Dr. Phillips High school won its fourth consecutive Metro West Conference All-Sports Award last week, and this week topped the Academic Team Championship for all 19 Metro Conference public high schools. DP finished fourth in the state at the Class 8A level, the highest of all Central Florida schools. This year, 26 of DP’s 31 varsity teams earned a cumulative un-weighted GPA over 3.0. In the recently released spring sports standings, Baseball finished third in the state in their sport with a GPA of 3.252 and Softball placed fourth with a GPA of 3.415. Below are the final standings for DP’s spring sports (1) statewide and (2) in the Metro Conference.
1. Baseball: 3.252 (3rd in state; 2nd in Metro)
2. Softball: 3.415 (4th in state; 1st in Metro)
3. Women’s Water Polo: 3.490 (6th in state; 1st in Metro)
4. Men’s Water Polo: 3.347 (7th in state; 3rd in Metro)
5. Women’s Track and Field: 3.093 (13th in state; 4th in Metro)
6. Men’s Lacrosse: 3.326 (13th in state; 1st in Metro)
7. Men’s Volleyball: 3.244 (14th in state; 2nd in Metro)
8. Men’s Tennis: 3.218 (15th in state; 4th in Metro)
9. Flag Football: 3.227 (16th in state; 3rd in Metro)
10. Women’s Tennis: 3.374 (17th in state; 5th in Metro)
11. Women’s Lacrosse: 3.264 (38th in state; 5th in Metro)
Individual awards keep coming for DP athletes as well. Senior Hannah Schaible (Volleyball, Basketball, Flag Football, Track) became the eighth Panther to be invited to the prestigious Brighthouse Sports Network Breakfast of Champions. She will be receiving the award for Outstanding Achievement. Schaible will join her seven classmates who are receiving the BHSN Orange County Player of the Year Award in their respective sports: Bridget Blake (Cross Country and Track), Alizee Michaud (Tennis), Sydnei McCaskill (Basketball), Reed Davis (Water Polo), Angela Algee (Swimming), Mandy Mannarino (Competitive Cheerleading) and Matt Milano (Football).
All-District honors have been released for Women’s Lacrosse and the Panthers had five players selected overall. First team honors were bestowed upon Cymber Larkin, Elizabeth Hales and Daniela Davila while Asahi Hirano and Jessica Clark were named to the second team.
