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The Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted Monday to add an adapted division for students with permanent physical disabilities to the state track and field championship series.

Each of the four current classifications will be divided into the boys' division, boys' adapted division, girls' division and girls' adapted division to allow disabled athletes to participate in the wheelchair 200-meter dash, wheelchair 800-meter run and wheelchair shot put.

The new divisions will begin with the 2009-10 season.

``The Board took action today to initiate a track and field competition for disabled students, affording them the opportunity to compete on an interscholastic level and recognizing that adaptive students are part of the entire interscholastic program,'' FHSAA executive director Roger Dearing said in a press release.

BEAULIEU COMMITS

Syracuse University football coach Doug Marrone knows what it will take to build the Orange into a winner, and tapping into Florida is a great way to start.

Two weeks ago, Marrone and Syracuse came away with an unheralded prospect, Brice Hawkes. A player Davie University School coach Roger Harriott called a true ``steal.'' Now, from that same school, the Orange have struck gold with one of the premier defensive linemen in the state.

After visiting Syracuse during the weekend, 6-3, 240-pound Max Beaulieu came back with a great feeling that he found the place he wanted go. Beaulieu committed to the Orange on Monday.

``This is the perfect fit for me,'' Beaulieu said. ``A chance to play in a great conference for a coaching staff that is committed to getting back to the top in the conference was exactly what I want to be a part of.''

-- LARRY BLUSTEIN

BOYS' BASKETBALL

Coral Springs Charter 41, Performing Arts 37 - PA (0-1): Simms 4, Healey 3, Jennings 11, Griffin 3, Raynall 4, Kelly 6, Hill 2, Fletcher 4. CSC (1-0): Bellan 2, Winkler 16, Aguirre 2, Gordon 3, Bryan 7, Roberts 4, Lee 2, Plummer 5. Halftime: CSC 10-2. Technicals: PA Bench. Fouled out: None. Three-pointers: Jennings 2, Healey, Griffin. Rebounds: Plummer 10. Assists: Winkler 2. Steals: Winkler 2.

Grandview 52, Archbishop McCarthy 51 - GV (1-0): Gelin 3, Gates 6, Ramos 9, Peterson 6, Michel 14, Davda 14. MCC: Perkins 18, St. Fort 12, Frye 7, Southern 6, Bursevich 3, Koscs 3, Weisenburger 2. Halftime: GV 23-21. Technicals: None. Fouled out: Southern. Three-pointers: St. Fort 4, Southern 2, Perkins, Frye, Bursevich, Ramos 3, Peterson 2.

Deerfield Beach 78, Hallandale 38 - HAL: Filg-Amme 1, Cayemitte 2, Marshall 7, Cubillo 13, Brown 2, Jean-Mayn 10, Williams 3. DB (1-0): Garland 3, J. Johnson 6, T. Wright 3, Shugley-Brown 20, Garner 7, Willis 11, Owens 2, Jordan 7, T. Johnson 17, Thomas 2. Halftime: DB 40-22. Technicals: Filg-Amme. Fouled out: Filg-Amme, Robinson. Three-pointers: Cubillo, Johnson 2, Shugley-Brown, Garner. Rebounds: T. Johnson 10. Assists: Shugley-Brown 5. Steals: Shugley-Brown 5.

West Broward 80, South Broward 26 -- SB (0-1): Bennett 2, Choelc 4, Veras 5, Leyba 3, McMillen 4, Studos 4, Michael 4. WB (1-0): Musser 12, Yanez 2, Chalas 20, Cartagena 1, Nicolas 5, Bradly 10, Quevas 4, Kiuhan 10, Evrilas 5, Holt 8, Alverez 3. Halftime: WB 49-9. Three-pointers: Musser 2, Veras, Leyba, Studos. Rebounds: Evrilas 5, Alverez 5. Assists: Chalas 5.

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