5/14
Track and Field
The boys and girls track teams competed in the state championship on Friday and Saturday, May 4th and 5th, at the University of North Florida in Jacksonville. Student/athletes had to place in the top 8 to receive a medal and stand on the awards podium.
Your top 8 finishers are:
Saypadia Desaussure– 6th place, 100m
Yirmyah– 5th place, Triple Jump
Jayla Brinkley, Kalaila Smith, Sydney Fowler, Astoria Becket– 8th place, Girls 4 x 400 relay
Marcus Banks-Guy, Yirmyah, Jaden Martin, Saypadia Desaussure– 7th place, Boys 4 x 100 relay
Season best performances:
Ricara Lewis– Finishing 13th out of 24 in the shot put (entered the meet as the 24th seed)
Astoria Beckett, Sydney Fowler, Rhyan Stelljes, Ariana Jimenez– Girls 4×800 relay -Shaved 9 seconds off of their best time this year finishing 11th out of 24 (entered the meet as the 18th seed)
Jayla Brinkley, Kalaila Smith, Aniya Bridges, Kayla McKenzie– Girls 4×100 relay- Finished 11th (entered the meet as the 18th seed)
Marcus Banks-Guy, Jevon Clarke, Meshar Rogers-Prince, Yirmyah– Boys 4×400 relay- Finished 10th overall (entered the meet as the 13th seed)
4/23
FLAG FOOTBALL
Apopka will host the district Flag Football tournament tomorrow and Wednesday. AHS takes on Wekiva at 6PM. We have an outstanding group of young women who have worked very hard this season and have represented AHS well. We would love to have your support.
4/23
TRACK AND FIELD
The boys and girls track teams competed in the district championship on Tuesday at Windermere HS. The boys were victorious and the girls placed fourth. Listed below are the event winners and regional championship qualifiers.
Astoria Beckett- 1st- 800m
Sydney Fowler- 4th- 800m
Ariana Jimenez- 3rd- 1600m; 3rd- 3200m
Jayla Brinkley- 3rd- 100m hurdles; 4th- 300m hurdles
Kayla McKenzie, Aniya Bridges, Kalaila Smith, Jayla Brinkley- 3rd- 4 x 100m relay
Rhyan Stelljes, Sydney Fowler, Astoria Beckett, Ariana Jimenez- 3rd- 4 x 800m relay
Ricara Lewis- 3rd- Discus
Cornelius Williams- 1st- 100m; 2nd- 200m
Saypadia Desaussure- 4th- 100m
Marcus Banks-Guy- 2nd- 400m
Meshar Rogers-Prince- 4th- 400m
Rudy Gatling- 1st- 800m
Jevon Clarke- 4th- 800m
Yirmyah- 1st- 300m hurdles; 1st- Triple Jump
Isaiah Sutton, Yirmyah, Jaden Martin, Cornelius Williams- 1st- 4 x 100 relay
Marcus Banks-Guy, Rudy Gatling, Meshar Rogers-Prince, Yirmyah- 1st- 4 x 400m relay
Rudy Gatling, Jevon Clarke, Aaron Bracy, Jackson Davis- 3rd- 4 x 800 relay
Marshauri Murray- 4th- Long Jump; 4th- High Jump
4/23
SOFTBALL
AHS plays Tuesday (weather permitting) against the winner on Monday nights play-in game between Olympia and Wekiva. These girls have been very impressive all year. They are currently ranked #4 in Class 9A in Florida, they are the #1 seed in the District Tournament, Metro Conference champions and have a 20-5 record while playing undoubtedly the toughest schedule in the State. The 5 losses were either in extra innings or by a single run. Of the 25 games we have played, 15 of those were against teams currently in the states top ten.
3/2/18
ARCHERY
Last Monday, AHS Archery faced the brave East River Falcons and dispatched them handily, revenging an earlier loss.
On Wednesday, we defeated Windermere Preparatory School 5-1 to advance to 3-4 heading into regionals.
This Saturday, our students traveled to Lake Mary Preparatory School. They shot like English bowmen of old, managing to claim between them the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 6th, 8th, and 9th positions. The elimination rounds were less successful, but still a fantastic showing, with our best female archer claiming 2nd, losing a hard-fought final match. Our first team lost a torturous high stakes match in the semifinals to fall into the bronze medal match, but there prevailed and claimed the medal.
In the end, we finished 2nd overall, having shown massive improvement over the span of just two weeks. Congratulations are in order for each of our archers, listed in order of their accomplishments:
Caitlin Misurale: 1st place ranking rounds, 2nd place elimination rounds
Ryan Avery: 3rd place ranking rounds, 3rd place team elimination rounds
McKay Saunders: 6th place ranking rounds, 3rd place team
Max Anderson: 3rd place team
Bruce Hicks: 5th place ranking rounds
Bailey Kraft: 8th place ranking rounds
Hailey Shaw: 9th place ranking rounds
Jordyn Wilcox
Zach VanderLaan
Carlos Rivera
We look forward to State on April 21st !
3/2/18
3/2/18
WRESTLING
The Varsity Wrestling team captured the Metro West conference championship.
Please congratulate the following students, who were individual conference champions:
Thanks Alcius – most outstanding wrestler.
Ben Belizaire
Dwight Parker
Roody Edouard
Keyshon Talley
Kendrick Koller
Matthew Sims
Michael Handy
1/26/18
GIRLS WEIGHTLIFTING
Special Congratulations to our Girls Weightlifting team for a strong season finish. Although they suffered some close losses during the regular season, they kept working hard. When tournament and the state playoffs rolled around, it all paid off.
The Lady Darters finished 3rd in our Metro Conference Tournament having 10 scoring placers.
Two 6th placers: Tela Banks-Guy(119) & Kayla McKenzie(154)
Two 5th placers: Kay Massey(129) & Ricara Lewis(UNL)
Three 4th placers: Grace Browne(101), Aniya Bridges(139) & Zaniah Ligon(169),
Placing 3rd: India Griffin(110)
Placing 2nd: Karis Buggs(154)
Harmony Cullen was the Metro Champion in the 110 weight class.
In January, the State playoffs arrived. In the first round, Our Lady Darters finished 3rd in the District placing 9 qualifiers to the Regional meet.
Three 5th placers: Tela Bank-Guy (119), Kay Massey (129) & Ricara Lewis(UNL)
Two 4th placers: Grace Browne(101) & Aniya Bridges(139)
3rd Placer: Zaniah Ligon (183)
Two 2nd placers: India Griffin(110) and Karis Buggs(154)
In the 110lb. weight class, Harmony Cullen was the District Champion.
Last week our girls placed 3rd in the Region, placing 5 of 9 lifters and qualifying 2 for the State Championships to be held in Panama City February 3, 2018. All lifters posted their season/career high totals.
Grace Browne and Aniya Bridges placed 4th at the 101 & 139 weight classes respectively.
Zaniah Ligon placed 3rd at 183.
Junior Harmony Cullen continued her championship ways, posting 265 Total (135 Bench Press/130 Clean & Jerk) qualifying for this year’s State Championships at 110.
Team Captain and Senior Karis Buggs was also a Region champion in the 154lb. weight class, lifting a career best 310 Total (160 Bench Press/150 Clean & Jerk) to qualify for the State Championships for the second straight year.
Good Luck Ladies!!
1/12/18
WRESTLING KUDOS!
During the Winger Break, The Blue Darter Wrestling team participated in two events, placing in both of them.
At the KSA Disney Duals, the wrestling team competed against teams from New York, Connecticut, and New Jersey. Over the two day event we went 7-1 coming in second place, with the most valuable wrestler award given to Senior Kendrick Koller. Kendrick went undefeated for the tournament, scoring bonus point victories in every match. Other Notable performances go to Matthew Simms, who also went undefeated 8-0, Senior Dwight Parker went undefeated 7-0 in his weight class, and Senior Thanks Alcius went 7-1.
Last weekend the Wrestling team competed at the Tournament of Champions held at Lake Mary High School. We came in 5th place as a team, scoring 145.5 points. Wrestlers Kendrick Koller placed 2nd, Dwight Parker Matthew Simms, and Michael Handy placed 3rd, Thanks Alcius and Benjamin Belizaire both placed 6th, and Roody Edouard placed 7th. Way to go Blue Darter Wrestling!!!
12/11/17
SOFTBALL
Girls softball conditioning is going on Monday, Wednesday, and Fridays until Winter Break, and then it will be 5 days a week when we return in January. Tryouts are January 22nd. All players MUST have a current physical on file with our athletic training staff.
11/6/17
WRESTLING
Wrestling Season officially starts today Monday November 6th. Athletes need a current physical on file with the athletic trainers in order to participate. If you have any questions please go by and see Coach Simonelli in room 624 or email him at brett.simonelli@ocps.net. We will also have our first parent meeting on Thursday November, 9th at 6:00 in room 624. I look forward to seeing everybody there! Go Blue Darters!
11/6/17
CROSS COUNTRY
The boys and girls cross country teams competed in the district cross country meet at West Orange HS on Saturday, October 28.
The boys’ team qualified for the region meet by placing 3rd (Jesse Barral, Jevon Clark, Rudy Gatling, Ryan Lovern, Miguel Castillo, Jackson Davis, and Isaiah Wint).
The girls’ team was 6 points shy from qualifying for the region meet by placing 4th (Ariana Jimenez, Sydney Fowler, Rhyan Stelljes, Haley Roat, Tatiana Robson, Alexis Hider, and Alexandria Hoffman).
Athletes needed to place in the top 15 to qualify for the region championships on an individual basis. Six individuals qualified:
Girls- Ariana Jimenez (3rd), Sydney Fowler (9th), Rhiannon Stelljes (14th)
Boys- Jesse Barral (7th), Jevon Clark (12th), and Rudy Gatling (13th).
Please congratulate these athletes for their hard work and accomplishments.
The boys team competed on Friday, November 3 in Flagler Palm Coast for the region championship. They came in 15th place.
10/27/17
JOIN US TONIGHT AND CHEER ON YOUR BLUE DARTERS!!!
10/6/17
Bowling
The Boys’ Bowling Team is off to an amazing 8-0 start. Last week they defeated both Dr. Phillips and Boone on Monday in a tri-match, and at a tri-match on Wednesday they defeated both Edgewater and Wekiva.
8/28/17
AHS 2017/2018 FB Schedule, courtesy of Melvin Bolden @ MB Designs
8/21/17
The Wrestling Team will have a mandatory Parent meeting on September 14th at 6:00 PM in room 624.
8/21/17
Apopka High School 2017 Girls Golf Schedule
Monday, August 21 Windermere and West Orange @ Orange Lake Golf
Tuesday, August 29 Lake Minneola @ Sanctuary Ridge Golf Club
Wednesday, September 6 Olympia @ Orange Tree Golf Club
Tuesday, September 12 Wekiva @ Wekiva Golf Club
Tuesday, September 19 West Orange @ Zellwood Station
Thursday, September 21 Ocoee @ Forest Lake Golf Club
Wednesday, September 27 Metro Tournament @ Forest Lake 8 a.m
Thursday, September 28 Mt. Dora Christian @ Country Club of Mt. Dora
Tuesday, October 3 Wekiva @ Wekiva Golf Club
Thursday, October 5 Mt. Dora Christian @ Country Club of Mt. Dora
Wednesday, October 18 District Tournament @ Twin Rivers Golf Club 8 a.m
All matches will be at 4 p.m except for the Metro and District Tournaments
Head Coach: Tom Whitcomb thomas.whitcomb@ocps.net Room 427