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Matanzas’ Andre Bodison to play in International Bowl
Andre Bodison has been selected to play in the USA Football International Bowl Saturday, Jan. 31, 2015, in Arlington, Texas.
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Bodison is the first football player from Matanzas’ district to be selected to play in the football program.
“This is a huge honor for Andre, our program, our school and our county,” said coach Robert Ripley, Matanzas’ head football coach.
In his senior year, Bodison finished with over 500 receiving yards and five touchdown catches, according to the Daytona News-Journal.
Bodison will team up with other high school juniors and seniors around the nation to compete against the IFAF World Team at AT&T Stadium, home of the Dallas Cowboys.
Bodison joins a prestigious group of past high school football players who have gone on to star in college football, some even playing in the National Football League.
Team Flagler repeats as softball champions
Team Flagler, a senior softball team consisting of players at least 60 years old from the Bunnell/Flagler senior softball league, won the Florida Half Century B Division State Championships, which were held on Dec. 6-7, in Polk County.
Team Flagler had begun the year ranked second out of over 40 teams in FHC rankings, after winning the championship last year.
After failing to win more than two of the four games in any monthly tournaments, the team’s ranking fell to sixth in FHC, causing them to take the underdog role, going into the championship.
Team Flagler’s first game was against 12th ranked Acousti, which they won 20-12. They would win their next games were against 11th ranked Hot Zone USA, 18-8, eighth ranked Suncoast Outlaws, 23-18 and seventh ranked Jax Max of Jacksonville, 25-16, before playing the 18th ranked Silver Rays, which they won 28-15, forcing the mercy rule.
The standout players in some of the games included Tom Knott, Mike Clymer, Billy Martin and John Martellucci.
Team Flagler will begin its 2015 FHC campaign the first weekend in January, in Osceola County.
