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Anthony Campanella returns to Seabreeze High School as new athletic director
Anthony Campanella hopes to finish his career where it started. The longtime baseball coach and assistant athletic director at Seabreeze High School is returning to the institution, this time as athletic director, he and principal Tucker Harris told the News-Journal Thursday. Campanella will replace Brad Montgomery, who has served as...
Track and field regionals: Mainland boys win title, Colby Cronk hits state's top shot put
Mainland's boys captured their third major track and field team trophy of the season Wednesday by winning the Region 2-3A championship at Plant City. The Buccaneers produced 80.5 points, three more than runner-up Lake Minneola. Senior jumper Marquis McCants and senior hurdler Emmanuel Yisrael were among the Buccaneers to book...
Regional softball roundup: Spruce Creek rolls past Mandarin, but 3 local teams eliminated
PORT ORANGE — The bottom of the order knocked in early runs, the heavy hitters went yard and Kentucky commit Julie Kelley produced yet another double-digit strikeout performance. It was business as usual for Spruce Creek to kick off the Florida High School Athletic Association's Region 1-7A softball playoffs....
Spruce Creek's baseball season ends with regional semifinal loss to Timber Creek
ORLANDO — The ball dropped into no man’s land. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh inning of the Region 1-7A semifinals Friday, the Spruce Creek Hawks led top-seeded Timber Creek 3-2 on the Wolves’ home field. CJ Asbill toed the rubber. Runner Bryce Reddick stood at first base. Timber Creek’s Zach...
Regional baseball roundup: Spruce Creek stuns Bartram Trail on extra-inning, walk-off bunt
PORT ORANGE — Shane Lavin rounded first base and threw his batting helmet high into the air. The Spruce Creek senior ended the Region 1-7A quarterfinal against Bartram Trail with a walk-off bunt Tuesday. He pinch hit with one out and a runner on third in the bottom of eighth inning, laying down a perfect safety squeeze that gave senior Lucas Tutunjian enough time to scramble home. ...
Tate Haag: Your Volusia-Flagler Athlete of the Week for April 29-May 4
The results are in, and New Smyrna Beach baseball player Tate Haag has been named the Athlete of the Week for the week of April 29-May 4. The sophomore pitched 6⅔ shutout innings against Oviedo in the District 4-6A finals, which the Barracudas won 8-0. Haag also added six RBIs. He claimed 84% of the votes.
Level 10 Nationals Holds a Special Place for Graduating Seniors
Daytona Beach, Florida. The city of white-sand beaches, race driving and… level 10 gymnastics. For the second time in four years, the DP national championships is back in the “World’s Most Famous Beach,” which revives senior competitors’ sweet memories of comradeship, friendship, and success. The...
Stetson, Bethune-Cookman split regular season baseball series ahead of stretch run
DELAND — Volusia County's pair of Division I baseball programs had to go through one another Tuesday, beginning the final push toward their respective conference tournaments. Stetson jumped out to a 4-1 lead on Brandon Hylton's towering three-run homer, but Bethune-Cookman chipped away at the lead and eventually took one of its own. Deadlocked into the bottom half of the eighth, the Hatters' Kyle Jones drew a four-pitch, go-ahead walk to bring home the decisive run in...
Julie Kelley Game Report: vs Mandarin
Julie Kelley turned in nothing short of a gem on Thursday: she struck out 14 batters over seven innings while giving up just one earned run off two hits (and not a single walk). As if that's not impressive enough, the pitching appearance was her 14th in a row with more than five innings. On the year, Kelley has an ERA of .45 over 109.3 innings pitched.
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