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2022 Orlando Christian Prep Athletic Awards

05/20/2022, 1:15pm EDT

By OCP Athletics

May 16, 2022

The purpose of our athletic ceremony is to honor our students for another successful year. We would like to take a moment to thank everyone both directly and indirectly involved in our school’s success.

Thank you Pastor Dustin Janney, Mrs. Jacobson, and the entire school staff. Their support for Orlando Christian Prep is paramount to our success.

Another huge thank you goes out to our parents. Your decision to place your child in our school, as well as the support, and the atmosphere you create at our games, fine arts events, and school functions is Amazing. You are definitely the backbone of our school.

To our volunteers, whether they helped cleanup after a game, work the gate, the chain crew, make a team meal, donate items for a bake sale, or chaperone field trips, we appreciate you and your time.

Special thanks to Bob Kennedy and Ms. Kathie Rehm for all of your continued help and support.

A HUGE thank you to the student athletes during these difficult times. The ever changing climate due to the pandemic was not easy. Your commitment despite the circumstances was huge. Thank you to all the administrators, teachers, faculty and staff for their commitment to our students, without all of you none of this would be possible.

Some highlights of the 2021-22 year:

This year’s athletic program as a whole consisted of 200 student athletes.
Our School hosted over 50 home games and competed in over 200 athletic contests.
All of our varsity teams participated in district play.
Our Varsity Football team finished their first season in FHSAA Class 2A and reached the State Semifinal.
Our Middle School Track team was very competitive this year.
Our Varsity Track team sent ten student athletes to the State track meet and several earned a medal finishing Top 8 in the state.
Our Varsity Softball team won 20 games and advanced to the Regional Championship game..
Our JV Basketball team had a strong season.
Our Varsity Boys Basketball team completed the season winning the Class 2A State Championship for the third consecutive season. This was the 10th state championship in program history.

OCP Female and Male Athlete of the Year

The 2022 OCP Female Athlete of the Year is junior Aalyssa Gunn.

Aalyssa is a three sport athlete playing varsity volleyball, varsity basketball, and varsity track. She has been a three year starter on the volleyball team and was the team leader in kills this past season. She is a key contributor on the basketball team, and a strong performer in track and field. She also carries a 3.9 GPA.

The 2022 OCP Male Athlete of the Year is senior Ven-Allen Lubin.

Ven-Allen was a four year starter on the varsity basketball team. As a senior he averaged 14.5 points, 8 rebounds, and 1 steal per game. He won the Class 2A State Player of the year. He was First Team All State, as well All Central Florida First team. His four-year career consisted of 104 wins and he played in four consecutive state championship games winning three. He carries a 4.0 GPA. Upon graduation he will attend the University of Notre Dame on a full basketball scholarship.

Team Honors & Awards:

VARSITY FOOTBALL (Coach Guerschom Demosthenes)

(Athletic Scholarships)

Donovan Cordes - Thomas More University

Jamel Lynch - Mars Hill University

Curtis Kimmons - Southeastern University

Jaden Simmons - Fort Lauderdale University

(Academic Scholarships)

Kynkolas Ross- Southern University

Grant Overby- Morgan State University

JUNIOR VARSITY FOOTBALL

Outstanding Defensive Player Award: - Brayden Schuster

Most Improved Offensive Player Award:- Noah Murphy

Most Improved Defensive Player Award:- Joel Cortes

VARSITY VOLLEYBALL (Coach Omar Soto)

Best Offensive Player - Aalyssa Gunn

Best Defensive Player - Alexis Kimble

Best Server Award - Alana Ortiz

Most Improved Award - Brianna Cooper

Coaches Award - Lydia Mascari

All-Star District Award Winners - Aalyssa Gunn and Brianna Cooper

VARSITY SOCCER (Coach Mpumelelo Matutu)

Most Outstanding Player - Robbie Cordes

Warrior Award - Mackenzie Stinson

Coaches Award - Matthew McCreery

VARSITY GIRLS BASKETBALL (Coach Lauren Ashley)

Most Valuable Player - Siarah Brown

Most Outstanding Player - Trinity Harden

Most Improved - Aaliyah Lewis

Coaches Award - Jordan Demosthenes

VARSITY BOYS BASKETBALL (Coach Treig Burke)

Heart and Hustle Award - Jayden Hastings

Most Improved - Ameer Ramadan

Best Teammate - Mark Angueki

Coaches Award - AJ Brown and Ven-Allen Lubin

(Athletic Scholarships)

AJ Brown, Ohio University

Ven-Allen Lubin, University of Notre Dame)

VARSITY BASEBALL (Coach Adrian Hernandez)

Outstanding Player Award - Aydan Abalo

Most Improved Award - Jose Rojas

Coaches Award - Jonah Gonzalez

VARSITY SOFTBALL (Coach Dustin Schneider)

New Comer of the Year- Sabrina Boyer

Defense MVP- Naya Rosario

Offense MVP- Lexi Perez

Warrior Award- Grace Thomas

VARSITY TRACK & FIELD (Coach Rackell Goldson and Coach Guerschom Demosthenes)

Best Teammate - Brianna Cooper and Bradley Knight

Most Dedicated - Brian Thomas

Runner of the Year - Demarion Jenkins

Most Valuable Runner - Alexis Garcia

OCP Football Releases 2022 Schedule

04/19/2022, 12:45pm EDT

By Bryan Fulford, OCP Athletics

Warriors prepared to compete in restructured FHSAA Metro-Suburban classification

The 2022 OCP Football schedule has been released and students, parents, alumni and fans can start looking forward to an exciting schedule in the first year of the new FHSAA Metro-Suburban classification.

This past spring, the Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) agreed to reclassify all schools primarily into two main divisions based on county population - metro and suburban - and then secondarily into four classifications based on school enrollment. Previously, schools were grouped into several classifications based solely on their school enrollment. The FHSAA maintained a ninth classification for 1A schools in rural areas.

The "Metro" division is made up of schools in the eight largest counties within the state of Florida, Orange, Seminole, Duval, Hillsborough, Pinellas, Palm Beach, Broward, and Miami-Dade. There are four classifications within this division, 1M - 4M.

OCP will participate in Class 1M, Region 1, District 2. Within this district, the Warriors will compete against First Academy (Orlando), Foundation Academy (Winter Garden), Orangewood Christian (Maitland), and Trinity Preparatory School (Winter Park).

Teams will play each other once to determine the district champion. The district 2 champion, along with the other district champion in Region 1 will advance to the state playoff along with two at-large teams from the region. At-large bid will be based on rankings via MaxPreps.com.

Reactions to the reclassification are mixed throughout the state in counties and classifications alike as opportunities to compete against every team in the state will be. OCP Athletic Director/Coach Treig Burke doesn't see the change having a significant impact on the football program.

"I don't think it effects OCP as much because of the private school sector and so it doesn't really affect the suburban and metro (classifications)," said Burke. "We try to stay in that same line."

Head coach Guerschom Demosthenes sees the change as challenging, but the familiarity puts the team and program in a good place to compete for a championship.

"I have mixed emotions. I think all the teams we play, we’ve already played in the playoffs. But getting there and getting to the state championships is gonna be a little more difficult." Demosthenes added, "it’ll teach us that it’s the kind of challenges you have to face as a football team."

"I think we got a great staff, a great program, (and) I think we’ll be in a good position to compete... the reclassification really doesn’t hurt us, but we’ll have to go out there and be a really good football team with coaches on that night.”

The Year of Faith

The Warriors will play 3 home games during the 2022 season at Warrior Field on the Orlando Christian Prep campus. The preseason kickoff classic will travel to Wellington, Florida on August 19 against Class 4M Wellington High School for a 6:30 pm kickoff. The Wolverines had a 7-4 record in class 8A last year and ended their season with a 42-7 loss to Boone.

The regular season will open at home on August 26 against 1R Wildwood High School. OCP was scheduled to open the regular season at Wildwood last year, but the game was postponed to mid-October. The Warriors won the contest 15-6 in ugly weather and field conditions.

On September 2, OCP will begin the first of two Fridays on the road. First, they will travel to Bradenton to play IMG Academy White, kickoff at 7pm. OCP last played IMG Academy White in 2019 at home to a 32-27 victory.

Then, the Warriors play their first district opponent at Orangewood Christian Rams on September 9. OCP last played the Rams to open the 2020 season with a 23-0 victory. Kickoffs is set for 7pm. Orangewood was 5-6 in 2021, losing in the opening round of the playoffs to Holy Trinity 37-29.

September 16 will be the second of two regular season home games as the 1R Hawthorne Hornets travel to Orlando for a 7pm game start. OCP traveled to Hawthorne in the 2021 Kickoff Classic. The Hornets won the contest 28-10 and the next 10 games (regular/playoff) played as they went unbeaten until they lost in the 1A state championship game 13-12.

The Warriors will turn to the road for the next five games over six weeks starting on September 23 against district opponent Foundation Academy in Winter Garden at 7pm. The Lions were 7-4 last year and ended their season with a 24-7 loss to Victory Christian Academy 24-7 in the opening round of the 2A FHSAA playoffs. OCP has not played Foundation since 2012.

Another district opponent awaits on September 30 in The First Academy (Orlando) at 7pm. OCP played TFA last season in a 14-7 victory to kickoff a 10-game winning streak. The Royals went 8-3 last year in class 3A, losing 55-24 to (Palm Beach Gardens) Benjamin HS in the second round of the state playoffs.

Following a bye week on October 7, OCP will play at (Orlando) 2M Bishop Moore Catholic HS in the first meeting between the two programs on October 14 at 7pm. The Hornets went 5-7 in Class 5A last year losing their final game of the season 28-14 in the second round of the 5A playoffs. On October 21 OCP will match up against FIHSAA 4x state champion West Oaks Academy Flame. Last year, the Warriors defeated the 6-6 Flame 43-12.

The last district game of the season is a road game against Trinity Prep in Winter Park. Last year, OCP defeated the 1-8 Saints 55-3.

The Warriors conclude the regular season at home against (St. Petersburg) 1M Northside Christian at 7pm. The Mustangs were 7-3 last season in Class 2A. as they concluded their season losing 51-28 in the 2nd round of the state playoffs playoffs.

2022 Varsity Football Schedule
Day	Date	Opponent	Location	Time
Friday	August 19	Wellington HS	Away	6:30pm
Friday	August 26	Wildwood HS	Home	7:00pm
Friday	September 2	IMG (White)	Away	7:00pm
Friday	September 9	Orangewood Christian*	Away	7:00pm
Friday	September 16	Hawthorn HS	Home	7:00pm
Friday	September 23	Foundation Academy*	Away	7:00pm
Friday	September 30	The First Academy*	Away	7:00pm
Friday	October 7	BYE
Friday	October 14	Bishop Moore Catholic	Away	7:00pm
Friday	October 21	West Oaks Academy	Away	7:00pm
Friday	October 28	Trinity Prep*	Away	7:00pm
Friday	November 4	Northside Christian	Home	7:00pm

Bold: Home Games *District Opponent

SPRING FOOTBALL UPDATE

OCP will participate in a 3-team Jamboree on Friday May 20 with Freedom (Orlando) high school and St. Cloud high school following a few weeks of practices in May. The jamboree is scheduled to start at 7pm.

Follow the Warriors on Twitter (@OCPFB) and on OCPAthletics.com.

OCP Football Wins 7v7 Season Opener

02/27/2022, 1:00pm EST

By Bryan Fulford, OCP Athletics

January 29, 2022 -

The OCP Warriors football team won their season-opening 2022 FHS7v7A Cup Series tournament sponsored by the Florida High School 7v7 Association and sanctioned by the USA Elite 7v7,

Competing against a host of local and statewide teams the Warriors put together a run of wins in the tournament after pool play concluded to win the championship and advance to the state tournament.

7v7 tournaments will take place through the spring leading up to the start of the spring football season in May where teams will earn points based on their finish in participating tournaments. The 2022 Florida High School 7v7 Association State Championship Tournament brought to you by Jaguars Prep will take place June 24 and 25 at the Village Polo Grounds in The Villages, Florida.

Follow OCP Football on Twitter for more information on upcoming tournaments and results.

ABOUT Florida High School 7v7 Association

Florida High School 7v7 Association is a member driven organization, run by high school football coaches to serve high school football coaches in the offering of the sport of 7v7 football & 5v5 Lineman Challenge in the State of Florida.

Florida High School 7v7 Association is a Third Party Association that supports the sports of Interscholastic 7v7 Football and 5v5 Lineman Challenge in the State of Florida by High Schools by providing its member schools with an organized, safe 7v7 football & or 5v5 Lineman Challenge experience. This is NOT A SCHOOL ORGANIZED PROGRAM and the coaches and athletes involved and participating will have joined a 3rd party sanctioning organization in order to play 7v7 football and or 5v5 Lineman Challenge. Florida High School 7v7 Association will comply with all FHSAA guidelines governing off season and summer activities as it relates to off season programs or third party affiliated events and activities.

Link: https://www.fhs7v7a.com/page/show/3780232-home/