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Featuring: West Orange, Dr. Phiilips, Windermere, Foundation, Olympia and much more...

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Foundation Academy Football Consistent Yet Again

By Greyson Everidge

WINTER GARDEN – The Foundation Academy Lions football team, coached by Brad Lord, has remained pretty constant this season under a strong offensive force, helping them to pick up recent wins against St. Petersburg Catholic, Cornerstone Charter, and Jordan Christian Prep.

With an overall record of (4-4) with two games left to play, a playoff spot is looking likely.

in the game for experience early on. Jaquan Patterson again ran for most of the yards on the team, rushing for 159 of 259 yards rushed on

Foundation beat St. Petersburg 40-14, throwing for 60 yards through senior quarterback Jacob Titus, and his backup Elijah Stimmell threw for 18.

The Lions rushed for a total of 227 yards, with 152 of those yards coming from senior Jaquan Patterson. Junior Lance Axon made up the majority of the remainder, rushing for 46 yards.

The Lions then had a big victory over Cornerstone Charter, by a score of 61-0.

Foundation scored 35 points in the first quarter alone, giving younger players a chance to get

the night. Lance Axon was the other standout, rushing for 33 yards.

The next win pushed them into a mini winning streak of 3 games, with the third coming against

Jordan Christian Prep by a score of 27-0. It was the second shutout in as many games for the Lions. Foundation focused on a more passing game this approach, throwing for 100 yards on 16 attempted passes. Jacob Titus threw for 13 of those attempted passes. They also rushed for 164 yards. About half of those came from Patterson.

Defensively they made 51 total tackles, the standout being Evan Thompson with 11.

Their most recent game ended in a loss to, where they lost Victory Christian Academy by a score of 24-16. Despite passing for 172 yards and rushing for 201 yards, they still lost, ending the win streak and brining their record even. Should the Lions beat Harvest Community on 10/21, they will start the end of the season on a good note.

Foundation Academy’s National Honor Society Gives Back to Local Hospital for Children On Saturday, October 15th, a group of eight FA National Honor Society (NHS) students visited Florida’s Hospital for Children. Kirsten B is the NHS President at Foundation, and she organized the trip. “I want to be a doctor,” Kirsten said.

“So when I think of volunteer opportunities, I think of hospitals. And our NHS theme is ‘Let us do the honor.’ I thought we could honor in this way.”

Kirsten worked closely with coordinators at the hospital to bring crafts for the patients and to form the right group size for this type of visit.

Seven other students joined Kirsten for the first visit: Charlie G, Jagger S, Macy G, Carson M, Michael M, Ambika L, and Rachel G. They were also met by Mr. Campbell, an NHS sponsor, at the hospital.

Once there, the students were shown the hospital’s playrooms–areas stocked with Xbox

games, Wii games, board games, and so many toys. “The playroom is a place where the kids can just be kids for a while, in between treatments,” Kirsten explained. And it was in the playrooms that our NHS volunteers were able to meet a few children.

For Kirsten, meeting a young boy in their playroom changed her perspective in a major way. “At first, I was really focused on making a good impression at the hospital,” Kirsten said. “I lost track of the purpose.” But after playing with the child, Kirsten saw how much her presence affected both the son and his father. “I saw how important it is to give your time to someone else–whether a lot or a little.

The little boy didn’t want us to leave when the time came, and the father was so grateful.”

And being around this family also affected Kirsten. “The father looked so worn out and tired, but you could see hope in his eyes. He

had such love for his son.”

Everyone agreed that the trips should continue.

They plan to return on November 5th and hope to make their visits a regular occurrence. We are thankful for our students’ desire to serve and for this special partnership with Florida’s Hospital for Children.

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Dr. Philips Football Earn their 9th straight District Title Senior defensive end Robert Porcher registered four sacks and the DP defense held host Olympia to net one yard rushing in a 24-14 victory over the Titans to clinch DP’s ninth consecutive District Championship. The Panthers (62) jumped out to a 17-0 lead in the second quarter and after Olympia (5-2) closed the deficit to three, the Panthers added a third quarter score to pull away for good.

DP got on the board on their opening drive after safety Henry Caldwell’s interception gave the Panthers possession at the Titans’ 35. Arvis Evans snared a pass from Marvin Washington for a 15-yard gain down to the 20 but the drive stalled at the Olympia three, allowing Sterling Stockwell to knock through a 20-yard field goal for a 3-0 lead.

The Panther defense held Olympia to a three and out on their next drive and stuffed the Titans for a pair of huge losses the drive after that. Robert Porcher sacked Olympia quarterback Joe Milton for a nine-yard loss on first down while Marcus Tillman drilled a receiver for a tenyard loss a few plays later. After Tanner Ingle’s punt return set the Panthers up at the Olympia 48, Emare Hogan ran for 13 yards, DJ Charles carried for 13 more and Devodney Alford capped the drive with a two-yard touchdown run for a 10-0 lead at 10:32 of the second quarter. The Titans gathered some momentum on their ensuing drive, but after a 26-yard pass play to midfield, safety Henry Caldwell came up big again with a fumble

recovery off an errant snap and DP capitalized quickly. Caleb Walls picked up a 13-yard reception, Marvin Washington ran for 22 more on

three carries and Kenny Palmer charged in from three yards out to push the lead to 17-0 with 4:29 left in the half.

Olympia would respond on their next possession, connecting on a 76-yard pass play down the visiting sideline, and added another score following a DP fumble on their ensuing possession to close to 17-14 but that was as close as they would get to the potential upset. In the third quarter, the DP defense forced a turnover on downs which set the tone for the remainder of the game. Four of Olympia’s final five drives ended

on downs while the fifth resulted in a fumble.

With 6:32 left in the third, the Panthers took over possession at their own 41 and put together an eight-play game-sealing touchdown drive.

After Marvin Washington ran three times for 26 yards, Emare Hogan took a screen pass from Washington and slipped through the secondary for a 26-yard touchdown to close out the 24-14 final.

Washington completed 12 of 23 passes for 106 yards and ran for 96 more while Emare Hogan finished with 114 yards of total offense. Defensively, Robert Porcher broke the school record for career sacks (25) set previously by head coach Rodney Wells and shared by Bradley Moore. Porcher now has 27 career sacks, 11 this season, and will have at least three games left to break the single season mark of 15 (Bradley Moore and Kenderson Obas). Cameron Williams finished with six tackles and a sack while Henry Caldwell tallied five tackles with a pass breakup, fumble recovery and an interception.

Dr. Phillips has now defeated Olympia in their last 14 meetings and increased its District winning streak to 35 games. DP will be on the road the next two weeks, Thursday at Cypress Creek and the following Friday at Evans in the regular season finale. The Panthers will host the District 6 runner-up (Bradenton Manatee, Lithia Newsome or Sarasota Riverview) Friday, November 11th, in the Regional Quarterfinal.

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West Orange Girls Golf Make the State Finals The Girls Golf team took the next step on their way to States on Monday by defeating Lake Nona by 1 stroke to win Regionals. The Warriors were led by the two Seniors on the team, Aly Moya (78) and Maria Loza (79). Sonia Mistry (80) and Michelle Bagsic (83) combined for the team total of 320. The Warriors were rounded out by Janelle Silguero (84).

The ladies have made it to the FHSAA State Championship Finals, which are to be played on October 25th and 26th at Mission Inn Resort & Club.

Olympia Boys Cross Country Team Win District Title Congrats to the Titan Boys Cross Country Team who repeated as District Champs this morning at the Fields of Fame Course in Apopka. O’Neel Occenat (5th), Troy O’Toole (7th), Ethan Hood (8th), John Hinkle (12th), Nolan Meuret (15th),

Chris Johnson (16th), Cole Ferguson (17th), Will Marberry (18th), Alex Aken (19th) and Bruno Chionha (21st) ran well for the Titans.

Next up for the team is the Reginal Meet where they will try and make it to States for the 2nd time in school history.

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West Orange Girls Volleyball Rank High The Warrior Volleyball team are now ranked 3rd in Central Florida according to the Orlando Sentinel. The Warriors previously held the No. 5 spot for 3 weeks straight, but with the recent big win over Doctor Phillips, helped push them higher in ranks.

Girls volleyball matches mean much more this week. They could mean an end to a season as teams statewide begin the pursuit for district titles and berths in the region playoffs.

The Warrior Volleyball team enters District Play this week and is heavliy favored overed District Rival- Apopka It’s district tournament time starting Monday, and only champions and runners-up advance to the FHSAA state playoffs.

Here are the Ranking of teams in the area: No. 1 Bishop Moore (22-1) will be heavily favored in the Class 6A, District 13 tournament, after dominating alls of its regular season district

West Orange Football Still In Playoff Race

by Greyson Everidge WINTER GARDEN – The West Orange Warriors football team have had a less than impressive season so far, going (2-6) with two games left to play in the season. But even with the end of the regular season approaching, the Warriors still have the chance to make the playoffs because of their recent win against Evans. Should the Warriors win their next game against Wekiva, it will push them over the edge and into that playoff spot.

Leading up to their second win of the season against Evans, West Orange lost to their bitter rivals Apopka (7-0), by a score of 49-14. Last year the Warriors beat Apopka two times, in both regular season play and districts. This time around was different, with the Warriors scoring just two touchdowns to the Blue Darters seven. Apopka remain undefeated at this point in the season.

The next scheduled game was to come against Lake Nona at home for the Warriors homecoming game, but in a change of plans which effected just about the whole state, was cancelled due to Hurricane Matthew’s high winds and intense rain. The game is rescheduled for next week.

In the game against the Evans Trojans, the Warriors moved the ball forward well, driving and passing to get points on the board. Kicker Andrew Brickweg went 6 for 7 on the night, failing to make the 7th only after an error from the snapper prevented him from kicking it in the first place.

“We are focused on the next game and think we can win,” said Brickweg, “Then we move into playoffs and work hard to see what we can do from there.”

Despite the win the game that truly counts at this point is still to come. West Orange need to beat the Wekiva Mustangs (4-3) in order to secure that playoff spot, and given the circumstances most expect the Warriors to come out on top. It is up to them in terms of how far they progress after the end of the regular season.

matches. (Also ranked 1st in the NATION according to prepvolleyball.com)

path to a district title. The Huskies, who host the tournament, are one of three 8A-6 teams with at least 15 wins. Hagerty is the top seed. Harmony (16-6) is seeded second, followed by Viera (15-4). If they reach Thursday’s championship match, the Huskies will likely have to beat either Harmony or Viera to earn the trophy.

No. 5 The First Academy (203) was undefeated in 4A-3 play. Second seed Lakeland Santa Fe Christian (12-11) suffered its only district loss to the Royals.

No. 2 Oviedo is also perfect in district play, but its road to a title will be more difficult. The Lions (20-3) share District 9A-2 with No. 6 Lake Mary (14-6), Winter Springs (8-11), last year’s 8A state champion, and tournament host Lyman (11-9), among others.

No. 3 West Orange (20-2), which moved up to No. 3 in the area rankings this week, is the top seed in District 9A-3. The Warriors’ toughest challenge figures to be second-seeded Apopka (15-10), which had two four-set losses to West Orange during the regular season.

No. 4 Hagerty (15-3) also has a challenging

The 9A-4 tournament could be one of the most competitive. Boone (15-8) is the top seed with a 5-0 district record. But host Winter Park (15-9), Lake Nona (10-7) and Timber Creek (11-8) also had solid records this season, and Lake Nona took Boone to five sets on Sept. 13.

Another very competitive district is 5A-6.

Montverde Academy (17-5), the tournament host, Trinity Prep (21-3) and Lake Highland Prep (13-7) finished in a three-way tie for first in the regular season. Trinity could meet Lake Highland in Tuesday’s semifinals, with the winner potentially facing Montverde in Thursday’s final.

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Windermere Boys and Girl’s Golf Advance in Tournament

Congratulations to both the Boys and Girls Golf Teams, who will be advancing to regional tournaments after competing in the district tournament at MetroWest Golf Club.

The Boys Golf Team dominated the

district tournament, taking first place overall, as well as placing first (Patrick Wu) and second (Manolo Girona) individually.

the regional tournament.

The boys will compete on Monday at 9am at Suntree Country in Melbourne, and the girls compete on Tuesday at The Girls Golf Team finished as a team in 9:30am at Cocoa Beach Country Club. second place, which advances them on to Good luck, Lakers!

Windermere Prep Cross Country Achieve Personal Best This past Saturday in Pensacola, the WPS XC varsity squad took on teams from five states (Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee, Louisiana and Mississippi) in the Gulf Coast Stampede. The WPS racers took full advantage of the competitive field and ran their best race of the year as a team. Personal records were set by 4 of the runners from both girls and boys teams.

Senior Sean Gustafson finished with a time of 17:58 that was good for 51st place, and 8th grader Zavien Williams finished in 57th place out of 305 competitors with a time of 18:05. Senior Maya Rifai led the way for the girls with a season-best time of 21:37. Maya finished 42nd out of 242 competitors while earning a medal for her time. Gabriella Orlando also competed well finishing with a time of 22:42.

The varsity and junior varsity Lakers XC racers will display their talents closer to home this Saturday at the West Orange Invitational located at West Orange High School in nearby Winter Garden. The start time is 8 am. Come out and show your support WPS Lakers!

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Windermere Prep Football Plays with a Heavy Heart: The Loss of Coach Brad Ramsey

The WPS Varsity Football Team took the field with heavy hearts on Friday afternoon, still mourning the loss of defensive coordinator Brad Ramsey. The Lakers learned of the news of Coach Ramsey’s passing on Sunday, and tried their best to have a normal week of practice. This combined with coming off of a bye week would provide for a difficult start and first half for the team. The Lakers would rally, however, and finish the game with the 35-27 victory over CFCA. The Lakers offense dominated the ground game once again, rushing for 349 yards and 5 touchdowns. The WPS offense was led again by junior Ismael Cortes, who rushed for 237 yards and 4 touchdown. This is Cortes’ third week in a row with +200 yards rushing. He now also has over 1000 yards rushing on the season, with several games still to play. With starting QB Kai Patterson injured, freshman Tommy Darrow stepped in and had a solid performance, going 9 of 17 for 88 yards, and also rushing 7 times for 27 yards.

The defense for the Lakers struggled in the first half, giving up 21 points and 225 yards of total offense. In the second half, however, the Laker D locked down CFCA, holding them to 80 yards and no points. Third down defense was also big for the Lakers, as they held the Eagles to 1-6 on 3rd down to end drives and get the offense back on the field. WPS also picked off CFCA 3 times on the day.

Senior captain Mitchell Darrow had 6 solo tackles and sophomore Mason Russell had 5 solo tackles as well as a key interception to lead the way for the WPS defense.

The Lakers move to 7-0 on the season and will look to finish the regular season with an unblemished record on Friday night against Out-of-Door Academy. This game will serve as both Homecoming and Senior Night as WPS will be sending off 11 seniors this season.

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Windermere 8th Grade Girls Win Volleyball Championship On Saturday, the 8th grade volleyball team competed in the semifinals and championship of the Greater Orlando Athletic Conference (GOAC). Before advancing to the finals, the Lakers had to compete against Trinity Prep, who they defeated in two matches.

The girls were then set for their championship match against The Christ School. The Lakers rose to the occasion, winning in two matches and securing the GOAC Championship! Congrats Lakers!!!

The Bishop Moore Hornets Roll over Bartow in 38-14 Win Bishop Moore (7-1), ranked No. 6 in the Sentinel Super 16, continued its roll with a 38-14 victory over visiting Bartow (3-4) on Friday night.

Coles finished with 15 carries for 110 yards and two touchdowns. McNeal carried the ball 15 times for 127 yards and one TD.

Eustis (5-3, 2-1) won 35-14 over South Lake (3-6, 1-2), meaning next week’s Bishop Moore at Eustis game will be for the Class 5A, District 13 title.

Bishop Moore quarterbacks ate as well.

Hornets’ running backs C.J. McNeal and Trilion Coles feasted.

Wallace finished with three catches for 88 yards and a TD as Bishop Moore finished with over 400 yards of total offense and 22 first downs.

Ja’ron Kilpatrick recovered two fumbles for Bartow, returning one 80-yards for a score. Davin Williams Connor Scheitzach connected with Joe and Bryson Myrick connected for Wallace for a 13-yard TD pass. Keanu the Yellow Jackets only offensive Kong completed 7-of-12 passes for touchdown on a 19-yard pass and 107 yards and a score in the victory. catch.

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Apopka Looks Unstoppable with 8-0 Record Undefeated Apopka erupted for 28 second-period points en route to a 55-7 victory over visiting Oak Ridge.

points per game while surrendering only 10.3 per outing.

The Blue Darters totaled 388 yards rushing on 22 carries. Burch was 7-of-11 passing for 107 yards and two scores.

The Blue Darters (80), ranked second in the Sentinel Super 16 and first in the state 8A poll, put up five rushing touchdowns, two passing scores, and had one kickoff return for a score.

DeShawn Massey led the Darters with 107 yards and a score on three rushes. He also had a 30-yard reception

West Orange Soccer Players Make A Difference in Local Community

by Greyson Everidge WINTER GARDEN – West Orange students have long been known as active members in the community, doing services projects and fundraisers that stretch all across Winter Garden and the Windermere/Ocoee area. When one group of soccer players from the school heard about an opportunity to help younger kids aspiring to be better players, they were first to the ball – literally.

Junior goalkeeper of the Girls Varsity team Kayla Strehle has been working on training an aspiring keeper for months now, and when it became apparent to the assistant coach of the Roper YMCA team Lisa Strehle, also Kayla’s mother, that the team was quickly becoming too good for their division, she knew just who to ask to help get them some exposure to a higher level of training.

Strehle’s idea was to bring in some of the Varisty players from the boys team at West Orange in to scrimmage and train the younger boys, aged 12-14, in order to further develop them and give them a shot to see what level they could possibly playing at in the next few years. The group of high school players included Kaden Bauer, Marco Ribeiro, Greyson Everidge, and Parker Gerlander.

“I think it’s great on many levels for the high school boys to teach/mentor the middle school boys,” said Strehle. “It gives the younger boys a glimpse of hard work paying off and helps to further develop their skill set.

Though the older boys were winning by a considerable margin, no one was counting score, and rightly so.

Nobody was playing for keeps. It was about more than a score in this game, said junior defender and midfielder Marco Ribeiro.

“It was fun and I enjoyed every minute, but I think it was even better to just get to interact with the younger boys and try and help them out,” said Ribeiro. “It’s something I know the boys all enjoy and if we can help them in that way it’s something we would do every time we could.”

Coach Strehle saw an immediate impact on the boys, too. “They loved scrimmaging with the high school boys and were amazed by their ability.” She said.

“Within a week they were all trying to apply skills and tricks that they learned and saw.”

The team, under the guidance of not only Lisa but head coach Nick Torani, went on to win the championship of their division just a few weeks later.

“It was great to see the generosity and time the older boys put in. I think they ALL had fun.” Strehle went on to say.

for a touchdown from Demetri Burch.

Burch added a 23-yard TD run and a 19-yard touchdown pass to Paul Fitzgerald while Jordan Thompson scored on a 5-yard run and an 84-yard kickoff return for Apopka.

Cornelius Williams had 103 rushing yards on just three carries for Apopka.

Jackson Darlington and Damaris August added scoring runs of two yards and 15 yards, respectively.

The Class 8A, District 4 champion Blue Darters have scored 50 or more points five times and are averaging 49.1

Oak Ridge (3-5) tallied on an 87-yard scoring strike from D’Andre Weaver to Tyron Johnson early in the third quarter.

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Your Mind: An Owner’s Manual for a Better Life

by Dr. Christopher Cortman

Don’t look now, but there is a beast inside of you.

S/he is feasting on your confidence like vultures on roadkill. S/he doubts you, belittles you, undermines you, and even mocks you. And yet, claims to be your friend. Most disturbingly, you hired him/her.

Please say hello to your saboteur.

The saboteur is among the most perplexing aspects of your personality. It’s an inner voice you created to protect you, especially from failure and rejection.

Here’s how it works:

Jaylin has a big basketball tryout next week. He knows Coach is only keeping 12 players, and most of last year’s team is returning, leaving very few open spots. He’d give anything to make the team– especially as a sophomore– but believes he would be humiliated to try out and get cut from the team.

His friends would never let him live that down, he thinks. He can almost hear them “dissing” him and his game.

No need to fret, Jaylin’s saboteur is more than willing to dish out a game saving assist. He remembers the sprained ankle sustained a couple of weeks ago on the playground. It’s all better now, but his friends don’t need to know that. All Jaylin has to do is tell them that he aggravated it – bring out those old crutches – and watch the entire tryouts from the sad safety of the bleachers. Instead of berating him, his Homie’s will feel sorry for Jaylin, and no one will ever be the wiser. Saboteur to the rescue.

And that’s not all the saboteur can do for you: that awful science project can be avoided, if you can convince your parents to switch that class to an online one because, of course, your teacher “is ridiculous”. Also, there is no need to risk rejection from an Ivy League school, if you tell your parents you would prefer to live at home for the first two years of college. And that guy you’ve been in love with since second grade? By acting cool and indifferent, you can save face and somehow endure the awful realization that he is more interested in your BFF than in you.

The adults in your life might not tell you, but they employ saboteurs also: the 50 pounds your dad can’t seem to shake; the promotion mom still hasn’t put in for; your aunt’s inexplicable need to continue smoking, even after the chemotherapy stripped her of her locks- this is all self-sabotage. In fact, when life becomes challenging, humans will resort to the tactic of avoidance more than any other tool in their toolkit. Yes, even adult humans.

So what can you do to champion your saboteur?

First, realize you created your saboteur to help you, not hurt you. Therefore, you can tweak his/her job and make the saboteur your ally.

Decide you will face all of your challenges in life – one at a time – but you will not achieve all of your goals in one attempt.

Retrain your inner voice (saboteur) to use a different approach. “Try encouragement and pick

me up when I fall.

Inspire me to keep trying, instead of telling me I’m a failure and a loser.”

Make peace with the notion that great champions try and fail many, many times before achieving greatness.

Tell your friends you are going after your dreams.

Ask for their support. Make sure you support them and challenge them to go after theirs.

Celebrate your efforts, not just your victories.

Your victories are the culmination of excellent preparation and hard work.

Learn from each setback. Use failure and defeat as opportunities for growth and self-improvement.

Oh, by the way, Jaylin? Let me remind you that Michael Jordan also was cut from his high school basketball team as a sophomore. But from what I recall, he did OK.

(To learn more about the Saboteur, check out Dr. Cortman’s book, “ Your Mind: An Owner’s Manual for a Better Life” )

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