Turman, one of the state’s most sought after running backs who has offers from UCF, FSU and Miami, among others, did not return, but Braves coach Phil Ziglar said it is not a serious injury.

“He got pulled down and at the same time, he got hit on the ankle by a kid’s helmet. He was disappointed,” Ziglar said.

With Turman on the sideline, Michael Willett received the majority of the carries and shined, gaining 142 yards on 13 carries. Willett scored a 50-yard touchdown early in the third quarter.

The 54-hole event has nearly 150 entrants, including local siblings Zach and Sabrina Hoskins from Circle Christian.

Zach, a freshman and third team All-Central Florida selection last season, is in the 14-under division while Sabrina will compete in a girls division that includes players of all ages.

Franceschi tallied 366 kills and led Bishop Moore to it’s second state title in the last three seasons. Bishop Moore defeated three nationally ranked teams on its run to the title and swept its last 15 opponents.

Franceschi, who has a scholarship to Pacific, pounded more than 1,400 kills in his career and is the only player in state history to play in the state semifinals four consecutive years.

Franceschi is currently playing for the Tampa Bay Invaders club volleyball team and is in Richmond for a Memorial Day tournament.

Apopka guard Joe Chealey, whose stock has been rising all year as a college prospect, made the all-tournament team. Hagerty’s Logan Hovey also played to strong reviews for D12.

The Florida Tarheels, with Lake Minneola twins Avery and Anthony Brown, won the 9th grade division.

“I’m bringing it back to Florida,” Jones said on her Twitter account. “Officially a Florida State Seminole.”

Jones started 29 of 30 games as a freshman for the Wildcats and averaged 13.9 points per game, second best on the team. She earned Big Ten Freshman of the Week honors four times and was named to the Big Ten All-Freshman team.

Eight area players will take the field for the East team, coached by Winter Springs head coach Jeff Perez. Olympia’s Walker Weickel (LHP), Jesse Winker (OF) and Michael Hennessey (RHP) will join Winter Springs C Chris Breen, East Ridge 3B/OF Bo Decker, Trinity Prep INF Max Moroff, Hagerty RHP Zach Eflin and Winter Springs INF Casey Barnette on this squad.

The North team will feature West Orange LHP Anthony Seise, Winter Springs RHP Jon Sandfort and Orangewood C/3B Tomas Nido. Winter Springs OF/P Parker Perez, Boone RHP Frank Grandinette and Hagerty C/1B Clay Middleton will play for the South. Eustis pitcher Nate Brecklin will be the lone area player suiting up for the West.

The players will practice on Friday afternoon and Saturday morning. Game one between the North and South teams will be played Saturday at 11 a.m. The East will play the West in game two at 2:30. A championship and consolation game will be played on Sunday.

Here are the complete rosters:

NORTH

SOUTH

EAST

WEST

State triple jump champ J.P. Friday of Colonial is also entered, as is Lake Brantley’s 800 champion, Otniel Teixeira.

Apopka’s contingent includes its state championship 4×100 relay and 110 300 hurdles champion K.J. Dillon.

Lake Mary Prep junior Abby Hani, who won the 400, 200 and long jump, and placed second in the 100 at the 1A state meet, is registered for three Golden South events: the 200, 400 and long jump.

The third-year big league catcher belted a grand slam and a solo home run and tied a franchise record with seven RBI in a 16-4 rout of the Twins on Sunday. He is 7-of-14 with three home runs, nine RBI and six runs scored in the past four games.

Lucroy, who was a third round draft pick after three years at Louisiana Lafayette, is batting .349 is No. 12 in the National League in on-base percentage (.393) going into a weekend series at Arizona.

Argro was a Seminole football assistant this year after working with football and track at Lake Highland Prep in 2010-11. He may be best known for his work as personal trainer for three-time state 100-meter dash champion Marvin Bracy of Boone.

TFA also has named Julie De la Fe as girls basketball coach. De la Fe, who was on TFA’s staff as a teacher, is a former head coach in Chicago, Ohio and at Boone (19-8 in 2009-10) and is the wife of Evans girls coach Alex De la Fe.

Luppert has spent the last six years at Lake Howell and served as assistant athletic director the last three years.

“Winter Springs has a great history of academic and athletic success and this is a great opportunity for me,” said Luppert, a 2000 Oviedo grad who played college soccer at Stetson.

Blasewitz said Luppert will bring back the school’s overall athletic booster club with the goal to raise money for a field house, synthetic track and artificial turf.

Luppert, who replaces Ted Jones, officially begins June 1.

Vach, who spent last season as an assistant, was the school’s first head coach and served in that role from 1998-2006. She led the Bears to the state finals twice, 1999 and 2000.

“When I retired from coaching the girls, it was strictly to coach my kids,” said Vach, who has two daughters, Sydney and Savannah. “Now that Sydney will be a freshman in two years, when this came open, it was a no-brainer.”

Vach, the current boys head coach, replaces Danny Eleutiza, who resigned in late March.

Winter Springs reached the Class 7A championship game last year and Vach is optimistic that a group of promising young players will keep the Bears relevant.

“We’ll have four incoming freshman that are really good players, we’re going to compete right off the bat,” she said.

Mathews had three homers in a three-game series against top-ranked FSU, two in the Wolfpack’s 10-5 win over the Seminoles.  Mathews leads his team with 14 home runs and 52 RBI and is on a 21-game hitting streak entering this weekend’s ACC Tournament.

N.C. State (38-15) is the third seed and opens against sixth seed Miami (34-19) on Wednesday afternoon at 3 in Greensboro, N.C.

She may or may not compete in all three. Last season Reynolds ran only the 400 and won easily.

Reynolds leads the nation with a 52.19  time for that distance. She also is No. 1 nationally with a long jump mark of 20-feet, 6¼-inches that is Florida’s all-time wind-legal best. Reynolds stands No. 3 in Florida in the 100 with a wind-aided 11.63.

Her competition in the long jump includes defending Golden South champion and two-time 4A state champ Der’Renae Freeman of West Orange and the Florida Elite Track Club. Freeman, who signed with FSU, has a best of 20-0¾.

“Their jumps coach (Calvin Robinson) told me they were going to offer me, but I didn’t know it was going to be this good,” Friday said. “I’m very happy.”

Friday, who won the Class 4A triple jump and placed at state in the high jump and long jump, said he will sign next week.

The slender 6-foot-1 senior was also a basketball prospect as a starter for the Grenadiers’ district championship basketball team. But he had no firm scholarship offers until he triple jumped 49-feet and high jumped 6-feet, 8-inches in regional competition.

“My coach (Rene Plasencia) told me I had to PR if I really wanted to attract college coaches to me,” Friday said. “I knew I had to get 6-8 in the high jump. And that 49 triple jump is what really opened it up.”

Friday’s long jump best is 22-11¾.

Manning said three seniors, Marquion Lane, Mitch Lane (no relation) and Coleton Robinson, are capable of playing the position well. Marquion Lane started most of last season and totaled 1,695 all-purpose yards.

“They are absolutely different in what they can do,” Manning said. “We’ll have three different offensive looks we can go to. Hopefully, we can keep them all happy. They can play different positions when they’re not at quarterback.”

Eustis' Nate Brecklin was named the most valuable player of District 8 by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association. (Courtesy of the Brecklin family)

The Florida Athletic Coaches Association announced its baseball players of the year, MVPs and coaches of the year in its Central Florida districts. Not all districts had representatives nominated in each classification.

In District 8 (Lake, Sumter and Citrus), the players of the year are: Shawn Allen, Wildwood (Class 1A); Mark Kolozvary, Mount Dora Bible (3A); Evan Challenger, Mount Dora (4A); Nate Brecklin, Eustis (5A); David Wood, Groveland South Lake (6A). The MVP was Brecklin.  Coaches of the year: Adam Cardona, Wildwood (1A); Benny Hunton, Mount Dora Bible (3A); Frank Scott, Mount Dora (4A); David Lee, Eustis (5A); Kerry Whetro, South Lake (6A); Tommy Novak (Clermont East Ridge (7A).

In District 9 (Volusia, Seminole), the players of the year are: Ian Farrell, Daytona Beach Father Lopez (3A); Chris Breen, Winter Springs (7A) and Zach Eflin, Hagerty (8A). The MVP was Eflin. Coaches of the year:  Trevor Berryhill, Father Lopez (3A); Anthony Campanella, Daytona Beach Seabreeze (6A); Jeff Perez, Winter Springs (7A); Johnny Goodrich, Port Orange Spruce Creek (8A)

In District 11 (Orange, Osceola), the players of the year are: Ben Deluzio, First Academy (3A); Ben Richardson, Bishop Moore (4A); Jesse Winker, Olympia (8A). The MVP was Winker. Coaches of the year: Derek Wolfe, Trinity Prep (3A); David Holbrook, Bishop Moore (4A) and Randy O’Neal, Olympia (8A)

Hanna is in a competition with another rising senior, Stephen Maloney for the position.

“Denzel can throw any ball. He’s like Nick in that he’s an athlete who can get away (from pressure),” Wells said. “Stephen has experience from working at the position. We’re not going to average 40. But with the athletes we have we should put up points.”

Carosone, who was named the Class 2A player of the year, has signed with Auburn University. She led Pine Castle to a state runner-up finish with a .714 batting average and had a .988 fielding percentage (committing only one error this season). Ritchhart, the 2A coach of the year, conducted Pine Castle to a 23-8 record and a state runner-up finish.

They were the only Central Florida representatives.

Other players of the year by class: Shelby Turnier, Palm Beach Gardens (8A); Samantha Martin, Tallahassee Lawton Chiles (7A);Stephanie Hartness, Niceville (6A); Holly McKinnon, Citra North Marion (5A); Christina Gabriele, Miami Gulliver Prep (4A); Sydney Wright, Jacksonville Bishop Snyder (3A) and Taylore Fuller, Chiefland (1A).

Coaches of the year by class: Steve Ahern, Jupiter (8A); Adam Rich, Tallahassee Lawton Chiles (7A); Russ Reese, Melbourne Eau Gallie (6A); Rob Blackmer, Citra North Marion (5A); Mark Schusterman, Miami Gulliver Prep (4A); Mike Young, Jacksonville Bishop Snyder (3A) and Derek Garland, Mayo Lafayette (1A).

Every finalist was the leading vote-getter in their classification. Miss Florida Softball and the Coach of the year will be announced after another round of balloting by coaches and media.