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A rainbow of possibilities Mallow out and raise a toast to these gourmet confections. SEE PAGE 5.
Stop sign will stay in place Proponents of the sign at the intersection of Forest Street and Second Avenue say it will help alleviate safety concerns.
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Dear Pen Pal Since 1951, Dr. Phillips resident Karen Brown had been corresponding with her New Zealand pen pal, Robyn Chrystal. Nearly seven decades later, the two ‘spirit friends’ finally met. SEE STORY PAGE 4.
GABBY BAQUERO STAFF WRITER WINDERMERE To stop or not to stop. That is the question. And for now, the red octagon installed in January at the intersection of Forest Street and Second Avenue in Windermere will remain in place. During a Feb. 14 Windermere Town Council meeting, council members discussed whether to remove the new stop sign. All the residents in attendance, except for Windermere resident Karen Fay, argued that the stop sign was necessary because it had the
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An Independence husband took Valentine’s Day to new heights by renting a helicopter for his wife. Natasha Proto had just put her kids down for a nap when she heard a helicopter nearby. She and her husband, Jonathan, went outside to look. A chopper had landed in the adjacent field. That’s when he told her it was her gift. The helicopter took the couple on a 45-minute ride that ended at the Waldorf Astoria Orlando, where they received massages.
WALK OR RUN FOR PREEMIES The Gift of Life is holding a Super Run 5K from 8 to 11 a.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at Bill Frederick Park at Turkey Lake, 3401 S. Hiawassee Road, Orlando. Registration fee is $40 ($45 the day of the race). Sign up at goo.gl/MPeOMg.
New Horizon West church opens arms to community
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Karen Brown treasures the gifts from her pen pal of 66 years, including a scarf, pearls and necklaceand-earring set.
“The world is really very small. We all have the same wishes and the same dreams. I think it’s neat to have a journey through life with someone who’s like a soulmate, a sister.” — Karen Brown
Horizon West resident Brandt Leich’s desire to plant a church began a couple of years ago, but now the surrounding area is seeing the fruit of his team’s labor. Life Church Horizon West opened its doors to the community on Jan. 15, with an official grand opening on Feb. 5. It meets at 10 a.m. Sundays at Bay Lake Elementary. Leich, Life Church’s lead SEE CHURCH PAGE 2
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DPHS TRIBUTE TO VALLI 7 to 8:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Dr. Phillips High Performing Arts Center, 6500 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando. The Dr. Phillips High Chorus Department will present “Let’s Hang On,” a tribute to the iconic music of Frankie Valli and the Four Seasons, in a benefit concert. Proceeds will support a scholarship fund for music students pursuing a degree in the music industry, as well as benefit chorus students who need financial assistance. Tickets are $10 and $15 and can be purchased at dpchorus.com or (407) 3553200, Ext. 6052100. HOPE CONFERENCE 8 a.m. to noon Saturday, Feb. 25, at The First Academy/First Baptist Orlando, 2667 Bruton Blvd., Orlando. The First Hope is hosting the conference, a time for parents, educators and community members to gain information and resources for special-needs children. Interested attendees and vendors can call (407) 206-8801.
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SOUTHWEST BOOK CLUB 7 p.m. Tuesday, Feb. 28, at the Southwest Library, 7255 Della Drive, Orlando. This month’s selection is “The Boston Girl” by Anita Diamant. Anyone age 18 or older can attend. No registration needed. (407) 835-7323.
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TASTE OF WINDERMERE 6 to 9 p.m. Saturday, March 4, at The Grove, 4756 The Grove Drive, Windermere. Sponsored by the Central Florida Women’s League, this 10th annual evening of food and fine wine features options provided by 30 beverage and dining establishments. Tickets are $85 and can be purchased at cfwl.org. Proceeds benefit community grants and scholarships.
UNITY CONCERT FOR WOUNDED OFFICERS 4 to 5:30 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at First Baptist Church Winter Garden, 125 E. Plant St. The 90-member Garden Community Choir is presenting this benefit concert for
WINDERMERE ART AFFAIR 11 a.m. to 5 p.m. Saturday, March 4, and Sunday, March 5, in downtown Windermere. The free, two-day event will feature fine art, exhibits, food, wine and entertainment. For more, call (407) 876-4028.
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pastor, was a worship pastor in Missouri for five years, but he said God really began working in his heart and changing it to focus on something else — planting a church. “We started praying and when God confirmed this is what He wanted us to do we started looking at where this church plant should be,” Leich said. “We did lots of demographic studies and really ended up settling on this area right here. The prospectives of growth are through the roof, and there’s only a few other churches here for a whole lot of people.” Leich and his family relocated from Missouri to Summerport Village in June 2016, along with friend Blaine Anderson — the life groups and discipleship pastor — and his family. Once in the area, they began searching for a place to meet, settling on Bay Lake Elementary after meeting with the principal and Orange County Public Schools. “We all parachuted in; none of us (has) roots here,” Leich said. “We’re just intentional everywhere we go. There were 11 of us who moved to the area, and we’ve gone from not knowing anyone to seeing God bring people into our lives who are catching on to the vision. They’ve gone from being acquaintances to being people God uses to build His church.” But planting a church isn’t easy. As a “portable church,” everything must be stored in a trailer and toted to and from the school each Sunday. Set-
up begins early, and everything must be taken down by noon, when it’s time to lock the doors again. The team worked out the main worship service but has also had to put together a worship team, nursery area, programs for children and teenagers and small groups for adults. Then there’s nailing down a system for following up with attendees and ensuring no one feels ignored. “I like to think that when people walk in the doors, they encounter Jesus,” said Staci Leich, Brandt’s wife and the worship leader. “A lot of the work is building relationships and having people in our homes. This area offers a lot of community events, and when we first moved here, we’ve sponsored and attended events. It’s a lot of networking and word of mouth.” Thus far, the church is up to anywhere from 70 to 80 attendees each week, and it’s been a diverse group — young people, families and people from all walks of life. “The opportunities God has given us to be able to minister to people in need that just needed
“We want this to be the church where people find their fit and then we can empower them in their passions.” — Blaine Anderson, Life Church small group discipleship pastor
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someone to talk to (are incredible),” Anderson said. “We want this to be the church where people find their fit and then we can empower them in their passions.” Brandt Leich hopes that the Horizon West community will find Life Church to be a friendly, loving environment, a safe place to find and follow Jesus. He added that many times, people see churches as wanting to get something from people, but Life Church’s mission is to invest in people. “No matter who you are or what your background is, we want them to feel welcome and at home. In the process, no matter what your past is or what you’ve done, we want to point them to Jesus,” Brandt Leich said. “Whether we grow fast or slow, I want this church to be whatever God wants it to be. I want it to be effective in our community, about being known and making Jesus known.” Contact Danielle Hendrix at dhendrix@orangeobserver.com.
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storage closet. “The students would come in, but there wasn’t enough room,” Doud said. “So they would go through the racks real quick and look, but then they would have to go down the hallway to try on the attire because it was just kind of shoved in a corner. And then we were moved to the north campus, and we were sort of displaced. We had no home. But when we got a new classroom last year, we started setting up the closet and it was just never properly finished.” Now they aim to finish it and hope to receive help from the public to achieve that goal. “Every student should have the opportunity to participate in any function that’s available to them,” Doud said. “Not having something shouldn’t inhibit them from having that experience.” Contact Gabby Baquero at gbaquero@orangeobserver.com.
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you know, the school’s walls. So it’s a creamy tan color, very muted. So we had tinkered with the idea of getting wall décor ... but it’s really up to the kids and their imagination and what they want to do in there. I just ask for donations because it’s a charitable idea that we’re working with, and if we had any extra money, we would want the money to go specifically to the McKinney-Vento program and not wall art.” Doud also hopes to get more dresses to update their inventory with dresses more in line with modern fashion trends. “The thing with the dresses is that they’re all donated,” Doud said. “So some people are donating dresses that were really in style maybe five or six years ago but maybe not so much now. So that’s why every year we ask for donations for dresses; we try to keep our inventory up-to-date with fashion trends.” Before DPHS was renovated, the prom boutique was located in a small bookstore. In prom season, the school would close the bookstore for two weeks, lay out all the prom dresses and allow the students to come in, take a look at the dresses, try them on and keep the dress to take to prom. However, when the construction started, they were forced to move the boutique to a very small
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12-foot storage closet enclosed within a larger classroom storage closet at Dr. Phillips High School hang several secondhand dresses of every color and fabric awaiting a student to take them home with the intention of being worn to prom night. The goal of the hidden prom boutique, with its stand-alone mirror, three racks holding 40 dresses and two bookcases with an array of dressy high heels on display, is to provide female students who are financially unable to purchase suitable attire the opportunity to attend prom. The McKinney-Vento Prom Boutique, available to students who receive assistance from the federally funded McKinney-Vento program for homeless students, is an initiative that was launched 10 years ago and has since been expanded. Now, the school’s Distributive Education Club of America chapter — an internationally recognized association of marketing students — is sponsoring a donation drive to fully transform the storage closet’s space to a bonafide prom boutique. Laura Doud, the school’s DECA club adviser, hopes to add more dresses, accessories, shoes and décor, including draperies, to add some charm to the modest space and help imitate a genuine shopping experience for the students it benefits. “It’s not much, but it’s better than digging through a bin,” she said. “And the walls in there are,
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When Karen Brown was in the fourth grade, her friend, Alice, went on a trip to New Zealand and returned with a name and an address for Karen. Alice thought Karen and a family friend, Robyn Chrystal, looked alike and would be perfect pen pals. The two girls, Karen and Robyn, began writing to one another in 1951, sharing stories about their countries and their lives as they grew up, graduated from school, got married and had children. This was long before the Internet could instantly bring someone 8,000 miles away into your life via computer or smart phone. Throughout the years, they sent precious little gifts to each other. Karen, of Dr. Phillips, still has a string of pearls, a necklace-andearring set and a travel-themed scarf that Robyn mailed to her. She preserved some of the letters in a scrapbook. “We did so many things the same,” Karen said. “We were born the same year. We got married the same year. We both have four children.” Karen, who turns 75 this week, calls Robyn her “spirit friend.” “We have this connection, and it was deeper than just writing letters,” she said. “She had a deep faith, and I do, too. We had so much in common, and I could tell through letters that we really cared for each other. We didn’t think we would ever meet each other ... but there was something pulling us.” Sixty-six years later, that something would turn out to be a successful bout with cancer and an engaged daughter, who planned a destination wedding in New Zealand. “It’s looking at the glass (as) half full and not half empty,” Karen said. “We were embracing making it happen.” The couple had talked about visiting New Zealand in the past, but the trip was never planned. After Karen was considered cancerfree, the couple took a renewed interest in the idea. Their youngest daughter, DR. PHILLIPS
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Karen Brown, left, and her pen pal, Robyn Chrystal, started writing letters to each other in 1951. They and their husbands, Laurie Chrystal, center, and Art Brown, toured the Chrystals’ sheep farm in New Zealand.
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meanwhile, was putting together a once-in-a-lifetime trip for the family of 17, reserving tours and bed-and-breakfast stays. She selected New Zealand so her mother could finally spend some time with her longtime friend. The wedding took place in Matamata, where Hobbiton, the “Lord of the Rings” movie set, is located. “God can take you from down here to literally on top of a mountain,” Karen said. FINALLY TOGETHER
Karen wasn’t sure she would recognize Robyn when she departed the plane in New Zealand, but when the two came face to face, there was no mistaking this longdistance friend. Karen and her husband, Art, stayed at the 10-acre farm belonging to Robyn Chrystal and her husband, Laurie, in Ngaruawahia on the north island. In the guest bedroom, the nightstand held a photo of Karen and Art. Robyn also had a shoebox full of letters from Karen. The lifelong friends shared stories and memories and photographs and letters. Early in their friendship, the girls talked about their daily activities and their large families. “We shared our journey, we learned about each other’s cultures through our letters,” Karen said. “I’m a very people person. I wondered what she did and what she was like. Our life’s journey was about the same. “I was interested in her life,” she said. “How was her life different from mine? In those days, I never thought I’d see her. It was just having a friend so far away was so cool. It was truly a God thing.” The women eventually made the switch to email correspondence, although they still send Christmas cards the old-fashioned way. “The world is really very small,” Karen said. “We all have the same wishes and the same dreams. I think it’s neat to have a journey through life with someone who’s like a soulmate, a sister.” Contact Amy Quesinberry at amyq@orangeobserver.com.
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Let’s Hang On! 7 p.m. Saturday, Feb. 25, at the Dr. Phillips High School Performing Arts Center, 6500 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando. The Dr. Phillips High School Chorus will present a tribute to the music of Frankie Valli and The Four Seasons. All proceeds will help support a scholarship fund and students in need of financial assistance. Tickets cost between $10 and $15 and can be purchased by calling (407) 355-3200, Ext. 6052100, or online at dpchorus.com.
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6:30 to 10 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24, at the Winter Garden downtown pavilion, 104 Lakeview Ave. The Winter Garden Art Association will host its annual fundraising gala to support its various programs. The event will feature a cocktail hour, dinner, a silent auction and live auction. Tickets cost $75. For more information, call (407) 347-7996.
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“Julie was on a kick, where she was making something every day,” said her partner and soon-to-bewife, Jean Starnes. “And you can’t just make one marshmallow. You have to make a bunch of them.” Because there were only so many marshmallows that the couple could consume themselves, Starnes began taking them to work to share with her co-workers. Within months, requests for Summers’ marshmallows were trickling in from friends and family. “Somebody had to eat them, so we were getting a lot of feedback,” Starnes said. “For birthdays and holidays, people were asking (Julie) to bring the marshmallows.” Then East End Market invited the women to participate in a feedback fair, which was an invaluable experience for Summers and Starnes and opened new opportunities. As demand increased, the two were faced with a decision: Should they go into the marshmallow business? The answer was a resounding yes, and Sugar Rush Marshmallows was launched last May. “It’s such a cool dessert, and you can make them into anything,” Summers said.
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The flavors range from classic vanilla to churro, but it doesn’t end there. Summers created stuffed marshmallows, which she fills with anything from Nutella to caramel, and a line of adultonly marshmallows infused with liquor. To get the business off the ground, Starnes quit her job to lend Summers a hand in the kitchen. Everything is made from scratch. Their marshmallow base begins with a pure cane sugar syrup that must be carefully cooked by hand. Once the base is complete, Summers and Starnes begin making batches of marshmallows. A single batch takes about an hour to make. Then it must set up for 24 hours before it is cut into squares. “We cook 40 hours a week and sell four days a week,” Starnes said. “It’s all we do, but it’s a really fun thing to do together.” To uphold the quality of each marshmallow, Summers also found a way to create her own extracts. Even though making everything from scratch adds to the cooking time, it helps keep the marshmallows free of allergens, Summers said. Since November, business has significantly increased for the marshmallow duo. A batch that used to last a month now doesn’t last more than week. And Summers is still experimenting. Now, in addition to marshmallows, she’s created a homemade, gourmet graham cracker and her own version of marshmallow fluff. “We’re definitely targeting adults more than kids,” Starnes said. “We’re trying to remind people of a time when they were much happier and when times were much simpler.” During the weekends, Summers and Starnes can be found at a variety of farmers markets: Winter Garden Farmers Market, Windermere Farmer’s Market, Audubon Park Community Market, Cagan’s Crossings Farmers Market and the Lakefront Farmer’s Market at Summerport Village. “We’re still learning and growing and figuring everything out,” Summers said. Contact Brittany Gaines at bgaines@orangeobserver.com.
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limits of the intersection’s roads became harder to identify. Regardless, McKinley, along with other constituents, opposed the newly installed stop sign. Out of the 10 emails sent to him regarding the stop sign issue from Feb. 7 to Feb. 14, nine residents opposed the stop signs and one approved. In an email dated Feb. 7, Windermere resident Deedee Sherman wrote she believed the speed bumps were sufficient for keeping traffic under control. Resident Susan Carter also wrote to McKinley opposing the stop sign, pointing out the inconvenient location, which occasionally experiences flooding and makes cars “susceptible to getting stuck.” Carter proposed adding another speed bump instead for those concerned with children safety. And in an additional email dated Feb. 14, locals Brian and Kathy Brackney maintained the town’s reasoning was not justified because incident data provided from the Windermere Police Department failed to prove the intersection had been a major source of crashes or speeding tickets in the past. Data gathered from the Florida Department of Highway Safety and Motor Vehicles showed that from Jan. 1, 2010, to Feb. 1, 2017, there had been no vehicle crashes at the intersection. Contact Gabby Baquero at gbaquero@orangeobserver.com.
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Matthew’s Hope founder and pastor Scott Billue has been appointed chief executive officer and president, stepping down as the chair of the Board of Directors. Current board member Russ Carlson assumes the role of board chair. Officers are Pastor Adam Barcott, vice chair; Sherry Paramore, treasurer; and Deb Linden, secretary. The Executive Board consists of Carlson, Paramore, Linden, David Powers, Lori Gibson and Billue. Newly appointed members of the board for 2017 include community and business leaders James Densmore, Samantha Robinson, Bruce Young and Ron Sikes. For information, contact Barry Altland at (407) 905-9500, Ext. 605, or barry@MatthewsHopeMinistries.org Matthew’s Hope Ministries is a faith-based homeless outreach ministry serving the needs of the homeless of West Orange County since 2010. OCOEE TO AWARD ESSAY WINNERS
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Prairie Lake, Spring Lake, Thornebrooke and Westbrooke elementary schools; and Hope Charter and Renaissance Charter schools. The City of Ocoee Human Relations Diversity Board sponsored the contest. The awards ceremony will be held at 7 p.m. Thursday, Feb. 23, at the Ocoee Lakeshore Center, 125 N. Lakeshore Drive. First-place winners will recite their winning essays and receive a $50 Best Buy gift card; second- and third-place winners will receive certificates of merit, a gift bag and a Chick-fil-A coupon. The ceremony will be televised on Ocoee TV Channel 493 on Spectrum. The overall winner is Bryce Ownby of Thornebrooke, who receives a $250 Best Buy gift card. Other winners include: Citrus: Matthew Rampersaud, first place; Laura Curry, second; and Yanisha Rivera, third; Hope: Jillian Goodrick, first; Sophie Morrison, second; and Kyah Walker, third; Maxey: Donia Fouissi, first; Prairie Lake: Bennett Parani, first; Renaissance: McKenzie Nicholson; Spring Lake: Grace Klick, first; Ryan, second; and Corey Schaefer, third; Thornebrooke: Bryce Ownby, first; Omoruyi AliuOtokti, second; and Hamzah Gheith, third; and Westbrooke: Haven McClean, first.
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It was supposed to happen in 2015. The current senior class for the Olympia Titans girls basketball team were sophomores, and the Titans had wracked up more than 20 wins, but Boone cut that playoff run short in the regional semifinals. Then there was 2016, when injuries plagued Olympia through the season. Still, the Titans found a way to win their district and secure home-court advantage in the first round of the playoffs — where they lost to Newsome. If anything, Olympia was a bit off the radar for the 2017 playoff picture — with the emphasis on “was.”
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The Dr. Phillips boys basketball team stunned heavilyfavored Sarasota Riverview in overtime, 75-66, in the regional quarterfinals the Class 9A Playoffs Feb. 16. Daniel Love had 9 points in overtime for the Panthers.
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Dr. Phillips senior wrestler Dylan Meeks pinned all three of his opponents in the first period Feb. 17 at the District 3A-2 Meet to secure his fifth consecutive district championship, dating back to eighth grade.
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Windermere Prep baseball’s Mason Russell was a perfect 4-for-4 with 2 RBIs for the Lakers in a 7-5 seasonopening victory against Conrad Academy Feb. 20.
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Xion Golding had 21 points for the Windermere Prep boys basketball team Feb. 16 in an 84-62 playoff victory against Trinity Catholic.
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The Dr. Phillips baseball team closed the preseason on a high note Feb. 17, defeating Lake Minneola 7-1. Will Sullivan and Bailey Kossoff led the way at the plate, while pitchers Chris Bryan, Mitchell Stockwell, Sam Fonville and August Haymaker combined to allow just one unearned run.
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The Titans rallied from a 12-point deficit in the first half against Vero Beach — last year’s state champs in Class 8A — to score a 55-44 win in the FHSAA Class 9A Regional Championship Feb. 17, earning the program’s first trip to the Final Four in Lakeland. “We surprised some people tonight,” head coach Robert Carmody said. “(Making state) has been our dream. I talk about it — I don’t shy away from it.” With a record of 17-9, Olympia has had some adversity this season, but that adversity came in handy when the Titans were down double-digits. “(We) told the team, ‘We’ve been in worse situations ... this is where we step up,’” senior captain Taylor Hair said. SEE LAKELAND PAGE 12
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Anjelie Tirone scored 13 points and had 13 rebounds for Olympia in the regional championship.
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It is also a bittersweet time for the coaches who have become attached to the Class of 2017. “This group was a group that came in as part of a huge recruiting class,” said Kirsten Anderson, the director of rowing and girls head coach for OARS. “They are so much of a team and so much of a family and have supported each other. Usually, throughout the four years, you see kids trickle off — but we haven’t seen that as much.” Three girls from that group already have signed to row in college, with six more who are undecided but closing in on a destination. The three who are signed — Gabi Heard, Jaimie Armitage and Allyson George — each have a different tale of the OARS experience. Heard, for instance, only has been competing since she was a sophomore. “I’m from Windermere, and I’d always driven by the boathouse and seen the kids working out,” Heard said. “I wanted to know what it’s about, and I just came one day and tried it out.” Soon, Heard flipped the switch from casual participant to dedicated athlete, and the reward has come in the form of a scholarship to row at Jacksonville University, where she will study elementary education. “Her junior year, I could see a
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change in her — she just got on it,” Anderson said. “She just was totally immersed in the rowing world.” Armitage, meanwhile, took up rowing as a freshman after first being a track and field athlete. “I felt like (rowing) was just a really interesting sport,” Armitage said. “Other sports are very typical, but this one is different, and you’re on the water every day.” It didn’t hurt that she was good at it, either. “Jaimie is just a natural athlete,” Anderson said. “She catches on right away — early in her rowing, she was on the junior national team.” Armitage was recruited heavily and ultimately settled on rowing for the University of Tennessee, where she plans to study to become a nutritionist. As excited as she is to become a Volunteer, Armitage might consider sending a “thank you” card to George — who, as a friend of hers dating back to middle school, encouraged her to give OARS a try for more than two years. “Allyson is one of three triplets and they loved it … the George Triplets have proven themselves to be not only great rowers, but also really good at recruiting,” Anderson said. “Allyson is one who is relentless and says, ‘You are coming.’” That relentless attitude toward recruiting rowers has
also translated onto the water. “She has a great work ethic, and she just goes for it,” Anderson said. George is headed to West Virginia University to row and will study art. Her final season with OARS harkens back to that first day she and siblings — Katie and Michael George — came out for a “Learn to Row” session. “They took us out on the water, and I realized, ‘This is something I want to do,’” George said. “I remember it was flat waters and us just gliding across, and I was like, ‘This is really cool.’” Allyson George’s sister, Katie, is among the six undecided who anticipate continuing their rowing careers. Katie George is leaning toward attending the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, as is Jessica Meena. Caitlyn Pike is eyeing Louisville, Diana Perera is considering Embry Riddle, Nicole Abruzzo is exploring an opportunity with the U.S. Coast Guard Academy, and Channon Brooks is being considered by Stetson. Wherever they end up — and whatever comes next — these OARS seniors have a group of proud coaches rooting them on. “None of it has come easy to them,” Anderson said. “They’ve all put in significant training to get to where they’re at.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.
To learn more about the Orlando Area Rowing Society, which operates out of a boathouse on Lake Down in Windermere, visit oarsrowing.com.
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And they did. Olympia outscored the Indians 34-13 in the second half, spurred by turnovers and rebounds. “I’ve got some beasts in there (in the paint) with Taylor Hair and Anjelie Tirone ... (and) I’ve got some guards that can rebound,” Carmody said. After trailing for entire game, Olympia took the lead with around two minutes left in the third quarter, but Vero Beach (18-7) fought back and tied the contest at 42-42 with five minutes to play. From there, though, the Titans outscored their guests 13-2 — and now they have a date with Boca Raton in the Class 9A State Semifinals at 6 p.m. Feb. 24 at the Lakeland Center. “I’m just so proud,” Carmody said. “It’s unbelievable how much effort they gave in the second half.” Boca Raton (24-6) is led by a trio of players who average in double-digits scoring and is fresh off a finish as state runner-up in 2016.
IF YOU GO FHSAA CLASS 9A GIRLS BASKETBALL STATE SEMIFINALS Olympia (17-9) vs. Boca Raton (24-6) WHEN: 6 p.m. Friday, Feb. 24 WHERE: The Lakeland Center, 701 W. Lime St., Lakeland ADMISSION: $10 per day PARKING: $10 per day
Should the Titans win Friday, they could potentially face a nearby rival for the state crown — Wekiva is facing Miami’s Ferguson High in the other state semifinal. Whatever the outcome, a senior class that has been clamoring for this opportunity is intent on making the most of it. “This is the farthest I’ve ever been in my high-school career,” Brianna Richardson said. “This means everything to us and we want it — we’re ready.” Contact Steven Ryzewski at sryzewski@orangeobserver.com.
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In just a few years, the Storm Select Girls Lacrosse program has grown from a single rec league team to a powerhouse in Central Florida and beyond. STEVEN RYZEWSKI SENIOR SPORTS EDITOR
A little more than six years ago, Storm girls lacrosse started as a recreational youth lacrosse team competing in a county league. How quickly things change. What started as an organization with maybe 20 girls now has nearly 100 competing in either middle- or high school-age competition. The program has flourished to the point coaches Ann Bomleny and Tara Moran take the girls up north to regions where lacrosse is gospel — and the local girls more than hold their own. The Storm program got an added feather in its cap recently when it announced that 100% of its Class of 2017 players have committed to play lacrosse at the Division I level, including five girls from West and Southwest Orange County. “We’re really excited — this was a really great class,” Bomleny said. “We’ve been working with a lot of these girls since they were very young.” In just a few short years, Storm Select has built a reputation with college coaches — despite traditional bias against girls coming out of Florida. “We’ve gotten to the point where we’ve proven ourselves and (college coaches) know that if we’re putting girls out there, they can play,” Bomleny said. Other local Storm Select standouts include Dr. Phillips duo Elyse
Decker (Penn signee) and Piper Johnson (St. Mary’s College signee), West Orange’s Shea Moran (St. Francis signee) and Brooke Richards (East Carolina signee), a senior at The First Academy. More than just getting girls recruited, though, Bomleny and Moran have created a team culture. “A lot of clubs, it’s all about recruiting,” Decker said. “Coaches Ann and Tara, of course, want us to be recruited — but they’re also very competitive, and they’ve instilled in us a competitive spirit.” Storm Select typically practices at Dr. Philips Community Park, where the team has access to lighted practice fields, and Bomleny said more than 75% of the girls participating hail from either West or Southwest Orange. Nevertheless, some high-level athletes from Florida’s east and west coasts will commute to compete for the program because of its growing prestige. For Bomleny, who grew up in the lacrosse hotbed of Baltimore, anything that helps grow the game and get her girls to college is welcome. “My mission is always to grow the game, spread the game … we really believe in the sport and we really believe in these girls,” she said. “Whatever your vision of ‘playing at the next level’ is — we want to help you accomplish that.”
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