FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 10, 2001


Winter Park, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bishop Moore, Bolles, Benjamin, Upperroom Christian lead Dodge Sunshine Cup/Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Award standings

GAINESVILLE – Winter Park, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Bishop Moore (Orlando), Bolles (Jacksonville), Benjamin (North Palm Beach) and Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill) lead their respective classifications following winter sports competition in the 2001 Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards Point Standings.

Winter Park, with 337.5 points, holds a 114-point advantage over Nease (St. Augustine) in Class 6A. St. Thomas Aquinas is well in the lead in Class 5A with 329 points, 273.5 points better than Plant (Tampa) and Seminole, both of which are tied with 246.5 points each. Bishop Moore has taken the lead over Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) in Class 4A with 305 points, sporting a slim 19-point lead over the Redskins. Bolles, with 394 points, is on top in Class 3A with an 81.5-point lead over Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), which has 312.5 points. Benjamin is in command of Class 2A with 289.5 points, 127.5 points better than second place St. Stephen's Episcopal (Bradenton), which has 162 points. Finally, Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill) has assumed the top spot in Class A with 133 points, leading second place Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto) by 31.5 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 by-sport classification system implemented in 1999-2000, the 560 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, which were used to discern the classifications as they are drawn up now. 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 2000-01 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 14 at the Wyndham Westshore in Tampa.

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, 337.5
2. Nease (St. Augustine), 223.5
3. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 216
4. (tie) Boone (Orlando), 204
4. (tie) Winter Springs, 204
6. Niceville, 197.5
7. Fort Myers, 191.5
8. Bloomingdale (Valrico), 172
9. Martin County (Stuart), 167
10. Douglas (Parkland), 157

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 520
2. (tie) Plant (Tampa), 246.5
2. (tie) Seminole, 246.5
4. Buchholz (Gainesville), 214.5
5. Sarasota, 195.5
6. Gainesville, 188.5
7. (tie) Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 178
7. (tie) Satellite (Satellite Beach), 178
9. Fort Walton Beach, 171.5
10. (tie) Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), 161
10. (tie) Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 161

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 305
2. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 286
3. Astronaut (Titusville), 241.5
4. Gulf Breeze, 212.5
5. Jesuit (Tampa), 207.5
6. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 193
7. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 161.5
8. Pine Forest (Pensacola), 153
9. Clay (Green Cove Springs), 148
10. Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 147.5

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 394
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 312.5
3. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 307
4. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 278.5
5. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 248.5
6. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 239
7. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 230.5
8. St. Andrew’s (Boca Raton), 226
9. Maclay (Tallahassee), 213
10. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 210

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 289.5
2. St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Bradenton), 162
3. Canterbury (Fort Myers), 137
4. Tampa Prep, 127
5. University Christian (Jacksonville), 118
6. Indian Rocks Christian (Largo), 117.5
7. St. John Neumann (Naples), 114.5
8. Orangewood Christian (Maitland), 112
9. Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach), 101
10. Mount Dora Bible, 100

CLASS A
1. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 133
2. Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 101.5
3. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 90
4. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 83
5. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 80
6. Brevard Christian (West Melbourne), 70.5
7. Greater Miami Academy (Miami), 58.5
8. Princeton Christian, 51.5
9. Central Florida Christian (Ocoee), 50
10. (tie) Faith Christian (Orlando), 47
10. (tie) Jupiter Christian, 47


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 151
2. Nease (St. Augustine), 139.5
3. Boone (Orlando), 133
4. Boyd Anderson (Lauderdale Lakes), 112
5. Gaither (Tampa), 109
6. Manatee (Bradenton), 100.5
7. Dillard (Fort Lauderdale), 97
8. Venice, 94
9. Bloomingdale (Valrico), 93.5
10. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 93

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 272
2. Seminole, 165
3. Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 136
4. Palm Bay (Melbourne), 123
5. Countryside (Clearwater), 113
6. Plant (Tampa), 109.5
7. Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), 102
8. Miramar, 91
9. Belleview, 90
10. Plant City, 90

CLASS 4A
1. Jesuit (Tampa), 207.5
2. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 129
3. Gulf Breeze, 119.5
4. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 119
5. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 118.5
6. Rockledge, 116.5
7. Astronaut (Titusville), 115
8. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 114
9. Palatka, 113
10. Hallandale, 97

CLASS 3A
1. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 182
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 163.5
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 149.5
4. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 135.5
5. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 127.5
6. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 123
7. (tie) Maclay (Tallahassee), 113
7. (tie) Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 113
9. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 106.5
10. St. Andrew’s (Boca Raton), 99

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 169.5
2. St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Bradenton), 93
3. Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach), 92.5
4. University Christian (Jacksonville), 75
5. Port St. Joe, 68
6. Tampa Prep, 65
7. Shorecrest Prep (St. Petersburg), 56
8. Fort Meade, 55.5
9. Indian Rocks Christian (Largo), 55
10. Wewahitchka, 53.5

CLASS A
1. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 90
2. Brevard Christian (West Melbourne), 62
3. Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 50
4. Faith Christian (Orlando), 47
5. Boca Raton Prep, 45.5
6. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 43
7. (tie) Holy Cross (Miami), 37
7. (tie) Laurel Hill, 37
7. (tie) R.J. Hendley Christian (Riviera Beach), 37
10. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 36


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 186.5
2. Winter Springs, 147
3. Niceville, 142.5
4. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 123
5. Riverview (Sarasota), 118
6. Fort Myers, 102.5
7. Vero Beach, 89.5
8. Western (Davie), 88
9. Wellington, 85.5
10. DeLand, 84

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 248
2. Buchholz (Gainesville), 177.5
3. Sarasota, 157
4. Plant (Tampa), 137
5. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 119.5
6. Gainesville, 118
7. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 111
8. Washington (Pensacola), 105
9. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 102.5
10. Fort Walton Beach, 102

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 186
2. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 157
3. Astronaut (Titusville), 126.5
4. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 96.5
5. Gulf Breeze, 93
6. Barron Collier (Naples), 92.5
7. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 91
8. Lakewood (St. Petersburg), 90
9. Hudson, 87.5
10. Clay (Green Cove Springs), 87

CLASS 3A
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 230.5
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 163
3. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 143
4. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 142
5. Pensacola Catholic, 128
6. St. Andrew’s (Boca Raton), 127
7. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 126
8. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 125
9. Florida High (Tallahassee), 110.5
10. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 104

CLASS 2A
1. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 120
2. St. John Neumann (Naples), 90.5
3. Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 89.5
4. King’s Academy (West Palm Beach), 87.5
5. Canterbury (Fort Myers), 87
6. Mount Dora , 72
7. St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Bradenton), 69
8. Indian Rocks Christian (Largo), 62.5
9. (tie) Central (Milton), 62
9. (tie) Orangewood Christian (Maitland), 62
9. (tie) Tampa Prep, 62

CLASS A
1. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 90
2. (tie) Princeton Christian, 51.5
2. (tie) Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 51.5
4. Central Florida Christian (Ocoee), 50
5. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 47
6. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 43
7. (tie) Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 37
7. (tie) Master’s Academy (Oviedo), 37
7. (tie) Miami Christian, 37
10. Out-of-Door Academy (Sarasota), 33.5


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