FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 27, 2003
Edgewater, Buchholz, St. Thomas Aquinas, Gulliver Prep, Episcopal, Oak Hall lead Dodge Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings
GAINESVILLE – Edgewater (Orlando), Buchholz (Gainesville), St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Gulliver Prep (Miami), Episcopal (Jacksonville) and Oak Hall (Gainesville) lead their respective classifications following winter sports competition in the 2002-03 Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards Point Standings.
Edgewater, with 303 points, has a 20-point margin over Oviedo in Class 6A. Buchholz is tops in Class 5A with 333 points, ahead of Seminole, which has 275.5 points. St. Thomas Aquinas holds a commanding 530-315.5 lead over Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville) in Class 4A, while Gulliver Prep unseated perennial all-sports power Bolles (Jacksonville) in Class 3A, sporting a slim 339.5-337.5 lead. Episcopal (Jacksonville) took over the lead in Class 2A with 287.5 points, 26.5 points better than second place Trinity Prep (Winter Park). Finally, Oak Hall (Gainesville) holds steady in Class A with a 241.5-130.5 lead over Holy Trinity Episcopal (Melbourne).
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 presented by Dodge and Your Florida Dodge Dealers, the official vehicle of the Florida High School Activities Association.
The 584 member senior high schools have been divided into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 2000, 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 2002-03 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 12 at the Wyndham Westshore Hotel 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. Edgewater (Orlando), 303
2. Oviedo, 283
3. Martin County (Stuart), 270
4. Winter Park, 266.5
5. Lake Mary, 238
6. Riverview (Sarasota), 177
7. Miami Palmetto, 161.5
8. Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 152.5
9. Wellington, 151.5
10. Sarasota, 143
CLASS 5A
1. Buchholz (Gainesville), 333
2. Seminole, 275.5
3. Niceville, 257
4. Durant (Plant City), 236
5. Lincoln (Tallahassee), 179
6. Charlotte (Punta Gorda), 172.5
7. Fort Myers, 160.5
8. Cooper City, 158.5
9. Wolfson (Jacksonville), 148.5
10. Palm Harbor University, 144.5
CLASS 4A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 530
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 315.5
3. Plant (Tampa), 260.5
4. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 259.5
5. Leon (Tallahassee), 193
6. Astronaut (Titusville), 179.5
7. Chiles (Tallahassee), 171.5
8. Gainesville, 166.5
9. Barron Collier (Naples), 165
10. Rockledge, 161
CLASS 3A
1. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 339.5
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 337.5
3. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 242.5
4. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 239.5
5. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 215
6. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 208
7. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 205
8. Gulf Breeze, 201.5
9. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 200
10. Jesuit (Tampa), 184
CLASS 2A
1. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 287.5
2. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 261
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 251.5
4. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 246
5. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 222
6. Maclay (Tallahassee), 210.5
7. St. Andrew’s (Boca Raton), 200
8. Pensacola Catholic, 172.5
9. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 169
10. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 167
CLASS A
1. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 241.5
2. Holy Trinity Episcopal (Melbourne), 130.5
3. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park), 127
4. Northwest Christian (Miami), 125
5. University Christian (Jacksonville), 101.5
6. Indian Rocks Christian (Largo), 101
7. Orangewood Christian (Maitland), 97
8. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 88
9. Cottondale, 80
10. Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach), 79
Girls Standings
CLASS 6A
1. Oviedo, 173
2. Martin County (Stuart), 159
3. Winter Park, 138.5
4. Wellington, 130
5. Lake Mary, 120
CLASS 5A
1. Buchholz (Gainesville), 189.5
2. Niceville, 173
3. Durant (Plant City), 145.5
4. Seminole, 138.5
5. Cooper City, 115.5
CLASS 4A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 269
2. Plant (Tampa), 154.5
3. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 135.5
4. Lourdes (Miami), 110
5. Gainesville, 108.5
CLASS 3A
1. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 191
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 186
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 166
4. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 164.5
5. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 127.5
CLASS 2A
1. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 150
2. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 144
3. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 134
4. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 129
5. Pensacola Catholic, 124
CLASS A
1. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 179
2. (tie) Holy Trinity Episcopal (Melbourne), 75
2. (tie) Northwest Christian (Miami), 75
4. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park), 68
5. Highlands Christian (Pompano Beach), 62
Boys Standings
CLASS 6A
1. Edgewater (Orlando), 223
2. Winter Park, 128
3. Lake Mary, 118
4. Martin County (Stuart), 111
5. (tie) John I. Leonard (Greenacres), 110
5. (tie) Oviedo, 110
CLASS 5A
1. Buchholz (Gainesville), 143.5
2. Seminole, 137
3. Lincoln (Tallahassee), 125
4. Lyman (Longwood), 119.5
5. Wolfson (Jacksonville), 106.5
CLASS 4A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 261
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 180
3. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 151.5
4. Rockledge, 137
5. Leon (Tallahassee), 113.5
CLASS 3A
1. Jesuit (Tampa), 184
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 151.5
3. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 150
4. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 148.5
5. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 137.5
CLASS 2A
1. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 157.5
2. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 153.5
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 104
4. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 102
5. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 101.5
CLASS A
1. Cottondale, 80
2. University Christian (Jacksonville), 76.5
3. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 62.5
4. St. Stephen’s Episcopal (Bradenton), 60
5. (tie) Providence (Jacksonville), 59
5. (tie) St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park), 59
Contact:Robert Hernberger
Assistant Director of Communications, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 190
roberth@fhsaa.org
