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East County | Sports

Braden River junior Kate Walker swims the girls 100 breaststroke at the 2018 Tri-County Championships. The fifth-place finisher at states last season finished seventh here, after battling injuries.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 10, 2018
Tri-County Championships provide local swimmers with feedback

Lakewood Ranch swimmer Sebastian Aguirre and Braden River swimmer Kate Walker are on different paths as the Tri-County Championships give way to the FHSAA state series.

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Trevon Young, a 2013 Braden River High and 2018 Eckerd College graduate, is now playing professional basketball in Argentina. Photo courtesy Andy Meng/Stageshot Photography.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 10, 2018
Former Pirate sets sail for Argentina

Former Braden River basketball and football player Trevon Young is playing pro basketball in Argentina this season, for La Unión de Colón.

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Gracie Marston.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 10, 2018
East County Athlete of the Week: Gracie Marston

Braden River cross-country freshman Gracie Marston talks her running origins and her family's love of surfing

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East County football roundup: 10.05.18
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 5, 2018
East County football roundup: 10.05.18

East County football roundup: 10.05.18

  • East County
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Pirates senior linemen Daniel Galvin (78) and Zach Moore (75) process the game's outcome as time expires. The Pirates lost 24-21.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 3, 2018
Another painful loss for Pirates against Venice

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

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Tim Garrett and Paige Thevenin were named the new ODA boys and girls basketball coaches on Sept. 24.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 3, 2018
Thunder basketball rolls with new coaches

Both the boys and girls programs at ODA will feature new leaders this season

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Sarasota Scullers rowers Laura Corbett-Brown and Karen Wiegandt show off their medals.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • October 2, 2018
Sarasota rowers find success in Masters Regatta

Many people from the area took home gold

  • Sarasota
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 28, 2018
Braden River football falls 24-21 to Venice High

The Pirates held a late lead, but they couldn't hang onto it

  • East County
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East County football roundup: 09.28.18
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 28, 2018
East County football roundup: 09.28.18

East County football roundup: 09.28.18

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The Men's C 8+ Final, featuring members of the Sarasota Crew, comes down to a photo finish. The Crew's boat finished fifth.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 28, 2018
2018 World Rowing Masters Regatta continues through weekend at Nathan Benderson Park

The event showcases the best rowers over 27 years old on the planet

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The Mustangs take the field against Venice High in the Homecoming game. They would lose 62-0 to the Indians.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 26, 2018
Struggling Mustangs work hard through transition

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn

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Danny Walker, a 2014 Lakewood Ranch High grad, has advanced to the Final Stage of Web.com Tour Qualifying School in his first season as a professional.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 26, 2018
Former Mustang rallies for first pro golf win

The win advances the former state champion to the Web.com Tour Qualifying School's Final Stage

  • East County
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Ava Klein.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 26, 2018
East County Athlete of the Week: Ava Klein

The junior runner talks her favorite courses to run and why she has quick reflexes

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Both the ODA boys and girls programs have new head coaches.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 24, 2018
ODA announces changes in basketball leadership

The school’s boys and girls basketball programs both have new head coaches.

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East County football roundup: 09.21.18
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • September 21, 2018
East County football roundup: 09.21.18

East County football roundup: 09.21.18

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Forward Chase Koski (86) and defenseman Jackson Ellis (4) celebrate a goal Feb. 6 for Lakewood Ranch boys hockey in the Lightning High School Hockey League's title game. The Mustangs have become the premier high school-level team for skaters in the region.
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