- May 23, 2025
Mainland High School senior Kiera Williams plans to run track for South Carolina State University next season. Williams missed most of the Buccaneers' track season this year after tearing her ACL in a Mainland flag football game.
"She my fastest runner," Mainland track coach and athletic director Terry Anthony said. "She only competed in two track meets. We might have qualified (for state in the 4x100 relay) if we had her."
Among other recent Mainland recruiting news, Kajuan Curry, who has been accepted to LSU, says he may run track at NCAA Division III Wartburg College in Iowa where he will receive academic scholarship money. Jordan Payne will play baseball at Savannah State University. And Jahmeen Rolle will play football at Warner University.
The Seabreeze No. 1 girls doubles of Leena Harman and Riya Arab advanced to the Class 3A individual bracket at the state tournament and won their first-round match on April 28 over Lincoln Park Academy ‘s Juliana Ball and Kasandra Short, 6-4, 7-6. But they had to default their semifinal match because of a conflict with an end-of-the-year exam, coach Tom Kelly said.
The A-1 Officials Association is hosting a live-action football spring training clinic on Monday, May 12, 5-7 p.m., at the Spruce Creek High School football field. The clinic is open to the public, especially for anyone interested in becoming a football official, including graduating high school students, college students and former athletes.
Daytona State College’s Rocket League esports team claimed its second national championship on April 30, winning the 2025 NJCAAE Spring Premier Series National Title. DSC, the No. 1 seed, defeated the No. 4 Columbia Basin College Hawks 3-0 in the Grand Finals matchup, which was played remotely.
In less than two years since its creation, DSC’s esports program has captured three NJCAAE national titles – two in Rocket League and one in Super Smash Bros. Members of the Rocket League team include Ian Brady, Brady Stroud, Donald Walton, Matanzas High School graduate Antony Polinsky, Connor Dagel and Jomar Padilla-Roman.
