Girls flag football playoffs kick off

Seven teams from West Orange and Southwest Orange are in the hunt for their district’s crown.

By Sam Albuquerque
| 1:19 p.m. April 9, 2024

Sports

The girls high school flag football playoffs have started, and seven area teams were in the hunt for their district’s crown.

In Class 2A, District 9, Ocoee High will face the winner of the Evans High/Wekiva High game scheduled for 6 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, and West Orange hosted Apopka High in the district semifinals Wednesday, April 10.

In the District 10 semis, Dr. Phillips will face Olympia at 5 p.m. Tuesday, April 9, and Horizon High will play Windermere High Tuesday, April 9.

In Class 1A, Lake Buena Vista High fell, 35-0, to Bishop Moore Catholic Monday, April 8, in the District 12 quarterfinals.

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Sam Albuquerque

A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.