Thanks to Josh Bender from Don Estridge for this story:
The Lady Dragons Soccer Team from Don Estridge High Tech Middle school captured its fifth Palm Beach County Championship in school history. The girls defeated Wellington Landings Middle School 2-0 on Friday, April 5th finishing an undefeated season, and their “unfinished business”.
Last season, the Lady Dragons were defeated by Wellington Landings in overtime and the heartbreaking loss stuck with the girls all off-season. “From the first day of tryouts, to the final whistle of this season, I have been telling the girls to finish your business. We have used the heartbreak from last season, to fuel us this season.”
The girls came out burning with pride from the first whistle, when off of a free kick from Valentina Lara, Co-captain, Sidney Jones banged in the rebound to give the Lady Dragons a 1-0. It stayed that throughout the physical game until Valentina Lara struck again. This time, with about 2 minutes remaining, she sent a pass through the midfield to a streaking Isabella Santini. Santini then shot it over the goalies head from about 20 yards out icing the game, and the championship for the girls.
The girls had a miraculous season. The offensive onslaught resulted in 46 total goals scored, in 13 games played. Leading the Lady Dragons in scoring was Isabella Santini with 16 goals. Defensively, the girls could not have had a finer season. Sarah Bailey recorded 8 shutouts, and the back line in front of the eighth grade keeper (Brenda Martinez, Valentina Lara, Arianna Hilliard, and Hailey Skiff) did not allow a single goal all regular season. The final statistics for the Lady Dragons were 46 goals scored to only 2 allowed.
Said Coach Bender: “I am extremely proud, and humbled to have coached such a fantastic team this year. The girls knew what was at stake, and how hard they needed to work to accomplish their goal. They truly [finished] their remarkable season.”
Category: Schools
Sweeney Todd at Slow Burn Theatre
The Slow Burn Theatre company will be putting Sweeney Todd starting April 12th at West Boca High.
The show schedule is:
Fridays (April 12 and 19) at 8 pm
Saturdays (13th and 20th) also at 8
Sundays (14th and 21st) at 2 in the afternoon.
Prices range from $20 for students to $35 for adults ($30 for seniors).
West Boca High is at the far west end of Glades Road, just past the south entrance to South County Regional Park.
Sunrise Park Elementary 5K Race
Sunrise Park Elementary’s PTA will be hosting the “Sunrise to Run” 5K run/walk this Saturday, March 16th. The 5K will start at 7:30 a.m. at the Pond Apple Pavilion in South County Regional Park. This is the first time that the race has been made into an official 5K that is open to the public, which is an exciting way to get the entire community involved in raising funds and awareness for the West Boca elementary school.
At 8:45 a.m., the younger athletes can participate in a 1-mile Kid Run. There will also be a celebration carnival after the run/walk, featuring face painting, food vendors, bounces houses, and a rock climbing wall. The registration fee is $5 if completed by March 11th (tomorrow!) and $30 from March 12- race day for ages 17+. The cost for runners age 16 and younger is $15, and a family of six is eligible for the family price of $60. The registration fee for the Kid Run is $10, including a T-shirt. Participants can register at http://www.active.com/.
Omni Middle School: FCCLA Competition Winners
Omni Middle School participated in the State FCCLA competition in Orlando on March 2nd through March 5th. FCCLA stands for Family, Career and Community, Leaders of America. FCCLA is a nonprofit national career and technical student organization for students in grades 6-12. FCCLA is the only national career and technical student organization with the family as its central focus.
Congratulations to the following gold medal FCCLA state champions: Annie Coen, Isabella Ellingsworth, Jessica Giang, Valerie Kwong, William Metlach, Liv Myrhe, Kevin Patlis, Skylar Sanchez, and Joseph Wallace. Winning silver medals at the state competition were Alana Bruckenstein, Donja Dewberry, Victoria Gonzalez, Sheina Koolik, Alexandra Lopez, Olivia Lopez, Maya Portal, Molly Schiller, Abigail Taylor, and Rebecca Tesmond. In addition, Omni had three students awarded bronze medals. They were Alexina Chasin, Daniella Scott and Brianna Texidor.
This outstanding winning team is sponsored by Omni teacher, Mrs. Carolyn Zaremba. She has been bringing home the gold for Omni for nine years! Her assistant this year and last year is another teacher at Omni, Ms. Phyllis Fimiani.
Photo: Standing, left to right – Daniella Scott, Kevin Patlis, Brianna Texidor, William Metlach, Alexandra Lopez, Olivia Lopez, Alana Bruckenstein, Abigail Taylor, Rebecca Tesmond, Valerie Kwong, Skylar Sanchez, Donja Dewberry, Alexina Chasin, Shelby Black-Smith, Sheina Koolik, Saam Rajaei. Seated, left to right – Jessica Giang, Maya Portal, Joseph Wallace, Molly Schiller, Isabella Ellingsworth, Victoria Gonzalez, Annie Coen and Liv Myrhe.
Thanks to Ms. Fimiani for notifying us.
Relay for Life West Boca Update: Get Your Gifts Wrapped!
As the holidays are among us, the efforts of the teams supporting West Boca’s Relay for Life are no where near taking a holiday. Relay for Life is an event by the American Cancer Society that takes place all around the nation to raise funds and awareness for cancer research. West Boca’s Relay for Life is fast-approaching: the event is planned to take place on February 23rd, 2013 at Loggers’ Run Middle School.
The teams are gathering together to raise funds for the big day by “Wrapping for a Cure.” They have four dates in December and three locations to choose from, and are offering their gift-wrapping services in exchange for a donation to the cause. Come by, donate, and let the teams take care of all of the holiday gift-wrapping.
The first gift-wrapping date is this Saturday, December 15th, at the Shadowood Square Starbucks (located at the intersection of US-441 and Glades Road). The teams will be out front of Starbucks from 10 AM-3 PM, which is next to the Boston Market in the shopping center.
The second gift-wrapping date is Saturday, December 22nd, at Mizner Park. The teams will be at the Starbucks from 10 AM- 3 PM. The Starbucks is located next to Robb & Stucky.
The Relay teams will also be wrapping at the Walgreens on 441 & Palmetto Park Road and the Walgreens in Shadowood Square (the shopping center at the intersection of 441 and Glades Road) on December 22nd, 23rd, and 24th from 12 noon until 9 PM. For those last-minute gifts in need of wrapping, these locations are the perfect fit.
Keep checking back to West Boca News for further Relay for Life Updates. If you would like to learn more information or make a donation, please visit Relay for Life West Boca .