The Gulf Coast Eight Conference awards were announced last night at the winter meeting being held at Lecanto High School. Wrestler Josh Pritz led the way by being named Wrestler of the Year. Coach David Pritz was named Coach of the Year after leading the Leopards to the conference championship. The following wrestlers were named
Freshmen Hannah Taylor went 3-4 with a triple and a homerun to go with her five RBI’s in helping the Lady Leopards walk away to a 14-11 slugfest victory over visiting Citrus High School. Solo Genberg also collected three hits at the plate, including two doubles and knocked in three runs. Sydney Cline had three
The boys weightlifting team defeated Nature Coast 58-30 in their weightlifting meet held in the Hernando High School weightroom. The Leopards had eight weight class winners: Caleb Adams, Dylan Mason, Lex Garcia, Jackson Way, Jaquan Spry, Jaheem Mathis, Travon Mathis and William Bartz. Congratulations!
The Hernando High School wrestling team continued their dominance in districts on Saturday. The Leopards won their fourth consecutive district title in dominating fashion. The purple and gold had thirteen finalist and eleven walked away with the gold. The following walked away with district championships in their respective weight class: Heaven-Leigh Jackson – 113,
The Hernando baseball team redeemed their opening game loss to Weeki Wachee by traveling to the Hornets Nest to defeat the county opponent 6-2. The Leopards were led by Javi Bonilla going 3-3 at the plate and receiving a key two-run double by Riley Fisher. Jordan Laing threw four innings striking out six and not
Former first round draft pick of the New England Patriots, Brian Holloway was the guest speaker at the Leopard football banquet. Holloway was a five-time pro bowl player. Holloway, a Stanford graduate, discussed overcoming obstacles and fighting through adversity. He explained how he was told he couldn’t do things and won’t be successful when he
Softball player Taliyah Dowdell and baseball player Dylan Duphily were mentioned in the Tampa Bay Times top 30 players to watch in their respective sport. Click on the link below to read the story. https://www.tampabay.com/sports/high-schools/2020/02/21/high-school-softball-players-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-tampa-bay/ https://www.tampabay.com/sports/high-schools/2020/02/21/high-school-baseball-players-to-keep-an-eye-on-in-tampa-bay/
Bre Mobley and Sam Fleming were named Glory Days Athletes of the Month for January. Bre was a state qualifier in girls weightlifting that finished in the top 10 and was also GC8 Conference Champion and District Champion. Sam had an excellent month in winning in District Duals, GC8 Conference Champion and finished in second
Freshmen Savannah Ellis threw a no-hitter against Weeki Wachee High School in the season opener. The Lady Leopards won the game 16-0 playing 4 innings. Ellis had seven strikeouts and one walk just missing out on a perfect game. The Lady Leopard bats caught fire early and often as they banged out fifteen hits including
Freshmen Devin Williams, in his first year of ever wrestling, won the state title in the heavyweight class at the JV state wrestling tournament being held at Osceola High School. Congrats to Devin and the wrestling coaches. Great job on the grindstone!
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