Winter sports is headed into the most important time of the season. The boys and girls basketball season wound down with some strong performances at the Mosaic Stinger Classic in preparation for this week’s district tournaments. Soccer players played for district titles while girls weightlifters competed for region titles.
In last week’s poll, McKeel girls weightlifter finished with 56.2 percent of the vote. Lake Gibson girls soccer player Carly Castro took second with 38.5 percent.
Nominations for the Tremendous 10 poll can be sent to roy.fuoco@theledger.com by 9 a.m. each Monday. The poll is open each week until noon on Thursday. Here are this week’s list of nominees.
1 Lake Wales junior Abby Childress (girls weightlifting) won region titles in the Unlimited class in both Traditional with a total lift of 370 pounds and Olympic with a total lift of 360 pounds.
2 Lakeland Christian junior Aubrey Francks (girls soccer) blocked two shots in the penalty kick shootout against Santa Fe Catholic to help secure the Vikings’ 16th consecutive district title.
3 Auburndale senior Jordan Gunter (boys basketball) scored 24 points and grabbed 11 rebounds in the Bloodhounds’ 51-41 victory over St. Petersburg Gibbs in the Mosaic Stinger Shootout.
4 All Saints seventh-grader Ava Trimm (girls soccer) scored two goals and two assists in the Saints’ victory over Victory Christian in the district championship match. For the season, she has seven goals and two assists.
5 Bartow junior Aniya Roux (girls weightlifting) won region titles in the 199-pound weight class in both Traditional with a total lift of 340 pounds and Olympic with a total lift of 305 pounds.
6 Kathleen senior RJ Kelly (boys basketball) scored 17 points in the Red Devils’ overtime loss to Apopka. For the season, he is averaging 12.0 points, 3.0 rebounds, 2.6 assists and 2.5 steals.
7 Lake Wales junior Jaelen Randall (boys basketball) averaged 21.3 points and 3.0 steals in three games as the Highlanders went 2-1. For the season, he is averaging 14.8 points and 2.7 steals.
8 Lakeland junior Kennedy Borders (girls basketball) scored 16 points and added 11 rebounds, four assists and three steals in the Dreadnaughts’ victory over Horizon.
9 McKeel freshman Trae Sams (boys basketball) scored 28 points with seven rebounds and eight assists in a victory over Lakeland Christian. For the season, he is averaging 17.8 points, 3.0 rebounds and 4.5 assists.
10 Lakeland Christian junior Joey Donohue (boys basketball) averaged 19.7 points in three games, scoring 26 points in a win over Fort Meade, which was the Miners’ first loss of the season. For the season, he is averaging 18.4 points.
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Reporting by Roy Fuoco, Lakeland Ledger / The Ledger
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