FHSAA and GoFan partner again. MTI Prep students help others. Track nominees for state honors
The Florida High School Athletic Association (FHSAA) renewed a three-year agreement with GoFan as its official digital ticketing partner to provide touchless, digital ticketing solutions to high schools and state-wide post season play across Florida in all ticketed sports.
GoFan’s Digital Ticketing and Event Management platform has been adopted throughout the industry as the faster, more expedient, convenient and safer way to purchase tickets for -- and attend -- events. GoFan is the trusted ticketing provider for hundreds of member high schools across Florida for regular season contests and is the exclusive provider of digital ticketing for all FHSAA State Series and State Championships events.
The transition to all digital tickets and contactless systems for sporting venues across the country has accelerated over the past year. High schools have been strong adopters for their events. In the past year, 22,580 events were posted on the GoFan platform for the FHSAA and member schools events at 452 school sites.
GoFan provides convenience and speed of entry for fans and helps reduce game management complexity and costs for schools. The financial transparency and reconciliation accuracy that GoFan has brought to the high school event space is proving to be an important element and indicator that many high schools plan to remain all digital for their event ticketing.
“GoFan improves the fan experience to purchase and use tickets for our tournament events. It is also a platform that results in higher revenue for schools, while being more efficient from an event management standpoint,” FHSAA Executive Director George Tomyn said in a release. “We have been pleased with our relationship with GoFan and are happy to expand our partnership.”
BJ Pilling, CEO of GoFan, added: “The FHSAA has been a tremendous partner for the past five years, and we look forward to expanding digital ticketing usage on the GoFan platform. Youth sports bring communities together and GoFan is excited to be a part of that tradition.”
Valerie Miyares, District Athletic Director for Palm Beach County Schools, the 10th largest school district in the nation, said: “Palm Beach County Schools were completely digital for our event ticketing this season, and our sports season would not have been as successful during the pandemic without GoFan. The service and support GoFan provides is exceptional; our school administrators like the speed and ease of use of the platform, and we are excited about remaining digital with GoFan as we move into 2021-2022 season.”
For more information, visit https://www.gofan.co. or follow @GoFanHS on Twitter, Instagram, Facebook and LinkedIn.
MTI Prep football
Six McDougle Technical Institute Preparatory barber students volunteered to provide complimentary haircuts and grooming services to men at the Broward Outreach Center in Hollywood.
MTI cosmetology and barber instructor Mercy Perez joined the students on June 16. The students are also part of the MTI Prep Bison football team.
They are: Nicholas Anderson, Eddie Lewis, Jason Parker, Christian Pope, Lazerionta Taylor, Freddie Watts.
NFL alum and South Florida native Stockar McDougle and his wife, Octavia, launched McDougle Technical Institute Preparatory (MTI Prep) in 2019 in Pompano Beach.
MTI Prep offers student housing, food service, athletics, and a campus life experience for students, age 16-26, focusing on college and career prep.
MTI Prep’s athletic teams compete against NAIA and Division III junior varsity collegiate teams, junior college prep teams and club teams to showcase a student’s talent and gain advancement and college scholarships.
McDougle, a former offensive lineman, competed for Deerfield Beach High School, University of Oklahoma, Detroit Lions, Miami Dolphins, and Jacksonville Jaguars.
For more information, visit, https://mtiprep.org or Instagram @mtiprep.
Track & field state nominees
Here are the nominees for Florida Dairy Farmers Track & Field athletes of the year and coaches of the year.
Boys
Class 4A Coach of the Year nominees include Alex Armenteros (St. Thomas Aquinas) third at state.
Class 3A Athlete of the Year nominees include Renand Jean (Dillard Sr.) 800M state champion; Javier Vento (Belen Jesuit Sr.) 1600M & 3200M state champion.
Class 3A Coach of the Year nominees include Davidson Gill (Dillard) state champion; Victor Arrieta (Belen Jesuit) second at state.
Class 2A Athlete of the Year nominees include Kennedy Sauder (Calvary Christian Sr.) High Jump state champion; Emile Aime (NSU University Sr.) Shot Put state champion; Jack Garey (Calvary Christian Sr.) Javelin state champion.
Class 1A Athlete of the Year nominees include Brandon Pottinger (Palmer Trinity Jr.) High Jump state champion; Nicolas Veynovich (Highlands Christian Sr.) Javelin state champion.
Girls
Class 4A Athletes of the Year nominees include Jassani Carter (Flanagan Jr.) 100M & 200M state champion; Cha’iel Johnson (St. Thomas Aquinas Soph.) 800M state champion; Penelope Sosa (Coral Park Jr.) 3200M state champion; Eddiyah Frye (St. Thomas Aquinas Sr.) 100M Hurdles & Long Jump state champion; Alexis Glasco (St. Thomas Aquinas Sr.) 300M Hurdles state champion; Lauren Thomas (St. Thomas Aquinas Fr.) Discus state champion.
Class 4A Coach of the Year nominees include Alex Armenteros (St. Thomas Aquinas) state champion.
Class 3A Athlete of the Year nominees include Alyssa Jones (Southridge Jr.) 100M, High Jump, Long Jump state champ; Aaliyah Butler (Northwestern Jr.) 400M state champion; Jinah Mickens-Malik (Mater Academy Sr.) 800M state champion; Jada Joseph (American Heritage-Plantation Sr.) Triple Jump state champion; Kiara Moss (South Miami Soph.) Shot Put state champion.
Class 3A Coach of the Year nominees include Carmen Jackson (Northwestern) state champion; Greg Barnes (American Heritage) third place at state.
Class 2A Athlete of the Year nominees include Mackenzie Osher (North Broward Prep Sr.) 200M state champion; Morgan King (North Broward Prep Jr.) High Jump state champion; Meredith Adams (Calvary Christian Sr.) Javelin state champion.
The Florida Dairy Farmers High School Sports Awards program exemplifies Florida Dairy Farmers’ commitment to the state’s youth. This is the 29th year of these unique awards as we honor the state’s top athletes and coaches in all 30 FHSAA sanctioned and recognized sports.
The program also emphasizes to young people the importance of keeping dairy products a primary part of their diet in their overall nutrition plan.
Submit summer sports results
For summer sports with high school athletes in Broward and Miami-Dade counties, if you have results and stats for this column, email hssports<code_dp>@<code_dp>miami<code_dp>herald.com.
For club teams and individuals, include the high school(s) of the student athlete(s).
This is open to participants in summer sports leagues, events and tournaments who are current high school athletes, those who graduated in 2021 and those who will be freshmen in the fall.
Email hssports<code_dp>@miami<code_dp>herald.com.
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Roundup compiled by Jim Varsallone
jvarsallone@miamiherald.com
