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Sarasota's Mary Tucker qualified for second straight Olympics in Air Rifle
SARASOTA, Fla. — Growing up, Mary Tucker really wanted to go to Sarasota Military Academy. Her mother, however, was more interested in Sarasota High School. The two compromised in the middle – Mary could go to SMA if she played a sport. So, years ago, the two Tuckers...
Chad Davis' hiring as Booker High volleyball coach not yet official
SARASOTA − Chad Davis officially is not the head volleyball coach at Booker High School. Tornadoes director of athletics Scottie Littles said he “may have jumped the gun” when making the announcement Tuesday morning. New Tornadoes coach:Booker High names former Cardinal Mooney Catholic coach as its new...
Floridian Mortgage wins championship
ANNA MARIA – Spring has sprung and winter sports at The Center are coming to a close, with team Floridian Mortgage earning the win against team Moss Builders Thursday night in the adult co-ed flag football championship game. The top two teams in the league matched up in the...
Spring Breakout in Bradenton Offers a Preview of What's to Come for the Game of Baseball
“It’s a historic day for baseball,” booms the announcer’s voice as my ticket is scanned. I'm at LECOM Park in Bradenton on March 14, the first day of Major League Baseball's Spring Breakout. LECOM Park is named for the Lake Erie College of Osteopathic Medicine, which seems like a strange sponsorship at first. But this is the winter home of the Pittsburgh Pirates, and in the six decades the Pirates have played here, so many western Pennsylvanians have moved in that LECOM opened a Bradenton campus. Today, the Pirates are hosting the Baltimore Orioles and 6,913 paying customers in the first game of a doubleheader. It’s historic because the second game is the debut of Spring Breakout, in which the top prospects from the Pirates and Orioles farm systems will play against one another.
WVU rowing opens spring campaign with split-squad races
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. – The West Virginia University rowing team will open its spring season this weekend as a split squad, racing four boats at the Sunshine Invitational in Sarasota, Florida, on Friday and Saturday, March 29-30, and one eight boat competing with Robert Morris and Duquesne in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, on Saturday.
Athlete of the Week: Emma Arrigo making history at Out-of-Door Academy
SARASOTA, Fla. (WWSB) - For this week’s ABC7 Sports Athlete of the Week, our crews head to the lacrosse fields at Out-of-Door Academy in Sarasota and we meet Emma Arrigo. She’s a senior for the team and recently scored her 150th goal in a matchup against Riverview High School. Arrigo says her play is a product of her hard work and her teammates and she’s happy with the season they’ve been able to put together.
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