FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
March 24, 2009


Oviedo, St. Thomas Aquinas, Cardinal Gibbons, P.K. Yonge, Bolles, Fort Meade, Maclay, FAMU, Warner Christian lead Dodge Sunshine Cup all-sports award standings

GAINESVILLE – Oviedo, St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Bolles (Jacksonville), Fort Meade, Maclay (Tallahassee), FAMU (Tallahassee) and Warner Christian (South Daytona) lead their respective categories following winter sports competition in the 2008-09 Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards Point Standings.

Oviedo, with 475 points, holds a 20-point margin over second-place Winter Park. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) totalled 602.5 points to hold the lead in Class 5A over Plant (Tampa), which finished the winter with 403.5 points. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) tops Class 4A with 625 points over Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), which finished with 546 points. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) leads the Class 3A public school category with 373.5 points, 192.5 points better than Marianna. Bolles (Jacksonville), with 913.5 points, has a commanding lead over the Class 3A private schools, 336 points better than second-place American Heritage (Plantation). Fort Meade, with 198.5 points, sets the pace in Class 2A public schools, while second-place Cottondale finished the winter with 158 points. In Class 2A private schools, Maclay (Tallahassee), with 463 points, boasts a 32.5-point margin over Community School (Naples). FAMU (Tallahassee) kept the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 221.5 points, 66.5 points ahead of rival Graceville. Finally, Warner Christian (South Daytona), with 210 points, finished the winter with a scant one-point lead over second-place Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach) 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 2008-09 school year, the 653 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 2008-09 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, coach 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 2009-10 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. Oviedo, 475 points.
2. Winter Park, 455.
3. (tie) Boca Raton, 452.
3. (tie) Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 452.
5. Timber Creek (Orlando), 441.
6. Miami Palmetto, 414.
7. Douglas (Parkland), 412.
8. Melbourne, 409.
9. Lake Mary, 290.5.
10. Columbus (Miami), 284.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 602.5 points.
2. Plant (Tampa), 403.5.
3. Palm Harbor University, 396.
4. Lake Howell (Winter Park), 384.
5. Fort Walton Beach, 381.
6. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 379.
7. Newsome (Lithia), 353.
8. Niceville, 337.
9. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 309.5.
10. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 303.

CLASS 4A
1. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 625 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 546.
3. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 459.5.
4. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 358.
5. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 274.5.
6. Ridgeview (Orange Park), 263.5.
7. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 258.5.
8. Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale), 242.
9. Cocoa, 220.
10. Gulf Breeze, 218.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 373.5 points.
2. Marianna, 181.
3. Ribault (Jacksonville), 177.5.
4. Florida High (Tallahassee), 161.
5. Parkway (Miramar), 134.5.
6. Wildwood, 124.5.
7. Jones (Orlando), 124.
8. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 116.
9. Pahokee, 104.
10. (tie) Frostproof, 98.
10. (tie) Madison County (Madison), 98.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 913.5 points.
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 577.5.
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 569.
4. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 482.
5. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 444.5.
6. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 431.5.
7. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 417.
8. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 372.5.
9. Pensacola Catholic, 345.
10. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 331.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Fort Meade, 198.5 points.
2. Cottondale, 158.
3. Port St. Joe, 151.5.
4. Franklin County (Eastpoint), 93.
5. Lafayette (Mayo), 90.
6. Baker, 85.
7. Bozeman (Panama City), 78.
8. (tie) Sneads, 65.
8. (tie) West Gadsden (Greensboro), 65.
10. Jay, 38.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 463 points.
2. Community School (Naples), 430.5.
3. Tampa Prep, 412.
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 325.
5. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 300.5.
6. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 299.
7. First Academy (Orlando), 292.
8. Indian Rocks Christian (Largo), 253.
9. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 238.
10. St. Johns Country Day (Orange Park), 219.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 221.5 points.
2. Graceville, 155.
3. Paxton, 57.
4. 14 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 210 points.
2. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 209.
3. Bradenton Christian, 205.
4. Merritt Island Christian, 183.
5. Victory Christian (Lakeland), 163.
6. Sarasota Christian, 147.5.
7. Circle Christian (Orlando), 140.
8. Geneva (Winter Park), 133.
9. Westlake (Davie), 130.
10. Rock (Gainesville), 123.


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Timber Creek (Orlando), 346 points.
2. Oviedo, 303.
3. Douglas (Parkland), 297.5.
4. Lake Mary, 292.
5. Winter Park, 264.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 326 points.
2. Lake Howell (Winter Park), 320.
3. Chiles (Tallahassee), 260.
4. Newsome (Lithia), 252.5.
5. Satellite (Satellite Beach), 228.

CLASS 4A
1. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 380.5 points.
2. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 303.5.
3. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 299.5.
4. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 295.
5. Archbishop McCarthy (Fort Lauderdale), 175.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 265 points.
2. Parkway (Miramar), 110.
3. Ribault (Jacksonville), 93.
4. Marianna, 65.
5. Keystone Heights, 60.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 478 points.
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 441.
3. American Heritage (Plantation), 368.
4. St. Andrew's (Jacksonville), 272.
5. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 192.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Cottondale, 93 points.
2. (tie) Fort Meade, 65.
2. (tie) Sneads, 65.
4. Port St. Joe, 64.
5. Lafayette (Mayo), 61.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Community School (Naples), 293 points.
2. Tampa Prep, 254.
3. Maclay (Tallahassee), 248.
4. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 243.
5. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 213.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 100 points.
2. Graceville, 65.
3. Paxton, 27.
4. 16 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 210 points.
2. Merritt Island Christian, 158.
3. Geneva (Winter Park), 133.
4. Bradenton Christian, 118.
5. Sarasota Christian, 111.


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Columbus (Miami), 284 points.
2. Boca Raton, 277.
3. Olympia (Orlando), 248.
4. Miami Palmetto, 219.
5. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 216.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 276.5 points.
2. Fort Walton Beach, 244.
3. Palm Harbor University, 225.
4. Seabreeze (Daytona Beach), 214.5.
5. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens), 203.8.

CLASS 4A
1. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 258.5 points.
2. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 246.5.
3. (tie) Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 244.5.
3. (tie) Monsignor Pace (Miami), 244.5.
5. Cocoa, 220.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Florida High (Tallahassee), 126 points.
2. Jones (Orlando), 124.
3. Marianna, 116.
4. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 108.5.
5. Pahokee, 104.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 435.5 points.
2. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 326.
3. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 277.5.
4. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 257.5.
5. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 225.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Fort Meade, 133.5 points.
2. Franklin County (Eastpoint), 93.
3. Port St. Joe, 87.5.
4. (tie) Cottondale, 65.
4. (tie) West Gadsden (Greensboro), 65.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 215 points.
2. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 201.
3. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 195.
4. (tie) Tampa Prep, 158.
4. (tie) Orangewood Christian (Maitland), 158.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 121.5 points.
2. Graceville, 90.
3. Paxton, 30.
4. 14 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Victory Christian (Lakeland), 158 points.
2. Circle Christian (Orlando), 115.
3. Orlando Christian Prep, 110.
4. (tie) Warner Christian (South Daytona), 100.
4. (tie) Grandview Prep (Boca Raton), 100.


Contact:
Laurel Ring
Director of Special Programs, FHSAA
(352) 372-9551 ext. 350
lring@fhsaa.org