FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 1, 2005


St. Thomas Aquinas, Bolles, P.K. Yonge, Maclay, Graceville sweep Dodge Sunshine Cup all-sports awards

GAINESVILLE – St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Bolles (Jacksonville), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Maclay (Tallahassee), and Graceville swept the top overall, boys and girls awards in their respective classifications in the 2004-05 Dodge Sunshine Cup FHSAA Floyd E. Lay All-Sports Awards point standings. Lake Mary, Gainesville, Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce) and Sarasota Christian also won the overall awards in their respective classifications.

Lake Mary, with 440.8 points, claimed a 35.8-point lead over second-place Cypress Bay (Weston) in Class 6A. St. Thomas Aquinas took Class 5A with 730.8 points, while runner-up Cooper City earned 300.5 points. Gainesville won the Class 4A honors with 375.8 points, a scant 1.4 points ahead of Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville). Lincoln Park set the standard for the 3A public schools with 299.5 points, besting second place Hernando (Brooksville) by 20.5 points. Bolles, with 610 points, outdistanced Gulliver Prep (Miami) by 114 points in the Class 3A private school division. P.K. Yonge dominated the Class 2A public school category with 363.5 points, a 237-point lead over second place Jay, which had 126.5 points. Maclay, with 402 points, sported a 98-point lead in Class 2A private schools over Tampa Prep. Graceville led the Class 1A public school category with 135 points, ahead of second-place FAMU (Tallahassee) by a 68.3-point margin. Finally, Sarasota Christian, with 180 points, holding off Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel) by a mere 10 points 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, 440.8 points.
2. Cypress Bay (Weston), 405.
3. Oviedo, 393.4.
4. Winter Park, 390.
5. Buchholz (Gainesville), 370.5.
6. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 359.5.
7. Boone (Orlando), 358.8.
8. Sarasota, 341.5.
9. Riverview (Sarasota), 318.
10. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 303.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 730.8 points.
2. Cooper City, 300.5.
3. Wolfson (Jacksonville), 296.5.
4. George Jenkins (Lakeland), 293.
5. Wharton (Tampa), 289.5.
6. Niceville, 286.8.
7. Fort Myers, 285.5.
8. Barron Collier (Naples), 282.
9. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 280.
10. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 254.

CLASS 4A
1. Gainesville, 375.8 points.
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 374.3.
3. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 370.5.
4. Leon (Tallahassee), 329.5.
5. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 312.5.
6. Gulf Breeze, 271.5.
7. Washington (Pensacola), 254.
8. (tie) Astronaut (Titusville), 225.
8. (tie) Lincoln (Tallahassee), 225.
10. Chiles (Tallahassee), 221.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 299.5 points.
2. Hernando (Brooksville), 279.
3. Key West, 218.5.
4. Florida High (Tallahassee), 216.
5. Wakulla (Crawfordville), 209.5.
6. Cocoa Beach, 182.7.
7. Jensen Beach, 174.0.
8. Pasco (Dade City), 169.
9. Santa Fe (Alachua), 162.5.
10. Clay (Green Cove Springs), 152.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 610 points.
2. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 496.
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 393.5.
4. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 387.7.
5. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 376.5.
6. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 371.5.
7. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 335.5.
8. American Heritage (Plantation), 316.5.
9. Jesuit (Tampa), 307.5.
10. Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton), 293.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 363.5 points.
2. Jay, 126.5.
3. McKeel (Lakeland), 118.5.
4. Blountstown, 108.5.
5. Crescent City, 102.5.
6. Chiefland, 96.
7. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 90.8.
8. Port St. Joe, 90.5.
9. Fort Meade, 81.
10. Chipley, 76.5.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 402 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 304.
3. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 297.
4. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 288.
5. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 263.8.
6. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 261.
7. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 245.5.
8. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 234.
9. Florida Christian (Miami), 222.3.
10. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 216.8.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Graceville, 135 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 66.7.
3. Bethlehem (Bonifay), 47.
4. Paxton, 46.5.
5. Apalachicola, 43.
6. Malone, 33.5.
7. Altha, 25.
8. Central (Milton), 17.
9. (tie) Dr. Gainer (Pensacola), 8.5.
9. (tie) Laurel Hill, 8.5.
9. (tie) Miami MacArthur South, 8.5.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 180 points.
2. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 170.
3. Cambridge (Tampa), 169.5.
4. Summit Christian (West Palm Beach), 161.
5. Jupiter Christian, 143.
6. Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 142.
7. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 125.
8. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 115.
9. All Saints' (Winter Haven), 112.5.
10. (tie) Santa Fe Catholic (Lakeland), 110.
10. (tie) St. John Lutheran (Ocala), 110.

Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Lake Mary, 218.8 points.
2. Cypress Bay (Weston), 202.
3. Winter Park, 196.5.
4. Spanish River (Boca Raton), 188.
5. Boone (Orlando), 187.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 376.5 points.
2. Cooper City, 212.5.
3. Niceville, 188.3.
4. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 181.
5. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 173.5.

CLASS 4A
1. Suncoast (Riviera Beach), 196 points.
2. Leon (Tallahassee), 185.5.
3. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 178.
4. Gainesville, 172.
5. Gulf Breeze, 156.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Lincoln Park (Fort Pierce), 204.5 points.
2. Florida High (Tallahassee), 160.
3. Cocoa Beach, 157.5.
4. Hernando (Brooksville), 140.
5. Jensen Beach, 122.5.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 301 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 267.
3. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 247.
4. Pope John Paul II (Boca Raton), 234.5.
5. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 218.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 138 points.
2. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 74.5.
3. Chiefland, 67.5.
4. Jay, 66.5.
5. McKeel (Lakeland), 58.5.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 172.5 points.
2. Dade Christian (Miami), 171.5.
3. Oak Hall (Gainesville), 167.
4. Westminster Academy (Fort Lauderdale), 153.5.
5. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 151.5.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Graceville, 74 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 58.
3. Bethlehem (Bonifay), 47.
4. Paxton, 46.5.
5. (tie) Altha, 8.5.
5. (tie) Central (Milton), 8.5
5. (tie) Malone, 8.5.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Cambridge (Tampa), 124 points.
2. Pine Castle Christian (Orlando), 99.
3. Summit Christian (West Palm Beach), 93.
4. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 89.
5. St. John Lutheran (Ocala), 85.

Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Sarasota, 303 points.
2. Oviedo, 249.9.
3. Miami Killian, 236.
4. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 226.5.
5. Lake Mary, 222.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 354.3 points.
2. Wolfson (Jacksonville), 248.
3. Countryside (Clearwater), 166.5.
4. Barron Collier (Naples), 162.5.
5. Fort Myers, 159.5.

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 232 points.
2. Gainesville, 203.8.
3. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 192.5.
4. Lincoln (Tallahassee), 183.
5. East Ridge (Clermont), 157.3.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Key West, 144.5 points.
2. Hernando (Brooksville), 139.
3. Wakulla (Crawfordville), 126.
4. Glades Central (Belle Glade), 112.
5. Suwannee (Live Oak), 101.5.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 309 points.
2. Jesuit (Tampa), 307.5.
3. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 249.5.
4. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 249.
5. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 204.5.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 225.5 points.
2. (tie) Blountstown, 94.
2. (tie) Crescent City, 94.
4. Port St. Joe, 82.
5. Fort Meade, 81.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 229.5 points.
2. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 193.5.
3. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 161.
4. Tampa Prep, 160.5.
5. Florida Christian (Miami), 159.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Graceville, 61 points.
2. Apalachicola, 43.
3. Malone, 25.
4. Altha, 16.5.
5. FAMU (Tallahassee), 8.7.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Sarasota Christian, 120 points.
2. Jupiter Christian, 101.
3. Lake Mary Prep, 83.5.
4. Saddlebrook Prep (Wesley Chapel), 81.
5. Miami Christian, 74.


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