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Brandon, FL With only one game remaining for each team, Manatee has secured the regular season title and will represent the Central Division in the Lightning Cup at the St. Pete Times Forum on February 28th at 2 p.m. The event, hosted by the Tampa Bay Lightning and open to the public, will showcase the top high school teams from the Central and Western Divisions. Manatee will also be the top seed in the Central Division Playoffs, scheduled for March 5th and 6th in Brandon, where the top four teams will play for the Division Championship.
The Week 20 games were important ones for the pure teams battling for the top of the standings. Newsome Blue lost to Freedom, while Wharton defeated Sarasota. With only one point separating them, their last games of the season will determine if Wharton or Newsome Blue finishes the regular season as the top Pure team. Both teams have already secured a berth at the State tournament in Coral Springs, March 19-21st. The top team will play in Division I at States and the second place team will compete in Division II. Newsome Blue is the defending champion of Division II, having defeated West Boca last March for the State title.
Players with the most points in each game this week are listed below.
Tue, Feb. 9th in Brandon
Bloomingdale 4 Wiregrass 1
Bloomingdale: Jeremy White (G,A); Andrew Gagnon (G); Brendan Smith (G); Ricky Cassidy (G)
Wiregrass: Billy Burke (G); Kurt Williams (A)
Thur, Feb. 11th in Brandon
Freedom 8 Newsome Blue 4
Freedom: Shaun Dickinson (3G); Wes Moon (2G, 2A);Justin Quillen (2G, A); Spencer McNabb (G, 2A)
Newsome: Ian Seavey (G, 2A); Nick Clark (2G); Conrad Crawford (G)
Fri, Feb 12th in Ellenton
Wharton 9 Sarasota 4
Wharton: Mikey Lozicki (4G); Julian Baron-Clarke (G, 3A); Kyle Johnson (G, 2A)
Sarasota: Jeff Jubenville (2G); Ben Winter (G, A); Kyle Phillips (3A)
Manatee 7 Bloomingdale 3
Manatee: Vasilli Malliaras (3G,2A); Chase Anderson (2G, 3A); Michael Richardson (G, A)
Bloomingdale: Matt Belz (G,A); Joel Messina (G); Stephen Scrivener (G)
Current Standings Through February 13th
Standings include forfeit by Wiregrass to Manatee (game scheduled for 2/26).
Schedule for Weeks 21 and 22
Wed, Feb. 17th at 8:15 p.m. in Ellenton: Newsome Blue vs. Sarasota
Fri, Feb. 19th in Ellenton:
8:00 p.m. Manatee vs. H.B. Plant
9:15 p.m. Sarasota vs. Freedom
Sat, Feb 20th in Brandon:
4:00 p.m. Jesuit vs. Wharton
5:15 p.m. Freedom vs. Bloomingdale
6:30 p.m. Geo. Jenkins vs. Newsome White
7:45 p.m. Wiregrass vs. H. B. Plant
Wiregrass forfeits to Manatee
Jesuit vs. Sarasota game to be determined
Report compiled by Amy Kowalski
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