Sarah True was making her first appearance at Nathan Benderson Park, but Brown, who trains in Guelph, Ontario, is a familiar face at the facility off Cattleman Road. Saturday’s CAMTRI Sprint Triathlon Championship event was Brown’s fifth at the facility over the past five years. Those trips have allowed her to watch the facility rise and see it transform into a top destination for triathletes.
As homecoming week wound down for Braden River, the celebrations looked like they had just begun Friday as an energetic offense took the field of their home turf against Lakewood Ranch.
It was a major victory for ODA, a team that hadn’t seen a five-win season since 2011. In the past four games alone since a staggering loss to Saint Stephen’s in September, the Thunder averaged 40 points per game against opponents.
Head coach Tod Creneti has seen his fair share of wins and losses during six-plus seasons at the helm of a growing Saint Stephen’s football program. But a home victory under the lights at Turner Field on Thursday proved to be one of the sweetest for the coach, as the Falcons rolled over Sunshine State Athletic Conference rival Out-of-Door Academy (2-1, 1-1 SSAC) consistently through all four quarters of play.