Gov. Rick Scott went off script several times while reading off the accomplishments of Plant High School's football and girls cross country teams Thursday morning.
While recognizing the teams at his cabinet meeting at the Florida State Fair, the governor poked a little fun at both squads.
The Panthers' senior class of football players has won four district and regional titles, three state crowns and lost just six games.
"What, were you just being nice those (six) days?" Scott joked about the Panthers' football dominance.
With head coach Robert Weiner in attendance, Scott also acknowledged the football team's academic success of achieving a 3.1 team grade point average.
Then Scott moved on to the Plant cross country team, which has a 3.8 GPA, qualified for the state meet 25 straight years, finished in the top five 21 times and won 10 state championships under coach Roy Harrison.
"That's a little greedy," Scott said of the record number of girls state titles. "You should share a little bit."
Then Scott had a little more fun. As he called them up to the podium for a photo opportunity, he noted the cross country team had "a little higher GPA there" than the football players.
The captains representing the football team were Daniel Casselli, Antonio Crawford, James Few, Jonathan Haney, Tate Rogers and Patrick Wright. Also on hand was Plant Principal Rob Nelson.
The cross country team included Danielle Kissel, Julia Rodriguez, Kara Halfaker, Caroline Gibson, Erica Oosterhout, Kartherine Ralston and Scarlett Fox.
Scott asked them on the podium if he had mispronounced any of their names, including Oosterhout's, to which Halfaker replied, "Uh, kinda."
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