321preps notebook: Space Coast girls hoops, Mel High baseball honor, Space Coast Crew rowing

Space Coast girls basketball coach Bennie Shaw is taking his Florida Comets Gold 14-and-under team to the AAU World Championship tournament in Kings, Ohio, June 26-30. The Comets are the top-ranked team in the AAU for 14-and-under in 2024.

Members of the team are Phillayjah Carroll, Mya Glover, Eriyana Kitchen, Ka'Miah Jenkins, Zanya Smith, Ja'Vayah Anderson, Adrianna Livingstone and Somaya Pickens.

The team will also compete in Live at Lakepoint in Emerson, Ga., the Disney Memorial Day Classic and Deep South Basketball Classic in Raleigh, N.C., as well as attending a selection of college basketball team camps.

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Melbourne grad named all-conference baseball

Jason Blackstone of Florida Tech was named to the All-Sunshine State Conference Defensive Team.

The Melbourne High product started 48 of 50 Panthers games at shortstop and led the SSC in assists, with 162. He also recorded 72 putouts and posted a .951 fielding percentage. He was part of 33 of the team's 45 double plays. He hit .285 at the plate, with eight doubles and 11 stolen bases. He had a 42-game on-base season streak.

He was also named to the Florida Tech Athletic Director's Honor Roll.

Space Coast Crew Rowing qualified for National Championship

The Space Coast Crew rowing team will have six boats going to Sarasota to compete at the 2024 U.S. Rowing National Championship on June 6-9 at Nathan Benderson Park.

The six boats that qualified for nationals were the women's under 17 eight, women's under 16 eight, men's under 17 eight, men's under 16 eight, women's youth four, and women's youth quad.

At last year's national competition, Space Coast Crew had four boats qualify for the event.

This article originally appeared on Florida Today: 321preps sports notebook: Space Coast and Melbourne High notes