FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
January 31, 2008


Olympia, Plant, Nease, P.K. Yonge, Bolles, Lafayette, Community School, FAMU, Bradenton Prep lead Dodge Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings

GAINESVILLE – Olympia (Orlando), Plant (Tampa), Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Bolles (Jacksonville), Lafayette (Mayo), Community School (Naples), FAMU (Tallahassee) and Bradenton Prep lead their respective categories following fall sports competition in the 2007-08 Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards Point Standings.

Olympia (Orlando), with 326.5 points, holds a scant 4.5-point margin over second-place Cypress Bay (Weston). Plant (Tampa) totalled 509.5 points to take a commanding lead in Class 5A over Leon (Tallahassee), which finished the fall with 433 points. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) is tops is Class 4A with 506 points over Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), which finished with 437.5 points. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) leads the Class 3A public school category with 176 points, 53.5 points better than Florida High (Tallahassee). Bolles (Jacksonville), with 453 points, is out in front of the Class 3A private schools, 68 points better than second-place Lake Highland Prep (Orlando). Lafayette (Mayo), with 92.5 points, sets the pace in Class 2A public schools, while second-place Baker finished the fall with 65 points. In Class 2A private schools, Community School (Naples), with 280 points, boasts a 37.5-point margin over King's Academy (West Palm Beach). FAMU (Tallahassee) earned the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 100 points, 40 points ahead of rival Graceville. Finally, Bradenton Prep, with 188 points, finished the fall 18.5 points better than second-place Warner Christian (South Daytona) in the Class 1A private school category.

The Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards are presented by Dodge and Your Florida Dodge Dealers, the official vehicle of the Florida High School Athletic Association.

For the 2007-08 school year, the 650 member senior high schools have been divided into six classifications for administrative purposes based on the enrollments submitted to the FHSAA Office in October 2004, 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 2007-08 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 16 places are scored. In bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100 for the state champion, 90 for the state runner-up, 83 for the state semifinalists, 60 for 5-8th places, and 25 for 9-16th places. In non-bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100, 90, 85, 80, 70, 63, 56, 49, 38, 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10. Schools get a 5-point bonus for winning a district or regional championship, and points are deducted for unsporting conduct: 0.5 points for student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 1.0 for student-athlete gross unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; and approximately 3-5 additional points deducted for a school or team-based violation (e.g., bench-clearing brawl, coaches takes team off the field, etc.). 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 in their communities by local Dodge dealers during the 2008-09 school year.

Here are the top 10 teams in the overall standings, as well as girls program and boys program standings:

Overall Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Olympia (Orlando), 326.5 points.
2. Cypress Bay (Weston), 322.
3. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 287.
4. Winter Park, 275.
5. Boca Raton, 251.
6. Melbourne, 235.
7. Douglas (Parkland), 226.
8. Columbus (Miami), 212.
9. Buchholz (Gainesville), 210.
10. Park Vista (Lake Worth), 182.

CLASS 5A
1. Plant (Tampa), 509.5 points.
2. Leon (Tallahassee), 433.
3. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 420.
4. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 380.
5. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 297.
6. Newsome (Lithia), 282.
7. Chiles (Tallahassee), 244.
8. Fort Myers, 229.
9. Seminole, 212.
10. Lake Howell (Winter Park), 188.

CLASS 4A
1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 506 points.
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 437.5.
3. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 313.
4. Naples, 299.
5. Washington (Pensacola), 261.
6. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 244.5.
7. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 220.
8. Nature Coast (Brooksville), 213.
9. Gulf Breeze, 168.
10. Booker (Sarasota), 150.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 176 points.
2. Florida High (Tallahassee), 122.5.
3. (tie) Madison County (Madison), 110.
3. (tie) Pahokee, 110.
5. Newberry, 100.
6. Frostproof, 83.
7. Fort White, 60.
8. Coral Springs Charter, 50.5.
9. (tie) Chipley, 30.
9. (tie) Crescent City, 30.
9. (tie) Taylor (Pierson), 30.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 453 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 385.
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 320.
4. American Heritage (Plantation), 291.
5. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 279.
6. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 262.
7. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 256.5.
8. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 228.
9. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 214.
10. Pensacola Catholic, 160.5.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Lafayette (Mayo), 92.5 points.
2. Baker, 65.
3. Port St. Joe, 64.5.
4. Fort Meade, 63.5.
5. Blountstown, 60.
6. (tie) Marathon, 30.
6. (tie) Sneads, 30.
6. (tie) Vernon, 30.
9. (tie) Jay, 24.5.
9. (tie) Trenton, 24.5.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Community School (Naples), 280 points.
2. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 242.5.
3. Maclay (Tallahassee), 225.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 205.
5. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 202.
6. Tampa Prep, 192.
7. Palmer Trinity (Miami), 131.
8. (tie) American Heritage (Delray Beach), 128.
8. (tie) Keswick Christain (St. Petersburg), 128.
10. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 125.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 100 points.
2. Graceville, 60.
3. 13 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Bradenton Prep, 188 points.
2. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 169.5.
3. (tie) Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 110.
3. (tie) Circle Christian (Orlando), 110.
5. Trinity Christian (Lake Worth), 104.
6. Montverde, 95.
7. (tie) Merritt Island Christian, 93.
7. (tie) Redland Christian (Homestead), 93.
7. (tie) Trinity Christian (Deltona), 93.
10. Seffner Christian, 88.


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Buchholz (Gainesville), 210 points.
2. Olympia (Orlando), 182.
3. Timber Creek (Orlando), 171.
4. Cypress Bay (Weston), 145.
5. Lake Mary, 142.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 286 points.
2. Plant (Tampa), 275.
3. Leon (Tallahassee), 228.
4. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 210.
5. Lake Howell (Winter Park), 188.

CLASS 4A
1. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 258 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 255.
3. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 187.
4. Lemon Bay (Englewood), 143.
5. Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale), 136.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 108 points.
2. (tie) Chipley, 30.
2. (tie) Florida High (Tallahassee), 30.
2. (tie) Taylor (Pierson), 30.
5. Doral (Miami), 14.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 375 points.
2. Bolles (Jacksonville), 222.
3. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 219.
4. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 202.
5. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 190.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Baker, 65 points.
2. Sneads, 30.
3. Wewahitchka, 5.
4. 29 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 130 points.
2. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 125.
3. (tie) Community School (Naples), 120.
3. (tie) Oak Hall (Gainesville), 120.
5. Evangelical Christian (Fort Myers), 110.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. 16 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Bayshore Christian (Tampa), 110 points.
2. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 110.
3. (tie) Merritt Island Christian, 93.
4. (tie) Redland Christian (Homestead), 93.
5. Geneva (Winter Park), 82.


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Columbus (Miami), 212 points.
2. Cypress Bay (Weston), 177.
3. Winter Park, 170.
4. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 156.
5. Miami Palmetto, 153.5.

CLASS 5A
1. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 243 points.
2. Plant (Tampa), 234.5.
3. Leon (Tallahassee), 205.
4. Jesuit (Tampa), 161.5.
5. Chiles (Tallahassee), 144.

CLASS 4A
1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 251 points.
2. Washington (Pensacola), 231.
3. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 220.
4. Naples, 210.
5. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 179.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. (tie) Madison County (Madison), 110 points.
1. (tie) Pahokee, 110.
3. Newberry, 100.
4. Florida High (Tallahassee), 92.5.
5. Frostproof, 83.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 231 points.
2. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 163.
3. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 123.
4. American Heritage (Plantation), 111.
5. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 108.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Lafayette (Mayo), 92.5 points.
2. Port St. Joe, 64.5.
3. Fort Meade, 63.5.
4. Blountstown, 60.
5. (tie) Marathon, 30.
5. (tie) Vernon, 30.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Community School (Naples), 160 points.
2. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 142.5.
3. North Florida Christian (Tallahassee), 114.
4. (tie) American Heritage (Delray Beach), 110.
4. (tie) Tampa Prep, 110.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 100 points.
2. Graceville, 60.
3. 13 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Bradenton Prep, 188 points.
2. Circle Christian (Orlando), 110.
3. Trinity Christian (Lake Worth), 104.
4. Montverde, 95.
5. Trinity Christian (Deltona), 93.


Contact:
Robert Hernberger
Director of Media Relations, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 190
rhernberger@fhsaa.org