- February 18, 2025
District 1 boys champs, the Seabreeze Sandcrabs. Courtesy photo
District 1 boys runners-up Flagler Palm Coast. Courtesy photo
District 1 girls runners-up Flagler Palm Coast. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Katelyn Miller was the individual champ at district with a 194.33 average and will be joining the Seabreeze boys team at the state championships. Photo by Grant McMillan
FPC's girls team congratulates district champs, the Palatka Panthers. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Izzy Oliva (right) talks to her coach, who is also her aunt, Laura Oliva. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Seabreeze's Derek Emmons, Brayden Barnes and Leiten Lundell. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Brooke Bokanoski (left) cheers with her teammate, Victoria DaSilva-Carvalheira. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Matanzas' Olivia Rabbat (left) had the second-best average of 182.67 to qualify for state as an individual. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Victoria DaSilva-Carvalheira averaged 166.33, fifth best overall, in the 10-pin games. Photo by Brent Woronoff
Matanzas senior Haley Olson applauds during the district bowling tournament in October. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's girls team congratulates Victoria DaSilva-Carvalheira after she bowled a strike. Photo by Brent Woronoff
FPC's Trey Wood gets set to bowl. Photo by Grant McMillan
FPC's Izzy Oliva had a 149 average, 14th overall, through the 10-pin games. Photo by Grant McMillan
Seabreeze’s boys bowling team rolled through the regular season with an undefeated record, and they did the same at the District 3 championship on Monday, Oct. 21, at Palm Coast Lanes.
The Sandcrabs won the championship trophy after defeating runner-up Flagler Palm Coast 3-0 in the Baker final. Both teams advance to the state tournament Oct. 29-31 at Boardwalk Bowl Entertainment Center in Orlando.
Palatka won the girls title with FPC finishing second to join the Bulldogs’ boys team at state.
Seabreeze’s Katelyn Miller and Matanzas’ Olivia Rabbat are also headed to state after finishing first and second, respectively, in the first-round games. Miller averaged 194.33 while Rabbat averaged 182.67.
Seabreeze’s boys advanced to state for the second year in a row — they finished among the top six teams in Orlando last year — but this is the first time in Paul Shuler’s 12 years as the Sandcrabs’ head coach that they won the district title.
“I feel like we got better, more speed and more power,” said Seabreeze sophomore Leiten Lundell, who led the Sandcrabs in the morning round with a 225.67 average for fifth place. Teammate Dalton Boice was right behind Lundell in sixth place with a 223.00 average.
Brayden Barnes, who finished among the top 12 individuals last year at state, said the Sandcrabs also have better team chemistry this season.
“It makes us more confident,” he said.
“It felt great to win the district,” Shuler said. “After going undefeated during the regular season, we knew we had what it takes to win the district. I’m very proud of the boys team and Katelyn for their performance.”
FPC boys first-year coach Kevin Hand said advancing to the state tourney was beyond the Bulldogs' goal.
“Our goal this year was to get to the second round at district,” he said. “These guys worked hard all year. They don’t die. They keep coming back.”
Anthony Seeley was the Bulldogs’ top bowler in the morning round with a 194.33 average for eighth place. Trey Wood was 10th overall with a 191.33 average.
FPC senior Brooke Bokanoski will be making her second trip to state. She was a freshman in 2021 when the FPC girls placed third in Orlando.
Bokanoski (third, 182.33) and Victoria DaSilva Carvalheira (fifth, 170.67) helped the Bulldogs take the top seed into the Baker rounds with a pin total of 2,165, just two pins more than eventual champ Palatka.
The Bulldogs lost their top bowler from last year in Emma Pezzullo, who graduated, but they came together as a team, coach Laura Oliva said.
“They work together as a unit. They feed off each other,” she said.
“A lot of these girls are new,” Bokanoski said. “But they listen. We tell them, ‘Don’t overthink anything. Leave the shot on the lane if you miss.’”