Fall sports at the Ranch

The Wiregrass cross country team had their Regional meet Saturday, November 2nd resulting in one runner heading to the state competition. Junior Sebastian Hernandez finished in 14th place with a time of 16:25.06, being the only state qualifier on the boys and girls team. "I prepared for this race by taking care of my body leading up to the race and making sure I was ready mentally," Hern...

The Bulls had a successful meet this weekend at the Weeki Wachee Invitational, as the Girls varsity team placed third out of 18 teams, and the boys varsity placed sixth out of 22 teams. Key contributor to the girls team, Junior, Breanna Preiser, ran her best race last weekend. Preiser beat her personal record by 19 seconds, running a 21.14 and placing seventh for the Bulls. "Beating my PR felt unreal;...

The Wiregrass Ranch Bulls football team extended their winning streak, with a crushing victory against the St. Petersburg Green Devils, 43-7 on Friday night. Even with the impact of Hurricane Dorian on practice time, the Bulls pushed through and are now 3-0. Prior to the game, Head Coach Mark Kantor explained the team only had a day and a half of practice, due to Hurricane Dorian. "We did a lot...

The Varsity Golf Team competed in a weekend tournament on Saturday, September 28th. The tournament took place in Sarasota and consisted of eight teams. The girls battled it out and ended up finishing second place. Norah Catlin shot a 79, Tiffany Colins shot an 81, Loryn Finn shot a 84, and Carmen Phousirith shot an 86 for a grand total of 330 for the top four players. This group of girls s...

The Wiregrass Ranch girls varsity volleyball team (17-5) defeated Manatee (15-14) by 3-1 in their first regional quarterfinals win in school history Wednesday night. The Bulls won the first set effortlessly with a final score of 25-9. Manatee came back to win the second set 25-19, proving they were not giving up. However, the Bulls rallied together and won the third set 25-23, and the fourth set...

The Wiregrass Ranch cross country team had a successful district meet at Al Lopez Park on Tuesday, October 22, with both the boys and girls teams placing sixth and advancing to the regional meet. The top five finishers from each school score points for the team. The top five scorers on the girls team were Samantha Scott, Breanna Preiser, Hannah Sheen, Mya Hill, and Sarah Scott. Junior Breanna Pre...

Junior golfer, Norah Catlin, was the only golfer from the Wiregrass girl's team to move on to the state championship October 28th-29th. After two rounds, she finished 17th in the state out of 97 girls in the 3A class. This is Catlin's third year in a row qualifying for the state competition. “I improved a lot this year and saw my hard work at practice pay off" Catlin explained. "Next year I want...

Wiregrass Ranch (7-4) falls to Lakeland (11-0) in the first round of the state playoffs November 8th with a final score of 57-7. The Wiregrass Ranch Bulls were fired up going into this game for the fourth straight year against reigning state champions Lakeland. "I felt like it was just another game, I mean, knowing it could've been my last game made me want to ball out" Keith Walker, leader in...

The boys swim & dive team won their meet 90-89 against Sunlake Friday, making them 2-0 for the season. Due to rain, the dive portion of the competition had to take place two days later. The swim team started off triumphantly with senior Doug Lankton winning first place in the 200 freestyle event with a time of 1.51.38. The success continued throughout the night with three other first place finishers....