Winter Park Excessive tennis coach Terri Bentley shocked loads of pals when her smiling face popped up on tv screens throughout the U.S. Open, which culminated final weekend with singles championship victories by world No. 1s Aryna Sabalenka and Carlos Alcaraz.
The United State Tennis Affiliation used the 15 days of worldwide TV protection to promote the launch of a brand new USTA Teaching Serve Your Ardour initiative, which goals to acknowledge and assist coaches at each stage.
The 30-second video, performed throughout breaks within the motion on the USTA Billie Jean King Nationwide Tennis Middle in New York Metropolis, spotlights Bentley in a huddle with teenage gamers and moments later doing her greatest Meryl Streep portrayal as a joyous coach celebrating a giant level. She and several other of her gamers have been joined by some Lake Nona gamers within the July shoot on the USTA Nationwide Campus in Lake Nona.
“We did make-up and wardrobe and the entire shebang,” Bentley stated Monday. “The USTA is admittedly recognizing the significance of highschool coaches and gamers, and I’m so enthusiastic about that.”
Bentley, an Edgewater Excessive grad, has lengthy been an envoy for the game. She performed intramural tennis at UCF and labored within the enterprise at a number of nation golf equipment and tennis amenities in her early 20s.
“I used to be completely bitten by the tennis bug,” Bentley stated. “I used to be a membership stage participant and I did begin out educating children and women who needed to play the sport.”
She is going to play out her thirty fourth and last highschool season this spring as one of the vital profitable coaches in Orlando-area historical past. In 23 seasons as head coach of Winter Park’s women and boys groups she has chalked up nicely over 600 wins. Her women groups have superior 15 occasions to the state event and 11 boys groups have reached the FHSAA finals. Solely 5 occasions has Bentley not taken a Wildcats workforce to the state event.
She received a state coach of the yr award in 2012, was later honored by the USTA for her no-cut coverage, and served on the FHSAA Tennis Advisory Committee and as a vice chairman for the Florida Excessive College Tennis Coaches Affiliation.
“I’ll be 62 this yr, and I believe it’s simply the proper time,” she stated. Bentley plans to proceed educating for at the least yet one more yr after this.
Bowling data
The South Lake boys workforce set Lake County and District 4 data in a win towards Mount Dora on the Clermont Bowling Middle. The Eagles eclipsed data that dated to 2013 with a two-game workforce complete of two,396 and a five-player single-game rating of 1,223.
The state data, in line with the U.S. College Bowling Basis, are 2,434 by Astronaut in 2020 and 1,318 by Martin County in 2012.
Thomas Owen rolled a 277 recreation and Ryan Sapp had a 258 within the South Lake victory.
Windermere opened its season with a three-game 2,737 victory. That included a 643 sequence by Ryan Martin.
Apopka’s Bradyn Sowers rolled a 278 recreation in a tri-match win.
Boone junior Zachary Harvill posted a two-game 558 in a season-opening victory.
Winter Park’s girls and boys are each 4-0. Adriana Cabezas posted a 597 three-game sequence in a women win.
Cross nation
Hagerty’s boys cruised to victory on the 25-team Winter Springs Invitational for his or her third win in three meets. The Huskies, 4A state runners-up final season, put their 5 scoring runners within the prime 14 — led by senior Ricardo Hernandez, who positioned second with a time of 16 minutes, 41.3 seconds for five,000 meters.
Hagerty hosts its personal invitational on Friday night time. JV races start at 5:30, adopted by varsity women at 6:45 and varsity boys at 7:15.
Bishop Moore ninth grader Annabella Tomasic crushed one other course file when she received the Florida Horse Park Invitational in Ocala with a 17:33.3 time.
Lake Nona senior Matthew Rutan clocked a giant private greatest 15:50.4 to set a boys meet file on the St. Cloud Invitational. Lions sophomore Arabella Duffell, who was the Metro East champion as a ninth grader, received the St. Cloud women race at 18:36.4.
Olympia received girls and boys races on the South Lake Invitational.
Saturday’s schedule contains the SSG Hammond Invitational at East Ridge and the Lake Buena Vista Invite.
Golf
Lake Nona’s stellar sophomore, Alexandra Snyder, shot a 62 at par-70 Winter Pines Golf Membership in a 265-288 women win towards Winter Park.
Aspen Bikowski carded a 3-under 33 within the Griffins 141-144 win towards Windermere Prep at Orange County Nationwide Golf Membership.
Bishop Moore’s standout sophomore boys, Jack Mokris and Noan Manly, excelled on the Lakewood Ranch Invitational. Mokris shot 68-67–135 (7-under-par) to win the person title. Manly, a 3rd placer within the Oklahoma state event final yr, shot 66-76–142.
Two weeks in the past, Mokris shot 70-66—136 to win a Florida Junior Tour 13-15 age group occasion at Reunion Resort & Golf Membership.
Subsequent Wednesday’s Sam Ryder Invitational, hosted by Bishop Moore at Dubsdread, contains the Circle Christian, Lake Highland Prep, Lake Mary Prep, Windermere Excessive and Winter Park women groups. Ryder is a PGA Tour professional and Bishop Moore alum.
Volleyball
Bella Seals delivered 54 assists and Soraya Teston had 32 kills for East River (4-4) in a 25-19, 20-25, 25-22, 18-25, 15-13 nailbiter win towards Cypress Creek (3-2).
The First Academy, underneath new head coach Amanda Serpa, is 7-0 a yr after ending 4-15.
Sophia Stallworth shined as state champ Winter Park (10-1) swept previously-unbeaten Olympia (8-1) by scores of 25-20, 25-15, 28-26. The state champ Wildcats, No. 1 in 7A, play at 2A No. 1 Orangewood Christian (9-2) on Thursday at 6 p.m.
Senior standout Isa Umpierre had 19 kills and 16 digs for Lake Highland Prep (8-2) in a 25-23, 26-24,18-25, 24-26,15-10 win towards Tampa Plant (6-4). Paige Perkins added 13 kills and 20 digs within the win.
Innovation (7-1) rallied to beat rival Lake Nona 24-26, 25-18, 25-19, 25-22.
Horizon is 12-1 with its solely loss coming towards Rancho Christian (17-4*) of California in a Las Vegas event. Stefany Ortiz had 37 assists, 5 aces, and 6 kills for the Hawks towards South Lake.
Basis Academy, led by Geiliany Del Valle and Haley Higgins, is off to an 11-1 begin.
The Lake Howell Invitational, Friday and Saturday, can be performed at Orlando’s Sport Level Occasions Middle. Florida Christian (6-0*) of Miami is the highest seed. The highest-rated space entries are Innovation, Bishop Moore (4-3) and Lake Howell (6-2).
Additional factors
• Lake Brantley alum Sinclaire Johnson is ready to run her first spherical of the ladies’s 1500 meter run on Saturday on the World Athletics Championships (monitor & area) in Tokyo. She’s trying to advance to Sunday’s semifinals and a last set for Monday morning our time.
• Damian Moore is averaging 11.3 yards per carry (28 tries, 387 yards) for space No. 1 Edgewater (3-0) going into Friday night time’s blockbuster residence soccer recreation towards Jones (2-1).
(*doesn’t depend Wednesday match).
Varsity content material editor Buddy Collings may be contacted by e mail at bcollings@orlandosentinel.com.