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Wildcats roar: Baker County routs American Heritage, advances to FHSAA softball final
With one around-the-bases sprint, Baleigh Shields applied the icing to the cake. Shields' inside-the-park home run activated the mercy rule and launched Baker County into the state final, 10-0 over American Heritage in Wednesday's Florida High School Athletic Association Class 4A softball semifinal in Clermont. The Wildcats (21-5), winners of 11 consecutive games, advance...
Montverde scores walkoff win in FHSAA softball state semis
Montverde Academy will play for an FHSAA softball state championship for the first time since its runner-up season in 2016 after escaping a Class 3A semifinal Tuesday afternoon. Senior Jenna Meder scored the winning run on a throwing error in the bottom of the seventh inning to give the top-seeded Eagles (27-4) a wild 8-7 win vs. No. 4 Miami Somerset Academy (22-7-1). It was a rematch of last ...
Extra-inning heartbreaker: Calvary Christian denies Baldwin again in softball semis
For the third consecutive year, Clearwater Calvary Christian ended Baldwin's playoff dreams. Alexis Camilleri hit the deciding two-run triple in the top of the 10th inning and Clearwater Calvary Christian eliminated Baldwin for the third straight season, 6-3 in 10 innings in Tuesday's Florida High School Athletic Association Class 3A softball semifinal in Clermont.
🧱Free bricks from Lee School?
It's a fateful week for some high-profile individuals. The Iranian president died in a helicopter crash under investigation. Julian Assange is delaying his extradition a little longer. The Wiki Leaks founder won the right to challenge a British court's decision to extradite him to the U.S. to face espionage charges, extending a yearslong legal battle that pitted U.S. and British authorities against the Australian national and free speech campaigners. Find out more about it in USA Today.
Windermere High valedictorian earns diploma and UCF degree in same month
Mariana Nijensohn will give the valedictorian’s speech at Windermere High School’s graduation later this month, but the cap-and-gown ceremony might seem a little deja vu to the teenager and her family. Earlier this month, the 18-year-old walked at a University of Central Florida commencement ceremony because while in high school she earned enough college credits to receive a bachelor’s degree ...
2026 four-star linebacker and Syracuse commit gets USC offer
Leesburg (Florida) Tavares High School Izayia Williams is a four-star prospect in the 2026 class. He announced his commitment to the Syracuse Orange, but that has not stopped his recruitment from heating up. That includes the USC Trojans, who have offered the Florida native. While Williams is primarily a safety...
FHSAA softball state tournaments include 5 from Orlando area
Windermere High and Sanford Seminole play against each other for the first time in a state semifinal game Friday at Legends Way Ball Fields in Clermont. Horizon, Eustis and Montverde Academy take the field earlier in the week in separate Florida High School Athletic Association tournaments, which take place Tuesday through Saturday. Eustis and Montverde are No. 1 seeds. Horizon faces a ...
Local AdventHealth University Dean Arrested for Embezzlement
Laura Jean Fero, the dean of nursing at AdventHealth University, has been arrested on embezzlement charges. She is accused of misappropriating over $400,000 from her previous job at St. Catherine’s University in St. Paul. Fero, 54, from Apopka, faces six felony charges of theft by swindle. She was arrested last Wednesday at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport after arriving from Orlando.
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