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7 days ago
- Sport
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Tyler Mawhinney rallies on back nine to reserve a spot in U.S. Junior Amateur match play
Tyler Mawhinney of Fleming Island was getting uncomfortably close to the projected cut for match play in the second round of the U.S. Junior Amateur on July 22. But the rising senior at Fleming Island High School and Vanderbilt commit birdied three of his last five holes at the Brook Hollow Golf Club in Dallas and, at even-par 141, reserved a spot in the field of 64 players who will begin match play on July 23 at the Trinity Forest Golf Club. Mawhinney (73) tied for 24th after dipping as low as a tie for 36th and joins Miles Russell of Jacksonville Beach (72 at Brook Hollow) in match play. Russell shot 2-under 139 to tie for eighth. Russell will play Jackson Ormond, a resident of Webster, N.Y., who has verbally committed to the University of Florida, at 9:40 a.m. on July 23. Russell committed to Florida State on June 30. Mawhinney's first match will be against Lapossapon Heras-Gomez of Thailand, beginning at 11:10 a.m. Tyler Mawhinney has rough start Mawhinney, who shot 68 in the first round at Trinity Forest, began his round at Brook Hollow on the 10th hole, was 5-over for the day and 2-over for the tournament through his first 12 holes. He parred the par-3 fourth hole, then got his first birdie of the day on a 6-foot putt at No. 5 Mawhinney then drained a 27-footer for birdie on the next hole, and bounced back from a bogey at No. 7 with a closing birdie, on a roll of 23 feet. Mawhinney already has one USGA national championship this season. He and future Vanderbilt teammate Will Hartman won the U.S. Amateur Four Ball on May 22. Russell, who shot 67 in the first round, was 2-over through five holes in the second, then stopped the bleeding with a birdie at the par-3 eighth hole. He bogeyed Nos. 11 and 13 but played his final five holes at 1-under with no additional blemishes on the card, with a birdie at the 615-yard, par-5 15th. Four other area players failed to qualify for match play: Phillip Dunham of Ponte Vedra Beach and Jackson Byrd of St. Simons Island, Ga., (7-over, tied for 105th), Lucas Gimenez of Jacksonville (11-over, tied for 166th) and Brady Dougan in St. Johns (15-over, tied for 212th. Did Charlie Woods qualify for match play? Charlie Woods, the son of 15-time major champion and two-time Players champion Tiger Woods improved on his first-round 81 at Brook Hollow but his 74 in the second round at Trinity Forest wasn't nearly enough and he finished at 14-over-par 155 and in a tie for 196th. Tiger Woods followed his son all 18 holes for the second day in a row. Woods won the U.S. Junior Amateur three times, then added three U.S. Amateur titles and three U.S. Opens for nine USGA championships in his career. Among Charlie Woods' next appearances is scheduled to be the Junior Players Championship, Aug. 28-31, at the TPC Sawgrass Players Stadium Course, where his father won the 2001 and 2013 Players Championships, as well as the 1994 U.S. Amateur. This article originally appeared on Florida Times-Union: Tyler Mawhinney, Miles Russell reserve spots in U.S. Junior Am Match Play
Yahoo
05-05-2025
- General
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Clay County District Schools to host Spring Educator Recruitment Fair May 6th.
Clay County District Schools invites passionate educators and aspiring instructional professionals to its Spring Educator Recruitment Fair on Tuesday, May 6, from 5 to 7 p.m. at the Teacher Training Center at Fleming Island High School, located at 2233 Village Square Parkway. With instructional positions available across all grade levels and content areas, the event offers job seekers an excellent opportunity to connect directly with school leaders from Clay County's 43 schools. Hiring teams will be on-site to conduct interviews and may extend conditional offers for the 2025–2026 school year to qualified candidates. 'Clay County District Schools is not only one of the top-performing districts in the state, but also a community that truly supports and values its teachers. If you are ready to grow your career and be part of something meaningful, we hope to see you there,' said Superintendent David Broskie. Applicants are encouraged to bring multiple copies of their résumé, certification details, and other supporting documents. To learn more about current job openings and what to expect at the event, visit and click the Jobs icon.
Yahoo
12-02-2025
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Sexual abuse case against former Fleming Island HS coach dropped after statute of limitations passes
Action News Jax obtained legal documents explaining how the case against a former high school wrestling coach facing allegations of sexual abuse was dropped. The documents provided by state prosecutors show how that one-time coach at Fleming Island High School, Paul James Cobbert, was not criminally charged because the statute of limitations expired on the case. >>> STREAM ACTION NEWS JAX LIVE <<< But Action News Jax Alexus Cleavenger learned Cobbert was suspended from his coaching position. The Clay County School District confirmed that after the sheriff's office made it aware of the allegations, Cobbert was suspended from his coaching position in 2024, and then he resigned early this year. Prosecutors declined to bring charges against the former wrestling coach at Fleming Island High School after he was initially accused of sexually abusing a former student. According to legal documents Action News Jax reviewed, the first alleged incident was sometime in March of 2018 and the sexual contact between the victim and Cobbert allegedly happened while the victim was between 16 and17 years old. According to the disposition statement filed by the state attorney's office, Cobbert asked the victim to stay for 'extra lifts' after training sessions at the gym, which Cobbert owns. The documents say he asked the alleged victim to touch him inappropriately seven or eight times. Then there was another alleged incident in June of 2018 in Orlando. [DOWNLOAD: Free Action News Jax app for alerts as news breaks] According to the documents, Cobbert caught the victim and another boy outside smoking marijuana and made the victim come into his room and lay in bed with him. Then, the victim said he woke up completely naked, face down, and Cobbert was 'on top of him completely naked.' Cobbert said that he had known the victim since his freshmen year of high school but denied having any sexual contact with him until after he was 18 years old. That's according to the documents. He also denied any sexual contact in Orlando. Action News Jax Alexus Cleavenger asked Cobbert about the allegations and the case being dropped. 'I know there is a statute of limitations or something like that but there was also no evidence so...,' Cobbert told her. The applicable charge in Cobbert's case would have been unlawful sexual activity, but it was discarded due to the statute of limitations running out on the case. Meanwhile, some parents say they are frustrated Fleming Island High School administrators did not adequately inform them about the investigation into Cobbert. [SIGN UP: Action News Jax Daily Headlines Newsletter] Cleavenger spoke with one parent, Lorrie Dwyer, who has two children attending Fleming Island High. She said the school did not come out with a statement to parents on the case. However, the district told Action News Jax that a parent meeting was held before the wrestling season started this year to inform parents that there was an investigation involving Cobbert and that he would no longer be coaching this season. But Dwyer said however the district notified the parents, it wasn't enough. 'I mean it's outrageous,' Dwyer said. 'It's outrageous that the community did not know about it.' Cobbert maintained in his interview with Cleavenger that there was no evidence against him 'I think that at the end of the day we have an allegation,' Cobbert said. 'I'm not in handcuffs; I'm not arrested, and there is a reason for it.' State records Action News Jax found online from the Department of Education show that Cobbert is still certified as a public school athletic coach until 2027. Click here to download the free Action News Jax news and weather apps, click here to download the Action News Jax Now app for your smart TV and click here to stream Action News Jax live.
