East County High 5 Moments: 04.04.19

By Ryan Kohn
| 8:00 a.m. April 4, 2019

East County
Sports

1 — Lakewood Ranch High junior softball pitcher Payton Kinney threw six shutout innings, allowing one hit, with nine strikeouts March 27 in the Mustangs' 6-0 home win against Charlotte High.

2 — Lakewood Ranch High junior girls track and field athlete Samantha van der Sommen finished third (5.25 feet) in the high jump March 29 at the Pepsi Florida Relays in Gainesville.

3 — The Out-of-Door Academy girls lacrosse junior Elle LaClair scored six goals March 28 in the Thunder's 18-9 home win against Cardinal Mooney High.

4 — Rick Levy sank a hole-in-one March 24 on the seventh hole of Lakewood Ranch Golf and Country Club's King's Dunes course. Levy used a pitching wedge on the 127-yard hole.

5 — The Out-of-Door Academy baseball senior Austin Brinling went 3-3 with an RBI, a stolen base and a run scored Mach 26 in the Thunder's 7-2 home win against Berkeley Prep.

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Ryan Kohn

Ryan Kohn is the sports editor for Sarasota and East County and a Missouri School of Journalism graduate. He was born and raised in Olney, Maryland. His biggest inspirations are Wright Thompson and Alex Ovechkin. His strongest belief is that mint chip ice cream is unbeatable.