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Sarasota scored six runs in the bottom of the first inning en route to a 9-3 victory over Lakewood Ranch in the Class 7A-Region 3 semifinals May 5. Photo by Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 21, 2015
Return to championship

The Sarasota High baseball team played in the Final Four May 20 for the first time since 2007 when the Sailors won their eighth state title.

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ODA senior Austin Hoppe was named MVP for football and baseball as well as the Thunder’s male athlete of the year. File photo
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 21, 2015
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ODA celebrates athletic achievements; Joint rowing facility opens; Big Summer golf season tees off

  • Sarasota
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Jay Bushell, 82, began rowing in 1946 after a lack of hand-eye coordination kept him off of the cricket field. Photo by Jen Blanco
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 14, 2015
The time of the ancient mariner

Jay Bushell rows about four times a week with the Sarasota County Rowing Club.

  • Sarasota
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 14, 2015
High 5 moments

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
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The Sarasota Crew won the overall points trophy at both the state and regional championships.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 12, 2015
Sarasota Crew wins regional crown

The Sarasota Crew scored a combined 1070 points to win the overall points trophy at the USRowing Southeast Youth Championships May 9 and May 10, at Lake Lanier, in Gainesville, Ga.

  • Sarasota
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Senior Cal Davidson Turner holds four Cardinal Mooney school records for cross-country and track. File photos
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  • Jen Blanco
  • May 7, 2015
Running man

Cardinal Mooney’s Cal Davidson Turner closed out his high school career with a pair of medals at the Class 1A Track and Field Championships. May 1.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 7, 2015
High five moments

The top five sports moments of the week.

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Sydney Wright, Olivia DeNiro and Marly Price celebrate following the Sarasota Crew’s state championship April 25. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 7, 2015
Sidelines

Sarasota Crew golden again; Suncoast Tennis League hosts awards

  • Sarasota
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Riverview High junior Drew Clark set new national records in both the 1,650-yard freestyle and the 800 freestyle relay. Photos by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 30, 2015
National record

Drew Clark won two individual events and a relay to help lead the Sharks to a first-place finish at the 2015 YMCA Short Course National Championships.

  • Sarasota
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Parke Phillips
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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 30, 2015
High 5 moments

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota High's Angelina Grebe finished second in the 3,200-meter run at the Class 3A-Region 3 meet April 23. File photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 30, 2015
Sidelines

Thunder dominates Cougars in rout; GSJGA tees off in monthly series; Orioles’ extended spring training season underway

  • Sarasota
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Photos by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 23, 2015
Cougars ink college choices

Seven Cardinal Mooney students signed national letters of intent April 15 and 16.

  • Sarasota
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Third baseman SarahBeth Wengerd is mobbed by her teammates after hitting a two-run walk-off double in the Class 7A-District 10 championship April 16.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 23, 2015
Sailors win in slugfest

The Sarasota High softball team rallied in the bottom of the seventh inning to beat Braden River 14-13 in the Class 7A-District 10 championship April 16.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 23, 2015
High 5

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 17, 2015
Sarasota Open swings into Ranch

The Sarasota Open runs through April 19, at the Lakewood Ranch Tennis Center.

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