Six Palm Beach County schools finish top 10 in FHSAA all-sports race

Boca Raton, St. Andrew’s, Benjamin, Pahokee, American Heritage, Grandview Prep and Lake Worth Christian finished in the top 10 of their respective classifications in the FHSAA’s annual all-sports competition.

The state’s high schools governing body annually awards the Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup to schools who win the most and do it cleanly: 100 points for a state champion in a sport, 0.5 points deducted for a player’s ejection from a game, etc. (an explanation of the points system is at the bottom of the post).

Here are the top 10 overall standings, as well as girls and boys standings (area schools in bold):

Overall Standings

CLASS 8A
1. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 960.5 points
2. Cypress Bay (Weston), 876.5
3. Olympia (Orlando), 691
4. Plant (Tampa), 647.5
5. Winter Park, 597.5
6. Timber Creek (Orlando), 594
7. Hagerty (Oviedo), 572.5
8. Lake Mary, 537
9. East Lake (Tarpon Springs), 488.5
10. Boca Raton, 483.5

CLASS 7A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 1407.5 points
2. Chiles (Tallahassee), 619
3. Oviedo, 541
4. Buchholz (Gainesville), 480.5
5. Venice, 465
6. Martin County, 461
7. Harmony, 362.5
8. George Steinbrenner (Lutz), 361.5
9. George Jenkins (Lakeland), 323
10. Fleming Island (Orange Park), 292

CLASS 6A
1. Gainesville, 749 points
2. Barron Collier (Naples), 614.5
3. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 613
4. Fort Myers, 503
5. Edgewater (Orlando), 446
6. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 438.5
7. Niceville, 434.5
8. Gulf Coast (Naples), 400.5
9. Fort Walton Beach, 398.5
10. Winter Haven, 383

CLASS 5A
1. American Heritage (Plantation), 1136.5 points
2. Ponte Vedra, 910.5
3. Bartram Trail (St. Johns), 832
4. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 587.5
5. Jesuit (Tampa), 561.5
6. Robinson (Tampa), 508.5
7. Merritt Island, 505
8. Creekside (St. Johns), 402
9. Jensen Beach, 399
10. Lemon Bay (Englewood), 397.5

CLASS 4A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 958 points
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 939
3. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 936.5
4. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 858
5. St. Andrew’s, 735
6. Pensacola Catholic, 594.5
7. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 524
8. Episcopal (Jacksonville), 499
9. Trinity Catholic (Ocala), 456
10. Bishop Moore (Orlando), 445

CLASS 4A PUBLIC
1. Madison County (Madison), 227.5 points
2. Florida High (Tallahassee), 220.5
3. LaBelle, 220
4. Washington (Miami), 203.5
5. Coral Springs Charter , 192
6. Raines (Jacksonville), 188
7. Godby (Tallahassee), 184
8. Jones (Orlando), 180.5
9. Bradford (Starke), 177.5
10. Ribault (Jacksonville), 163

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 641 points
2. Providence (Jacksonville), 534
3. First Academy (Orlando), 527.5
4. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 513
5. Benjamin, 499.5
6. American Heritage, 493.5
7. Tampa Prep, 488
8. Community School (Naples), 479.5
9. University Christian (Jacksonville), 409.5
10. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 400

CLASS 3A/2A PUBLIC
1. P. K. Yonge (Gainesville), 284.5 points
2. McKeel (Lakeland), 205
3. FAMU (Tallahassee), 185
4. Marathon, 91
5. Moore Haven, 63
6. Mater Academy East (Miami), 30
7. Pahokee, 27
8. (tie) Fort Meade, 4
8. (tie) Mater Lakes (Miami), 4
10. Brooks-DeBartolo (Tampa), 2

CLASS 1A
1. Liberty County (Bristol), 368 points
2. Lafayette (Mayo), 335.5
3. Villages, 267
4. Holmes County (Bonifay), 264
5. Chipley, 253
6. Taylor (Pierson), 245
7. Trenton, 215
8. Northview (Bratt), 170
9. Newberry, 157
10. Union County (Lake Butler), 153

Girls Standings

CLASS 8A
1. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 691 points
2. Lake Mary, 512
3. Plant (Tampa), 436
4. Olympia (Orlando), 406
5. Cypress Bay (Weston), 395

CLASS 7A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 676 points
2. Oviedo, 351
3. Buchholz (Gainesville), 328
4. Chiles (Tallahassee), 314
5. Harmony, 283

CLASS 6A
1. Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), 430 points
2. Barron Collier (Naples), 330
3. (tie) Gainesville, 273
3. (tie) Choctawhatchee (Fort Walton Beach), 273
5. Niceville, 251

CLASS 5A
1. Bartram Trail (St. Johns), 642 points
2. Ponte Vedra, 484
3. American Heritage (Plantation), 477
4. Lemon Bay (Englewood), 324
5. Robinson (Tampa), 273

CLASS 4A PRIVATE
1. Ransom Everglades (Miami), 567 points
2. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 525
3. Bolles (Jacksonville), 403
4. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 390
5. Pine Crest (Fort Lauderdale), 375

CLASS 4A PUBLIC
1. Ribault (Jacksonville), 165 points
2. Coral Springs Charter, 163
3. Florida High (Tallahassee), 154
4. Bradford (Starke), 152
5. Dunbar (Fort Myers), 128

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. Maclay (Tallahassee), 376 points
2. American Heritage, 365
3. First Academy (Orlando), 330
4. King’s Academy, 303
5. Providence (Jacksonville), 286

CLASS 3A/2A PUBLIC
1. P. K. Yonge (Gainesville), 184 points
2. FAMU (Tallahassee), 180
3. McKeel (Lakeland), 112
4. Marathon, 91
5. Moore Haven, 30

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Sheridan Hills Christian (Hollywood), 251 points
2. Academy at the Lakes (Land O’Lakes), 193
3. Foundation Academy (Winter Garden), 190
4. All Saints’ (Winter Haven), 164
5. Grandview Prep, 158

CLASS 1A
1. Chipley, 253 points
2. Liberty County (Bristol), 210
3. Lafayette (Mayo), 205.5
4. Taylor (Pierson), 186
5. Villages, 153

Boys Standings

CLASS 8A
1. Cypress Bay (Weston), 481.5 points
2. Columbus (Miami), 424
3. Olympia (Orlando), 285
4. Jupiter, 280
5. Dr. Phillips (Orlando), 269.5

CLASS 7A
1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale), 731.5 points
2. Chiles (Tallahassee), 305
3. Venice, 244
4. Martin County, 234
5. Osceola (Kissimmee), 215

CLASS 6A
1. Gainesville, 476 points
2. Belen Jesuit (Miami), 438.5
3. Barron Collier (Naples), 284.5
4. Fort Myers, 275
5. Naples, 236

CLASS 5A
1. American Heritage (Plantation), 659.5 points
2. Jesuit (Tampa), 561.5
3. Ponte Vedra, 426.5
4. Bishop Kenny (Jacksonville), 351.5
5. Immokalee, 295

CLASS 4A PRIVATE
1. Bolles (Jacksonville), 555 points
2. Lake Highland Prep (Orlando), 549
3. St. Andrew’s, 469
4. Gulliver Prep (Pinecrest), 411.5
5. Pensacola Catholic, 378.5

CLASS 4A PUBLIC
1. Washington (Miami), 203.5 points
2. LaBelle, 170
3. East Gadsden (Havana), 157
4. Miami Jackson, 143.5
5. Raines (Jacksonville), 133

CLASS 3A PRIVATE
1. University Christian (Jacksonville), 344.5 points
2. Tampa Prep, 332
3. Holy Trinity (Melbourne), 288
4. Trinity Prep (Winter Park), 268
5. Benjamin, 265.5

CLASS 3A/2A PUBLIC
1. P. K. Yonge (Gainesville), 100.5 points
2. McKeel (Lakeland), 93
3. Moore Haven, 33
4. Mater Academy East (Miami), 30
5. Pahokee, 27

CLASS 2A PRIVATE
1. Westwood Christian (Miami), 198 points
2. First Baptist (Naples), 161
3. All Saints’ (Winter Haven), 129
4. Zion Lutheran (Deerfield Beach), 126
5. Grandview Prep, 110

CLASS 1A
1. Trenton, 215 points
2. Holmes County (Bonifay), 204
3. Northview (Bratt), 170
4. Liberty County (Bristol), 158
5. Union County (Lake Butler), 153

The FHSAA’s (detailed) explanation of its scoring system:

Points are awarded to a school based on its finish in FHSAA State Series competition in each sport in the classification in which it has been assigned to compete. The top 16 places are scored. In bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100 for the state champion, 90 for the state runner-up, 83 for the state semifinalists, 60 for 5-8th places, and 25 for 9-16th places. In non-bracket sports, points are awarded as follows: 100, 90, 85, 80, 70, 63, 56, 49, 38, 34, 30, 26, 22, 18, 14, 10. Schools get a 5-point bonus for winning a district or regional championship, and points are deducted for unsporting conduct: 0.5 points for Level 1 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 1.0 for Level 2 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for Level 3 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 5.0 for Level 4 student-athlete ejection/unsporting conduct incident; 2.0 for Level 1 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; 3.0 for Level 2 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; 4.0 for Level 3 coach ejection/unsporting conduct incident, plus addition 0.5 points deducted for each $50 amount above initial fine; and approximately 3-5 additional points deducted for a school or team-based violation (e.g., bench-clearing brawl, coach takes team off the field, etc.). When two or more schools are tied for a particular place in a sport, the points allotted for those places are shared equally by the schools that are tied. In the event of a tie for the award in either the overall, girls or boys divisions at the end of the school year, the following tiebreakers will be used: (1) number of state team championships won; (2) number of state team runners-up finishes; (3) number of regional team championships won; (4) number of regional team runners-up finishes; (5) number of district team championships won; and (6) number of district team runners-up finishes.