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Bartow-Melbourne softball showdown is set as Polk County teams bow out of FHSAA playoffs
It’s now official: Red Oxley vs. Jasmine Francik is on. Melbourne, led by the Florida State-bound Francik, is returning to Bartow as the two teams will battle in the Class 6A, Region 3 softball final at 7:30 p.m. Friday in a matchup that was expected since the beginning of the season. Both teams used...
Brevard County athletes in FHSAA state track & field
Brevard County athletes are competing at the University of North Florida in FHSAA state track and field right now for Class 2A. Check back here for updates on results. SCROLL TO BOTTOM FOR WEDNESDAY'S CLASS 1A RESULTS 9:30 UPDATE: Titusville's boys placed ninth in the team standings with 23 points. Montverde finished first. ...
Golf course clash: Proposed 900-unit Titusville development scaled back amid community pushback
TITUSVILLE, Fla. - Overgrown and unmaintained, the future of Sherwood Golf Course in Brevard is in question. The dilapidated course is being considered for residential development, but community pushback prompted the developer, Ballarena Group Corp., to redesign its original plan. On Wednesday, at their second community outreach meeting, the developer...
Cocoa Beach boat race cuts through key sea turtle nesting area
Speed boats can top 175 mph. The top speed of an adult endangered sea turtle is about 22 mph. Those two facts will collide, at least metaphorically, this weekend when Thunder of Cocoa Beach will have racing boats speeding along the shoreline amid turtle nesting season. So as turtles are...
Melbourne and Eau Gallie to go on the road for softball regional finals
Melbourne and Eau Gallie are the two remaining Brevard County teams competing in the FHSAA state softball playoffs. The two teams will be on the road competing in regional finals on Friday, May 17. Here's a look at each matchup: No. 2 Melbourne (29-0) at No. 1 Bartow (28-1) ...
Cyclist’s 3,200-mile journey to Florida delayed by weather in Mobile
MOBILE, Ala. (WALA) - Mark Steelquist, a cyclist from Missoula, Montana is on an incredible 3,200-mile journey from Santa Monica, California, to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Sunday afternoon he arrived in Mobile, stopping to visit Ranell Franklin. “Ranell Franklin was an intern in Seattle as a college student …. and he...
Brevard County 2024 spring football game schedule
May 16: Satellite, Palm Beach Christian at Holy Trinity jamboree; Viera at St. Cloud jamboree, 6:30 p.m. ... Heritage intrasquad, 5. May 17: Cocoa Beach, Gateway at Colonial jamboree, 6 ... Palm Bay at Ft. Pierce Central ... Titusville at Orange City University, 7. May 18: Calvary Chapel at Merritt...
Coil And Tomlinson Pumped For Super Cat Reunion
Joining forces for this weekend’s Thunder On Cocoa Beach offshore races on the Atlantic side of Florida, driver Myrick Coil and throttleman John Tomlinson last shared the cockpit of a Super Cat-class raceboat—a 42-foot MTI—during the 2019 Race World Offshore Key West World Championship. So it’s fair to say it’s been a minute, as the currently trendy saying goes, for the once-dominant duo.
Sonic Prep Player of the Week: Layna Ayala
MELBOURNE, Fla. – Softball royalty lives out on the coast at Melbourne High School. The Bulldogs are once again aiming for a softball state championship. The undefeated team has talent up and down the lineup. Take Layna Ayala, for example. Only a freshman, Ayala catches and plays utility for...
Merritt Island Mustangs baseball team clinches spot in Florida Class 4A final four
Merritt Island shut out the Hernando Leopards Tuesday night for a spot in the state Class 4A final four next week in Fort Myers. The win means the Mustangs will join the Viera Hawks in Fort Myers, who reached the state Class 6A semifinal by defeating George Jenkins Monday in Lakeland. It'll be the first time Brevard has fielded two teams in the final 4 since Melbourne and Eau Gallie made it in 2022.
Cocoa Beach hosts third-leg start of Worrell 1000 catamaran race to Virginia Beach
The Worrell 1000 kicked off its third leg of its 50th anniversary race from Cocoa Beach at 10 a.m. Tuesday. The Worrell 1000 race is from Hollywood, Florida, to Virginia Beach with teams racing F18 class catamarans. According to the race website, "The Worrell 1000 Race” is an offshore long...
Powerboat P1 Inks MAV TV For Live Class 1 Coverage
Thanks to a new two-year deal between Powerboat P1 and MAVTV, there are two ways fans can enjoy live Class 1 World Championships Series racing—starting this Sunday with the series season-opener in Cocoa Beach. Fla. Fans of Union Internationale Motonautique-sanctioned Class 1 action will be able to catch it on the MAVTV television channel, as well as on Powerboat P1’s own livestream coverage on its Facebook page.
321preps notebook: Space Coast girls hoops, Mel High baseball honor, Space Coast Crew rowing
Space Coast girls basketball coach Bennie Shaw is taking his Florida Comets Gold 14-and-under team to the AAU World Championship tournament in Kings, Ohio, June 26-30. The Comets are the top-ranked team in the AAU for 14-and-under in 2024. Members of the team are Phillayjah Carroll, Mya Glover, Eriyana Kitchen, Ka'Miah Jenkins, Zanya Smith, Ja'Vayah Anderson, Adrianna Livingstone and Somaya Pickens. ...
Safety-Minded Super Stock Teammates Allen And Keys Get Scuba Certification
Former offshore racing world champion, Michael “Doc” Janssen has lived his life pushing the limits and testing the levels of performance when it comes to boat racing, snowmobiling and even scuba diving. Janssen, who is the founder of Center for Spine and Orthopedics in Colorado and now often serves as a volunteer medical director for various offshore racing events, is strongly suggesting that members of the offshore racing community—mainly competitors in the canopied-boats classes—get an open-water scuba certification to ensure that they are confident and knowledgeable if a rollover or accident were to occur during a race.
Baseball Recap: Merritt Island triumphant thanks to a strong effort from Hudson Blank
It can be hard to translate regular season success to the playoffs, but Merritt Island had no problem doing just that on Tuesday. They never let the Hernando Leopards onto the board and left with a 10-0 victory. The result was nothing new for Merritt Island, who have now won 15 matchups by six runs or more so far this season.
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