SIDELINES: Douglas Seth places 12th at National Cross Country Championships | Observer Local News

SETH 12th AT NATIONALS

Douglas Seth is an All-American.

The Buddy Taylor Middle School eighth grader who runs for the Imagine Town Center club team, placed 12th out of 325 runners in the 4K race at the Middle School Cross Country National Championships on Nov. 9 in Louisville, Kentucky.

Seth earned All-American honors. His time of 13:33.50 was second-fastest among runners from Florida, which was the winning state team.

On Oct. 26, Seth won the club division in the Florida Youth Runners Association Middle School State Championships. He finished the 3K race with a time of 9:37.82, just shy of his personal record.

Seth, 14, will take a short break before heading into the indoor and outdoor track seasons, his coach, Mike Pane, said.

The Flagler Palm Coast girls cross country team has not advanced to the state championships as a team since 2009. Thanks to a third-place finish at the Region 1-4A meet on Nov. 8 at Cecil Field in Jacksonville, they are headed to the state meet on Saturday, Nov. 16, at Apalachee Regional Park in Tallahassee.

They will be joined by the FPC boys team, which finished seventh at the regional.

Freshman Peyton Cerasi led the FPC girls with a fourth-place finish. Her time of 18:34.6 broke her own school record.

Ari Slaughter ran her second-best time of 19:10.1 to place 14th. Madison Lagard ran a PR time of 19:57 to finish 27th. Cassidy De Young finished 29th with a time of 20:04.2.

Jevin Luna led the FPC boys with a time of 16:38 for 25th place. Brant Tarsitano finished 36th in 16:55.2.

At the Region 1-3A meet on Nov. 7 in Panama City, Matanzas junior Blaine Vogel qualified for state with a time of 16:41.8 to finish 19th.

The Seabreeze boys also qualified for state, placing eighth at the Region 2-3A meet on Nov. 7 at Fred Poppe Park in Palm Bay. Hunter Shuler led the Sandcrabs with a time of 17:39.7 for 30th place.

BUCS HIT THE ROAD

If Mainland is to repeat as a state football champion, the Buccaneers will have to be road warriors. The seventh-seeded Bucs (5-5) will travel to No. 2 Tallhassee Lincoln (8-2) for a Region 1-5A quarterfinal 7:30 p.m. on Nov. 15.

If they win, the will play the winner of the Fleming Island-Mosley game on the road.

Matanzas defensive lineman Jackson Saterfield has committed to play at Utah State, where he will join his father, Tyrone Saterfield, who is a defensive analyst with the Aggies.

Seabreeze's Riley Fletcher qualified for the Class 2A girls golf tournament Nov. 15-16 at Mission Resort in Howey-in-the-Hills. Fletcher tied for fourth place with an 80 at the Region 2-2A tourney at Dubsdread Golf Course in Orlando.

Father Lopez's Jack Rossheim advanced to the Class 1A boys golf tournament Nov. 12-13 at Mission Resort. He shot 82 on the first day.

The Father Lopez girls placed third and the boys were fifth at the Region 1-1A swim championships at Bolles School in Jacksonville. The girls qualified three individuals and two relay teams for state.

Zoe Fulton advanced in the 200-yard individual medley and the 100 breaststroke. Nelanee Fulton qualified in the 200 IM and the 100 butterfly. And Evie Kate Carnathan qualified in the 100 breaststroke. Zoe Fulton broke the team record in the 100 breaststroke with a time of 1:06.40. Carnathan also broke a team record, swimming 54.63 seconds in the 100 freestyle.

The Green Wave also set team records and qualified in the 200 medley relay (1:53.09) and the 400 freestyle relay (3:44.25).

Matt Alvarez qualified in the 100 breaststroke. The Green Wave boys also advanced in the 200 (1:31.74) and 400 freestyle relays (3:23.75), breaking teams records that have been on the books since 2000.

The 12U Flagler Titans won the Football Team won the East Coast Conference Pop Warner championship for the second year in a row. Their season ended with a loss in the regional playoffs.

The Palm Coast Elks Lodge 2709 will hold its Hoop Shoot contest on Saturday, Nov. 23 at the Matanzas High School Gym. Registration is at 9-10 a.m.

The local contest is part of a nationwide series, free to all participants, that provides youth an opportunity to compete, connect and succeed.

Local champions move on to district, regional and state contests. The Hoop Shoot National Finals are held in Chicago. One boy and one girl from each age group will win a national title and have their name inscribed in the Basketball Hall of Fame. For more information, go to Elks.org/hoopshoot.