Place an Ad Calendars Classified Forums Sports Weather

sptimes.com Text-only News sections Arts & Entertainment AP The Wire Business Citrus County Columnists Floridian Hernando County Hillsborough Letters Movies Neighborhood Times News Update North Pinellas North of Tampa Obituaries Opinion Pasco County South Pinellas Sports State Tampa Bay TV Times World & Nation  Find your local news section Weekly sections Brandon Times City Times Homes Outdoors Perspective Personal Tech Taste Travel Weekend Xpress Special Sections Arena football Buccaneers College football Devil Rays Lightning Police reports Schools Seniority Subscriber Services Subscribe Renew Help Advertise Place an ad In print Online Market Info Join Us Internships Scholarships Times Jobs Contact us

Bulls lose overtime nail-biter to 'Canes

By FRANK PASTOR, Times staff

© St. Petersburg Times, published February 3, 2001

TAMPA -- Gabby Farkasfalvy knew she had to get her head on the ball.

After all, Palm Harbor University hadn't held a meeting the night before, talked strategy on the bus ride to the game or chanted "Rudy" (a rallying cry inspired by the movie about the Notre Dame walk-on) throughout the contest only for Farkasfalvy to miss the ball.

So, when Jackie Kenig's crossing pass veered toward her with little more than a minute remaining in the second of two sudden-death overtime periods, the PHU junior knew what she had to do.

Farkasfalvy headed the ball past goalkeeper Megan Robey, lifting Palm Harbor to a 2-1 victory over Bloomingdale in the Class 4A, District 7 championship game Friday at Sickles High.

The goal, Farkasfalvy's second of the game and 43rd of the season, allowed the Hurricanes to claim their third consecutive district title.

"The keeper was coming over, and she left the whole other side of the goal wide open," Farkasfalvy said. "I just tried to get it in there."

The game was everything you would expect from two nationally ranked teams (Bloomingdale 13th, Palm Harbor 14th) who were separated by a goal in their first two meetings.

Bloomingdale won 2-1 at Bloomingdale. The teams played to a scoreless tie at Palm Harbor.

Palm Harbor kept the ball in Bloomingdale's end for much of the game but found itself on the wrong end of a 1-0 score thanks to Lyndrea Sutherland's goal in the 27th minute of the first half.

Farkasfalvy tied the game with 12:50 to play. Farkasfalvy settled a crossing pass from Devon Sibole and redirected it past a diving Robey.

The teams played two five-minute overtimes and one five-minute sudden-death period before Farkasfalvy broke the tie late in the second sudden-death period.

In the state tournament, Bloomingdale will travel to Sarasota Riverview and PHU will host Fort Myers.

-- FRANK PASTOR

3A-12: Riverview falls

Riverview lost 3-0 to Sarasota in the final. The Sharks will travel to Seminole for the first round of regionals on Tuesday.

-- Times staff

© 2006 • All Rights Reserved • Tampa Bay Times
490 First Avenue South • St. Petersburg, FL 33701 • 727-893-8111

Contact the Times | Privacy Policy
Standard of Accuracy | Terms, Conditions & Copyright