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Sarasota | Sports

Head coach Josh Smithers and the Riverview football team will start practice Aug. 24 and can play games as soon as Sept. 4 — if they can find an opponent.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 20, 2020
Sarasota County coaches cautiously excited for fall sports season

Practice begins Aug. 24 for all sports.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The FHSAA Board of Directors has decided to keep Aug. 24 as the starting date for fall sports.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 14, 2020
FHSAA votes to keep Aug. 24 as fall sports starting date

The date had previously been pushed back from July 27.

  • East County
  • Sports
Erick Stevens will host an independent wrestling show on Aug. 22, which will be available to stream. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 12, 2020
Local professional wrestler loves the sport, not the flashiness

Erick Stevens is presenting a livestreamed wrestling event on Aug. 22 as part of his comeback tour.

  • East County
  • Sports
Eric "The Voice" Steiner moved to Sarasota in December. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 6, 2020
A Sarasotan is an ESPN commentator for niche sporting events

He's helped call stone skipping and cherry pit-spitting competition, among other things.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 1, 2020
Top junior golfers compete in match play event

The event will continue on Sunday.

  • East County
  • Sports
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 31, 2020
Cardinal Mooney sends Class of 2020 into the world

Cardinal Mooney sends its graduates into the world.

  • Sarasota
  • Neighbors
Sarasota High rising junior Carson Spence said he's never played in an event quite like the Suncoast Jr. Match Play Invitational. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 30, 2020
Sarasota golfers prep for a unique event

The event will combine stroke play and match play.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Three days after the Florida High School Athletic Association Board of Directors voted to keep the start date of fall sports as July 27, the board has changed its mind.Â
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 23, 2020
FHSAA reverses course, delays start of fall season to at least Aug. 24

The organization's board of directors will meet again no later than Aug. 17 to determine if the new start date is appropriate.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Jammie Jordan is the new girls soccer coach at Booker High.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 23, 2020
Booker girls soccer coach brings fresh approach

Jammie Jordan brings experience from football to help rebuild a program in disarray.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
FHSAA opts to keep July 27 start date for fall sports.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 21, 2020
FHSAA opts to keep July 27 start date for fall sports

The decision goes against recommendations from the organization's Sports Medicine Advisory Committee.

  • East County
  • Sports
Greg Wood took over the Sarasota Scullers in August 2019. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 16, 2020
Sarasota Scullers coach has navigated the waters of a turbulent first year

Greg Wood has big plans for the program's future.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
The 2020 Dick Vitale Gala will be a virtual-only event, Dick Vitale and the V Foundation for Cancer Research announced Wednesday.Â
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 15, 2020
2020 Dick Vitale Gala will move to a virtual presentation

The event, already postponed from April to September, will now be online-only out of COVID-19 concerns.

  • East County
  • Sports
Bradenton Lynx shortstop Devyn Flaherty, a Riverview grad, smiles while completing a home run trot.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 9, 2020
Sarasota-area college softballers participate in the local Florida Gulf Coast League

The league is the first of its kind for college softball players.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Brody Wiseman. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • July 2, 2020
Interim Sarasota coach plans on continuing culture rebuild

Brody Wiseman is keeping things on the same trajectory.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
1. The Cougars embrace each other after winning the state title.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • June 18, 2020
A banner year: Top moments from the 2019-2020 high school sports season

There were championships abound despite a shortened spring season.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
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