Sports
Ocala is home to Trinity Catholic High School, which holds the record for the longest high school football championship game in Florida history, going into triple overtime. On January 6, 2011, the mayor declared January 6 as Trinity Catholic Celtics Day, in honor of this feat.
Ocala, Florida was home to the Belleview Bulldogs in the FCSL before the league folded in 2008. It is also home to one of the largest youth football leagues in the state in the MCYFL. Ocala is hosting the regional events for the Junior League in the Little League World Series in August 2010.
Ocala is also home to the Funking Conservatory, a professional wrestling school managed by Dory Funk, Jr., which boasts alumni such as Kurt Angle, Edge, Ted DiBiase, Sr., and Bob Backlund.
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“It is usual for a Man who loves Country Sports to preserve the Game in his own Grounds, and divert himself upon those that belong to his Neighbour.”
—Joseph Addison (1672–1719)
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