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PK Yonge Girls Soccer – 2018

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January 8, 2018

Date: Mon 01/08/2018, 7-8 p.m.
Title: “The Prep Zone”

Event Details: Join Mike Ridaught and Marty Pallman as they talk high school sports from Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville. Guests for this episode include P.K. Yonge girls’ soccer coach Rebecca Shackow and members of the unbeaten Lady Blue Wave (11-0). The show will also air on 92.1 FM & 1230 AM in Gainesville, as well as 100.1 FM & 900 AM in Ocala.

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The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week – Jimmy Johnson (Eastside)

Mike Ridaught

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January 8, 2018

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The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week for the week of December 25 is JIMMY JOHNSON* of the Eastside (Gainesville) boys’ basketball team.

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*Johnson helped lead the Rams to a third-place finish at the Hitchcock’s Challenge in Alachua. The senior guard scored in double figures in every game as Eastside went 3-1 in the tournament. He scored 16 points on 6-of-7 shooting, including 3-of-3 behind the arc, in a 70-36 win against Columbia (Lake City) in the 3rd-place game.

Nominate an Athlete of the Week each week no later than Sunday at 6 p.m. Email your nominations to mike@ThePrepZone.com

Previous 2017-18 winners:

Dec. 18 – Christian Miller-Cardwell (Gainesville boys’ basketball)
Miller-Cardwell led Gainesville to the Kiwanis Christmas Tournament title at Bradford High School (Starke), Dec. 21-23, by scoring 70 points in three games. The tournament MVP led the Hurricanes (8-2) with 22 points in a 75-55 win against host Bradford in the championship game. He scored a game-high 26 points in a 69-58 win against 8A No. 2 Creekside (St. Johns). The senior also scored a game-high 22 points in a 62-44 win against Madison County.

Dec. 11 – Sierra Millinor (Eastside girls’ soccer)
Millinor helped lead the Lady Rams to a pair of Class 3A-District 5 wins. The junior forward scored five goals in a 7-3 win against Crystal River. Two days later against Vanguard (Ocala), she scored three goals and assisted on another in a 5-1 win.

Dec. 4 – Lee Ducharme (P.K. Yonge girls’ soccer)
The senior forward scored seven goals, giving her 300 on her career, as the Blue Wave remained undefeated with a dominating 8-1 win at Santa Fe (Alachua). The win snapped a 5-game losing streak to the Lady Raiders. Two days later, the West Florida commit scored five goals in an 8-0 win against Interlachen. The 12 goals gave Ducharme 32 goals in eight games.

Nov. 27 – Anthony Allen (Newberry boys’ soccer)
Allen helped the Panthers bounce back from its first defeat of the season, a 6-0 loss at Crescent City on Monday, by scoring five goals in their next two games to lead Newberry to a 2-1 week. The senior scored both of his team’s goals in a 2-0 win at Interlachen on Thursday, followed by the first hat trick of his career in a 5-0 win at Oak Hall on Friday. He also added an assist in the win against the Eagles.

Nov. 20 – No award due to Thanksgiving holiday

Nov. 13 – Zion Barber (Bradford football)
The senior helped lead the Tornadoes to their first state semifinal appearance since 2004 with a 24-14 win against Dunnellon in the Class 4A Region 2 Final. Barber had a rushing touchdown on a 4th-and-goal, threw two TD passes, kicked three extra points and made a 20-yard field goal as Bradford (10-1) won its 10th straight game.

Nov. 6 – Isabel Ivey (Buchholz girls’ swimming)
Ivey helped lead Buchholz to its third straight state title. She set a state record in the 100 breast stroke (1:00.99), and she beat Stanford commit Morgan Tankersley of Plant (Tampa) to win the 200 freestyle (1:44.68), in winning two individual state titles. The junior was also a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team which set a school record, and a state record, with a time of 1:31.66, less than a second from the national mark, and she helped lead the Lady Bobcats to a state record in the 400-freestyle relay.

Oct. 30 – Austin Montini (Oak Hall boys’ cross country)
The freshman helped lead the Eagles to a third-place finish at the high school cross country regional championships. Montini finished third with a time of 16:48.86 to lead the Eagles to a third-place finish. The Oak Hall boys were ranked sixth but finished third.

Oct. 23 – Brandis Smith (St. Francis Catholic Academy volleyball)
Smith helped lead the Wolves (8-9) to an upset of previously unbeaten North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) in the FHSAA Class 3A Regional Semifinals. The senior had 50 kills, 7 blocks, and 12 digs for the defending state champions. St. Francis Catholic Academy d. North Florida Christian 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-14.

Oct. 16 – Heather Pedrick (Santa Fe volleyball)
The junior setter helped lead the top-seeded Lady Raiders to the Class 6A-District 6 title. Pedrick had 14 kills, eight digs, 14 assists and six service points to lead the Raiders to a sweep of North Marion (Citra) in the district semifinals. In the championship against No. 2 seed Belleview, she led the way with 17 kills, 20 digs and five blocks as Santa Fe swept the Rattlers.

Oct. 9 – Amelia Williams (Buchholz girls’ golf)
Williams helped the Lady Bobcats capture their fifth straight Jill Darr Invitational title. The sophomore was the low medalist with a 3-under 69. She had a bogey-free round. The Jill Darr Invitational, named after the late Jill Darr Rowell, represents the Alachua County championship.

Oct. 2 – Charles Strong (Union County football)
The FSU commit rushed for 262 yards and scored three touchdowns as Union County (6-1) defeated previously unbeaten Hawthorne, 31-25, in overtime. Strong, who has 1,139 yards and 13 TDs on the season, scored the game-winner from 10 yards out in OT. He also had a 23-yard scoring run and a 12-yard TD run.

Sept. 25 – Demari Turner (St. Francis Catholic football)
Turner came up with the big plays, catching four passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns, to help lead the Wolves to a 36-0 win against rival Oak Hall and snap the Eagles’ two-game win streak in the series. The senior wide receiver had scoring catches of 63 and 89 yards as St. Francis Catholic knocked off the previously-unbeaten Eagles and snapped their overall winning streak at 13 games. He also had a 2-point conversion and helped the defense pitch its first shutout of the season.

Sept. 18 – Anthony Richardson (Eastside football)
The sophomore quarterback led the Rams to a 2-0 week, which is twice as many wins as Eastside had (1) all season in 2016. Richardson had 646 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing and passing. In the Rams’ 33-28 home win over Newberry on Monday, he accounted for all five of their touchdowns, finishing with 348 yards and two scores through the air and 65 yards and three scores on the ground. On Friday, at Lake Weir (Ocala), Richardson ran for 102 yards on 11 carries with two TDs, and 131 yards passing with three scores.

Sept. 11 – No award due to Hurricane Irma

Sept. 4 – Gerard Williams III (Williston football)
Williams set a school record with 307 yards on 27 carries, with three touchdowns, in the Red Devils’ 28-14 win at Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto). During Williston’s first five possessions, the senior had 13 carries for 115 yards. However, on Williston’s final three drives, he had 192 yards on 14 carries, with 2 TDs.

Sonic Drive-In Player-of-the-Game (Jan. 5) – Trent Whittemore (Buchholz)

Mike Ridaught

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January 6, 2018

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Our Sonic Drive-In Player-of-the-Game for Friday, Jan. 5, is Trent Whittemore of the Buchholz (Gainesville) boys basketball team.

Buchholz came up short 70-68 in overtime at rival Gainesville, but Whittemore shined despite the Bobcats’ loss.

In front of a standing-room only crowd the at the Purple Palace, the junior scored 22 of his 32 points in the second half and overtime. Whittemore scored seven of the Bobcats’ 10 points in the overtime period and was a perfect 3-for-3 from the free throw line and was 11-of-16 from the charity stripe for the game. Trent Whittemore_Buchholz BKB POG

Only five Buchholz players scored in the game, with Whittemore scoring almost half of the Bobcats points. Gunnar Munn added 16 and Brooks Walton 15. Whittemore also hit a three pointer as Buchholz knocked down eight shots behind the arc in the game.

Gainesville led 22-19 at halftime but the game really picked up in the third quarter as the Purple Hurricanes outscored the Bobcats 24-23 to extend their lead to 46-42 going into the fourth quarter. In the wild third quarter both teams hit four three pointers, with Whittemore hitting his only three pointer of the game in the third period.

Buchholz outscored Gainesville 16-12 in the fourth quarter to tie the game at 58-58 and send it to overtime, but just came up two points short against the Purple Hurricanes (11-4) in the extra frame.

Buchholz is now 5-8 and returns to action Tuesday at Fleming Island (Orange Park) in a District 4-8A contest. GHS will travel to Bradford (Starke) on Tuesday.

Every game The Prep Zone will recognize a Player-of-the-Game. The recipient receives a $10 gift card & certificate courtesy of Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville & Ocala.

The Villages rallies past Trinity Catholic in overtime thriller

Mike Ridaught

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January 5, 2018

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Junior guard Trey MannThe Villages — Junior guard Trey Mann
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OCALA – The first district meeting of the season between The Villages and host Trinity Catholic lived up to the billing.

A near capacity crowd provided a playoff-type atmosphere at Trinity Catholic for a Class 5A-District 5 showdown. It was a see-saw affair that had the defending 5A state semifinalists from The Villages up by seven early but down by 12 in the second half.

So, with the game on the line, The Villages turned to its star junior guard.

Trey Mann, who holds offers from Florida, USC, Alabama and FSU, among others, scored 15 of his game-high 29 points in the fourth quarter and overtime, while playing with four fouls, and the Buffalo (11-2, 4-0) survived on the road with an 83-76 win.

Junior Adrian McCray made one of two free throws with 0.2 seconds left to tie the game at 66-66 and send the game into overtime.

Mann had eight in the overtime period, while junior Ezekiel Williamsonbey scored six to help the Buffalo stay unbeaten in league play. Williamsonbey finished with 20 points off the bench, although he did get the start in the second half.

The Villages struggled from the free throw line in regulation, making just 11-of-23 attempts. However, the Buffalo made 7-of-8 in the extra period to seal it.

Junior Byron Smith, a transfer from P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), fouled out with 10 seconds left in regulation with 18 points, but he was also instrumental in leading the Buffalo to the come-from-behind victory, including a three-pointer and a big and-one in the fourth quarter.

Junior Dominic Pugh finished with 19 points for the Celtics (10-4, 2-1), who had their four game winning streak snapped. He was one of four players in double figures for Trinity Catholic. Junior Montez Leath, who is first cousins with Mann and transferred from the Villages this season, was next with 18, followed by freshman Ike Gainey (16) and senior Devin Mayo (10).

Trinity Catholic will host South Sumter (Bushnell) on Tuesday night, while The Villages will have a week off before hosting South Sumter next Friday.

The Villages will host Trinity Catholic on Jan. 24 in what could be the second of four meetings this season between the Buffalo and the Celtics.

Boys Basketball Broadcast DH kicks off our 2018 coverage in January

Mike Ridaught

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January 5, 2018

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Happy New Year!

We ended 2017 with a bang, finishing the year with 28 boys basketball broadcasts over a 10-day period.

We provided free audio during the Kiwanis Christmas Tournament at Bradford High School (Starke), Dec. 21-23, and video via the NFHS Network for the 44th annual Kingdom of the Sun at Vanguard High School (Ocala).

Gainesville High won the tournament at Bradford, while Vanguard played for the Kingdom championship for the first time since 1993. Gainesville and Vanguard are 7A-District 4 rivals.

We’ll be seeing both again in 2018, as well as most teams in Alachua and Marion County, as part of our regular season broadcast schedule, including our first radio game of the new year when GHS hosts city rival Buchholz on Friday, Jan. 5. The game will be broadcast on 92.1 FM & 1230 AM in Gainesville, as well as 100.1 FM & 900 AM in Ocala.

It’s a broadcast double-header as another crew heads south to Ocala where Trinity Catholic hosts The Villages for a key Class 5A-District 5 game. The visiting Buffalo, who were in the state semifinals last year, are led by one of the top juniors in the state in Trey Mann. The game will be video streamed via the NFHS Network.

Here is our broadcast schedule for January:

Jan. 5 – Buchholz at GHS Boys BKB, 7 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 5 – The Villages at Trinity Catholic (Ocala) Boys BKB, 6:45 p.m. (video)^
Jan. 8 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 9 – Arlington Country Day (Jacksonville) at The Rock (Gainesville) Boys BKB, 6:45 p.m. (Video)
Jan. 10 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Ocala, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 11 – Potter’s House Christian (Jacksonville) at The Rock (Gainesville) Boys BKB, 6:45 p.m. (Video)
Jan. 12 – P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) at Gainesville Boys BKB, 7 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 13 – Hawthorne at Eastside (Gainesville), 7 p.m. (video)^
Jan. 15 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 16 – Columbia (Lake City) at St. Francis Catholic (Gainesville) Boys BKB, 7:15 p.m. (video)^
Jan. 17 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Ocala, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 19 – Gainesville at Eastside (Gainesville) at Santa Fe College, 7 p.m. (Radio) (video)^
Jan. 22 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 24 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Ocala, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 25 – Santa Fe (Alachua) at Eastside (Gainesville) Boys BKB, 7 p.m. (Radio) (video)^
Jan. 27 – P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) at Eastside (Gainesville) Boys BKB, 7:15 p.m. (video)^
Jan. 29 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Gainesville, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)
Jan. 30 – Williston at Eastside (Gainesville) Boys BKB, 7:15 p.m. (video)^
Jan. 31 – “The Prep Zone” show at Sonic Drive-In of Ocala, 7-8 p.m. (Radio)

^paid subscription via NFHS Network
Radio – 92.1 FM & 1230 AM Gainesville and 100.1 FM & 900 AM Ocala

Dante Anderson Memorial Invitational (Jan. 5-6)

Mike Ridaught

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January 4, 2018

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Photo credit: Gainesville Sun — Photo credit:
Gainesville Sun

The 11th annual Dante Anderson Memorial Invitational will feature girls & boys basketball teams from South Florida, Central Florida, and North Central Florida that will be competing in the memorial.

The tournament pays homage to one of the greatest basketball players of all-time in the Gainesville area, Dante Anderson of Eastside, who was tragically killed in a car accident in May of 2007. Anderson led the Rams to their only boys’ basketball state title in school history that same year.

Friday, January 5 (GIRLS)
Dr. Phillips (Orlando) vs. Eastside (Gainesville)
Jones (Orlando) 52, Gainesville High School 47

Saturday, January 6 (BOYS)
Lyman (Longwood) vs. Williston
P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) 63, Orlando Saints Academy 44
Hawthorne 67, Inspire Prep Academy (Orlando) 47
Leesburg 40, Dillard (Ft. Lauderdale) 38
Auburndale 62, Eastside (Gainesville) 47

The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week – Christian Miller-Cardwell (Gainesville)

Mike Ridaught

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January 4, 2018

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The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week for the week of December 18 is CHRISTIAN MILLER-CARDWELL* of the Gainesville boys’ basketball team.

Tournament MVP Christian-Miller Cardwell — Tournament MVP
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*Miller-Cardwell led Gainesville to the Kiwanis Christmas Tournament title at Bradford High School (Starke), Dec. 21-23, by scoring 70 points in three games. The tournament MVP led the Hurricanes (8-2) with 22 points in a 75-55 win against host Bradford in the championship game. He scored a game-high 26 points in a 69-58 win against 8A No. 2 Creekside (St. Johns). The senior also scored a game-high 22 points in a 62-44 win against Madison County.

Nominate an Athlete of the Week each week no later than Sunday at 6 p.m. Email your nominations to mike@ThePrepZone.com

Previous 2017-18 winners:

Dec. 11 – Sierra Millinor (Eastside girls’ soccer)
Millinor helped lead the Lady Rams to a pair of Class 3A-District 5 wins. The junior forward scored five goals in a 7-3 win against Crystal River. Two days later against Vanguard (Ocala), she scored three goals and assisted on another in a 5-1 win.

Dec. 4 – Lee Ducharme (P.K. Yonge girls’ soccer)
The senior forward scored seven goals, giving her 300 on her career, as the Blue Wave remained undefeated with a dominating 8-1 win at Santa Fe (Alachua). The win snapped a 5-game losing streak to the Lady Raiders. Two days later, the West Florida commit scored five goals in an 8-0 win against Interlachen. The 12 goals gave Ducharme 32 goals in eight games.

Nov. 27 – Anthony Allen (Newberry boys’ soccer)
Allen helped the Panthers bounce back from its first defeat of the season, a 6-0 loss at Crescent City on Monday, by scoring five goals in their next two games to lead Newberry to a 2-1 week. The senior scored both of his team’s goals in a 2-0 win at Interlachen on Thursday, followed by the first hat trick of his career in a 5-0 win at Oak Hall on Friday. He also added an assist in the win against the Eagles.

Nov. 20 – No award due to Thanksgiving holiday

Nov. 13 – Zion Barber (Bradford football)
The senior helped lead the Tornadoes to their first state semifinal appearance since 2004 with a 24-14 win against Dunnellon in the Class 4A Region 2 Final. Barber had a rushing touchdown on a 4th-and-goal, threw two TD passes, kicked three extra points and made a 20-yard field goal as Bradford (10-1) won its 10th straight game.

Nov. 6 – Isabel Ivey (Buchholz girls’ swimming)
Ivey helped lead Buchholz to its third straight state title. She set a state record in the 100 breast stroke (1:00.99), and she beat Stanford commit Morgan Tankersley of Plant (Tampa) to win the 200 freestyle (1:44.68), in winning two individual state titles. The junior was also a part of the 200-yard freestyle relay team which set a school record, and a state record, with a time of 1:31.66, less than a second from the national mark, and she helped lead the Lady Bobcats to a state record in the 400 freestyle relay.

Oct. 30 – Austin Montini (Oak Hall boys’ cross country)
The freshman helped lead the Eagles to a third-place finish at the high school cross country regional championships. Montini finished third with a time of 16:48.86 to lead the Eagles to a third-place finish. The Oak Hall boys were ranked sixth but finished third.

Oct. 23 – Brandis Smith (St. Francis Catholic Academy volleyball)
Smith helped lead the Wolves (8-9) to an upset of previously unbeaten North Florida Christian (Tallahassee) in the FHSAA Class 3A Regional Semifinals. The senior had 50 kills, 7 blocks, and 12 digs for the defending state champions. St. Francis Catholic Academy d. North Florida Christian 20-25, 25-21, 25-23, 25-14.

Oct. 16 – Heather Pedrick (Santa Fe volleyball)
The junior setter helped lead the top-seeded Lady Raiders to the Class 6A-District 6 title. Pedrick had 14 kills, eight digs, 14 assists and six service points to lead the Raiders to a sweep of North Marion (Citra) in the district semifinals. In the championship against No. 2 seed Belleview, she led the way with 17 kills, 20 digs and five blocks as Santa Fe swept the Rattlers.

Oct. 9 – Amelia Williams (Buchholz girls’ golf)
Williams helped the Lady Bobcats capture their fifth straight Jill Darr Invitational title. The sophomore was the low medalist with a 3-under 69. She had a bogey-free round. The Jill Darr Invitational, named after the late Jill Darr Rowell, represents the Alachua County championship.

Oct. 2 – Charles Strong (Union County football)
The FSU commit rushed for 262 yards and scored three touchdowns as Union County (6-1) defeated previously unbeaten Hawthorne, 31-25, in overtime. Strong, who has 1,139 yards and 13 TDs on the season, scored the game-winner from 10 yards out in OT. He also had a 23-yard scoring run and a 12-yard TD run.

Sept. 25 – Demari Turner (St. Francis Catholic football)
Turner came up with the big plays, catching four passes for 168 yards and two touchdowns, to help lead the Wolves to a 36-0 win against rival Oak Hall and snap the Eagles’ two-game win streak in the series. The senior wide receiver had scoring catches of 63 and 89 yards as St. Francis Catholic knocked off the previously-unbeaten Eagles and snapped their overall winning streak at 13 games. He also had a 2-point conversion and helped the defense pitch its first shutout of the season.

Sept. 18 – Anthony Richardson (Eastside football)
The sophomore quarterback led the Rams to a 2-0 week, which is twice as many wins as Eastside had (1) all season in 2016. Richardson had 646 yards and 10 touchdowns rushing and passing. In the Rams’ 33-28 home win over Newberry on Monday, he accounted for all five of their touchdowns, finishing with 348 yards and two scores through the air and 65 yards and three scores on the ground. On Friday, at Lake Weir (Ocala), Richardson ran for 102 yards on 11 carries with two TDs, and 131 yards passing with three scores.

Sept. 11 – No award due to Hurricane Irma

Sept. 4 – Gerard Williams III (Williston football)
Williams set a school record with 307 yards on 27 carries, with three touchdowns, in the Red Devils’ 28-14 win at Seven Rivers Christian (Lecanto). During Williston’s first five possessions, the senior had 13 carries for 115 yards. However, on Williston’s final three drives, he had 192 yards on 14 carries, with 2 TDs.

Buchholz at Gainesville – Boys Basketball 2018

Mike Stanton

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January 4, 2018

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Buchholz at Gainesville – Boys Basketball 2018

Friday, 7 p.m. – Boys High School Basketball
Buchholz (Gainesville) at Gainesville
RADIO: 92.1 FM & 1230 AM in Gainesville and 100.1 FM & 900 AM in Ocala

Join Marty Pallman (Play-by-play) and Tyler TenBieg (Color) for this city showdown from the Purple Palace.

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The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week – Sierra Millinor (Eastside)

Mike Ridaught

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January 4, 2018

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The Trophy Shop Athlete of the Week for the week of December 11 is SIERRA MILLINOR* of the Eastside (Gainesville) girls’ soccer team.

*Millinor helped lead the Lady Rams to a pair of Class 3A-District 5 wins. The junior forward scored five goals in a 7-3 win against Crystal River. Two days later against Vanguard (Ocala), she scored three goals and assisted on another in a 5-1 win.