text: Matthes, Dunne among local All-American selections - tribunedigital-orlandosentinel
  May 31, 2009|By Bill Buchalter, Special to the Sentinel
  Alabama senior baseball slugger Kent Matthes (Edgewater) and sophomore softball sensation Kelsi Dunne (Port Orange Spruce Creek) lead a number of Florida-based athletes named to Louisville Slugger's All-American teams.
  Matthes, the Southeastern Conference player of the year, was one of eight players named to the first team with 20-plus home runs. He led the way with a whopping 28 home runs while batting .365 with 72 hits, including 44 for extra bases and 81 RBIs.
  Dunne became the first pitcher to throw consecutive no-hit games in NCAA postseason play, leading the Crimson Tide to the College World Series this week in Oklahoma City.
  Joining Matthes on the first team are Florida International outfielder Tyler Townsend and Louisville third baseman Chris Dominguez, who became the first-ever player to repeat as Big East Conference player of the year in consecutive seasons. Both also stroked more than 20 home runs. Dominguez, who hit 21 home runs, also stole 17-of-21 bases, while Townsend hit 24 home runs.
  Named to the second team were Oklahoma catcher J.T. Wise (Apopka), Miami closer Kyle Bellamy, Florida State infielder Tyler Holt and Stetson outfielder Jeremy Cruz. Named to the third team was FSU pitcher Sean Gilmartin.
  Wise is the first player in Oklahoma history to be named Big 12 baseball player of the year and he is a finalist for the Johnny Bench Award, emblematic of the nation's top college baseball catcher.
  Stetson's Cruz finished his career with a .399 average and 80 RBIs, a figure that equals the sixth best in Atlantic Sun history and the third highest total in the league in the last 20 years. He also led the Hatters in hits (91), doubles (19), runs scored (62), slugging percentage (.719) and on-base percentage (.474). His career. 359 average ties him with Frank Corr for No. 7 all-time and his 36 home runs equals Andy Wilson's mark for No. 2 all-time.
  Joining Dunne on the first team is University of Florida pitcher Stacey Nelson. Four of Nelson's teammates were selected for the second team -- pitcher Stephanie Brombacher, who was 21-0 over the past two seasons; infielder Aja Paculba, who batted .375; outfielder Kelsey Bruder, who was perfect in the field defensively; and outfielder Francesca Enea, who led the team with 17 home runs and 65 RBIs.
  Named to the third team were FSU sophomore Sarah Hamilton and infielder Cheyenne Jenks of Florida Gulf Coast University.
  Successful in pink
  Neither rain nor lightning could spoil the Pink and White spring football success story.
  Edgewater won the half of football played before the weather turned sour. But the community support for battling breast cancer and spreading awareness for the disease was phenomenal.
  Edgewater led Boone 7-0 when the lightning chased the athletes from the field and the fans from Norton Baker Stadium, but the pink balloons were still standing and all the pink T-shirts were sold out.
  Apopka cornerback Lo Wood (6 0/175 ) has the kind of dilemma every high school athlete should have. He gets to choose the college football program of his future. He appears to have narrowed his favorites down to two schools -- Notre Dame and Michigan. He already has visited South Bend and Ann Arbor.
  One of Florida's biggest football prospects, literally, is Miami Northwestern offensive lineman Torian Wilson, who hovers around 6-foot-4 and has been listed by various internet recruiting services and outlets as weighing anywhere from 295 to 345 pounds.
  Wilson, who has played in consecutive Class 6A state championship games at the Florida Citrus Bowl, has narrowed his list of prospective schools to five -- Miami, Alabama, Michigan, Stanford and Tennessee.
  Deadline for the Kenard Lang Foundation's seventh annual charity golf tournament is June 15. The motto for the foundation, which was started by the Jones head football coach and former NFL and Evans High standout, is "making a difference each day in every way."
  The tournament is June 20 at Stonybrook West in Winter Garden and begins with a shotgun start at 8:30 a.m. Entry fee is $110. For information, contact Calvin Lang, Kenard's father and a long time coach and administrator for Orange County Public Schools (321-228-1812). He also may be reached at clang@bellsouth.net
  Orlando's K.C. Wilson became a Junior Masters Water ski champion this month at Callaway Gardens in Pine Mountain, Ga. In the process, Wilson recorded a course-record slalom run. Wilson has also been awarded the "In His Wake" scholarship for outstanding community service.