- December 16, 2025
Flagler Palm Coast’s girls basketball team lost its first game of the season, 61-46 to DeLand on Monday, Dec. 15, despite a monster game by Lexi Brown. The junior scored 22 points, pulled down 21 rebounds and added four steals and a blocked shot.
FPC hosted Deltona on Tuesday, Dec. 16, and will play Creekside at home on Thursday, Dec. 18, at 7:30 p.m.. They will also host Creekside on Saturday, Dec. 20, at noon.
The FPC boys and girls basketball teams will host the Bulldog Classic on Dec. 22-23. Bartow, Winter Haven and Orlando Evans are among the girls teams that are in the field. Evans and Deltona are among the boys teams.
FPC boys coach Greg Shirley will face Evans, his former team, at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 22. Shirley is a member of Evans' Hall of Fame. The Bulldogs will have their work cut out against Evans, which is ranked No. 1 in the state in Class 6A.
First Baptist Christian Academy’s girls basketball team closed out a 3-0 week and remained undefeated with a 67-35 victory over Father Lopez on Friday, Dec. 12. Micaela Kohl led the Crusaders with 23 points and 12 rebounds. Jay Rose added 20 points, seven rebounds, seven assists and eight steals, and Raegan Baker had 10 points and five rebounds.
All six FBCA players who scored in the game are seventh and eighth graders. Chloe Wilen led Father Lopez (1-6) with 13 points.
The Crusaders started a new week with a 70-15 rout of First Coast Christian on Monday, Dec. 15, to improve to 8-0 on the season. Three players scored in double figures for FBCA: Rose (24 points), Kohl (18 points) and Tristyn Aitken (14 points). The Crusaders were scheduled to host Trinity Christian Academy on Dec. 16, Atlantic on Dec. 18 and Old Plank Christian on Dec. 19.
The Matanzas boys soccer team won four games in a row to improve to 8-3-1 entering its game at St. Augustine on Dec. 17. Pirates coach Beto Aguilar said the team has overcome its usual slow start.
“The boys are competing well right now,” he said after the Pirates’ 4-1 win over St. Joseph on Dec. 12. “Right now, we’re not rushing things. We’re playing much better the past couple of week since the New Smynra loss (4-1 on Dec. 3). Once we get to midseason, we start finding our groove.”
Matanzas followed the St. Joseph win with a 3-0 victory over Jacksonville Wolfson. The winning streak began on Dec. 5 with a 3-1 win over Jacksonville Bolles. All four games were at home.
FPC’s boys soccer team won five of six games from Dec. 3 to Dec. 15 to improve to 9-4. The Bulldogs will host University at 7 p.m. Wednesday, Dec. 17.
FPC’s girls soccer team remained undefeated with a 1-1 tie at Spruce Creek on Dec. 15. The Bulldogs (9-0-3) were scheduled to host Fernandina Beach (6-2) at 6 p.m. Tuesday, Dec. 16. Their final game before winter break will be at Sanford Seminole on Dec. 18.
Seabreeze’s girls soccer team fell to 6-3-1 with a 5-0 loss to Nease on Dec. 15. The Sandcrabs travel to New Smyrna Beach on Dec. 18 for a 7:15 p.m. game.
Matanzas girls soccer (3-5) hosts St. Augustine at 7:30 p.m. on Dec. 18.
