- March 31, 2026
Flagler Palm Coast state champion Nya Williams has been selected as the 2026 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Weightlifting. The award goes to the top girls weightlifter in the state.
Williams, a junior, dominated the 119-pound division at the Class 3A state championships, winning the traditional and Olympic titles with 365 pounds in combined lifts in both competitions.
She set a new state clean-and-jerk record with a 210-pound lift.
Williams won three gold medals at the 2025 USA Weightlifting national championships last June and has been accepted into USA Weightlifting’s National Team Program.
On Tuesday, March 31, Sports Illustrated Kids visited FPC to do a photo shoot with Williams for an upcoming feature.
Mad Dogs Flag Football President Jay Maxwell announced on Facebook that he is stepping away from day-to-day operations of the Flagler County organization. Maxwell’s new title with Mad Dogs will be CEO with Joey Arzuaga the new president and Rick Vaders now vice president. Nicole Nichols Magsino will be the voice of the Mad Dogs women’s league and will work with food vendors.
FPC boys lacrosse goalie Aiden Commendatore surpassed 600 saves with the Bulldogs during a game on March 25. Commendatore, who has signed with Savannah College of Art and Design to play college lacrosse next year, has reached the saves milestone in three seasons after transferring to FPC before his sophomore year.
Matanzas boys lacrosse attacker Vincent Ferrugiaro committed to Oglethorpe University in Atlanta to play lacrosse next year. Ferrugiaro surpassed 100 goals in his high school career earlier this season.
This past weekend in track and field: FPC’s La’Darius Simmons placed second in javelin at the FSU Relays with a throw of 190 feet, 8 inches. Matanzas sophomore Peyton Cerasi was 26th in the girls 3,200 meters at the Relays in 11:04.5.
At the Coach McPherson Invitational in Sanford, FPC’s Jordan Haymon won the 200 with a PR 21.39, Naji Eddins won the 110 hurdles, while Tony Coates won the 400 hurdles. Anna Grigoruk won the girls 1,600 meters. Mainland’s Ethan Figeueroa won the high jump and the long jump. Mainland’s Michale London won discus. Mainland’s Makayla Doe won girls triple jump and Sydney Noelien won girls discus.
At the Royal Invitational at The First Academy, Matanzas’ Kamryn Miller won girls discus, Kevin Gilpin won the boys 400. Jaden Hart-Dormevil, Jez McCoy, Josh Mills and Jayden McCoy won the 4x400 relay. At the Deltona Tuneup, Seabreeze’s Aiden O’Brien won both the boys 100 and 200, Hunter Shuler won the 1,600, Dominic Dowell won the 400 hurdles, Drayton Bracket won the 110 hurdles and Dowell, Brackett, Kjon Willis and Jacob McKinnon won the 4x400.
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