High 5 moments 4.19.18

Strawberry Crest’s boys tennis team is headed to regionals on the heels of its second-place finish in the Class 4A-District 6 championships, which wrapped up Tuesday afternoon at Hunter’s Green. It was a particularly good day for Crest boys number 3 player Axay Raval and girls number 4 player Mia Mitchell, who won individual district championships.

Plant City baseball pitcher Parker Messick was named winner of the Wade Boggs Athletic Achievement Award Tuesday morning. Messick, a junior, leads the Raiders with five wins in his six games started and 39 strikeouts, has a 1.88 ERA and three complete games. The awards ceremony will be held in Tampa on May 16.

Strawberry Crest fishing team members Chase Hubble and Chase Givens qualified for the Mossy Oak Fishing Bassmaster High School Series National Championship on April 12. The championship tournament will be held at Kentucky Lake in Paris, Tennessee from August 2-4. 

American Ninja Warrior contestant Colleen McCormack completed filming her segment for the 2018 season in Miami last week. See how she did by tuning in to the show on June 13.

At the 4A-District 7 track championships, the Plant City Raiders tied or broke six school records (Girls 4x100m, boys 300m hurdles, boys 400m dash, boys high jump, girls 100m and 300m hurdles).Tyreke Harrison placed first overall in the 100m dash and 200m dash, and was anchor leg for the winning 4x100m relay team. Plant City’s boys team placed second and the girls team fifth. Strawberry Crest’s Sierra Orlando won the girls 100m hurdles and both Chargers teams finished sixth overall. Both Durant teams placed seventh.