Gary Curreri

19 hours ago | sun-sentinel.com | Gary Curreri

Stoneman Douglas (29-2), the state’s top-ranked team and the nation’s No. 6, will attempt to make state history by becoming the first baseball team to win five consecutive FHSAA state championships. The Eagles are tied with Archbishop McCarthy (2010-2013) at four in a row. Stoneman Douglas also won a title in 2015. “This is such a special group,” said Stoneman Douglas baseball coach Todd Fitz-Gerald. “We had some experience coming back and had good arm talent.

1 day ago | sun-sentinel.com | Gary Curreri

Last year, Benjamin junior Sofia Balistreri made the difficult decision to give up the sport she had played since she was a kid. That decision to drop soccer has paid off this season as she won the 800-meter run (2:14.47) and finished third in the 1,600 (5:12.55) at the FHSAA Class 2A state track and field meet at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville on Friday. “It was definitely a tough decision,” Balistreri said by phone.

1 day ago | sun-sentinel.com | Gary Curreri

The biggest opponent the Flanagan boys’ track team faced in the Class 4A state track and field meet on Saturday was continual weather delays. Despite having their 10 runners start and stop warming up for the competition, and because of delays, had to run from one event to another at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville on Saturday night, Flanagan still was the highest local South Florida finisher with 42 points, grabbing a third-place finish.

2 days ago | sun-sentinel.com | Gary Curreri

Everything was a blur for Cardinal Newman junior Zamarii Sanders as he blitzed the competition in winning both the 100- and 200-meter dashes at the FHSAA Class 2A state track and field meet at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville on Saturday night. The three-star athlete, who also plays wide receiver for the Crusaders, helped the boys team win the Class 2A title, while West Florida was runner-up with 41. King’s Academy finished 12th.

2 days ago | sun-sentinel.com | Gary Curreri

Inclement weather upended the FHSAA state track and field meet at Hodges Stadium on the campus of the University of North Florida in Jacksonville on Friday night. It proved worth the wait for the Dillard girls, who captured the Class 3A girls title for the second consecutive year on Saturday, while the boys placed third behind Belen Jesuit Prep and Niceville. Dillard coach Davidson Gill said the day’s postponement didn’t affect the plans too much.