- November 7, 2025
Flagler Palm Coast’s girls golf team placed second at the District 3-3A tournament on Oct. 27 to qualify for regionals.
FPC senior Sophia Stiwich bridied the 18th hole at Cypress Head Golf Club in Port Orange to win the district tournament with a two-over-par 74. Stiwich topped Spruce Creek’s Vanessa Perry by one stroke to win the individual title.
Spruce Creek won the team title with a score of 332. FPC was second with a 359 and Matanzas was fourth with a 410. FPC’s Ivey Tsouklaris placed seventh overall with an 86, while Sydney Adams was 13th with a 97 and Lilah Cool was 16th with a 102.
The Bulldogs advance to the Region 1-3A tournament on Nov. 4 at Hawkstone Country Club in Gainesville.
Seabreeze’s boys team also advanced to regionals with a second-place finish at the District 6-2A tournament on Oct. 28 at the Country Club at Mount Dora. Nathan Yarian led the Sandcrabs with a 71 to place fifth. Ethan McBroom shot 76 and Sam Garewal shot 77. The Sandcrabs will compete at Drubsdread Golf Club in Orlando in the Region 2-2A tournament on Nov. 5.
FPC’s boys placed fifth at district at Ocala Golf Club with a 329 on Oct. 27. Matanzas placed sixth with a 361. Caleb Zarraonandia led the Bulldogs with an 81 to place 15th. Spruce Creek won the team title with a 303. Gainesville Buchholz was second with a 307. Both teams advance to regional.
Flagler Palm Coast’s Arianna Slaughter won the girls select race, while Matanzas’ Peyton Cerasi set a school and personal record in the girls elite race at the FSU Invitational Pre-State cross country meet on Oct. 25.
The meet was held at Apalalachee Regional Park in Talahassee, the site of the state championships on Nov. 22.
Cerasi placed 15th in the elite race featuring many of the fastest runners in the state. Her time of 18:16.80 not only broke her own Matanzas school record, but broke her own record of 18:19.2 that she ran at last year’s Class 4A state meet as a member of FPC’s team. She also owns FPC’s school record with that time. The sophomore currently ranks seventh in the state in Class 3A.
Slaughter ran a time of 18:47.2, about six seconds off her personal record, to win the select race by 8.1 seconds. It was the senior’s second meet championship.
Matanzas senior Blaine Vogel ran a 16:00.9 to place 57th in the boys elite race. Among other Pirates in the elite race, Brant Tarsitano ran 16:29.6 for 96th place; Dylan Ciardi ran a PR 16:31.2 for 98th place; and Matt Ciardi ran 17:03.6 for 167th place.
Seabreeze’s Hunter Shuler led local runners in the boys select race with a 17:07.4 for 62nd place. FPC’s Mateo Almeida was 68th with a 17:15.0.
FPC’s Anna Grigoruk placed 25th in the girls select race with a time of 19:54.4.
In the varsity A race, Matanzas senior Megan Rhee placed 18th with a time of 21:10.5 with teammate Sarah Van Buren close behind with a 21:28.1 for 28th place.
In a preseason girls weightlifting meet, Matanzas defeated Seabreeze 57-14 in the Olympic competition and 56-24 in the traditional competition.
Matanzas’ Chloe Cheek (101), Amara Nagel (119), Jordyn Crews (139), Eva Ossler (169), Katelyn Meade (183), Ella Raffo (199) and Amarianna Brown (unlimited) won both competition titles. Camila Arellano (129) was a double winner for Seabreeze.
Other Olympic winners were: Seabreeze Alexis Mellen (110) and Matanzas’ Hannah Gonzalez (154). Other traditional winners were: Matanzas’ Elaina Padilla (110) and Addy Weigel (154).
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