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Jaxon Lawhun sat behind Edouard Chaput in 2025 as a junior quarterback for the Thunder. He's now poised to be ODA's starter under center in the fall.
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  • Jack Nelson
  • June 15, 2026
East County Athlete of the Week: Jaxon Lawhun

The quarterback has a summer full of camps before his senior season with The Out-of-Door Academy.

  • East County
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Inglemoor High School rowers Krista Alyakin and Karlie Vince made a splash by winning the Women's Youth 2- class at the USRowing Junior National Championships on Sunday at Nathan Benderson Park.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • June 14, 2026
Emotions flow on USRowing Youth Nationals' final day in Sarasota

Champions crowned at Nathan Benderson Park in an event that features approximately 4,000 competitors.

  • East County
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Sarasota Crew's Gabrielle DeLeo heads to the finish of the Women's Youth 1x Thursday at the USRowing Youth National Championships at Nathan Benderson Park. She qualified for Friday's semifinal by placing eighth in 7:54.36.
    By
  • Jay Heater
  • June 11, 2026
USRowing National Championships opens in Sarasota

Sarasota Crew measures its athletes against the nation's best at Nathan Benderson Park.

  • East County
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Olivia Mulliner sits in the first seat of the Youth Women's Eight for Sarasota Crew — a change in position made after the boat's fourth-place finish at the USRowing Southeast Youth Championships.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 11, 2026
Sister-turned-competitor purses a junior rowing national title

Olivia Mulliner, a rising senior at Riverview High, will row at the USRowing Youth National Championships five years after a fateful first practice alongside her sister.

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Cardinal Mooney football was stocked with star athletes in 2025 en route to the FHSAA Class 2A state title. The Cougars, though, were far from the only local high school athletic program to achieve big things.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 10, 2026
Best of the Best: Sarasota's top high school athletes of 2025-26

With the academic year at an end, it's time to discuss the five athletes who impressed most.

  • Sarasota
  • Sports
Madison McKay is in her second and final season with Sarasota Crew. With the club's Youth Women's Eight boat, she'll have a chance at ending her high school rowing career as a junior national champion.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 10, 2026
Joining Sarasota Crew propels local rower into the junior national championships

Lakewood Ranch High graduate Madison McKay, who joined Sarasota Crew as a junior, will compete at the USRowing Youth National Championships.

  • East County
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Annabella Cilioni wrapped her sophomore season with Sarasota High by placing 16th in the 3,200-meter relay and 18th in the 3,200-meter run at the FHSAA Class 4A track and field state championships.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 9, 2026
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Annabella Cicilioni

The rising junior for Sarasota High ran steeplechase for the first time at Under Armour Track and Field Nationals.

  • Sarasota
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Evan Rowe (right), pictured here at the FHSAA Class 2A wrestling individual state championships from March 5-7, turned in an exceptional senior season for Braden River.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 9, 2026
Best of the Best: East County's top high school athletes of 2025-26

With the academic year at an end, it's time to discuss the five athletes who impressed most.

  • East County
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The inaugural Under Armour Track and Field Nationals featured Daphne Quintal, and she ultimately placed sixth for pole vault among female middle schoolers.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 8, 2026
East County Athlete of the Week: Daphne Quintal

The rising eighth grader at The Out-of-Door Academy competed in the inaugural Under Armour Track and Field Nationals.

  • East County
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Owen Ayers played his first two seasons of minor-league baseball exclusively with the Myrtle Beach Pelicans of Single-A. So far in 2026, he's spent time with the South Bend Cubs of High-A and Knoxville Smokies of Double-A.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 4, 2026
Sarasota High baseball alumnus turns the corner with consistency

Owen Ayers focused on being himself from day to day in order to reach Double-A, his highest level yet in the minors.

  • Sarasota
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Maddie Baehr was hesitant to join Braden River flag football as a freshman. Now, she's a member of the Ireland Flag Football Women's National Team with the 2028 Los Angeles Olympics just over two years away.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 3, 2026
Braden River High graduate takes her dual athleticism overseas

Although she is headed toward Division I soccer, Maddie Baehr played in May for the Ireland Flag Football Women's National Team.

  • East County
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The title-winning U16 Women's Eight for Sarasota Crew at the 2025 USRowing Youth National Championships. From left to right: Addison Wilson, Brooke Wilson, Gabrielle Davis, Maya Jewell, Lillian Teague, Megan Murdock, Isabella De Liz, Sydney Soboleski and Rose Ottaviano.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 3, 2026
Sarasota Crew's success started with a change in culture

The youth rowing club has become a household name nationally thanks to its focus on individual development above all else.

  • Sarasota
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As a junior last season, Jayla Griffin led the Cougars in points, rebounds and assists per game en route to the FHSAA Class 3A-Region 2 semifinals.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 2, 2026
Sarasota Athlete of the Week: Jayla Griffin

With multiple Div. I offers, the rising senior guard for Cardinal Mooney girls basketball has much to consider.

  • Sarasota
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The U.S. Soccer U17 Men's National Team prepares to face Brazil in the 2011 Nike International Friendlies at Premier Sports Campus. Lakewood Ranch won't play host to any games in the upcoming men's FIFA World Cup, but is home to no shortage of soccer enthusiasts.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 2, 2026
Approaching men's FIFA World Cup brings back memories in Lakewood Ranch area

The global soccer tournament, which will run from June 11 through July 19, is the first to be co-hosted by the U.S. since it hosted solo in 1994.

  • East County
  • Sports
Louisen Desinor posted an 81.8% completion rate in Braden River's jamboree May 22 against Charlotte and Sarasota.
    By
  • Jack Nelson
  • June 1, 2026
East County Athlete of the Week: Louisen Desinor

The rising senior quarterback guided Braden River High football to a pair of spring victories.

  • East County
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