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Officials will learn in two weeks if Nathan Benderson Park will host the 2017 World Rowing Championships. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Pam Eubanks
  • July 14, 2013
U.S. delegation vies for regatta

Local officials today presented their case to host the 2017 World Rowing Championships.

  • Sarasota
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 11, 2013
Extra Innings to offer camps throughout the summer

Extra Innings will hold weekly indoor comprehensive baseball and softball clinics through Aug. 8.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • July 8, 2013
Fly fishing clinic to take place this weekend

CB's Saltwater Outfitters will hold an Orvis Fly Fishing 101 clinic from 9 a.m. to 11 p.m. July 13, at 1249 Stickney Point Road, Siesta Key.

  • Siesta Key
  • News
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 25, 2013
Highlands Golf Course set to reopen

The Highlands Golf Course, part of the Meadows Country Club, will hold its grand reopening July 5-7.

  • East County
  • Sports
Connor Perry, 11, helped lead the Mansota Monsters U11 Green team to a 9-1 victory over the Bay Area Sand Sharks.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 22, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Rippin at the Ranch

Sixty youth travel lacrosse teams from across Florida and Georgia battled it out during the first Rippin at the Ranch Lacrosse Tournament at the Premier Sports Campus in Lakewood Ranch. The tournament began today and runs through June 23.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 20, 2013
Founders Club names new head pro

The Founders Club recently named Chris Adams as its new head golf professional.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 20, 2013
Lady Sailors to hold alumni game

The Sarasota High girls basketball team will hold its first Lady Sailors alumni basketball game June 27, in the west gym.

  • East County
  • Sports
Booker Middle School eighth-grader Deric DuBose dribbles the ball down the lane.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: CMHS Boys Basketball Camp

More than 50 boys, ranging in age from fifth through ninth grade, hit the court for Cardinal Mooney High's annual boys basketball camp June 18. The camp began June 17 and runs through June 20. Over the course of the four-day camp, participants learned the basic fundamentals that are essential to the game of basketball. Players focused on shooting, ball handling, passing, footwork, concepts of teamwork and defense while improving their overall basketball IQ.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
FC Sarasota U13 midfielder Emily Brusco works on her footwork during a trapping drill.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: CMHS Soccer Camp

Cardinal Mooney High hosted its annual Summer Soccer Camp June 17-20. Cougars boys soccer head coach and Men's Premier Soccer Team player Sebastian Marin led the camp for youths ranging in age from fifth through ninth grade. Participants focused on individual skills, tactics, field presence and team play through one-on-one coaching.

  • East County
  • Sports
The United States’ Lee Childs won the 200 IM for the 65-69 age group.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • June 11, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Pan-American Masters Championships

More than 1,550 swimmers, ranging in age from 18-97, hit the pool for the 2013 Pan-American Masters Championships June 1-13, at the Selby Aquatic Center in Sarasota. The event, which was held in the United States for the first time, drew swimmers from 22 different countries to compete in synchronized swimming, swimming and open water competition.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cardinal Mooney running back Demardre Patterson scored a 4-yard touchdown and also had a 96-yard kickoff return for a touchdown.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 24, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: Cardinal Mooney versus Braden River

The Cardinal Mooney High football team defeated Braden River 32-13 in its Spring Game May 23.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
ODA eighth-grader Jason Fineberg returns an interception 28 yards.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 18, 2013
PHOTO GALLERY: ODA at Northside Christian

The Out-of-Door Academy fell to Northside Christian 17-13 in its spring game May 17.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Cameron Smalley, 14, who will play baseball for ODA next year, attended the Thunder’s final three games of the season. Cameron says he is eager to get to know his future teammates.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 15, 2013
Slugger bags ODA scholarship

Cameron Smalley was named the Taylor Emmons Scholarship Fund's third scholarship recipient May 6.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 9, 2013
Coastline volleyball team earns national bid

The Coastline 14 Rox Black volleyball team recently earned a national bid to the USA Volleyball Girls Junior Nationals.

  • East County
  • Sports
The Sarasota High softball team celebrates following Alyssa Price's solo home run with two outs in the top of the seventh inning.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • May 1, 2013
Lady Sailors launch come-from-behind win

Sophomore catcher Alyssa Price hit a solo home run in the top of the seventh inning to tie the game and helped propel the Sarasota High softball team to a 2-1 nine-inning victory over Braden River in the Class 7A-Region 3 semifinals April 30.

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