nease (St. Augustine), 134
4. Douglas (Parkland), 126
5. Vero Beach, 118
6. Oviedo, 112
7. Columbia (Lake City), 111
8. Gaither (Tampa), 109.5
9. Miami Southridge, 105.5
10. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 96

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 286
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 134.5
3. Jupiter, 133
4. Brandon, 131
5. Fort Myers, 130
6. Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), 129
7. Cypress Lake (Fort Myers), 128.5
8. Land O’Lakes, 119
9. Gainesville, 111
10. (tie) Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 106.5
10. (tie) Plant City, 106.5

CLASS 4A
1. Astronaut (Titusville), 236
2. Jesuit (Tampa), 169
3. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 163.5
4. Rockledge, 117.5
5. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 109
6. Eastside (Gainesville), 101
7. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 99
8. Springstead (Spring Hill), 92
9. Palatka, 91
10. Gulf Breeze, 87

CLASS 3A
1. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 199.5
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 160.5
3. Cardinal Newman (West Palm Beach), 156.5
4. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 153
5. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 143
6. Clearwater Central Catholic, 133.5
7. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 128.5
8. Tampa Catholic, 108
9. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 95
10. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 90

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 139
2. Port St. Joe, 94
3. Tampa Prep, 83
4. First Academy (Orlando), 79.5
5. Bradenton Academy, 75
6. University Christian (Jacksonville), 69.5
7. Vernon, 62
8. Orangewood Christian (Maitland), 58.5
9. St. John Neumann (Naples), 58
10. Admiral Farragut (St. Petersburg), 56

CLASS A
1. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 62
2. Miami Christian, 50
3. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 47
4. West Oaks (Orlando), 43
5. (tie) Brevard Christian (West Melbourne), 37
5. (tie) Tampa Baptist, 37
7. (tie) Jupiter Christian, 33.5
7. (tie) Covenant Christian (Palm Bay), 33.5
9. Canterbury (St. Petersburg), 28
10. (tie) Broward Christian (Plantation), 25
10. (tie) Grand Ridge, 25
10. (tie) Hebrew (Miami Beach), 25
10. (tie) Master’s Academy (Winter Park), 25
10. (tie) Munroe (Quincy), 25
10. (tie) Shores Christian (Ocala), 25


Contact:
Robert Hernberger
Assistant Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 190
roberth@fhsaa.org