FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
June 24, 2009


St. Thomas Aquinas, Bolles sweep Dodge Sunshine Cup all-sports awards

GAINESVILLE – St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) and Bolles (Jacksonville) swept the top overall, boys and girls awards in their respective classifications in the final 2008-09 Dodge Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards point standings. Winter Park, Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), Port St. Joe, Maclay (Tallahassee), Graceville and Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach) also won the overall awards in their respective classifications.

Winter Park, with 864 points, holds a 248.5-point margin over the second place finisher, neighboring rival Timber Creek (Orlando), in the Class 6A overall standings. St. Thomas Aquinas totalled 1,055.5 points to take the lead in Class 5A over Plant (Tampa), which finished with 666.5 points. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach) topped Class 4A with 765.5 points, over Bishop Moore (Orlando), which finished with 675.4 points. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) leads the Class 3A public school category with 520.3 points, 236.3 points better than South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach). Bolles, with 1,310 points, is out in front of the Class 3A private schools, 417.5 points better than second-place American Heritage (Plantation). Port St. Joe, with 439.5 points, set the pace in Class 2A public schools, while second-place Fort Meade finished with 291.5 points. In Class 2A private schools, Maclay (Tallahassee), with 693 points, boasted a 115-point margin over American Heritage (Delray Beach). Graceville earned the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 248 points, 26.5 points ahead of rival FAMU (Tallahassee). Finally, Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), with 307 points, finished 34.7 points better than second-place Eagle's View (Jacksonville) 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 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 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 unsportsmanlike conduct: 0.5 points for student-athlete ejection/unsportsmanlike conduct incident; 1.0 for student-athlete gross unsportsmanlike conduct incident; 2.0 for coach ejection/unsportsmanlike 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 take 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 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. Winter Park, 864 points.
2. Timber Creek (Orlando), 615.5.
3. Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 605.5.
4. Miami Palmetto, 578.
5. Douglas (Parkland), 569.
6. Melbourne, 550.
7. Boca Raton, 540.
8. Columbus (Miami), 514.
9. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 492.
9. Oviedo, 479.5.
9. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 466.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 1055.5 points.
2. Plant (Tampa), 666.5.
3. Leon (Tallahassee), 566.
4. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 553.5.
5. Wharton (Tampa), 518.
6. Chiles (Tallahassee), 516.
7. Fort Walton Beach, 495.
8. Lake Howell (Winter Park), 479.
9. Martin County (Stuart), 451.5.
10. Niceville, 402.

CLASS 4A
1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 467.5 points.
2. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 675.4.
3. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 623.5.
4. Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches), 607.5.
5. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 531.5.
6. Naples, 517.
7. Gulf Breeze, 471.5.
8. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 438.5.
9. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 389.5.
10. Stanton (Jacksonville), 300.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 520.3 points.
2. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 284.
3. Florida High (Tallahassee), 253.
4. Keystone Heights, 188.9.
5. Marianna, 180.5.
6. Ribault (Jacksonville), 177.5.
7. Wildwood, 150.5.
8. McKeel (Lakeland), 147.
9. Williston, 141.5.
10. Parkway (Miramar), 134.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 1310 points.
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 892.5.
3. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 879.5.
4. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 823.5.
5. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 770.5.
6. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 676.
7. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 604.5.
8. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 518.5.
9. Berkeley Prep (Tampa), 476.
10. Bishop Verot (Fort Myers), 435.5.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Port St. Joe, 439.5 points.
2. Fort Meade, 291.5.
3. Cottondale, 222.
4. Bozeman (Panama City), 143.
5. Moore Haven, 138.5.
6. Baker, 135.
7. Lafayette (Mayo), 95.
8. Franklin County (Eastpoint), 92.5.
9. Sneads, 89.5.
10. Hilliard, 74.5.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 693 points.
2. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 578.
3. Community School (Naples), 550.5.
4. Tampa Prep, 451.
5. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 447.5.
6. Westminster Christian (Miami), 423.
7. (tie) Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 356.
7. (tie) First Academy (Orlando), 356.
9. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 355.
10. King's Academy (West Palm Beach), 328.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Graceville, 248 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 221.5.
3. Paxton, 87.
4. Malone, 65.
5. Bethlehem (Bonifay), 25.
6. Central (Milton), 5.
7. 11 schools tied with zero points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 307 points.
2. Eagle's View (Jacksonville), 272.3.
3. Cambridge (Tampa), 254.5.
4. Bradenton Christian, 231.
5. Trinity Christian (Deltona), 228.
6. Warner Christian (South Daytona), 209.5.
7. Lake Mary Prep, 198.5.
8. Geneva (Winter Park), 198.
9. Merritt Island Christian, 183.
10. Sarasota Christian, 177.5.


Girls Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Winter Park, 497 points.
2. Timber Creek (Orlando), 416.
3. Douglas (Parkland), 356.5.
4. Oviedo, 308.
5. Spruce Creek (Port Orange), 307.5.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 421 points.
2. Plant (Tampa), 389.
3. Lake Howell (Winter Park), 386.
4. Bartram Trail (Jacksonville), 380.
5. Leon (Tallahassee), 336.

CLASS 4A
1. Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale), 380 points.
2. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 359.
3. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 337.5.
4. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 323.5.
5. Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches), 295.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 404 points.
2. South Walton (Santa Rosa Beach), 219.
3. Keystone Heights, 125.
4. Parkway (Miramar), 110.
5. Florida High (Tallahassee), 103.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 665.5 points.
2. American Heritage (Plantation), 583.
3. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 537.5.
4. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 421.
5. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 419.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Port St. Joe, 259 points.
2. Cottondale, 157.
3. Moore Haven, 93.
4. Lafayette (Mayo), 66.
5. (tie) Fort Meade, 65.
5. (tie) Sneads, 65.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Community School (Naples), 383 points.
2. Maclay (Tallahassee), 310.
3. Northside Christian (St. Petersburg), 299.
4. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 269.5.
5. Tampa Prep, 259.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. Graceville, 158 points.
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 100.
3. Paxton, 27.
4. Bethlehem (Bonifay), 25.
5. Central (Milton), 5.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Lake Worth Christian (Boynton Beach), 303 points.
2. Merritt Island Christian, 158.
3. Cambridge (Tampa), 154.5.
4. Sarasota Christian, 141.
5. Geneva (Winter Park), 133.


Boys Standings

CLASS 6A
1. Columbus (Miami), 514 points.
2. Lake Brantley (Altamonte Springs), 453.5.
3. Winter Park, 367.
4. Melbourne, 350.
5. Boca Raton, 336.

CLASS 5A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 634.5 points.
2. Fort Walton Beach, 358.
3. Jesuit (Tampa), 313.
4. Dwyer (Palm Beach Gardens), 295.8.
5. Plant (Tampa), 277.5.

CLASS 4A
1. Nease (Ponte Vedra Beach), 444 points.
2. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 438.5.
3. Monsignor Pace (Miami), 354.5.
4. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 316.4.
5. Archbishop McCarthy (Southwest Ranches), 312.5.

CLASS 3A PUBLIC
1. Florida High (Tallahassee), 150 points.
2. Madison County (Madison), 128.
3. Jones (Orlando), 124.
4. P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), 116.3.
5. Marianna, 115.5.

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 644.5 points.
2. Gulliver Prep (Miami), 577.5.
3. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 354.5.
4. St. Andrew's (Boca Raton), 351.5.
5. American Heritage (Plantation), 309.5.

CLASS 2A PUBLIC
1. Fort Meade, 226.5 points.
2. Port St. Joe, 180.5.
3. Franklin County (Eastpoint), 92.5.
4. Bozeman (Panama City), 87.5.
5. Baker, 75.

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 383 points.
2. American Heritage (Delray Beach), 308.5.
3. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 258.
4. Tampa Prep, 192.
5. Benjamin (North Palm Beach), 185.5.

CLASS 1A PUBLIC
1. FAMU (Tallahassee), 121.5 points.
2. Graceville, 90.
3. Malone, 65.
4. Paxton, 60.
5. 13 schools tied with 0 points.

CLASS 1A PRIVATE
1. Eagle's View (Jacksonville), 162.3 points.
2. Victory Christian (Lakeland), 158.
3. Trinity Christian (Deltona), 135.
4. Upperroom Christian (Lauderhill), 133.5.
5. Circle Christian (Orlando), 119.8.


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