Potter and Schultz named to All-Space Coast Soccer Team

florida today coverage

Congratulations Zack and Logan!

Mitch Emory named Fl Today Player of the Year

from floridatoday.com:
In his final scholastic season, he led Cocoa Beach with averages of 17 points and 9.5 rebounds as the Minutemen finished 22-5 and captured the Cape Coast Conference title at 11-1, a game better than talented Eau Gallie.

For that reason, Emory was chosen as FLORIDA TODAY’s 2008 Boys Basketball Player of the Year by the newspaper’s sports staff.

Congratulations, Mitch!

More Pink Team on Hawaiian TV

From Honolulu Channel 9:The idea is to inspire the students to get involved in science, technology, engineering and math. When you see how much fun they’re having, you know the idea works.”Our robot drives around on six wheels and it has a tower that rotates on an A frame that extends out and at the end there’s a manipulator with two rollers, allows us to roll in the ball and then we can pick it up and throw it over the overpass for points,” said Ches Hall.(includes video interview with Ches and robot action footage)

Honolulu Channel 8 coverage

Run to honor Rafe April 12

from floridatoday.com:
Ralph Maccarone says he tries to keep his mind off the loss of his son by attending the soccer matches he so loved and would have played in, were he only here.

This month, he will add a running event to his list of places to visit.

The Cocoa Beach High School and Brevard Football Club player has not been forgotten by his friends and teammates either, so they have organized the Rafe Maccarone Scholarship 5K Run/Walk, which will take place at 8 a.m. Saturday, April 12, at the high school track in Cocoa Beach.

All proceeds will go toward the college scholarship, which will be awarded in Rafe’s name to deserving Beach High students.

Pink Team front page news in Honolulu

From Honolulu Advertiser:
“Our robot is geared to go 12 feet per second, and we’re actually not one of the fastest,” said Sharra Argo, 18, who arrived in Hawai’i this week with her teammates from Cocoa Beach High School in Florida.They were all sporting hot pink T-shirts and hairdos to match their hot pink robot, Roccobot. The robot was equipped with a telescopic arm to lift the inflated balls over a 6 1/2-foot-high overpass to score extra points.
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To watch the Webcast Friday and Saturday

mms://sargasso-3.arc.nasa.gov/hawaii2008

6 percent tuition hike proposed

from floridatoday.com:
Students in Florida colleges and universities could face a 6 percent tuition increase as lawmakers in both chambers say they plan the increase to help offset state budget cuts.

USF ups tuition, requires frosh to live in dorms

from St. Pete Times:
The University of South Florida board of trustees made two big changes Thursday: raising tuition and requiring incoming freshman who live outside of the Tampa Bay area to reside on campus.Trustees approved a “tuition differential” plan that allows USF to charge in-state undergraduates as much as 30 percent more than the base tuition rate, as long as tuition doesn’t increase more than 15 percent in any one year.

FCAT changes bill introduced

from the Jacksonville Times-Union:

High FCAT scores can mean cash awards for schools and bonuses for teachers. Failing grades can result in administrative shake-ups. Legislation introduced Tuesday, though, is aimed at preventing teaching to the test. The wide-ranging bill, which also revamps public school academic standards, would prohibit using state money for FCAT practice materials such as tests and workbooks.

CBHS alum Todd Holland back at Easter surf contest

from floridatoday.com:

“But Im back, and enjoying life again,” said Holland, 39, who two months ago was enshrined into the East Coast Surfing Hall of Fame.Before Kelly Slater, there was Holland, ripping up the ASP World Tour for a decade against poster boys such as Martin Potter, Tom Curren, Derek Ho and Sunny Garcia.

CBHS alum McNally named All-South

from floridatoday.com:
McNally, a senior guard from Cocoa Beach, was named to the Daktronics All-South Region first team Thursday, and will next be considered for NCAA Division II All-America status. He was previously named first-team All-Sunshine State Conference.