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Riverview running back Ali Boyce celebrates a touchdown.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 31, 2017
Making sense of the high school playoff system

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
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Bryce Williams.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 31, 2017
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.31.17

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.31.17

  • Sarasota
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Abby Quigley.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 31, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Abby Quigley

The Riverview volleyball junior talks the appeal of her sport and at which teammate she laughs the most.

  • Sarasota
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 25, 2017
Riverview football tramples Booker in season opener

The Rams scored on each of their possessions before the game was ended.

  • Sarasota
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Three area teams post dominant wins in week one.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 25, 2017
Sarasota football roundup: 08.25.17

Three area teams post dominant wins in week one.

  • Sarasota
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Brian Battie and Tommie Battie IV played football together for Sarasota High in 2017. The brothers were shot in Sarasota on May 18. Tommie Battie IV was pronounced dead at the scene, while Brian Battie was taken to a local hospital in critical condition.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 24, 2017
Brothers look to keep Sailors football afloat

It's the first time the Battie siblings have played on the same team.

  • Sarasota
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Brendan Firlie, Bretty Riley and Nico Hernandez-Tome.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 24, 2017
Riverview swimmers dream of a pinky ring

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
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Arthur Brantley.
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  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 24, 2017
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.24.17

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.24.17

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Alexus Lewis.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 24, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Alexus Lewis

The senior cheerleader talks becoming an All-American and whether cheerleading is a sport.

  • Sarasota
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Jesse Biter, FSF President Angela Suggs and FSF Board Vice Chair Jeff Mielke. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 22, 2017
Sarasota man named chairman of Florida Sports Foundation board

The FSF is the state's lead sports promotion and development organization.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Ali Boyce gets the handoff from Arthur Brantley.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 18, 2017
Sarasota football roundup: 08.18.17

Two area teams up, two down in preseason games.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Clark Dean is the first American in 50 years to win the single scull race at the World Rowing Junior Championships.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Dean makes history with single scull win at World Juniors

Prose and Kohn: Ryan Kohn.

  • Sarasota
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Dumaka Atkins coaches his guys in camp.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Booker football wants to make program's former glory new again

It has brought in coaches with ties to the school's past.

  • Sarasota
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Danny Mars. Courtesy photo.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.17.17

Sarasota High 5 Moments: 08.17.17

  • Sarasota
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Talik Keaton.
    By
  • Ryan Kohn
  • August 17, 2017
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Talik Keaton

The Booker senior talks the University of South Florida and his favorite football memory.

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