FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 22, 2005


Lake Mary, St. Thomas Aquinas, Bishop Kenny, Lincoln Park, Bolles, P.K. Yonge, Maclay, Sarasota Christian continue to 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 continue to lead their respective categories following winter sports competition in the 2004-05 Dodge Sunshine Cup FHSAA Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards Point Standings.

Lake Mary, with 339.5 points, has opened up a 71-point lead over second-place Oviedo. St. Thomas Aquinas is in command of Class 5A with 475 points, 223 points ahead of Fort Myers, which finished the winter with 252 points. Bishop Kenny is in the lead in Class 4A with 270.3 points, while second-place Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) sports 248.5 points. Lincoln Park is setting the standard for the 3A public schools with 202 points, besting second place Hernando (Brooksville) by 58.5 points. Bolles, with 432.5 points, is in control of the Class 3A private schools by a 136.5-point margin over Gulliver Prep (Miami), which has 296 points. P.K. Yonge is well out in front in the Class 2A public school category with 230 points, a 153.5-point lead over second place Chipley, which has 76.5 points. Maclay, with 272 points, sports an 18.5-point lead in Class 2A private schools over Tampa Prep. Graceville took the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 62 points, ahead of second-place FAMU (Tallahassee) by a mere 10.5 point margin. Finally, Sarasota Christian, with 124.5 points, holds a small 7.5-point lead over Pine Castle Christian (Orlando) in the Class 1A private school category.

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 2004-05 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, 339.5 points.
2. Oviedo, 268.5.
3. Sarasota, 267.5.
4. Winter Park, 261.5.
5. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 238.
6. Riverview (Sarasota), 225.
7. Buchholz (Gainesville), 223.
8. Olympia (Orlando), 206.
9. Winter Springs, 193.5.
10. Boone (Orlando), 190.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 475 points.
2. Fort Myers, 252.
3. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 207.5.
4. Niceville, 206.8.
5. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 201.5.
6. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 187.
7. Fort Walton Beach, 180.
8. George Jenkins (Lakeland), 178.
9. Atlantic (Delray Beach), 171.
10. Wharton (Tampa), 170.

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 270.3 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 248.5.
3. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 240.5.
4. Gainesville, 225.5.
5. Leon (Tallahassee), 207.5.
6. Washington (Pensacola), 206.
7. Gulf Breeze, 175.5.
8. Chiles (Tallahassee), 168.5.
9. Astronaut (Titusville), 156.
10. Freedom (Tampa), 151.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 202 points.
2. Hernando (Brooksville), 143.5.
3. Santa Fe (Alachua), 125.5.
4. Wakulla (Crawfordville), 117.5.
5. Jensen Beach, 115.
6. (tie) Florida High (Tallahassee), 107.5.
6. (tie) Immokalee, 107.5.
8. Clay (Green Cove Springs), 100.5.
9. West Port (Ocala), 95.5.
10. Pasco (Dade City), 94.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 432.5 points.
2. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 296.
3. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 265.5.
4. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 261.
5. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 253.
6. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 232.5.
7. American Heritage (Plantation), 229.5.
8. Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton), 215.5.
9. St. Petersburg Catholic, 209.
10. (tie) Jesuit (Tampa), 180.5.
10. (tie) Monsignor Pace, 180.5.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 230 points.
2. Chipley, 76.5.
3. Ponce de Leon, 62.
4. Blountstown, 55.5.
5. Marathon, 54.
6. (tie) Baker, 50.5.
6. (tie) Crescent City, 50.5.
8. Fort Meade, 50.
9. Vernon, 45.5.
10. (tie) Port St. Joe, 34.
10. (tie) South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 34.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 272 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 253.5.
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 208.5.
4. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 192.
5. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 185.
6. First Academy (Orlando), 181.5.
7. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 173.5.
8. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 163.5.
9. Providence (Jacksonville), 156.5.
10. Palmer Trinity (Miami), 148.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Graceville, 62 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 51.5.
3. Apalachicola, 43.
4. Malone, 33.5.
5. Paxton, 25.
6. (tie) Altha, 8.5.
6. (tie) Central (Milton), 8.5.
6. (tie) Dr. Gainer (Pensacola), 8.5.
6. (tie) Laurel Hill, 8.5.
6. (tie) Miami MacArthur South, 8.5.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 124.5 points.
2. Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 117.
3. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 115.
4. Bradenton Christian, 105.
5. Jupiter Christian, 97.5.
6. St. John Lutheran (Ocala), 93.
7. Cambridge (Tampa), 82.5.
8. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 81.
9. Glades Day (Belle Glade), 80.
10. Merritt Island Christian, 76.5.


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Lake Mary, 163 points.
2. Winter Park, 157.5.
3. Martin County (Stuart), 139.
4. Buchholz (Gainesville), 133.
5. Riverview (Sarasota), 122.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 234 points.
2. Niceville, 151.3.
3. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 135.5.
4. Plant (Tampa), 131.
5. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 127.5.

CLASS 4A
1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 161 points.
2. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 160.
3. Gainesville, 147.5.
4. Washington (Pensacola), 114.
5. Gulf Breeze, 106.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 149 points.
2. Cocoa Beach, 92.5.
3. Florida High (Tallahassee), 74.
4. Hernando (Brooksville), 73.5.
5. Santa Fe (Alachua), 67.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 224 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 184.
3. Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton), 182.
4. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 161.
5. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 147.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 63 points.
2. Chipley, 43.
3. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 34.
4. Baker, 33.5.
5. (tie) Freeport, 25.
5. (tie) Ponce de Leon, 25.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 130.5 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 126.5.
3. Dade Christian (Miami), 124.5.
4. Maclay (Tallahassee), 124.
5. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 123.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 43 points.
2. Graceville, 37.
3. Paxton, 25.
4. (tie) Altha, 8.5.
4. (tie) Central (Milton), 8.5.
4. (tie) Malone, 8.5

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. (tie) Cambridge (Tampa), 74 points.
1. (tie) Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 74.
3. (tie) Bradenton Christian, 68.
3. (tie) St. John Lutheran (Ocala), 68.
5. Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto), 62.


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Sarasota, 229 points.
2. Lake Mary, 176.5.
3. Oviedo, 161.
4. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 141.
5. Miami Killian, 127.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 241 points.
2. Fort Myers, 151.
3. Wolfson (Jacksonville), 146.5.
4. Countryside (Clearwater), 141.5.
5. Brandon, 132.

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 176 points.
2. Lincoln (Tallahassee), 138.
3. Leon (Tallahassee), 103.
4. East Ridge (Clermont), 94.
5. Washington (Pensacola), 92.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Immokalee, 99 points.
2. Wakulla (Crawfordville), 84.
3. Frostproof, 73.5.
4. Hernando (Brooksville), 70.
5. Glades Central (Belle Glade), 62.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 208.5 points.
2. Jesuit (Tampa), 180.5.
3. American Heritage (Plantation), 164.5.
4. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 149.
5. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 145.5.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 167 points.
2. Fort Meade, 50.
3. Blountstown, 47.
4. Marathon, 45.5.
5. Crescent City, 42.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 148 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 127.
3. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 122.5.
4. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 122.
5. Florida Christian (Miami), 109.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Apalachicola, 43 points.
2. (tie) Graceville, 25.
2. (tie) Malone, 25.
4. Four schools tied with 8.5 points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Miami Christian, 74 points.
2. Sarasota Christian, 73.
3. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 68.
4. Jupiter Christian, 64.
5. Evangel Christian (Lakeland), 62.

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