When reading all the accomplishments of Plant’s football and girls cross country teams at his cabinet meeting Thursday at the Florida State Fairgrounds, Florida Governor Rick Scott went off script several times and, while recognizing their outstanding achievements, poked a little fun at both squads, too.

Under head coach Robert Weiner, who was also in attendance, Scott said, this 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.

Scott also acknowledged the Panthers football team’s academic success of achieving a team grade point average of 3.1. And then he moved on to the girls cross country team, which has a GPA of 3.8, qualified for the state meet 25 straight years, finished in the top five 21 teams and won 10 state championships under coach Roy Harrison.

“That’s a little greedy,” Scott said of Plant’s record number of girls state championships. “You should share a little bit.”

And then Scott had a little more fun. As he called them up to the podium for a photo opportunity, he noted the Plant girls 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. Fox asked them on the podium if he had mispronounced any of their names, including Oosterhout’s, to which Halfaker replied “Uh, kinda.”