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GOLF
+ Lady Raiders repeat as champs
Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Plant City Lady Raiders are going on a playoff run.
They won the Class 3A District 13 championship again Oct. 13, posting a score of 339. Kendall Johnson led the team by shooting a 6-over-par 77. Teammate Kaylee McIntosh and Durant’s Krista Reinhardt shot a 9-over-80 to enter a three-way tie for second place, sharing with Newsome’s Meghna Patel.
Plant City beat runner-up Newsome by 38 points, and Durant finished third with a 404.
FOOTBALL
+ Durant JV finishes undefeated
Durant’s JV football team posted its second consecutive undefeated (6-0) season Oct. 9, with a win over Newsome.
Picking up wins over Riverview, Strawberry Crest, Bloomingdale, Plant City, Brandon and Newsome, it’s now been over two years since these young guns have lost a game.
SPECIAL OLYMPICS
+ P.C. swimmers shine at state meet
Plant City athletes have historically done well in the Special Olympics State Swim Meet, and the Oct. 4 event was no different.
The results include: Justin Bulgreen (gold, 50-meter backstroke; silver, 50-meter breaststroke); Jade Curran (silver, 25-meter freestyle); David Niver (silver, 25-meter breaststroke); William Corsi (gold, 200-meter freestyle, 400-meter freestyle); Stephen Corsi (seventh, 50-meter freestyle); Ali Awad (gold, 50-meter backstroke; silver, 50-meter free); Mary Frances Smith (bronze, 25-meter freestyle; fifth, 25-meter backstroke); J.T. Bruggeman (gold, 50-meter freestyle; sixth, 50-meter backstroke); Carmen Lea (fourth, 50-meter freestyle); Nena Cogswell (gold, 25-meter freestyle); Margaret Eloian (gold, 25-meter freestyle; silver, 25-meter backstroke); Natalie Krieg (gold, 50-meter freestyle); Zackary Dlugi (silver, 25-meter backstroke; bronze (25-meter freestyle); and Robyn Engelman, Quanteria Jones, Carmen Lea and Natalie Krieg (gold, 4×50 freestyle unified relay).
Justin Bulgreen, William Corsi, Holly Eddins and Kiyana Levins (gold, 4×50 freestyle Unified relay. This same team also won gold last year).