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Eye on the Eagles: Get to know FGCU softball pitcher Claire Maulding
Get to know your Eagles. The Naples Daily News will profile an FGCU athletic program member each week to introduce fans to the players and coaches representing the Blue and Green during the 2024 season. Claire Maulding is a senior right-handed pitcher for Florida Gulf Coast's softball team. She transferred...
Wednesday's Spring Football Previews: Lehigh, Golden Gate, and Gulf Coast take the field
Spring football continues for Southwest Florida football teams, and the News-Press and Naples Daily News will keep you up to speed on local team's outlooks, key departures, and names to keep an eye on for the 2024-25 season. Here's a look into the games being played on Wednesday, May 22. Gulf Coast...
LaBelle softball drops dramatic pitcher's duel in Class 4A state semifinal to Eustis
LaBelle junior pitcher Abby Hicks allowed only one hit in the Cowgirls' Class 4A state semifinal game Wednesday afternoon. Unfortunately, it was the only hit Eustis would need. With two outs in the bottom of the seventh, a hard-hit ball by Katie Short just eluded LaBelle shortstop Marissa Burchard and rolled into center field...
Spring Football: Verot QB Carter Smith scores 7 touchdowns, Vikings sweep spring jamboree
It was just a spring jamboree Bishop Verot rising senior quarterback Carter Smith and the Vikings offense look to be in midseason form. Smith, a Michigan commit, rushed for seven total touchdowns — four against Columbus and three against Sarasota Riverview — and host Verot won convincingly against both teams on Friday night. ...
Cowgirls riding high into LaBelle's first state semifinal in nearly 20 years
Ray Marroquin has been telling his children and grandchildren that he’s ready for a break. However, the 24-year head coach of the LaBelle softball team said he needed “one more trip” to the state semifinals after last reaching the Final Four in 2005. ...
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