Scores for Observer Preps coverage area programs in Week Eight of the 2018 high-school football season.

A longtime Winter Park resident and avid tennis player, Verna Alduino hits the courts out at the Winter Park Tennis Center every day.

Local high school teams are now in the back stretch of the football season, and some are making strong pushes toward the playoffs.

The Foundation Academy varsity volleyball team won just six matches in 2017. So far this fall, they’re at 13 — and counting — and a trio of talented seniors has led the charge.

The Bailey Strong 5K will take place Oct. 12 at Foundation Academy.

The Windermere Prep Lakers, who had yet to defeat the Lions in three previous meetings, rode a dominant defensive effort to victory over state-ranked Foundation Academy in Winter Garden Oct. 5.

The Knights set a program-record for points scored in a game Oct. 5 when they defeated the host West Port Wolves 77-67.