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Sunshine State Cup All-Sports standings announced/Board of Directors agenda

GAINESVILLE – Dr. Phillips (Orlando), St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) and FAMU (Tallahassee) swept the top overall, boys and girls awards in their respective classifications in the final 2010-11 FHSAA Floyd E. Lay Sunshine Cup All-Sports Awards point standings. Barron Collier (Naples), Bolles (Jacksonville), Cocoa Beach, Trinity Prep (Winter Park), P.K. Yonge (Gainesville) and Oak Hall (Gainesville) also won the overall awards in their respective classifications.

Dr. Phillips, with 1,283 points, holds a 364-point margin over the second place finisher and rival, Winter Park, in the Class 6A overall standings. St. Thomas Aquinas totalled 1,152 points to take the lead in Class 5A over Niceville, which finished with 581 points. Barron Collier topped Class 4A with 644 points, edging Lakewood Ranch (Bradenton), which finished with 610.5 points. Bolles, with 993.5 points, is out in front of the Class 3A private schools, 145 points better than second-place American Heritage (Plantation). Cocoa Beach leads the Class 3A public school category with 305 points, just 13 points better than Jones (Orlando). In Class 2A private schools, Trinity Prep (Winter Park), with 714.5 points, boasted a 163.5-point margin over Northside Christian (St. Petersburg). P.K. Yonge (Gainesville), with 374 points, set the pace in Class 2A public schools, while second-place Port St. Joe finished with 224 points. Oak Hall (Gainesville), with 420.5 points, finished 113.5 points better than second-place Summit Christian (West Palm Beach) in the Class 1A private school category. Finally, FAMU (Tallahassee) earned the lead in the Class 1A public school category with 183.5 points, 148.5 points ahead of Laurel Hill.

For the complete release and standings, click the following link: http://www.fhsaa.org/news/2011/0607