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Sarasota | Sports

Cardinal Mooney rising sophomore Nicholas Brown dreams of being on the PGA Tour one day.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • June 10, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Nicholas Brown

The Cardinal Mooney golfer has finished top 10 in three golf association tournaments.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Paddlers based at Nathan Benderson Park celebrated their selection to Team USA.
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  • Vinnie Portell
  • June 9, 2025
Local paddlers to represent Team USA in dragon boat championships

Twenty-two athletes who train at Nathan Benderson Park will race in the IDBF World Championships.

  • East County
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Former MLB player Ian Desmond was hired to coach the Lakewood Ranch High baseball team on May 21.
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  • Vinnie Portell
  • June 5, 2025
Former Sarasota High star returns to baseball at Lakewood Ranch

Ex-MLB player Ian Desmond is back in baseball as a high school coach.

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Cary Cohenour grew up beating the backboard at the Boys and Girls Club before becoming an original player at Bollettieri Tennis Academy.
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  • Vinnie Portell
  • June 4, 2025
Cohenour's Children: Local tennis coach's legend will live on

The Cary Cohenour Tennis Foundation will soon be finished at the Boys & Girls Clubs of Sarasota.

  • Sarasota
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Booker High rising senior Chauncey Kennon is being recruited by many of the best college football programs.
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  • Vinnie Portell
  • June 3, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Chauncey Kennon

Kennon, a top football recruit, scored in Booker's spring game.

  • Sarasota
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Cardinal Mooney's RJ Mosley catches a deep ball from Devin Mignery against Booker High in the fall 2024 season. Mosley would score on the play.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 29, 2025
Few teams want to face Cardinal Mooney football

The Cougars struggled to find opponents for the 2025 season.

  • Sarasota
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Riverview offensive lineman Luke Chappell helped the Rams score 42 points in a spring game win over Largo.
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  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 28, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Luke Chappell

Riverview rising senior didn't allow any sacks or pressures in spring game win.

  • Sarasota
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BJ Ivey's players said the relationships he's built with them have made it easy to buy in to his instruction.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 28, 2025
Sarasota High athletics are on the rise

The Sailors had a historic athletic year, and better results could be on the horizon.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota softball dog-piled in the pitcher's circle after securing the final out against Riverview Sumner on May 15.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 22, 2025
Second-chance Sailors advance to state final four

Sarasota High softball has returned to the final four for the first time since 2015.

  • Sarasota
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Sarasota softball junior Ashlan Guengerich had five hits and five RBIs across two regional playoff wins last week.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 21, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Ashlan Guengerich

The RBI machine has helped power the Sailors to the final four

  • Sarasota
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Jewel Kerr (middle) was supported at her signing day by her brother, Amir Kyles, mother Jacqueline Pearson, sister Kasi Pearson, grandmother Wanda Pearson and coach Carlos Woods.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 20, 2025
Booker senior becomes first flag football signee in Sarasota County

Jewel Kerr signed a scholarship to play flag football at Bethel College on May 14.

  • Sarasota
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New Booker head football coach Carlos Woods has united the Tornadoes after former coach Scottie Littles resigned in April.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 15, 2025
Booker football regroups after losing head coach

The Tornadoes' goals remain high despite the loss of Head Coach Scottie Littles.

  • Sarasota
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Back: Victor Van Den Broek, Sarasota Paradise CEO Marcus Walfridson, Enzo Panozzo; Front: Mathis Leveque and Angel Velasquez of the Sarasota Paradise.
    By
  • Mark Gordon
  • May 15, 2025
Sarasota Paradise brings a whole new level of soccer to Lakewood Ranch

A dogged Swedish soccer player-turned-coach-turned-team owner is determined to push through on an ambitious goal: to sustain professional soccer in the region.

  • East County
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The Sarasota-area spring sports players of the year
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 14, 2025
The Sarasota-area spring sports players of the year

These athletes stood out in the box score and off the field.

  • Sarasota
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Riverview junior Anthony Miller threw a personal-best 58.76 meters in the javelin at the 4A state championships on May 10.
    By
  • Vinnie Portell
  • May 14, 2025
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Anthony Miller

The Riverview junior placed second at the 4A state championships in javelin.

  • Sarasota
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