There were some tough breaks and close calls, but Gaither is still sending some of its finest to states.
The Cowboys are sending six athletes to regionals, including the girls 4x100m, and 4x800m and the boys 4x400m relays. Junior Paul Barret stole the spotlight, qualifying in all four of his events.
The Gaither Cowboys Baseball team has had surprising success this season. They have secured the No. 2 seed in District 9 by crushing Leto on April 15.
It was a long, hot day with a lot of tough competition but the CDS Patriots came through in a big way.
The Lady Cowboys are on a run in the home stretch of the regular season. Patch took a look at the District 9 playoff scenarios.
The CDS Patriots will clash with the other schools in 1A District 9 at 11:30 a.m. on Thursday.
A rundown of baseball season at CDS
Carrollwood Day School has fewer kids in their senior class than most Junior Varsity football programs, yet they mix it up in spring scrimmages with the big and biggest of dogs.
Senior Zack Massey will be extending his wrestling career into college. Today, he signed his acceptance letter to attend a school in Macon, Georgia
The Patriots only entered a few athletes but did well with what they had.
The Cowboys had a few hopefuls going into the invitational. Here's a look at how they did.
Here's a look at the CDS teams, who compete today in the Steinbrenner Invitational at University of South Florida
Cowboys will compete at the Steinbrenner Invitational this weekend
The girls got blown out in the first two innings, but rallied down the stretch but came up two runs short.
Sickles scored two in the sixth to go up by a run but Gaither equalized in the bottom of the seventh then took it in the eighth.
Both boys baseball and girls softball are storied programs at Gaither. Both will rely on younger players to step into leading roles, and both have their eyes on winning districts.
Durant was just a little too much for the Cowboys. They had a few more fans, a couple more opportunities and just a little more offense and they felled the streaking Gaither squad in the FHSAA 5A semifinal match.
Boys soccer team play at 7 p.m. at Gaither
The boys soccer team thumps Strawberry Crest and defeats Hillsborough later in the day.
Facilities manager brings sport trend to Carrollwood