TARPON SPRINGS, Fla. — Carefully perched on their boats, 66 young men took their cues from the Archbishop.
Once he threw the small wooden cross into the murky waters of Spring Bayou, the young men followed suit, all leaping into the water to find the cross and presumably the year of blessing that goes with it.
This year, 17-year-old Luc Boillot of Tarpon Springs was the lucky one, emerging from the waters with the coveted cross…