Sports Notebook: Weeki Wachee Football is recognized for sportsmanship and follows with victory

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The Weeki Wachee football team has shown that it knows how to be respectful on the field. On Friday evening, the Hornets proved that they can win with it.

Recently, the FHSAA received an exemplary athletic report on the Weeki Wachee football team and coaching staff. This automatically earns the Hornets a nomination for the Fred E. Rozelle Sportsmanship Award.

A letter the school received from the FHSAA said: “The FHSAA takes great pride in promoting good sportsmanship through athletics. And your student-athletes, fans, and administration are outstanding examples of what it means to be a “good sport!” We thank you for that and congratulate you and your program on being the recipients of this outstanding report! It’s always nice to hear good things about good people! We greatly appreciate your dedication and commitment to high school sports in Florida. And we look forward to hearing more great things about Weeki Wachee High School in the future!”

Weeki Wachee also added to the win column, welcoming Dixie Hollins with a 48-12 win. Leelan Wright ran for 80 yards and four touchdowns to lead the Hornets 4-2.

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Richard Hanshaw completed 4 of 7 passes for 120 yards and threw a touchdown to Michael Schmidt. Eryk Marcuccio paced the defense with 14 tackles, while Alex Wilson, Hoschky Destine and Brock Rosario all had interceptions. Daniel Young recovered a fumble.

In another county football game on Friday, Central lost 63-0 at New Smyrna Beach. Josiah Ojeda had five receptions for 35 yards for the Bears (3-4).

On September 30, the Hernando High boys golf team became district champions by 50 strokes and won the Hernando County Cup. Mason Morgan was the medalist with 73. Palmer Looper scored 76, Cotton Jackson and Austin Knierum each scored 77 and Rhett Williams scored 94.

Then on Saturday, Hernando won the Gulf Coast 8 conference volleyball tournament at Central. The Leopards defeated Lecanto in the final, 25-13, 25-23, behind Kaiya Ward with 14 kills and 10 digs. Brooke Hart, who recorded her 1,000th career assist during the tournament, had 17 assists against the Panthers.

Nature Coast hosted the Nature Coast Shark Invitational cross-country meet on Saturday. The Nature Coast girls placed third with a team score of 85, behind Sunlake (23) and St. John Lutheran (50). Addison Cunane of Nature Coast was the top county finisher at 14th (25:05), just ahead of teammate Xianni Smith in 15th (25:08) and Jaxin Helton of Hernando in 16th (25:50).

Nature Coast’s boys were fourth (100), behind Sunlake (30), Belleview (59) and King (92). Noah Carpenter finished fifth for the Sharks with a time of 17:23. Hernando’s Aaron Wingfield was 10th (18:27).

Weeki Wachee’s boys cross country team placed second at the Crystal River High Invitational on Saturday, trailing only Forest (20). The Hornets posted a team score of 55, with Tyler Boucher finishing second (19:12.70), Jean Cintron sixth (20:53.90) and Vindell Bridger eighth (20:59.20).