For the third consecutive year, Women’s Tennis captured the Metro West Conference Championship and it came down to freshman Sara Veugeler, who handled the pressure like a seasoned veteran. After sophomore Sarah Baron and senior Maria Contreras cruised to 8-2 victories in lines one and two, Veugeler’s singles match in line four became the most important contest. The Panthers (13-2) knew they would take line one doubles (Baron and Contreras) for the third win but after falling in lines three and five singles, Veugeler’s marathion match was one they had to have for the team title. She came through with an 8-6 victory to give the Panthers a 4-3 victory over rival Olympia and their 13th conference title in team history. DP will now set their sights on their third consecutive DIstrict Championship at Lake Cane, April 3rd.
On the strength of singles victories by Cooper Vissers in line two (8-5), Izzy Almontaser in line three (8-1), and Marcelo Goncalves in line five (8-1), Men’s Tennis defeated Olympia, 5-2, for their second Metro West Championship in three years and ninth in team history. Both doubles team were victorious with Peter San Pedro and Vissers taking line one (8-1) and Almontaser and Ajay Govindaraj in line two (8-4). DP (13-2) will look to earn the District Championship trophy April 3rd at Lake Cane.
Junior quarterback Hannah Schaible threw for a record-tying seven touchdowns to lead Flag Football to a 54-6 thrashing of host Olympia. Schaible tied her own mark set last year vs. Poinciana and has thrown 17 touchdown passes through four games, including 11 this week alone. Jade Cheek caught two scores and recorded two interceptions as well. DP (4-0) will take a break before hosting Freedom, April 3rd.
Men’s Track and Field was led by senior A.J. Cunningham’s victory in the 3200m (10:04.66) and junior Reggie Glover’s gold in the 400m (48.08) as DP placed fifth at the Metro West Conference Championship. Glover also captured the silver in the 200m (22.00) and Cunningham won silver as well in the 1600m (4:32.56). Other top place winners included Tobias Durham (3rd in 110m hurdles at 15.89, 4th in triple jump at 44’8″ and 5th in 300m hurdles at 40.96), Aquarious Workman (4th in 100m hurdles at 16.44 and 8th in 300m hurdles at 43.11), Logan Kruse (6th in 1600m at 4:41.77) and Julian Middleton (8th in 800m at 2:06.60).
Junior Bridget Blake won double gold at the Metro West Conference Championship to lead Women’s Track and Field to a third place finish. Blake won both the 1600m (5:04.77) and the 3200m (11:34.03) and sophomore Kira Myers captured the gold in the pole vault at 8’6″ as did the 4 x 800m relay team (9:48.06). Junior Amber Johnson won the silver in the 1600m at 5:16.62. Freshman Teahna Daniels won the silver medal in the 100m at 12.20, missing the gold by just two hundreths of a second and also placed fourth in the 200m (25.33). Other top placers for DP were Virnaliz Trinidad (3rd in 3200m at 12:44.51), Annais Pena (5th in 1600m at 5:26.40), Marly Joseph (5th in 400m at 1:00.70), Melissa Timot (5th in discus at 89’3″) Sierra Diaz (6th in 100m hurdles at 18.14 and 7th in 300m hurdles at 50.05) and Stephanie Ratliff (7th in high jump at 4’8″).
Men’s Volleyball picked up a huge district road victory last night over a strong Cypress Creek team, 25-19, 25-19, 25-19. Senior Logan Maladecki paced the Panthers (11-2) with 18 kills and two aces and senior Andrew Johnson registered 12 kills for DP’s ninth straight victory to remain undefeated in the conference. JV Volleyball notched their sixth straight win with a 25-17, 9-25, 15-13 victory over host Cypress Creek to improve to 6-1. Daniel Santos led the charge while Pierce Smith stepped up to fill in as the setter and did a tremendous job. Both teams will host Oak Ridge April 3rd.
JV Baseball (9-4) rolled to their fifth straight win, a 15-0 demolition of host Apopka, to improve to 9-4 on the year. This is DP’s third straight game with ten or more runs as they’ve outscored their opponents, 39-4. Griff Anderson pitched six innings and scattered three hits to pick up the victory. Brandon Portalatin went 2-2 with a double and scored a run, Logan Czyzewski went 1-2 and scored while Brendan Maher went 3-5 with a double, two runs and an RBI. Their games are done through spring break but they’ll pick up the action April 3rd at home vs. Lake Brantley.
Varsity Baseball jumped out to a 3-0 lead after two innnings but visiting Apopka rallied to tie the game in the fifth and scored the decisive runs in the eighth for a 5-3 victory over the Panthers. In the first inning, Ryan Larson led off with a single to center and Jack Flaherty followed with a one-out infield single. Senior Walker Haymaker drilled a shot through the second baseman for a two-run single and DP (5-9) looked sharp early. In the home second, Ronnie Mitchell bounced a high chopper over third for a base hit and was safe at second on Jakob Probst’s sacrifice bunt attempt to give DP runners at first and second. Robbie Barrett stepped in and lined a single to center to score Mitchell for a 3-0 lead but that was all the offense for the day for DP. Barrett pitched six strong innings, allowing three runs on three hits while striking out six. DP will jump into the spring break tournament starting Monday vs. Colonial at 4:00 pm.
