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3 weeks ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Grace Hollars |Alex Martin
Clinton Prairie Gophers and Orleans Bulldogs meet in Indiana high school basketball Class A state championship game at Gainbridge Fieldhouse.
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2 months ago | 
sports.yahoo.com | Ed Reed |Alex Martin |Nick Wilson
Seacrest Country Day 64, Donahue Catholic 45: The rubber match between two district rivals saw Seacrest overcome a district title loss 10 days earlier, which also happened to be on their home court. The Stingrays (17-8) nearly blew a 12-point halftime lead Monday night, but went on a 21-1 fourth quarter run to eliminate Donahue Catholic (21-5) from the state tournament in a 64-45 decision. “I think we stuck to the gameplan,” Houlihan said. “We called a timeout to settle the guys down a little bit.
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Jan 22, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Alex Martin |Dustin Levy |Ed Reed
The Southwest Florida girls soccer postseason is here. Starting tonight, district play will commence and run through the middle of next week. From there, a handful of teams are slated to make the FHSAA regional tournament in what's been a good soccer season again for Southwest Florida. Here's a breakdown of the nine girls soccer districts in the area, with our picks from sports reporters Alex Martin and Dustin Levy, and sports editor Ed Reed.
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Jan 9, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Alex Martin
We're past the halfway point of the high school boys soccer season, and we've got plenty of teams in good positions relative to the postseason. About a month and a half from now, 28 teams will descend upon the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex (Classes 4A-7A) in Auburndale and Spec Martin Stadium (1A-3A) in DeLand competing for seven state championships. Southwest Florida will aim to stretch its streak of having a team in a state title contest for the fifth time in the last six years.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
yahoo.com | Alex Martin
LAFAYETTE, Ind. — As much of Indiana spent the past week with shovels and ice scrapers in hand, Lafayette managed to avoid seeing almost any snowfall. However, the Lafayette Parks and Recreation doesn't allow the lack of snow spoil the sledding season at Murdock Park. When Mother Nature doesn't do the job, the city brings out a tractor and snowmaking equipment to keep the winter spirits up. According to the department's website, certain weather conditions are required to make snow.
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Jan 8, 2025 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Alex Martin
We're past the halfway point of the high school girls soccer season, and we've got plenty of teams in good positions relative to the postseason. About a month and a half from now, a total of 28 teams will descend upon the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex (Classes 4A-7A) in Auburndale and Spec Martin Stadium (1A-3A) in DeLand competing for seven state championships. Southwest Florida will aim to stretch its streak of having a team in a state title contest for the fifth consecutive season.
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Dec 7, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Alex Martin
ORLANDO — Over the course of Naples’ recent postseason runs, it’s been a team sporting a green and orange color combination with a Tiger for a mascot that’s ended their state title hopes each of the last two seasons. Make it three. Jones (14-0) remained perfect, denying the Golden Eagles of their fourth state title appearance in program history. The Fightin’ Tigers beat the Golden Eagles 18-7 in the Class 4A state semifinals Friday night.
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Dec 4, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Ed Reed |Alex Martin
A roundup of National Signing Day ceremonies held in Southwest Florida on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2024. First Baptist golfer makes history, three football standouts signThe First Baptist gym erupted Wednesday afternoon when athletic director Billy Sparacio made an announcement. "I'm happy to announce that Eva Lye is our first Division I golfer in school history," he said. The reigning Southwest Florida Girls Golfer of the Year inked with High Point, becoming the school's first Division I golfer.
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Dec 2, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Alex Martin
Each week during the school year, the Naples Daily News selects athletes that stood out the week before based on a combination of coach reports and school nominations sent to [email protected] and our coverage. Those athletes are put in a poll each Monday on naplesnews.com and you, our readers, vote on who you think did it best.
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Nov 21, 2024 | 
sports.yahoo.com | Alex Martin |Dustin Levy |Dan DeLuca |Dan Deluca
FHSAA regional semifinal high school football previews for games being played by Southwest Florida teams on Friday, Nov. 22. Watch HS football playoff games live on NFHS NetworkClass 5A-Region 3No. 3 Riverdale (9-2) at No. 2 Fort Myers (8-3)What to watch for — Riverdale: Last week, the Raiders won their first postseason game in 19 years and just the second in the program’s history, defeating North Fort Myers 34-14.
