- April 19, 2024
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Flagler Palm Coast Lady Bulldogs basketball team needed five additional minutes Wednesday night to avenge a loss earlier this season to Pedro Menendez.
FPC beat Pedro, 69-61, in overtime to improve to 15-6.
Senior Diajah Davis scored a school-record 43 points Wednesday night. Davis is averaging 21 points, 12 rebounds and five steals per game this season.
FPC plays Sandalwood Friday night. With a win, FPC will be tied for first place in the district with three games remaining. FPC also plays Jan. 24, against Atlantic, and Jan. 27, against DeLand. Both are 5-Star Conference games.
Lady Bulldogs headed to district championship
In girls soccer, the Flagler Palm Coast Lady Bulldogs defeated DeLand, 8-0, in the semifinals of the District 5-2A tournament.
Senior Miranda Campbell and sophomore Christen Barney each scored three goals.
FPC plays Spruce Creek 7 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at home for the district championship.
Lady Pirates fall to Creekside in district semifinals
Matanzas lost to Creekside, 4-1, Wednesday night in the semifinals of the District 4-3A tournament.
Creekside took a 2-0 lead during the first 10 minutes of the game.
Matanzas sophomore Gabbi Paiz scored on a penalty kick to cut the lead 2-1, but Creekside netted a goal minutes before halftime to take a 3-1 lead.
For the second half, Matanzas coach Tony Benvenuto switched the formation to a 4-3-3 to provide more attack.
“I wanted to see if we could score more goals, but we came up on the short end of it,” Benvenuto said after the game.
Creekside scored on a penalty kick late in the game to seal the win.
“I was hoping that as a team we could accomplish our goal of being .500 or better, and unforuatnely we didn’t achieve that,” Benvenuto said.
The Lady Pirates (10-11-1) will lose a handful of seniors, Benvenuto added.
“But we do have some young kids coming in who can hopefully replace some of the losses we will have this year,” he said.
Matanzas wrestling improves to 14-6
The Matanzas High School wrestling team defeated Orange Park, 54-16, Wednesday night. The Pirates are 14-6 this season.
Individual results from Wednesday night are as follows:
106 pounds: Germaine (Orange Park) pinned Bleakley (Matanzas) 3:41
113: White (Matanzas) decision Fields (Orange Park) 14-9
120: Tucker (Matanzas) won by forfeit
126: Swire (Matanzas) decision Davis (Orange Park) 11-7
132: Nieves (Matanzas) decision Harris (Orange Park) 4-3
138: Thompson (Orange Park) pinned Magnuson (Matanzas) 4:43
145: Mason (Matanzas) won by forfeit
152: Bower (Matanzas) pinned Rogers (Orange Park) 1:38
160: Abdel (Orange Park) decision Sachez (Matanzas) 11-3
170: Haines (Matanzas) decision Inrvine (Orange Park) 12-10 (overtime)
182: Pronesto (Matanzas) won by forfeit
195: Cowles (Matanzas) pinned Evers (Orange Park) 1:14
220: Mendez (Matanzas) pinned Tejada (Orange Park) 1:55
285: Mosley (Matanzas) pinned Tejada (Orange Park) 1:08
Matanzas will wrap up their regular season next week, at Ridgeview. Then, the Pirates will host the St. Johns River Conference Championships Jan. 30 and travel to the District 5-1A championships Feb. 6.
Matanzas boys soccer game rescheduled
The Matanzas boys soccer game against Warner Christian scheduled for Thursday night has been cancelled.
The game has been moved to 6 p.m. Friday, Jan. 20, at Matanzas. This is the final regular-season game for the Pirates before the district tournament begins next week. Matanzas will be No. 7 seed in next week’s tournament, and will play No. 2-seeded Ponte Vedra 6 p.m. Monday, Jan. 23, at Ponte Vedra.
Phantom Phenoms take third place
The Phantom Flag tournament team, the Phantom Phenoms, of Palm Coast, took third place in the USFTL National Championships, Jan. 14-15, in Kissimmee.
There were five teams in the U11 age division, including teams from Miami and Washington D.C. The Phantoms went 2-1, but lost in the semifinals of the single-elimination tournament.
Phantom Flag is having a free football and cheer clinic from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Jan. 21, at Belle Terre Park, behind Wadsworth Elementary School. Spring season registration is open until Feb. 4.
Matanzas girls hoops at 7-14
The Matanzas girls basketball team is 7-14 this season, which is a school record for single-season wins.
The Lady Pirates play Ponte Vedra 6:30 p.m. Friday, at home for senior night. The Lady Pirates wrap up the regular season next week against Middleburg, Deltona and Wildwood.
FC United girls win at Ormond Invitational
Two FC United of Florida girls soccer team on the Ormond Invitational Jan. 14-15, at the Ormond Beach Soccer Complex.
The U12 girls went undefeated in four games and tallied three shutouts.
The U13 team also won, going undefeated in the U14 age division. The team, coached by FPC girls coach Pete Hald, includes players from Flagler and St. Johns counties.
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