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2 weeks ago | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - This week’s ABC7 Athlete of the Week is Riley Sullivan. She’s a senior and the main girl at third base for the Lady Indians softball team at Venice High School. She’s also a really good catcher. She and her teammates are having a better season this year compared to where they were this time last year. Riley says there are some key differences about the team approach this year. “We have a better sense of family on the team,” Riley said. “We like to communicate better.
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Aug 19, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Exciting times are ahead for the Sarasota Christian School Blazers. For the first time in program history, the team is playing the traditional style of 11 man football. This concept is when both the offense and defense have 11 players on the field. This is the style of football that is played on all levels. The program going into its third year of existence. The first two years were eight-on-eight for the Blazers.
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Aug 12, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School Cougars football team is back on the field this week for the first week of fall camp. Things are drastically different compared to a week ago when the team’s field was underwater due to flooding in the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby. The field is dry now, and head football coach, Jared Clark, says he and his guys are ready to get things underway.
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Aug 8, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
VENICE, Fla. (WWSB) - Suncoast native and Venice High School alumnus, Mac Guscette, is ready to put on a show for the Atlanta Braves and the Suncoast community that will be watching from afar. He’s currently in Augusta, Georgia with the Atlanta Braves Single A affiliate club, The Augusta GreenJackets . This coming a little more than a week after the organization signed him as an undrafted free agent, and he still doesn’t have the words to describe his true feelings.
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Aug 7, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - Conditions continue to improve at Cardinal Mooney Catholic High School following flooding conditions that happened at many of the school’s outdoor athletic facilities. This comes following the aftermath of Tropical Storm Debby. The school’s track, softball and football fields were covered in water for than 24 hours. School officials say at one point there was so much water, it was deep enough to swim in.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - The Sarasota American All-Stars little league baseball is headed to the Panhandle! They’re the 2024 Florida Major League Section Six champions and they’re going to the state tournament. One of the assistant coaches, Blake Lynn, says it’s hard to find a group of young men more deserving of this opportunity. “We’re feeling good,” Lynn said. “These boys are ready. They’re ready as they’ll ever be.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - It’s celebration time for the Sarasota Paradise soccer team. They’re division champions for the first time in team history, and they’re heading to the playoffs. The Paradise finished the regular season with a 8-1-3 record. Team captain, Felipe Rojas, spoke with our ABC7 Sports department. He says everyone on the team is filled with joy and excitement for the opportunity ahead. “Everybody’s feeling really good,” Rojas said. “We had a great bus ride back from St. Pete.
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Jul 16, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - It’s a joyous time for a pair Suncoast baseball stars and their families. Ryan Waldschmidt and Aaron Combs have heard their names called in the 2024 MLB Draft. Waldschmidt, a Braden River High School alumnus and star for the University of Kentucky, is heading to the Arizona Diamondbacks. He was selected on day one of the draft on Sunday with the 31st overall pick. In his final year at Kentucky, he had a .333 batting average, hit 14 home runs and collected 25 stolen bases.
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Jul 8, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - We’re two weeks removed from Aaron Combs and the Tennessee Volunteers winning the program’s first national championship in baseball. Combs was the pitcher on the mound collecting the final out to secure that title. He says that he’s still on cloud nine, and it hard for him to put his feelings into words describing the big moment. “It’s pretty special,” Combs said. “Letting is soak in for the past two weeks has made me realize how special it really is.
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Jul 2, 2024 | 
mysuncoast.com | Xavier McKnight
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - A Suncoast resident is going to represent the USA in Paris later this month! Brody Malone has successfully qualified for the U.S. Men’s Gymnastics team. It’s not his first time competing in the big games, but this time around he says he’s hoping to fulfill a lifelong dream and bring home some medals. “I started competing when I was six [years old],” Malone said. “Around the time was 11 or 12 I decoded that I wanted to try to go to the Olympics.
