Four FPC lifters win titles in four-way meet

In its final match before the Five Star Conference championships, Flagler Palm Coast’s boys weightlifting team hosted Winter Springs, Bartram Trail and Deltona on March 1.

The Bulldogs finished second in both the traditional and Olympic competition. Winter Springs edged FPC 57-50 in traditional, with Deltona (28) third and Bartram Trail (3) fourth. In the Olympic competition, Winter Springs was first with 59 points, followed by FPC (39), Bartram Trail (37) and Deltona (17).

Mainland Wrestlers Place

Mainland’s Cheyenne Wigley (235 pounds) and Mya Hill (155 pounds) each placed seventh at the girls state weightlifting championships March 1-4 at the Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. Both wrestlers placed at state for the second year in a row.

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Tennis Team Undefeated

Seabreeze’s boys and girls tennis teams were both 6-0 entering the Five Star Conference tournament, which will conclude Thursday, March 9, at the Florida Tennis Center in Daytona Beach.

FPC’s girls tennis team was 3-2, while its young boys team was 1-6 entering the tournament.

FPC’s Nick Lilavois, (129 pounds) and Nick Groth (183) won their weight classes in both competitions. Charley Perry (238) and Kobe Murphy (unlimited) won in traditional.

Lilavois hoisted 445 pounds (225 clean and jerk, 220 bench press) in the traditional competition and 415 (190 snatch) in Olympic. Lilavois, who won both competitions handily, missed his third clean and jerk attempt of 235 pounds.

Last year, 445 pounds was the

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Groth had the best clean and jerk lift of 295 pounds at the March 1 meet. He totaled 560 in traditional and 515 in Olympic.

Perry won the 235-pound traditional competition by 150 pounds, with a 600-pound total. He tied Bartram Trail’s Marcos Ramos for the highest Olympic total (420 pounds), but Ramos won the competition by body weight, weighing one pound lighter than Perry.

Murphy did not miss a traditional lift. He completed a 280-pound clean and jerk and benched 360 pounds for a 640-pound total.

The Five Star meet is scheduled for Wednesday, March 8, at FPC.

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Lions Club Honors Senior

The Ormond Beach Lions Club honored Seabreeze High School senior Dominic Marinaccio as its student athlete of the month for February. Marinaccio plays soccer for the Sandcrabs and was also on the cross country team.

He was awarded SuperCrab of Athletics for the first quarter this year and was named best newcomer for cross country. He also assists soccer coach Jon Kinsler in refereeing and coaching 3 vs. 3 tournaments and practices for the Under 10 and Under 8 soccer club divisions.

Marinaccio has a 4.53 GPA and is secretary of Seabreeze’s National Honor Society. He has been drum captain of the drum line for the last two years and has been chosen to be in the Tomorrow’s Leaders program. He has recorded over 400 hours of community service.

Pro Pickleball At Pictona

A pro pickleball tournament is scheduled March 9-12 at Pictona at Holly Hill. The Carvana PPA Tour will host the Red Clay Florida Open. This event will be the PPA Tour’s first-ever tournament held in the Volusia-Flagler area.

The event is a professional and amateur tournament that will feature 1,100 pickleball players in multiple divisions. This will be the fifth event on the pro tour’s calendar of 25 events during the 2023 season.

The competitors include the world’s top male and female pros, including Anna Leigh Waters (women’s No. 1), Ben Johns (men’s No. 1), Riley Newman (men’s No. 2) and Catherine Parenteau (women’s No. 2). The professional purse is $238,314 in prize money.