MARTIAL ARTS
+ Chris Welbon team sees success
Last weekend, at the AAU Karate Nationals tournament, Chris Welbon Karate’s team enjoyed its most successful competition to date.
The team brought home 21 medals — eight gold, seven silver and six bronze. For the first time, the team won more gold medals than silver or bronze. Here are the results:
Jakob Arnold: Gold — Sanbon (three-point) Kumite; Bronze — Kobudo (weapons), Kata
Ryan Bjelke: Silver — Sanbon Kumite
Nick Gorman: Bronze — Sanbon Kumite
K’Land Humphrey: Gold — Kobudo; Silver — Kata, Sanbon Kumite
Julie Karlson: Gold — Sanbon Kumite; Bronze — Kata
Nick Karlson: Bronze — Sanbon Kumite
Peter Nguyen: Bronze — Sanbon Kumite, Ippon (one-point) Kumite
Alvaro Padron: Silver — Kata, Sanbon Kumite
Sebastian Padron: Gold — Sanbon Kumite; Silver — Kata
Joey Spitler: Gold — Sanbon Kumite
Robbie Spitler: Gold — Sanbon Kumite
Jennifer Totherow: Gold — Sanbon Kumite; Silver — Kata
GYMNASTICS
+ Cappucci, Slone do well at YMCA Nationals
Both Kelsey Slone and Alessandra Cappucci turned in solid performances at the 2014 YMCA Nationals.
Cappucci, who placed second overall in her group, received the top national score — 9.150 — in the floor event.
Slone finished fifth overall in her group but finished with the highest score in two events: the vault (9.400, tied for first with teammate Maria Abreu) and the floor (9.400).
LITTLE LEAGUE
+ Section 4 schedules
Florida District 13, host of the Section 4 tournament, has released the tournament schedules. Three Plant City teams have advanced to sectionals.
The district champion 9-10 Baseball A team will play three games this weekend: 6:30 p.m. Friday (South Brandon), 11 a.m. Saturday (Land O’Lakes) and 2 p.m. Saturday (Manatee West), at Progress Village Little League in Tampa.
The 10-11 Softball team will play Palmetto Little League in a best-of-three series, with a doubleheader Friday (5 and 8 p.m.) and an 11 a.m. game Saturday, at Pinecrest Little League in Lithia. The Senior Softball team will play in a field of five teams. Plant City will start with Zephyrhills at 6 p.m. Friday then will play Lake Wales (10 a.m.) and Dade City (1 p.m.) Saturday. The team will cap it off Sunday against East Point at 1 p.m. at East Point’s park in Seffner.
