L.E.A.D. Academy’s girls and boys basketball teams played for District 1-1A titles Friday night in Tallahassee.
The girls claimed a championship in convincing fashion, crushing North Florida Christian 57-10. The boys are a district runner-up after a 73-57 loss to FAMU DRS.
Central’s girls basketball team was young this season, with no juniors and seniors on the roster.
That made things challenging at times, but through it all, head coach Stephani Perritt saw growth out of her team.
Central’s boys basketball team left it all on the floor against Baker Thursday night in a Rural District 1 semifinal.
And head coach Wes Mathews couldn’t be prouder of his team for the effort the Jaguars gave in a 55-52 overtime loss to the Gators.
Jay’s boys basketball team wrapped up its season last Thursday night with a 46-29 loss to Paxton in the Rural District 1 tournament.
The Royals finish the year with a 9-14 record. Despite the challenges, effort was never an issue for Jay, which had only three seniors on the roster.
Huntingdon head football coach Mike Turk is set to receive the Starr-Sullivan Achievement Award at the Alabama Sports Hall of Fame induction banquet in May.
At halftime of Milton’s girls basketball game against Gulf Breeze in a District 1-6A quarterfinal, the score was knotted at 18-18.
The second half proved to be a different story for the Panthers, who opened the third quarter on an 11-0 run and went on to win 43-27 Monday night.
It’s almost time for the girls weightlifting state meets. The 3A schools compete are set to compete Feb. 11 while the 1A schools will compete Feb. 13.
Both competitions are at the RP Funding Center in Lakeland and will begin at 10 a.m. EST.
District championships in basketball will be on the line this week as area teams head into their respective tournaments.
Teams get rolling on Monday. Semifinals are Wednesday and championship games are Friday.
Central and Jay both had lifters place in the top six at the Region 1-1A girls weightlfting meet on Friday at North Bay Haven.
The Jaguars headlined their day with a pair of runner-up finishes in Kelsey Campbell (101) and Natalie Blair (154) while Emily Brown (129) had the top finish for the Royals, placing third in Olympic.
