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Sports

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  • Jen Blanco
  • April 29, 2015
Sidelines

Lady Mustangs win regional crown; Thunder dominates Cougars in title rout

  • East County
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Former Lakewood Ranch High and USF center Austin Reiter began training with Mike Gough at Athletic Edge Sports Performance Conditioning in January.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 29, 2015
Professional play

Former Lakewood Ranch High and USF center Austin Reiter will learn this week whether one of the NFL’s 32 teams will draft him.

  • East County
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 29, 2015
High five

The top five sports moments of the week

  • East County
  • Sports
Lakewood Ranch's Talia Falco won the high jump and finished second in the triple jump.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 24, 2015
Lady Mustangs win regional crown

The Lakewood Ranch High girls track team scored 85.50 points to win the Class 3A-Region 3 meet April 23, at Charlotte High.

  • East County
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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
  • Sports
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.

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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 22, 2015
High five moments of the week

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • East County
  • Sports
Lauren Proctor, Natalia Vuckovic, Ashley Bongart, Selena Gomez and Jessie Kroupa won Lakewood Ranch High’s first state tennis title April 13 and April 14. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2015
State champs

The Lakewood Ranch High girls tennis team captured its first Class 3A state championship April 13 and April 14, in Altamonte Springs.

  • East County
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Lakewood Ranch senior Sierra Schappacher inspired her sister, Denali, to start playing softball. Photo by Jen Blanco
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2015
Close bond drives outfielders

Sisters Sierra and Denali Schappacher played their final game together on the softball field April 14.

  • East County
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Frances Tiafoe and Lakewood Ranch senior Ashley Bongart warmed up together twice during the Sarasota Open. Courtesy photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 22, 2015
Meeting their match

Lakewood Ranch senior Ashley Bongart shares the court with rising star Frances Tiafoe at the Open.

  • East County
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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.

  • East County
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Jade Rhodes leads Auburn with 17 home runs so far this season.
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 16, 2015
Power hitter

Former Sarasota High infielder Jade Rhodes has helped blast the Auburn University softball team to a No. 3 national ranking.

  • Sarasota
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    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 16, 2015
High 5

The top five sports moments of the week.

  • Sarasota
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Nicholas Gesualdi and Nicholas Nesser go head-to-head in the one-on-one competition during last year’s Pirates Summer Basketball Camp. File photo
    By
  • Jen Blanco
  • April 15, 2015
Sidelines

Mustangs hold off Bobcats; Cardinal Mooney wins district crown; Cougars notch district win; Pirates to hold basketball camp; BRSC to hold tournament this weekend

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