FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
December 14, 2004


Lake Mary, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bishop Kenny, Lincoln Park, Bolles, P.K. Yonge, Maclay, Sarasota Christian lead Dodge Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings

GAINESVILLE – Lake Mary, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), Bolles (Jacksonville), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Maclay (Tallahassee) and Sarasota Christian lead their respective categories following fall sports competition in the 2003-04 Dodge Sunshine Cup Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards Point Standings.

Lake Mary, with 216.5 points, is on top of Class 6A with a scant half-point advantage over second place Winter Park. St. Thomas Aquinas is in command of Class 5A with 308 points, 137 points ahead of Fort Myers, which finished the fall with 171 points. Bishop Kenny is in the lead in Class 4A with 202.3 points, while second-place Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) sports 181.5 points. Lincoln Park is setting the standard for the 3A public schools with 165.0 points, besting second place Hernando (Brooksville) by 74 points. Bolles, with 311 points, leads the Class 3A private schools by a 91-point margin over Episcopal (Jacksonville), which has 220 points. P.K. Yonge is well out in front in the 2A public school category with 150 points, a 89.5-point lead over second place Blountstown, which has 55.5 points. Maclay, with 200 points, sports a 42-point lead in Class 2A private schools over Tampa Prep. Altha and Central (Milton) finished the fall tied with 8.5 points apiece to share the lead in the Class 1A public school category. Finally, Sarasota Christian, with 91 points, edged out Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach) by one point to lead the Class 1A private schools.

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 Athletic Association.

The 620 member senior high schools have been divided into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 2002, which were used to discern the classifications as they are drawn up now. In accordance with a Board mandate at its November 2002 meeting, Classes 1A, 2A and 3A are further subdivided into public and private categories. An all-sports award will be presented in each of these nine categories in overall, girls and boys divisions at the conclusion of the 2003-04 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 Awards Luncheon on June 16 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. Lake Mary, 216.5 points.
2. Winter Park, 216.
3. Olympia (Orlando), 161.5.
4. Riverview (Sarasota), 157.
5. Buchholz (Gainesville), 156.
6. Martin County (Stuart), 146.
7. Sarasota, 132.
8. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 126.
9. Cypress Bay (Weston), 125.5.
10. John I. Leonard (Greenacres), 123.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 308 points.
2. Fort Myers, 171.
3. Jupiter, 150.
4. Niceville, 144.8.
5. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 141.5.
6. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 139.5.
7. Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 136.5.
8. Atlantic (Delray Beach), 126.
9. Wharton (Tampa), 120.
10. Naples, 111.5.

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 202.3 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 181.5.
3. Gainesville, 133.
4. Chiles (Tallahassee), 121.5.
5. Gulf Breeze, 117.
6. Celebration, 115.
7. Washington (Pensacola), 110.5.
8. Leon (Tallahassee), 108.5.
9. Vanguard (Ocala), 106.
10. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 92.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 165 points.
2. Hernando (Brooksville), 91.
3. Immokalee, 74.
4. Frostproof, 73.5.
5. Cocoa Beach, 67.5.
6. (tie) Dixie County (Cross City), 62.
6. (tie) Florida High (Tallahassee), 62.
6. (tie) Wakulla (Crawfordville), 62.
9. Pahokee, 50.
10. North Port, 48.5.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 311 points.
2. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 220.
3. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 196.
4. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 177.
5. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 149.
6. Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton), 139.
7. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 134.
8. Jesuit (Tampa), 129.
9. American Heritage (Plantation), 121.
10. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 112.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 150 points.
2. Blountstown, 55.5.
3. Fort Meade, 50.
4. Vernon, 45.5.
5. Marathon, 37.
6. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 34.
7. (tie) Baker, 33.5.
7. (tie) Crescent City, 33.5.
9. (tie) Freeport, 25.
9. (tie) Hilliard, 25.
9. (tie) Jefferson County (Monticello), 25.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 200 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 158.
3. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 142.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 136.5.
5. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 132.
6. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 126.5.
7. First Academy (Orlando), 95.5.
8. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 89.
9. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 84.5.
10. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 80.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. (tie) Altha, 8.5 points.
1. (tie) Central (Milton), 8.5.
3. 20 schools tied with 0 points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 91 points.
2. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 90.
3. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 81.
4. Glades Day (Belle Glade), 80.
5. (tie) Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 50.
5. (tie) Canterbury (St. Petersburg), 50.
5. (tie) Princeton Christian, 50.
5. (tie) Summit Christian (West Palm Beach), 50.
9. Keswick Christian (St. Petersburg), 46.
10. (tie) Bradenton Academy, 45.5.
10. (tie) Evangel Christian (Lakeland), 45.5.


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Martin County (Stuart), 139 points.
2. Winter Park, 120.5.
3. Buchholz (Gainesville), 99.5.
4. Lake Mary, 83.
5. Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 82.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 159 points.
2. Atlantic (Delray Beach), 117.5.
3. Niceville, 114.3.
4. Plant (Tampa), 106.
5. Sickles (Tampa), 97.

CLASS 4A
1. Gainesville, 109 points.
2. Nease (St. Augustine), 102.5.
3. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 74.
4. Gulf Breeze, 73.
5. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 69.3.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 112 points.
2. Cocoa Beach, 67.5.
3. Hernando (Brooksville), 65.
4. North Port, 48.5.
5. (tie) Coral Springs Charter, 37.
5. (tie) Florida High (Tallahassee), 37.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 181 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 137.
3. Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton), 114.
4. (tie) Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 99.
5. (tie) Ransom Everglades (Miami), 99.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 63 points.
2. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 34.
3. (tie) Baker, 25.
3. (tie) Freeport, 25.
5. Six schools tied with 8.5 points.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Tampa Prep, 118 points.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee), 99.
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 79.
4. First Academy (Orlando), 76.
5. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 74.5.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. (tie) Altha, 8.5 points.
1. (tie) Central (Milton), 8.5.
3. 20 schools tied with 0 points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 50 points.
2. (tie) Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 47.
2. (tie) Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 47.
4. (tie) Merritt Island Christian, 43.
4. (tie) St. John Lutheran (Ocala), 43.


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Lake Mary, 133.5 points.
2. Sarasota, 132.
3. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 104.
4. Columbus (Miami), 99.
5. Winter Park, 95.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 149 points.
2. Lyman (Longwood), 88.5.
3. Fort Myers, 87.
4. Fort Walton Beach, 81.
5. Flagler Palm Coast (Bunnell), 78.5.

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 133 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 79.
3. Chiles (Tallahassee), 74.
4. (tie) Leon (Tallahassee), 66.
4. (tie) Vanguard (Ocala), 66.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Immokalee, 74 points.
2. Frostproof, 65.
3. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 53.
4. Pahokee, 50.
5. Madison County (Madison), 47.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 137 points.
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 130.
3. Jesuit (Tampa), 129.
4. American Heritage (Plantation), 106.
5. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 99.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 87 points.
2. Fort Meade, 50.
3. Blountstown, 47.
4. (tie) Marathon, 37.
4. (tie) Vernon, 37.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 101 points.
2. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 89.
3. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 69.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 67.5.
5. Trinity Catholic, 60.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. 22 schools tied with 0 points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 73 points.
2. Bradenton Academy, 45.5.
3. (tie) Glades Day (Belle Glade), 43.
3. (tie) Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 43.
5. Three schools tied with 37 points.


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