The fall sports season is scheduled to start on time this year for local high schools and mere days remain before it begins.
When the start of minor league spring training was pushed back to April, Baltimore Orioles farmhand Ryan Conroy got to do something he conside…
In a typical year, the athletes at Venice High School wouldn’t have to leave campus to secure a scholarship offer to play college football.
There have been collegiate summer baseball leagues from the coast of California to Cape Cod for decades.
Rich Carroll, a coach and volunteer in Venice, died Friday.
PORT CHARLOTTE (for now) — The Summer of Alex won’t be televised.
Only four more Fridays stand between the doldrums of summer and the return of high school football.
FORT MYERS – The kid out of Jacksonville Forrest was something no one in this neck of the woods had ever seen.
As Michael Robertson sat down to begin watching the MLB Draft at home this past Sunday, he was presented with two possibilities for his immedi…
Venice High boys golf tryouts
Venice Little League finishes in state tourney
Celebration of life
Celebration of life for Rich Carroll
The 13-14-year-old North Port Little League All-Stars are headed to the state tournament for the first time in team history, according to coac…
If one saw Chickie Fink heading in their direction, it was already too late to get away.
The next few days could be some of the most important of Michael Robertson’s 18-year-old life, or they could simply serve as a footnote for wh…
With the MLB Draft beginning this Sunday and some former area athletes in position to be selected, there comes a reminder of how rare it is fo…
A handful of former Venice High baseball players remain on the cusp of reaching the big leagues.
Hayden Wolff has been building his brand since he first started throwing a football around at the park in Englewood at 5 years old.
The Charlotte Tarpon wrestling team’s annual awards banquet has always been a raucous affair, but the 2021 edition had a particularly rowdy ed…
Few players have been as prepared for the College World Series as Scotty Dubrule.
When the FHSAA determined the new district realignment would be good for just one season, it led to a series of dominos in our area, affecting…
Several area high school basketball teams will reunite in district play this upcoming season after the Florida High School Athletic Administra…
Mike Schyck did it.
Former Venice High star and current Mississippi State second baseman Scotty Dubrule is one step away from the College World Series finals, whi…
Binky Waldrop has never been one to stand on ceremony and few are as adept at avoiding the spotlight while promoting those around him for thei…
Sierra Mazzoni might be the most North Port of any North Porter who has ever worked at North Port High School.
It’s difficult for Michelle Atherley to imagine what her life would be like without track and field.