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YOUR TOWN DO YOU BELIEVE IN MAGIC?

The Orange County Library System is taking its Pop-Up Library program to Horizon West from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12. Magician Mark Alan will present his magic show at the Waterleigh Community Clubhouse, 16150 Pebble Bluff Loop, Winter Garden.

The entire family is invited to experience the magical fun. Space is limited; attendees are asked to preregister at attend.ocls.info/ event/2945103.

For information, call (407) 835-7323.

FALLING INTO PLACE Water Spring Elementary School welcomes guests to first fall fest. PAGE 15.

Commission rejects school cap proposal The proposed county charter amendment would have capped school capacity at 120%.

Here for the beer

TIM FREED MANAGING EDITOR

A proposed Orange County charter amendment intended to address school overcrowding has been denied.

The Orange County Charter Review Commission rejected a proposal made by Commissioner Lee Steinhauer during its Wednesday, Oct. 2, meeting.

The proposal would have prevented schools from being at

The event will feature 30 breweries for attendees to try.

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The Robichaud family — Samantha, David and their daughter Anibel — will be sharing the stage for the first time in Horizon West Theater Company’s inaugural production, “The Music Man.”

Horizon West Theater Company opens the curtain on its first production, “The Music Man.”

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or lifelong thespian Samantha Robichaud, the Horizon West Theater Company’s inaugural production, “The Music Man,” will be unlike any other show in which she has performed in her career.

Although it will be her third time being in a production of “The Music Man” and her second time playing Marian, this time, Robichaud will share the stage with her family for the first time.

“The Music Man” premieres Oct. 10 and runs through Oct. 12 at the Cypress Center for the Arts at Windermere Preparatory School.

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SPORTS

Windermere’s premier beer event is back for another round.

The town will be hosting the sixth annual Windermere Craft Beer Fest Saturday, Oct. 12.

Residents will have a chance to sample a variety of beers all while supporting the Windermere Police Foundation, the Florida Brewers Guild and improvements to Windermere’s Downtown Business District.

General admission gets patrons a souvenir sampling cup to go around the festival and try

Foundation Academy cruises to 52-14 win over Windermere Prep.

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THURSDAY, OCT. 10

AUTISM SUPPORT GROUP MEETING 6:30 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, in Building B Room 201 at St. Luke’s United Methodist Church, 4851 S. ApopkaVineland Road, Orlando. This support group is designed for parents of children/teens on the autism spectrum disorder. Share challenges, ideas, concerns, success stories and fellowship. Email care@st.lukes. org or call (407) 876-4991, Ext. 262, to register to attend.

CUISINE CORNER: FALL CHOWDER AND CRISPS 6 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Join Chef Karen Ross of Karen’s Creative Cuisines as she shares a simple and delicious corn chowder recipe. She also will show how easy it is to make cinnamon apple crisps made with wonton wrappers.

Registration required by calling (407) 835-7323.

QUIT SMOKING PROGRAM 6 to 8 p.m. Thursday, Oct. 10, at Orlando Health Dr. Phillips Hospital, 9400 Turkey Lake Road, Orlando. This Tools to Quit program helps you quit smoking. Tobacco Free Florida offers free tools and services to get you started. Free nicotine replacement patches, gum and lozenges are available, as are community, worksite and clinic groups. To register or learn more, call (877) 252-6094.

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SIXTH ANNUAL WINDERMERE CRAFT BEER FEST 4 to 8 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12,

in downtown Windermere. The event includes food vendors, live music and a variety of brews. The event benefits the Windermere Police Department Foundation Inc. and the Florida Brewers Guild. Tickets are available at tickets.beerfests.com.

DECORATE A SWEET TREAT WITH A VETERAN 11 a.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at the Windermere Library, 530 Main St. Decorate a sweet treat with a local veteran. Learn more about their time serving our country while sharing this treat together. Registration required by calling (407) 835-7323.

EMPOW“HER” 2 to 3 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at Orlando Health Medical Pavilion – Horizon West, 17000 Porter Road, Suite 204, Winter Garden.

Join the monthly learning events aimed at empowering young girls and women through education about their health.

Dr. Shweta Patel will discuss women’s health concerns in a comfortable environment. Program is free. Space is limited; call (407) 635-3303.

FIRST RESPONDER FESTIVAL 5 to 11 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at The Pines of Windermere, 3409 Maguire Road. Hosted by Wounded Officers Initiative, the event includes live music, food and drink, raffles, games and a vendors market. This is an exclusive event for local active and retired members of law enforcement, fire and emergency medical services, their significant others and adult family members. Proceeds benefit the Wounded Officers Initiative.

Tickets $25 at Eventbrite.com.

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whatever they please. With 30 breweries on tap, along with food vendors and live music, this year’s rendition will be the largest ever.

Event organizer and Windermere Town Council Member Chris Sapp said he’s expecting a bigger turnout this year, as well. Last year, the event sold out at 600 tickets, and this year — with the additional breweries — the event is capping at 750 tickets.

Each brewery will have direct representation at the tents, Sapp said.

“You do have somebody there with a — for the most part — direct and vested interest in the brewery, whether they’re a brew master themselves or somebody that works directly with the brewery, as opposed to a distributor,” Sapp said. “We do pride ourselves in that regard. There’s a good connect between the two, where a customer or sampler can speak and talk and educate themselves directly with the brewery themselves.”

The event also includes an eclectic mix of breweries — from the unestablished and brand-new to the well-known breweries in production and distribution.

“The consumer can try out other beers — the idea behind that is for somebody to try something, like it and ask their local bar, pub or restaurant about that particular beer or how to get it on tap,” Sapp said. “It’s a win for the breweries, because that’s the best way to market your product.”

Money that benefits the Downtown Business District helps pay for improvements such as new landscaping throughout the area. The Windermere Police Foundation, a nonprofit established in honor of fallen Windermere Police Department officer Robert German, gives back to the community with events and helps the families of other fallen officers. The Florida Brewers Guild lobbies for small, independent breweries at the state level and offers scholarships for education.

All the causes are supported by the event, Sapp said. “(The festival is) 100% nonprofit — it’s more of a community-type event,” he said.

When it comes to the Windermere Craft Beer Fest, Sapp said people can expect one thing for sure.

“They’re going to be able to try something they’ve never had before,” he said.

“They’re going to be able to try something they’ve never had before.”

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Olympia’s National Honor Society put together an artistically elaborate banner, encouraging the Titans to take down the University High Cougars.

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t was a big day for the Olympia Titans Friday, Oct. 4, as they prepared to celebrate Homecoming weekend. Students began festivities with a Homecoming parade — and showed off their artistic skills with corresponding banners for their student organizations — on the school’s track before the game against the University High Cougars kicked off. At halftime, Joshua Powell and Dayanara Duprey were crowned the 2019 Homecoming king and queen. Other members of the senior Homecoming court were Dylan Balzer, Leyana Caguiat, Colby Kintner, Philicia St. Clair, Noah Schipp, Lucas Martins, Hannah Jacobson and Amanda Johnston.

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Right: Dayanara Duprey and Joshua Powell are Olympia High’s 2019 Homecoming king and queen.

Below: Dayanara Duprey was all smiles as she was crowned Homecoming queen.

Right: The Spanish National Honor Society’s banner featured a Titans cleat kicking a football marked with the University High Cougars paw print logo.

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Adam and Lisa Kelly and their sons, who are known by their nicknames Rooey, left, and Bean Boy, collected art supplies during their recent fundraiser.

Arts on the go go The Go Go Brothers have benefited from their experience with art, and their parents hope to spread its importance by collecting supplies for others.

AMY QUESINBERRY COMMUNITY EDITOR

Adam and Lisa Kelly know what a positive experience art has been for their children, and they want to share this knowledge with others. The Winter Garden family hosted a fundraiser recently, and dozens of community members and neighbors attended, bringing with them a slew of art supplies to be shared with other children with special needs.

The event, Gift a Dream Night, was held Saturday, Sept. 28, at Barley & Hops Windermere Tavern and included raffles and visits from a number of prin-

GO GO DREAMERS FOUNDATION The Go Go Dreamers Foundation is a nonprofit organization that focuses on the advancement of and access to art as a therapeutic process for children with special needs.

Founders Adam and Lisa Kelly, who have two sons with special needs, believe art therapy is a powerful tool that promotes focus, accomplishment and selfesteem. As parents, they focus on the process rather than the final product or result.

They created a series of short videos on YouTube two years ago, and their boys — who go by their nicknames, Rooey and Bean Boy — were the stars.

They filmed adventures inspired by viewers’ artwork, and the Kellys say this has had “profound emotional and cognitive impacts” and has “decreased the boys’ fear, stress and anxiety and increased their pride and self-worth.”

The Kellys host Dreamer Day events, where children can create with a variety of art-making tools. Each child receives a Dreamer Kit with crayons, markers, paper and activity cards.

For information, call (407) 906-7661 or visit Gogodreamers.org.

cesses and superheroes.

The Kelly boys are 7 and 9 and are known publicly by their nicknames, Bean Boy and Rooey, and for their artistic adventures on YouTube. Rooey has autism spectrum disorder and attention deficit hyperactivity disorder, and Bean Boy was born with spina bifida.

When the Kellys discovered their sons reacted positively to the arts, they allowed them to express themselves through drawings and video, which has enhanced their lives.

“Art, as we’ve realized, it improves your focus, your social skills, your self-esteem, all the things you need to be upstanding adults,” Adam said. “Art has really provided skills … for us, it’s really been the doorway to opening up our world.”

The Go Go Brothers, as they are called, star in art-based, dad-created YouTube videos.

Their personal and online success led the family to create the Go Go Dreamers Foundation, so others with disabilities can thrive as the Kelly brothers have. ​Fundraisers allow the Kellys to provide art supplies, as well as scholarships to lessons in the arts, to qualified Central Florida children.

“Some of the kids have never been exposed to art, whatever their circumstances,” Adam said. “We really wanted to do an event that was about gifting dreams for these kids.”

Photos by Amy Quesinberry

Bean Boy, left, and Rooey showed off their assortment of tattoos during the fundraiser.

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Man” tells the story of con-man Harold Hill, who poses as a traveling salesman bartering band instruments and uniforms for boys. He finds himself in River City, Iowa, where he meets his match in Marian Paroo, a librarian who also is a music teacher.

She has her suspicions about Hill, but eventually, a romance sparks between the two, said Ron Baumanis, director of “The Music Man” and board president of the Horizon West Theater Company.

“This show is about the coming together of a community to welcome newcomers and build something — eventually — together,” Baumanis said. “It’s a show that allows us to cast adults, young adults and kids and to do a show that has all three of those is really hard. Most shows are written for adults with very few kids in them.

It has really given us an opportunity to grow all three of those areas with our first show — a young adult cast, a kids’ cast and an adult cast. (It will) help (us) develop that for future productions.”

The production features 41 performers in addition to a 14-member orchestra and about 20 people doing backstage and support work.

One of the unique elements of the show is that entire families are in the cast, including the Robichaud family. Samantha, her husband, David, and her daughter, Anibel, each have a role in the show. David is cast for the role of Charlie Cowell, and Anibel will play Amaryllis.

“As soon as I saw this musical, I was like, ‘We’re auditioning,’” Samantha said. “I never expected my husband to audition in a million years. I’m super glad he did, because now we’re all in it.”

Ten-year-old Anibel is no stranger to the stage. She has been involved in theater for much of her life, but it’s a different story for

120% capacity for more than two years, as well as added provisions to Article VII, section 704B.2 of the charter. Those provisions stated, “Orange County may not enter into an interlocal agreement for the purposes of implementing school concurrency unless the interlocal agreement, and any ordinance promulgated pursuant to same, provides that no Orange County public school may remain at or over 120% of its defined capacity (i.e. Adjusted FISH capacity) for any longer than a two-year period without a relief school being planned, or other arrangements being made to relieve over capacitated conditions, including, but not limited to, entering into partnerships with charter school(s) to provide relief.”

Winter Garden resident Jodi Jessop spoke during the meeting about the county’s overcrowding issues.

“We have such overcrowding in our schools that kids are sitting on the floor eating lunch,” she said. “(Portables) have been lowered by about 50%, but that’s still 50% too much. … To say we have to add on more schools, but we have to allot for portables because we have so many kids right now … that’s kind of defeating the purpose. … Let’s dig in. Let’s find out more. If 120 is not the right number, what’s the

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Samantha Robichaud stars as Marian Paroo and Ben Crane stars as Harold Hill in Horizon West Theater Company’s inaugural production, “The Music Man.”

David. Although he has worked in the entertainment industry for many years — he currently works in entertainment at Walt Disney World — this production is the first time he will perform in a musical.

“The fact that I knew that my daughter and my wife would probably both be performing in this show was the motivation for me to get into the show, as well,” David said. “I just thought it would be great to (have) all three of us be in a show together. … This was a great opportunity for me to spend time with both of them doing what both of them love. I also love it — I’ve just been loving it from the outside perspective watching them do their thing.”

“I like the joy of (acting) — like

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expressing (yourself) in a new character,” Anibel said. “It’s fun, because you can be anybody you want to be (with) acting. There are different characters in every musical.”

What’s more, Samantha and

Anibel will perform a song together for the first time.

“When I had Anibel, my dream was to be on stage with her eventually at some point,” Samantha said. “This (show) was the perfect opportunity. … I couldn’t ask for anything better. I’m super excited to get to sing with her onstage.

And then also, I do a whole scene with my husband, (and it’s) funny, because we have to kiss.”

“It’s really fun,” Anibel said of performing with her parents.

“You get to see everybody acting up there, because sometimes my dad is on the stage, and sometimes my mom is on the stage. It’s cool to see what they’re doing. My favorite thing about it is … it’s interesting to watch them do their parts.”

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right number and how can we get there?”

Windermere resident Marci Sgattoni moved to the area in 2007, when her son started first grade at the newly opened Sunset Park Elementary School. That same year, Orange County Public Schools opened Bridgewater Middle School, and since then has opened Keene’s Crossing Elementary, SunRidge Elementary, SunRidge Middle, Bay Lake Elementary, Windermere High, Castleview Elementary, Water Spring Elementary and Horizon West Middle — all within the West Orange area.

Sgattoni said Orange County Public Schools is doing its best to keep up with growth.

“I’m not really sure what this amendment is trying to accomplish other than override existing processes that are in place and, quite frankly, seem to be working,” Sgattoni said. “Have we had a lot of portables along the way?

Yes, portables that lend stability to our children, which is better than putting them in a situation where they have to be rezoned multiple times, sometimes just within their elementary school years. The biggest factor in my children having a successful year is not the location and not their classroom, but the quality of their teachers.

“I urge you to let Orange County Public Schools continue to build

schools with their current processes that carefully and deliberately plan for school construction in a responsible way,” she said.

Since 2003, OCPS has opened 53 new schools to accommodate growth and relieve overcrowding.

Representatives from Orange County Public Schools — including Orange County School Board Chair Teresa Jacobs, District 7 Orange County School Board Member Melissa Byrd and District 4 Orange County School Board Member Pam Gould — also spoke during the Oct. 2 meeting. They said the amendment would hurt the district’s ability to make room for students.

“It doesn’t slow down growth,” Jacobs said. “It doesn’t speed up funding — it does the opposite.

It reduces the amount of funding we’ll get in the future, because it says we can’t enter interlocal agreements with Orange County or municipalities. It means that the charter amendment that we have used for the last 15 years to reduce our portables by 50% while we’ve had growth, that charter amendment is annihilated.”

Jacobs said in a letter to the commission that the most detrimental aspect of the proposal is that it would “incentivize developers to build residential projects in areas zoned for significantly overcrowded schools (in excess of 120% of capacity), because proj-

ects impacting schools that are at 120% of capacity or more would be exempt from paying or contributing the necessary mitigation to address the impact on the overcrowded schools.”

Steinhauer said his only intention is to prevent students from being in an overcrowding situation.

“The attempt here is not to restrain your ability to build schools,” he said. “It’s to say that there is a limit — there is a ceiling of which going beyond that ceiling is unacceptable. This is a starting point for the conversation.”

After the meeting, Steinhauer said he wants to be part of the solution moving forward.

“Whether my solution is the right solution to solve the problem may not be the case, but I know that there’s a solution out there that we can work on with OCPS and other stakeholders and get it done,” he said.

Jacobs said after the meeting that she was optimistic about OCPS getting in front of the school overcrowding in the future.

“We’re on the cusp of catching up, but if you’re one of these parents and you’re in an overcrowded school, that’s not good enough,” she said. “I think there are some things that we can do — just making sure that the board sees at least twice a year what these capacity levels look like.”

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Hamlin rallies for accident victim Residents are raising money for a Bosphorous bartender who was struck in a hit-and-run accident.

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A local bartender in Hamlin is in need — but an unexpected family is there to support him.

Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine bartender and Horizon West resident Dionisio “Dio” Encarnacion is getting back on his feet with the help of his customers and neighbors after being struck by a car while walking home after work last month.

Encarnacion, who can stand but still needs a wheelchair to move, said he was walking home from the Bosphorous location in Hamlin — about two miles away — the night of Sunday, Sept. 8, when he was struck by a car while crossing a street.

The bartender said he doesn’t remember what happened at the time of being hit — the driver fled the scene.

“I remember that I crossed the street, and then I saw a flash — I didn’t see the car,” Encarnacion said. “When I woke up, I see many things attached to my body. I was at the hospital.”

Encarnacion awoke with an injured ligament in his right knee,

a fractures pelvis, a hip fracture and seven fractured ribs.

Despite the injuries, Encarnacion is thankful to be alive.

“I’m not looking for any lawsuit; I’m not looking for any retaliation,” he said. “I feel so blessed. I was in the emergency unit, and I saw people with brain damage, and people that were not allowed to walk again.”

TENDING TO A BARTENDER

Over the past sixth months working at the Bosphorous Turkish Cuisine in Hamlin, Encarnacion earned a reputation for bringing people together.

Linda Sibley, who started going to Bosphorous on Fridays for happy hour after with her husband, immediately noticed Encarnacion’s knack for introducing people to one another.

“We met Dio, and he’s just an amazing, incredibly effervescent young man,” she said. “He’s so personable. As soon as you sit down at the bar, he doesn’t care who you are — he’s just so welcoming. His smile is contagious.

“Everybody at the bar started talking to him as if he was their best friend,” Sibley said. “Over

“I’ve never seen this in my life — even in Puerto Rico, my country, I’ve never seen this amount of love and care from people. … It’s amazing.”

— Dionisio “Dio” Encarnacion

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Friends and customers visited Dionisio “Dio” Encarnacion at the hospital after the accident.

the months, we just realized that’s how he is.”

Gerry DeLand, a regular Bosphorous customer, noticed the same about Encarnacion, a native of Puerto Rico.

“He’s welcoming, he’s attentive to folks, and he’s very conscious of introducing you to the person sitting next to you or the person across the way,” DeLand said. “He remembers little tidbits about everybody. … He’s just introducing folks because everybody’s new in the area. He really is an icebreaker for a lot of the folks that come in.”

After hearing about the incident, customers of Bosphorous started to come to his aid. An initial conversation between

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some of the frequent customers led to an initial donation of about $1,000 to Encarnacion to help pay for his physical therapy and other expenses, DeLand said.

A GoFundMe page was started

by Sibley, as well, raising $1,850, so far, out of a $5,000 goal.

“He just touched so many people by his personality and his effervescence,” Sibley said. “When I heard about it, I just thought ‘I have to try. I

have to figure out the GoFundMe.’ It’s at times like this when we can all draw that line in the sand and say ‘This is when I’m stepping up to help a neighbor.’”

Sibley said she and several other residents also are discussing having a potential event to benefit Encarnacion at some point in the near future. The local bartender, who is expected to move with a walker in the coming weeks, is beyond thankful for all the support and love.

“Look at how life surprises you — I’m blessed,” Encarnacion said.

“I’ve never seen this in my life — even in Puerto Rico, my country, I’ve never seen this amount of love and care from people.”

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ith Halloween around the corner, southwest Orlando residents are about to get treated to some happy haunts and fall festivities right in their own backyards.

From haunted graveyards and trunk-or-treating to costume contests and parties so good that it’s scary, here are a few places where you can get your fill of spooky celebrations and familyfriendly events.

ST. LUKE’S UMC’S TRUNKS, TREATS & MORE

Rain or shine, fun will be had by all at St. Luke’s UMC’s Trunks, Treats & More Halloween event.

The family-friendly event takes place 5 to 7:30 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 19, at St. Luke’s UMC, 4851 S. Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando.

The whole family can enjoy trunk-or-treating, food, entertainment, a children’s costume

contest, inflatable games, a sensory-friendly area and a pumpkin patch.

Dawn Fleming, executive director of marketing at St. Luke’s, said there are a couple of new and exciting things coming to this year’s event. One of those things is an inflatable corn maze.

“I didn’t even know this was something that existed, but we’re pretty excited about it,” Fleming said. “It takes up about the size of a house, so it should be pretty fun. In the city or the suburbs it’s hard to find a corn maze, so this is going to be the next best thing. The pictures are pretty cool, and all of the staff is really excited to go through it.”

Also new this year is the “Candy, Sweets & Musical Treats” concert featuring the children’s choir, youth choir, handbell choir and John R. Mason III on the organ.

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2019 will be toned down. There will be no walkthrough haunted house this year, but the full Halloween yard display will be ready on Oct. 15. The family also has moved over to the South Bay neighborhood in the Bay Hill area, they wrote on Facebook.

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If you dare, the city of Ocoee’s Parks and Recreation Department is hosting its 12th annual Haunted House, the Haunted Maze of Horror in an abandoned house at 951 Ocoee Apopka Road. Tickets are $5 for the house and $5 for a haunted walk behind the house. The attractions are open from 7:30 to 11 p.m. Fridays and Saturdays, Oct. 11, 12, 18 and 19. For information, visit ocoee.org or call Ocoee Parks and Recreation at (407) 905-3180.

people to come in, cool off and listen to some music by the children and our handbell choirs.

The event has just been growing in popularity — more and more people have attended in the past and bring their friends, neighbors, coworkers and family members.

“We wanted to make sure we have plenty of things for people to do,” she said. “We really just wanted to be a good neighbor in the community and offer a fun

opportunity for kids to come and have fun with friends and their community.”

And although sweet treats are a big part of the event, the church is participating in the Teal Pumpkin Project, which promotes inclusion for trickor-treaters with food allergies or other conditions. The church will offer non-food items for these children, such as small toys and prizes.

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In years past, the gates of the Allen Asylum have opened for a couple of days each October to the public for a full-scale haunted house experience. Bay Hill residents Matt and Amy Allen display a graveyard scene in their front yard, and the walkthrough haunted house — complete with special effects and “scaractors” — is open on Halloween and at least one other day prior to Halloween.

However, the Allens announced that festivities for

Are you ready for a scary good time? Once again, The Grove Orlando is gearing up for its annual Halloween Boo Bash.

The complimentary, familyfriendly event promises fun for all — and there will be plenty of candy.

The party kicks off with a DJ, Halloween-themed music, games and a costume contest.

Children will get to experiment with dry ice, make ghost eggs to take home and also experience a “gross” sensory station with Mad Science.

Attendees also will be able to decorate a Halloween bag at The Grove’s craft station and trick or treat throughout The Grove’s shops. Boo Bash takes place from 4 to 7 p.m. Saturday, Oct. 12, at The Grove Orlando, 4744 S. Apopka Vineland Road, Orlando. For more information on Boo Bash, visit bit. ly/2pMdXIn. WINDERMERE HIGH TRUCK OR TREAT NIGHT

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Wednesday, Oct. 30, at the school, 5523 Winter Garden Vineland Road, Windermere.

Windermere High’s PTSO is the presenting sponsor for the truck-or-treat night, and Wolverines clubs, sports teams, student organizations and community partners decorate their own booths. Some offer games and crafts, and all of them provide treats.

Attendees can also visit their favorite food trucks and enjoy music and fun for all ages. For more information, visit bit. ly/2LXGFPr. WINDERMERE HALLOWEEN COSTUME PARADE AND HAYRIDE

A beloved Windermere tradition continues from 9:30 to 11 a.m.

Saturday, Oct. 26, with Windermere Parks and Recreation’s annual costume parade and hayride.

In years past, the mayor has led the short parade through downtown Windermere as ghosts, goblins, witches, princesses and superheroes followed with treat bags in hand. Children gather on the front porch of Town Hall for a photo with the mayor before heading inside for snacks and a hauntingly good story time. Hayrides for all cap off the fun morning.

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CYPRESS CHASE

The home at 9450 Pecky Cypress Way, No. 2, Orlando, 32836, sold Oct. 1, for $339,999. Built in 2005, it has five bedrooms, three-andone-half baths and 2,667 square feet.

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The home at 9227 Bayway Drive, Orlando, 32819, sold Sept. 30, for $775,000. Built in 2007, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 3,664 square feet.

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The home at 6639 Parson Brown Drive, Orlando, 32819, sold Sept.

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The home at 6047 Shore Line Drive, Orlando, 32819, sold Oct. 4, for $383,500. Built in 1989, it has four bedrooms, two baths and 2,255 square feet. The price per square foot is $170.07.

PINEY OAK SHORES

The home at 5208 Patricia Drive, Orlando, 32819, sold Sept. 30, for $400,000. Built in 1996, it has five bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 2,912 square feet. The price per square foot is $137.36.

RESERVE AT CYPRESS POINT

The home at 8825 Grey Hawk Point, Orlando, 32836, sold Sept. 30, for $750,000. Built in 2000, it has five bedrooms, four-and-one-half baths and 4,790 square feet. The price per square foot is $156.58.

RUBY LAKE

The home at 10914 Citron Oak Drive, Orlando, 32836, sold Sept. 30, for $618,985. Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,940 square feet. The price per square foot is $157.10.

SOUTH BAY VILLAS

The home at 9043 Shawn Park Place, Orlando, 32819, sold Oct. 4, for $549,900. Built in 1999, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 3,014 square feet. The price per square foot is $182.45.

The home at 7703 Shadow Box Court, Orlando, 32819, sold Sept. 30, for $415,000. Built in 1988, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,580 square feet. The price per square foot is $160.85.

VISTAS AT PHILLIPS COMMONS

The townhouse at 6906 Hochad Drive, Orlando, 32819, sold Sept. 30, for $289,000. Built in 2006, it has three bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 1,656 square feet. The price per square foot is $174.52.

VIZCAYA

The home at 8384 Via Rosa, Orlando, 32836, sold Oct. 4, for $477,000. Built in 2004, it has four bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 2,797 square feet. The price per square foot is $170.54.

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The home at 9115 Aliso Ridge Road, Gotha, 34734, sold Sept.

30, for $254,000. Built in 1997, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 1,623 square feet. The price per square foot is $156.50.

TOWN OF GOTHA

The home at 1507 Hempel Ave., Windermere, 34786, sold Sept.

30, for $835,000. Built in 1965, it has three bedrooms, two baths and 3,301 square feet. The price per square foot is $252.95.

WINDERMERE CHASE

The home at 814 Little Hampton Lane, Gotha, 34734, sold Sept.

30, for $476,000. Built in 1999, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 3,228 square feet. The price per square foot is $147.46.

HORIZON WEST ASHLIN PARK

The townhouse at 11874 Water Run Alley, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 30, for $292,500.

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The home at 5558 Osprey Isle Lane, Orlando, 32819, sold Oct. 3, for $2.45 million. Special features include a professional home gym, a large soundproofed home theater, a resort-style pool with a new travertine marble patio, a private boat dock with boat lift and a four-car garage.

and 1,724 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $169.66.

HAMLIN RESERVE

The home at 15530 Sunquat Drive, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Oct. 2, for $413,897. Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, three-and-one-half baths and 2,502 square feet of living area.

The price per square foot is $165.43.

The home at 6537 Orange Cream Alley, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Oct. 1, for $391,042.

Built in 2019, it has four bedrooms, two-and-one-half baths and 2,309 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $169.36.

The townhouse at 15477 Honeybell Drive, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Sept. 29, for $265,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,584 square feet. The price per square foot is $167.30.

HAWKSMOOR

The townhouse at 15823 Marina Bay Drive, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Sept. 29, for $294,689. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,793 square feet. The price per square foot is $164.36.

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The home at 7222 Spikerush Lane, Winter Garden, 34787,

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The townhouse at 5734 New Independence Parkway, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Oct. 1, for $285,000. Built in 2010, it has three bedrooms, two-and-onehalf baths and 1,950 square feet.

ISLES OF LAKE HANCOCK

The home at 14696 Pylon Court, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Oct. 3, for $1,075,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, five-and-one-half baths and 4,385 square feet of living area.

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The home at 8137 Tropical Kingbird St., Winter Garden, 34787, sold Oct. 3, for $455,000. Built in 2015, it has six bedrooms, four baths and 3,790 square feet. The price per square foot is $120.05.

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The home at 9331 Bradleigh Drive, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Sept.

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The townhouse at 13704 Summerport Village Parkway, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 30, for $305,000. Built in 2019, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,913 square feet. The price per square foot is $159.44.

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The home at 13094 Overstreet Road, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 27, for $332,500. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, threeand-one-half baths and 2,461 square feet. The price per square foot is $135.11.

WATERMARK

The condo at 14216 Oasis Cove Blvd., No. 3305, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 30, for $260,000. Built in 2007, it has three bedrooms, two-andone-half baths and 1,826 square feet. The price per square foot is $142.39.

The home at 9367 Tyrella Pine Trail, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Sept. 27, for $319,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 1,871 square feet. The price per square foot is $170.50.

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The home at 13597 Gorgona Isle Drive, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 27, for $549,900. Built in 2019, it has five bedrooms, fourand-one-half baths and 4,057 square feet. The price per square foot is $135.54.

The home at 7699 Green Mountain Way, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Oct. 1, for $990,000. Built in 2016, it has five bedrooms, four baths and 4,248 square feet. The price per square foot is $233.05.

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The home at 9101 Reflection Pointe Drive, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 30, for $440,000. Built in 2015, it has four bedrooms, three baths and 2,988 square feet of living area.

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The home at 8718 Powder Ridge Trail, Windermere, 34786, sold Sept. 30, for $416,000. Built in 2017, it has three bedrooms, twoand-two-half baths and 2,453 square feet of living area. The price per square foot is $169.59.

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The home at 14542 Golden Harbor Lane, Winter Garden, 34787, sold Sept. 27, for $320,000. Built in 2016, it has three bedrooms, twoand-one-half baths and 1,896 square feet. The price per square foot is $168.78.

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ALWOOD S. BROWN DIED WEDNESDAY, OCT. 2, 2019.

Alwood S. Brown, 95, of Windermere, Florida, passed away Wednesday, Oct. 2, 2019. He was born in St. Paul, Minnesota, Sept. 7, 1924.

He retired after 30 years of service from Martin Marietta Corp.

He served proudly in the U.S. Navy during WWII. He loved to travel with his wife and play golf and was a long-time member of the West Orange Country Club.

Alwood was preceded in passing by his beloved wife of 70 years, Betty Brown in 2017; his son, Jimmy Brown; and by his grandson, Alan Brown.

He is survived by his children, Scott, Janet, Judy and Glenn; his nine grandchildren; and his eight great-grandchildren.

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ELMER CHARLES “RICK” ROSENBAUM JR. DIED MONDAY, SEPT. 30, 2019.

On Monday, Sept. 30, 2019, Elmer Charles “Rick” Rosenbaum Jr. passed away surrounded by his family. Rick’s helpful heart and funny sense of humor will be missed dearly by those who knew him.

Rick was born in Bristol, Virginia, and grew up in the Orlando area. Rick served in the United States Air Force, then he and his wife built their lives together in Winter Garden. He loved his family fiercely and always put their needs first before his own.

He is preceded in death by his wife, Judith B. Rosenbaum.

He is survived by his son, Eric Rosenbaum and wife Kristina Rosenbaum; his daughters, Erin Rosenbaum and wife Jennifer Kittle-Rosenbaum, and Sarah Carter and husband Matthew Shane Carter; and his grandchildren, Joseph Rosenbaum, Jayson Carter, Emma Rosenbaum and Ethan Rosenbaum.

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THROWBACK THURSDAY The Winter Garden Times Oct. 11, 1979 Did you ever shop at Georgiana’s in downtown Winter Garden? The dress shop originally was owned

by Edith Smallbone, who sold it in the 1970s to Georgiana Hendrix. She advertised great Octoberfest savings on her stylish women’s clothing in the Oct. 11, 1979, issue of The Winter Garden Times.

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When motorists cross Florida’s new Sunshine Skyway connecting Pinellas and Manatee counties, they will find the toll gates operated by nattily uniformed women. Public reaction to the renovation is favorable at least as far as male travelers are concerned, for it doesn’t seem as unpleasant to shell out $1.75 to an attractive girl who greets you with a smile.

50 years ago

Plans are being made by the Orlando Yacht Club to hold its 12th annual statewide All-Class Sailing Regatta on Lake Apopka in Winter Garden.

45 years ago

The United Appeal campaign got rolling in West Orange with a kickoff breakfast at the Winter Garden Inn. Sonny Sellers, manager of the new Montgomery Ward in the Tri-City Shopping Center, presented the store’s grand-opening ribbon containing 100 $1 bills.

40 years ago

Howard Phillips, president of Dr. Phillips Inc. and widely known Central Florida philanthropist, was killed in San Francisco by a 27-year-old drifter.

FROM THE ARCHIVES This hand-tinted linen postcard of Trailer City, originally constructed as an “RV park” on the shore of Lake Apopka, dates from the late 1930s. The key on the reverse identifies these structures: A-BC, trailer parkway area; 1, office and modern rest rooms; 2, grapefruit and orange grove; 3, laundry; 4, swimming pool; 5, yacht basins; 6, fishing pier; 7, club house; 8, shuffleboard park; 9, tennis court; and 10, auditorium.

The Winter Garden Heritage Foundation preserves a large collection of original postcards showing images of Trailer City and many of the WPA projects built in Winter Garden under the administration of Mayor George Walker. Call (407) 656-3244 to make a research appointment.

The mission of the Winter Garden Heritage Foundation is to preserve the heritage and architecture of Winter Garden while creating new cultural experiences. The Foundation also preserves the material culture of West Orange County, using it to educate the area’s youth on the community’s rich history.

The West Orange Junior Service League held its annual luncheon to honor its past active and sustaining members.

“Honored members” associated with the league for more than 25 years were Kathryn Smith, Kathryn Petris, Emily Keller, Ann Harrell and Rubie Roper.

35 years ago

It’s a familiar face and a wellknown business, but people are just beginning to get used to seeing them matched up.

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Adelyn O’Rourke, 6, had a blast riding a pony.

Rose and Rayssa Ferro, 4, painted their own pumpkin.

First fall fun Lisamari Fuentes; Isabella Sladewski, 7; and Tomas Correa spent their Friday night checking out the games and activities.

Jennifer Dieguez; Ingrid Bernal; Paloma Suarez, 6; and Valentina Medina, 6, picked up some props for a silly photo.

Above: Vi; Lyla, 8; Lucas, 6; and Long Nguyen decorated pumpkins at the festival.

Right: Joshua, 10; Ralph; Lauren, 6; Beth; and Ryan Leese, 8, all had a great time at the festival.

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ater Spring Elementary School children and their families celebrated the coming of the fall season at the school’s first Fall Festival Friday, Oct. 4.

The event, presented by the Water Spring Elementary PTO, included games, relay races, pony rides, a petting zoo, bounce houses, crafts and more.

Water Spring PTO parents Deanna Plotkin and Dina Gordillo represented a portion of the Fall Festival committee.

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DeSantis proposes minimum salary increase Gov. Ron DeSantis has announced a proposal to increase the minimum salary for teachers across the state.

The governor’s proposed 2020 budget recommendation will include a pay raise for more than 101,000 teachers in Florida by raising the minimum salary to $47,500.

This investment of more than $600 million will move Florida up to second in the nation for starting teacher pay.

“We are experiencing a teacher shortage in Florida,” DeSantis said in a news release. “With a strong economy and plenty of jobs available in other fields, unfortunately, too many college graduates are unwilling to enter the teaching profession. ... This is long overdue, and I look forward to working with the legislature to make this a reality.”

DeSantis announced his proposal during a visit to Middleburg High School in Clay County, where he was joined by Richard Corcoran and Senate Appropriations Chairman Rob Bradley.

Grab & Go event at Dr. Phillips High School Want to get involved at Dr. Phillips High School and help out students and teachers? The school is welcoming donations as part of its Grab & Go program. Donations must be dropped off at the front desk at the school and will be picked up on Tuesdays and Thursdays. A drop-off location is also available in Bay Hill — email ptsa.dphs@gmail.com for the address. Items needed include hand sanitizer, disinfectant wipes, tissues, notebook paper, 1- or 1.5-inch binders, pens, dividers, folders, sticky notes, cans of soda, granola bars, index cards and candy and pumpkin goodies for October.

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What do you love most about your school?

I love the overall diversity of people here at Chain of Lakes. Our faculty, staff and students alike all have rich cultural backgrounds and stories. I love asking my students about where they come from, their beliefs and how much of their culture is passed down from generation to generation in their households. … It’s a blessing to be able to teach in a place that reflects what it’s like in the real world.

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The following year, I came to the public-school sector, and everything just began to work in my favor in such a way that I knew that education is right where I’m supposed to be for this season of my life.

What motivates you and pushes you to do your best?

I believe I just have a spirit of excellence. I put forth my best effort in everything that I do. The quality of my personal and professional reputation is important to me. If someone trusts me with a job, a position or title, and I accept, carrying out the responsibilities with excellence is my way of demonstrating gratitude for opportunity they’ve given me.

What’s the nicest thing a student or faculty member has done with you?

It’s difficult to identify one particular nice thing that’s been done for — or with me. My love language is “acts of service,” so anytime someone takes

notice of my duties and/or responsibilities as a mom, and how I juggle those daily with my career, while also living an hour away. That means a lot to me.

What’s your favorite place to eat?

I don’t think that I have a favorite place to eat, but since we’re on the go a lot, my girls and I eat at Chick-filA and Zaxby’s often. I keep my apps on my phone handy so that I can rack up points with my purchases!

If you could take a vacation to anywhere in the world, where would you go? Why? I’d vacation anywhere in the world that I haven’t been before that’s safe, relaxing, and provides once-in-alifetime opportunities while I learn, grow and make beautiful memories with my daughters.

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Eighth-graders Julia Trimble, left, Carly Bunnell and Samantha Zotti are three of the HOPE Club’s members.

A new HOPE The new club at Horizon West Middle School is geared toward students who want to serve their communities.

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A new club coming to Horizon West Middle School is looking to help students who feel the need to help others.

The HOPE Club is a volunteer and outreach club for students who are looking to answer the call to serve their communities. HOPE — which stands for “Hornets Offering Positive Efforts” — is free for students to join and sponsored by the school’s Parent-TeacherStudent Organization. The club was the idea of the school’s PTSO vice president, Tamara Zotti, who has an eighth-grade daughter at the school.

“We have so many kids who really, really want to help (their community),” Zotti said. “They want to serve and they want to share kindness. … We wanted to start the club because we felt like there was something here missing and we needed it. They have National Junior Honor Society. They have Beta Club, but they don’t do as much community outreach.”

Zotti is no stranger to student volunteer clubs. Before her daughter started attending Horizon West, she was a student at Bridgewater Middle School. During that time, Zotti also was involved in the PTSO at Bridgewater and helped start the BRAVO club, which went by a different name in its first year.

Although Zotti is no longer in the BMS PTSO, the club still is active in the school today.

“I came up with the name, ‘BRAVO,’ which was ‘Bobcats Reaching Available Volunteer Opportunities,’” Zotti said. “With that (club), we did excellent. I was able to reach out to different people in the community and learn who people were, and then when my daughter got transferred to Horizon West (Middle School), I said, ‘I’m going to continue the club,’ but I’m not going to name it BRAVO. So that’s when I came up with HOPE.” The new club currently is seeking sponsors and volunteer opportunities within the community.

Zotti said although they would be more than happy to have students volunteer with some of the more well-known nonprofit organizations within the area, she is more interested in reaching out to smaller organizations that may not get

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the same amount of attention.

“We have such a big community that wants to do so much for each other,” Zotti said. “If (we) could be a small piece of that and have this little club where these kids can go out and show how much they care, why not?”

Volunteerism is something that was instilled in Zotti from a young age by her mother, and she hopes to pass that same spirit on to future generations. She said one of her goals for HOPE is to inspire students to feel good about doing good in their community.

“I don’t want it to be a struggle (for students),” Zotti said. “I want them to show up and say, ‘What can I do?’”

The club presents volunteer opportunities for both students and their parents, as well. Members can choose which volunteer opportunities to adopt and aren’t required to get involved with every volunteering endeavor. Whatever volunteer hours a student accrues under HOPE count toward volunteer hour requirements in other student clubs.

In addition to volunteering in outside organizations, the HOPE club also will be hosting clothing drives twice a year to raise money to give back to the school or to the community.

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Junior Emma Lawrence has been in the theater program at Windermere Prep since she started attending the school in the eighth grade.

Windermere Prep thespian raises funds for Harbor House through play IB theater student Emma Lawrence featured her play, “Young Women,” Sept. 20 at Orlando Shakes.

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Windermere Prep junior Emma Lawrence is no stranger to the stage, but she recently experienced a little role reversal with a play she wrote herself.

The 16-year-old International

Baccalaureate theater student presented her play, “Young Women,” Sept. 20 at the Mandell Studio Theatre at the John and Rita Lowndes Shakespeare Center — also known as Orlando Shakes.

“Young Women” is the first play Lawrence wrote and directed, and it covers topics and issues teenage

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“I’ve been writing it for quite some time, and it depicts the struggles that young girls in the 21st century have to face, such as bullying, social media and heavier topics such as sexual assault,” Lawrence said. “I just really wanted to give a platform for awareness for such (topics) as this, because I feel like it’s not necessarily spoken about.

“It’s a series of monologues

(featuring) five girls,” she said.

“Each (character) has a separate story with scenes in between. …

My (character’s) name was Claire … and my monologue was depicting an abusive relationship. And then another character, Kennedy, was going through bullying at our school. It goes through each separate story in a five- to seven-minute monologue.”

Lawrence’s play not only conveys some of the issues teen girls face today but also provides support for women who have survived domestic abuse. All proceeds raised from the play benefited the Harbor House of Central Florida, an organization that works to prevent and eliminate domestic abuse in Central Florida by providing critical services to survivors, implementing and advancing best practices and educating and engaging the community. Lawrence was able to raise $1,200 to benefit the Harbor House.

“The Harbor House of Central Florida is a charity I care very deeply for, and I really wanted to raise awareness for that (charity),” Lawrence said.

Theater has been part of Lawrence’s life since she was in kindergarten. She typically finds herself playing roles on stage, but her own play brought forth some new experiences. In addition to writing “Young Women,” Lawrence also directed it and played a role in the show.

“It’s been really interesting to see the different viewpoints (of theater), because I’ve always just been an actor,” Lawrence said. “I haven’t really been able to see the director’s perspective, so it was really interesting to see how to handle things (and) how to handle rehearsals. … That was kind of hard to deal with, because I’ve

always been on the other side, and it’s been cool to look at that (director side). It’s also been interesting to take notes from different actors, since I was directing it.”

One of the challenges Lawrence faced was balancing the rigorous classwork that comes with the territory of being an IB diploma student with the loads of work that it takes to produce a show. In addition, she also works with the Acting Up Theater Academy, which has a production of “Frozen Jr.” coming in November and December. For that production, Lawrence will be starring as Elsa.

“As an IB diploma candidate, it’s a lot of work,” she said. “There’s homework every single night.

There’s tests almost every single day, so it’s been difficult to write and plan a rehearsal (for my play).

I allotted a day — we had rehearsals almost every single Sunday since school began.”

Although the first showing of “Young Women” is complete, Lawrence is working toward additional shows for her play. She plans on entering it to be showcased in the 2020 Orlando Fringe Festival, and she’s been asked by her school to present it to her fellow Lakers. “‘Young Women’ was an exceptional performance about the issues women face every day,” theater teacher Jason Wheelhouse said. “I was blown away by the presence of the performers on stage, the delivery of the script and how well it was written. It clearly showed the qualities of a great writer and the exceptional performance skills of outstanding performers. Emma did exceptionally well in writing, casting, directing and performing in such a wellthought-out and very significant and meaningful piece of theater.”

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It was a big day for The First Academy girls golf team as the Royals snagged a first-place finish at the Qdoba Burrito Challenge at Providence Golf Club Friday, Oct. 4. Overall, the Royals shot a team-total 285 — five strokes clear of Lake Mary — and were led by a 2-3-4 finish by Cissy Yang (69), Ariel Yu (70) and Teresa Zhuang (70).

Annie Zhang would finish seventh overall with a 72.

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In Olympia’s 3-0 sweep over Wekiva on the volleyball court Thursday, Oct. 3, the Titans were led by a nine-kill, three-block night from junior middle blocker Charlize Wittholz.

The Titans also had solid production from senior setter Emma McElveen — who racked up four serving aces, two kills and 20 assists — and senior outside hitter Alexis Urban (six kills, three digs). The win moved the Titans to 13-6 on the season.

The Lakers celebrate after winning a set against Cornerstone Charter Academy during their Dig Pink night.

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In a battle of rivals, Windermere came out on top in its 3-0 win over West Orange in volleyball Thursday, Oct. 3.

Despite the loss for West Orange, the Warriors saw productive nights from sophomore outside hitter Cambrie Riffe (10 kills, 12 digs) and junior setter Regan Washington (three kills, 11 digs, 23 assists).

Junior libero Tristan Tucci would also tack on 15 digs.

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Taylor Scaletta walks to midcourt to present a bouquet of roses to a breast-cancer survivor.

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Despite falling 146-153 to Circle Christian in boys golf Tuesday, Oct. 1, at Waldorf Astoria Golf Club (par-35), Windermere Prep stayed in the match thanks to Hiroshi Tai, who shot a 36 on the day.

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Though the Foundation Academy swim team fell in a 113-50 loss to Edgewater Wednesday, Oct. 2, the Lions still swam away with a few first-place finishes.

As a team, the Lions won the the 200 medley relay (featuring Eliana Bosque, Emma Sundermeyer, Hannah Herbert and Katie Hoenstine). Individually, Sundermeyer finished the afternoon with wins in the 100 butterfly and 100 breastroke, while Hoenstine won the 200 IM and 100 backstroke. Bosque took home first in the 500 free.

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s soon as Shannon Work’s name was called, the crowded gym at Windermere Prep clapped with thunderous applause.

Walking out onto the wooden court, she was met with a bouquet of pink roses and the biggest of hugs from daughters Danielle and

Natalie — who were decked out in their bright pink volleyball jerseys.

Though she overcame her breast cancer years ago, the school’s recognition of Work — and the other 15 women honored Friday, Oct. 4 — was a moment that means more than anyone can imagine.

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Firestorm FC sees growth in fifth season The youth soccer league for middle school-age players has grown to more than 100 players.

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Behind Calvary Baptist Church in Winter Garden is where you’ll find Firestorm FC players battling it out on a sunny Saturday morning.

The youth soccer league — which is in its fifth season — has offered a place to go for middle school-aged players over the years who have outgrown youth soccer but still want a competitive, fun place to play.

It’s the reason why players like Eli Reyes, 15, show up early on Saturday morning instead of

sleeping in or watching TV. “I like the community, and I like how it’s focused on building character and also building your talents,” said Reyes, whose father coaches in the program. “It’s grown a lot since our first season … the competition is getting better and then we have just little rivalries every now and then — it’s all fun and amazing.”

Keeping the game open and fun for young soccer players has been at the heart of the organization since its inception by Joe Gitto, Photo by Troy Herring

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was the first year that we did the Dig Pink — it gave me a lot energy and a lot of hope, and I’ve been here for every single one of them.

It’s a really important part of the Windermere Prep community and I’m so blessed to have been a part of it the last nine years.”

The old adage of “some games just mean more” rings true for Windermere Prep’s Dig Pink volleyball game, because it’s more than just a game — it’s a celebration of life.

The gym is filled to the rafters with varying shades of pink, as money is raised left and right through different means. Over in the corner there’s a bake sale going on, while at the front table pink shirts are being sold.

Though Friday night’s game was the peak of the Lakers’ festivities, it also was the culmination of a week’s worth of work for the team and the school.

“During the lunch blocks we were also selling different items to raise money for breast cancer awareness — so we had scrunchies for sale, we had wrist bands and we also took donations, as well,” Danielle said.

When it was all said and done, Windermere Prep helped raise more than $12,000 — a little

Olympia senior Ryan Rutkiewicz joined the bowling team after losing a bet to a friend his sophomore year, but he has no regrets. With this season being his last at the high-school level, Rutkiewicz is hoping to build off the success of last season.

How did you first get into bowling?

I didn’t bowl until my sophomore year. One of my friends who is on the team right now — I lost a bet to him. It was over some kind of football game. He was on the team the previous year and said if I lost the bet, I would have to join the team. I ended up losing the bet, and I joined the team and I’m going into my third year right now. Definitely glad I lost that bet.

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just trying to compete against myself. I really try to focus on improving my game and seeing how far that can take me.

What’s been your favorite part about being with the program?

I see it as almost a hidden competitiveness. A lot of people see bowling as your typical fun bowling thing, but when you get to that next level and playing more competitive schools, you really get into it.

I just find it competitive and really exciting.

What’s been the hardest part of this sport?

The hardest part I find is adjusting to the oil patterns on the lane. Some of the lanes have very different and intricate oil patterns that make it hard to bowl. Sometimes, your ball is going to get a lot of hook on the lane; sometimes you don’t get any. I still work on it a lot — trying to figure out how to throw my ball and what to do to get a good shot.

What’s been the biggest change you’ve seen in your game since starting?

My sophomore year, I always saw it as a way for me to compete against other teams to see how good I am, but now I feel like I’m really

more than $1,000 was raised single handedly by the team in the week leading up to the game.

The money will go directly to the Orlando-based Compassionate Hands and Hearts — an organization of cancer survivors who help those dealing with cancer.

While the experience of meeting breast cancer survivors is a big part of what Head Coach Christina Koch hopes her girls get from the annual event, there’s also the hope that they walk away with more appreciation for life.

“It kind of humbles the girls and it reminds them that life is precious, but that there are also bigger things out there to worry about than the fact that some boy is not paying attention to them,” Koch said. “The world is a lot bigger than what’s inside these four walls.”

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For some members of the Lakers’ volleyball team, Friday night’s game was personal.

The special pink jerseys worn by the Work sisters, Grace Grinnals and Julia Kane were more than just brightly colored cloth — they represented family.

Before the game, Kane was one of those players to walk out to mid court to hand out a bou-

quet of roses to a loved one — in her case, it was her grandmother, Mary Wilkinson.

Both of Kane’s grandmothers have fought breast cancer in their lives, with Wilkinson’s diagnosis and recovery occurring two years ago. Though her grandmother lived far away, Kane still remembers the stress that permeated around her.

“I did see how it affected my mom when she first found out the news — she was just always really worried and upset,” Kane said. “I saw what a toll it put on her and my grandmother, so that kind of trickled down to me and it was upsetting, but they both had a really positive attitude the entire time, so that was good to see.”

Wilkinson has been in complete remission since that diagnosis two years ago. Having her grandmother there to watch her on the court — playing for both her team and those survivors in the crowd — is what the Dig Pink game is all about, Kane said.

“I know that it’ll mean a lot for her to see me playing my hardest and fighting,” Kane said. “It was obviously a hard time for all (the) survivors to go through, and just showing that we care about it and care about them.”

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What’s your favorite part about bowling?

I kind of like being together as a team and interacting with people — I really like the people on the team. That teamwork aspect of it I really enjoy. It can be an individual sport, but it can also be a team sport, which is a lot of fun.

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Scott Green, Clarence Lockhart and Chip Wilson — a group of dads who had coached their kids in the soccer program offered by the city of Winter Garden before they aged out.

When the league first started there were only 56 players — ages 13 to 17 — spread across four teams, and practices and games were held at the church.

The league has kept a deal with Calvary Baptist — paying $1 to rent the small field behind the church, though Gitto said the league cuts them a $500 check at the end of the season as a thank you.

While things have gradually picked up over the last few years, starting off there were immediate challenges.

“We had very low expectations and the reason why we did is because when we were aging out of the Winter Garden league in Braddock Park, they were like, ‘Oh we’ve tried this and it’s never worked,’” Gitto said. “So that first season when we had 56 kids we were like, ‘Well, let’s see if it (holds) together.’

“First seasons are really difficult — we didn’t really have all

If you hit a tough spot during a game, how do you get over that?

That has been a problem for me the last two years, but I think I’m starting to figure it out. Whenever I realize that whatever I’m doing isn’t working — I’m hitting a couple of splits in a row or just a couple of balls that are just not good — I really just try to slow down, think about what the lane is doing to my bowl and then learn to adjust.

It’s really just a matter of calming down and then figuring out what is wrong.

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the equipment … we’re thinking, ‘Wow, a lot of these kids may not come back,’” he said. “But not only did they come back, but they started telling other people.”

Since that first season, registration has gradually grown over the years to where now there are 108 players registered across six teams. The growth has come from word of mouth, Gitto said.

More players also has helped with the costs of keeping the league going. Simply buying the paint needed to draw lines onto the field costs around $1,000, while Gitto and coaches ref games to save money.

The $100 registration fee — $75 for returning players — helps go toward costs, but a good chunk of that goes to paying for uniforms.

Meanwhile, the church itself put in $15,000 into lighting for the field, allowing teams to hold practices and games at night.

The help is appreciated, but the hope is to get assistance from local businesses in the community.

“We’re really trying to go out and see if we can get some sponsorship money from the community — raise a few thousand

dollars,” Gitto said. “We want to do a website so we can really promote the league more and make the registration process a lot easier. We’d like to go to the referee association and actually get qualified referees to come down — with sponsorship dollars, we absolutely could afford that.”

The growing pains of a young league are things that have to be dealt with, but the players enjoy their time out on the field with their teammates and friends.

Like Reyes, Mallory Daniels came to Firestorm FC after aging out of the YMCA’s soccer program two years ago and was looking for more.

A student at Legacy Charter, the 13-year-old is one of the dozens of female players using her time in the league to brush up on her game. With the teams being coed, Daniels said that it has actually helped her grow as a player over the past few years.

“It brings a whole other level to it and I feel like it makes it a little more fun, because they’re more aggressive and I almost have to improve at a more rapid rate so I can face up against them,” Daniels said. “It’s really a big challenge, but it is a lot of fun.”

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Windermere boys golf claims West Metro title The Wolverines continue to dominate their way through the regular season thanks to a strong outing by Logan Jerrells.

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Just when you think the Windermere boys golf team couldn’t make it look any easier, the Wolverines punished a talented field during the West Metro Golf Championship at Dubsdread Golf Course

Wednesday, Oct. 2.

The Wolverines shot a team total of 280 (1-over-par) and finished a full 16 strokes ahead of secondplace Dr. Phillips. Olympia would finish in third place, while West Orange (seventh) and Ocoee (eighth) finished in the top 10.

It was a total team effort for

the Wolverines, but it was a hotshooting Logan Jerrells who separated himself from the pack with a 62 (8-under-par).

“It was just a pretty normal round, but I just putted really well,” Jerrells said. “I wasn’t even hitting the ball that great — I only hit nine of the 18 greens in regula-

tion — but anytime that I was on the greens I made the putt.”

Through 18 holes of golf he recorded six birdies, two eagles and two bogeys, meaning that he could have actually shot a lower score than what he did.

Things were going well through the first eight holes — Jerrells was at -3 — but on the four-par ninth hole things got even better as he holed out from 40 yards, notching an eagle to go -5 through nine.

Jerrells hit a bit of a tough streak just past the halfway point when he bogeyed on the the par-three on 12, before a birdie putt lipped out on the 13th hole. Then on 14, he caught a bad line in the rough and eventually bogeyed the hole.

Despite the issues that popped up, Jerrells would go on to finish strong — grabbing his second eagle on the final hole.

Head Coach Eric Bacon said that, funnily enough, Jerrells came to him before the match and told him that he’d shoot a 63.

“He had seen the course before and he thought he could play it well and he ended up shooting a 62, so he sort of called it,” Bacon said. “He shot a 30 on the front and then he kept birdying.”

Just as Jerrells knew the course well, so did the team as a whole thanks to playing the Eagle 18 Invitational — which was put on by Edgewater High School — a week before. The only difference was that the Wolverines were without starter Juan Echiverri, who had academic matters to attend to.

The absence of Echiverri, who has been an important player for the team, didn’t slow the Wolverines down, as the team’s top four all finished in the top 10.

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Shawn Lalmoni. Louis Giovacchini finished tied seventh (75) with Olympia’s Aaron Leach.

For most schools, that kind of day of golf would be exceptional, but for Windermere, it was a case of Jerrells taking the lead while everyone else followed, Bacon said.

“Everyone else played an OK day,” Bacon said. “Typically we have been playing where everyone shoots the same score — par across the board — and that’s unbelievable that you could have a team to have four scorers to par.

“So this one was Logan went crazy and then everybody — they didn’t play bad — they just didn’t play what they have normally been shooting,” he said. “Everybody was laughing that Logan sort of carried us on this one.”

And just as they have done all season, the Wolverines went straight back to work the following Friday and Saturday after winning the Metro title by participating in yet another tough challenge — the Qdoba Tournament of Champions at Providence Golf Club.

There, the Wolverines finished third in a tournament filled with some of the best golf talent in the state, but this time it was Tate (68, 70; 138) that led the team.

With one last tournament before the start of district and postseason play, the hope for Bacon is that the onslaught of talent his team faced will help them be prepared for when the wins matter the most.

“We’ve been playing against the best competition I can find, and so now when we go to districts, regionals and states we’ll be used to it,” Bacon said. “So it’ll just be another event and we play the course and see what happens.

I think we’ll be battle tested when it comes to the playoffs.”

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oming into Friday’s game against Windermere Prep, Foundation Academy Head Coach Brad Lord knew what he wanted out of his players: Precision.

After a sloppy win last week against The First Academy — which saw Foundation squeak out a 21-14 win — Lord wanted to avoid mistakes, and his Lions responded with a 52-14 win over the Lakers Friday, Oct. 4.

“We had our best week of practice of the year,” Lord said.

“But it was a good win, and it was a clean win — we didn’t turn the ball over and we only had two or three penalties. Against TFA we made that game closer than it should (have been) … we got sloppy.”

The Lions (6-1) were anything but sloppy, as they dominated on both sides of the ball against the Lakers (1-5).

Defensively, the Lions saw big games from Braden Holcomb (one interception, one fumble recovery, six tackles) and Dominic Zagame (one caused fumble, four tackles). The Lions’ defense also recorded three sacks on the afternoon — one each for Danny Stutsman, Ethan Terrell and Reggie Jean.

Offensively, the game begins and ends with quarterback Henry Austad, who was pass happy against a struggling secondary — tossing for 345 yards and five touchdowns on 18-of22 passing. Each touchdown made it into the hands of a different receiver, as Matt Puchalski, Travis Hutchinson, Stutsman, Tate Ewing and Holcomb all picked up scores.

But it was the leg of kicker Mykal Chan that kicked off the afternoon’s scoring onslaught with a 22-yard field goal five minutes into the game.

The stop on third down to hold the Lions to a field goal would be the only real sign of life from the Lakers’ defense.

From there the Lions would explode on offense — jumping out to a 31-0 lead thanks to a 46-yard bomb from Austad to Puchalski, a 3-yard touchdown run by Bryan Thomas, a 4-yard touchdown run by Terrell and a 60-yard heave from Austad to Hutchinson.

The Lakers would finally get on the scoreboard in the second quarter, when quarterback Cole Nabavi hit Matt Kane for a 40-yard pass for the touchdown. A successful two-point conversion would cut the Lions’ lead to 31-8 with 3:06 left in the half.

A little more than two minutes later, the Lions would respond in kind with another score of their own — this time a 15-yard touchdown pass from Austad to Stutsman. The

OTHER WEEK SEVEN SCORES

n First Academy-Leesburg 13, Legacy Charter 34 n University 34, Olympia 48 n CFCA (2-4) — Bye n Ocoee (3-3) — Bye n The First Academy (1-4) — Bye n West Orange (4-2) — Bye n Windermere High (1-4) — Bye

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n CFCA (2-4) AT FAITH CHRISTIAN (3-3) Before last week’s bye for CFCA (2-4), the Eagles had picked up two wins out of the previous three games. This week, the Eagles will be back in action as they take on Faith Christian. n OLYMPIA (3-3) AT DR. PHILLIPS (5-2) The Titans (3-3) are coming off a 48-34 win over University, while the Panthers (5-2) beat one of the best teams on their schedule in a 35-7 win over Wekiva. It’s good timing that both Dr. Phillips and Olympia are playing their best ball; a win likely will seal a district title.

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Foundation Academy’s Dominic Zagame stripped the ball from quarterback Cole Nabavi.

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Shi Gaskin and Kameryn Metcalf ganged up to make a tackle.

Lions almost scored once more before the half after the Lakers failed to convert a fourth down, but Chan’s 29-yard field goal would be no good — the Lions would take their 38-8 lead into the locker room.

“Austad was unbelievable tonight,” Lord said. “And our offensive line did a fantastic job. I think (Austad) may have had pressure (on) one play.”

In the second half, Lord began putting in backups midway through the third quarter, while a running clock helped speed up the game.

Austad would continue his groove, however, by tossing a pair of touchdowns in the second half — one to Ewing five minutes into the third quarter and another to Holcomb in the fourth.

Despite being down 52-8, the Lakers never quit on each other and continued to play hard.

Players like senior captain Ross Fournet had a big day on both sides of the ball, while Jackson Bennett racked up big return after big return against the Lions’ special teams.

The grit and determination would pay off one last time for the Lakers on a big 75-yard touchdown toss from Nabavi to Bennett in the fourth quarter. The two-point conversion failed, leaving the score at 52-14.

Windermere Prep has some time to get itself together before

this upcoming Friday, when the Lakers host a 6-1 Mount Dora Christian Academy team that has been crushing teams left and right. Meanwhile, Foundation Academy will be taking on one of the top teams in the state in University Christian (5-1) out of Jacksonville.

“They’re a very good team, but we feel like we are too,” Lord said. “We get University and then we have a tough Orangewood team to play the following week. We’re just trying to get better every week.”

DR. PHILLIPS DOMINATES WEKIVA IN 35-7 BLOWOUT

Dr. Phillips (5-2) could seemingly do no wrong in its 35-7 domination of the Wekiva Mustangs (5-2) for a pivotal road win.

“I challenged them at the beginning of the week,” Dr. Phillips Head Coach Rodney Wells said. “For the last six quarters before this game, we’ve been playing phenomenal football — from the second half of Apopka into Windermere. Coming into tonight, I asked them, ‘Who are we?’ because we’ve had some great quarters and we’ve had some terrible quarters. The last six have been great, (and) I asked them can we put 10 together and that’s exactly what they did.

“I was very pleased,” he said.

“They just answered the bell.

The seniors — (and) captains

— they continue to do exactly what we ask.”

After neither team was able to score in the first quarter, the Panthers put up 21 points in the second quarter to take a 21-0 lead into halftime.

The Mustangs finally got on the board in the third quarter, as a muffed punt by the Panthers at their 25-yard line eventually led to a 1-yard touchdown pass from Brenden Cyr to Jymon Coleman with 3:25 left in the third quarter.

Dr. Phillips would respond on the next drive, scoring on a 51-yard touchdown pass from Isaiah Givens to Jacquez Jones.

Following a fumble by the Mustangs — which was recovered by Dr. Phillips at Wekiva’s 45-yard line — Amir Johnson ran 45 yards to put the Panthers up by the game’s final score of 35-7.

Givens threw for two touchdowns — connecting with Ledger Hatch for a 24-yard touchdown in the second quarter to give the Panthers a 7-0 lead.

Three different Panthers had scores on the ground, as Brandon Fields scored on a 45-yard touchdown, Jaydan Taylor scored on a 14-yard carry and Johnson also scored on a 45-yard touchdown.

Defensively, the Panthers bottled up the Mustangs’ offense, as their only points came after they were given a short field on a muffed punt. Dr. Phillips recovered three fumbles.

The Friday, the Panthers will host the Olympia Titans, and the winner of that game likely will set themselves up to win the Class 8A, District 5 and clinch a playoff berth.

“Every week is a challenge,“ Wells said. “Next week is going to be an even bigger challenge.

It’s going to be the biggest challenge of the season, because it’s the district championship most likely between us and Olympia again for I don’t know how many years in a row.

“We just got to stay consistent,” he said. “If we do what we did — play how we played tonight — there’s not many teams that can beat us.”

— NATE MARRERO

n FOUNDATION ACADEMY (6-1) AT UNIVERSITY CHRISTIAN (5-1) The Lions (6-1) will travel to Jacksonville to take on University Christian. Of their six games played so far, the Christians have only played two games against teams with winning records — going 1-1. The Lions will be one of their biggest tests to date. n NORTH FLORIDA EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTE (2-4) AT LEGACY CHARTER (6-0) NFEI has had its up and downs all season long with big wins over teams like winless Four Corners, but have struggled against better competition. n OCOEE (3-3) AT LAKE BRANTLEY (3-3) After a bye, the Knights (3-3) travel to Lake Brantley. The Patriots are led by senior running back Travis Lesko, who has racked up 774 yards rushing and 10 touchdowns. n TRINITY PREP (3-4) AT THE FIRST ACADEMY (1-4) The Royals (1-4) will look to inch their way back to .500 in a home game with Trinity Prep. Although the Saints’ offense has been solid with quarterback Luke Cohn (1,617 passing yards, 19 touchdowns) at the helm. n WEST ORANGE (4-2) AT APOPKA (4-1) After a three-game win streak going into the bye last week, the Warriors (4-2) will travel to Apopka to take on the Blue Darters. The Blue Darters are just as dangerous as always with their use of the oldschool Wing-T offense. n EAST RIDGE (3-3) AT WINDERMERE HIGH (1-4) After its bye, the Wolverines (3-3) will be back in action as they host East Ridge.

The Knights have a threepronged attack on offense in dual-threat quarterback Robbie Sanders, running back Cordell Saunders and receiver Jack Crumblish (257 yards, four touchdowns). n MOUNT DORA CHRISTIAN ACADEMY (6-1) AT WINDERMERE PREP (1-5) A week after facing Foundation, Windermere Prep (1-5) hosts another strong unit in Mount Dora Christian Academy.

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