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Author: Kevin Johnson

Kevin Johnson is senior editor. He has worked for The Seminole Tribune since 2014. He was previously an editor, photographer and reporter for newspapers in Southwest Florida and Connecticut. Contact Kevin at kevinjohnson@semtribe.com.

NABI provides learning experience for Tribe teams

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For most of the players on the Tribesmen boys team from the Brighton Reservation, a trip to the Phoenix area in July marked their first experience at the 17th annual Native American Basketball Invitational. The week at the tournament, which features 64 Native boys and girls teams each, is one they

Dozen Seminole teams hit the fields in North Carolina

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WHITTIER, N.C. — Two of the 12 Seminole teams battled to get to championship rounds at NAYO, where they each finished runner-up. The 12U Seminole baseball team earned second place while exceeding the expectations of head coach Charlie Micco. “Last year they took third,” said Micco, whose assistant coach was Jason Baker. The

Seminole Impact win NAYO championship

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WHITTIER, N.C. — The final play of NAYO for the Seminole Impact epitomized the team’s determination on its path to winning the tournament’s 10U softball championship. The Impact’s Lason Baker smacked a hard-hit ball deep into the outfield and raced around the bases. She showed no hesitation rounding third base as she

Hollywood’s Sylas Billie thrives on the mound

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HOLLYWOOD — One big reason Aroldis Chapman is Sylas Billie’s favorite Major League pitcher is because how hard the New York Yankees left-hander throws. He shares the record for fastest pitch speed ever recorded in MLB. In fact, Chapman has earned the nickname “The Cuban Missile.” “He throws hard,” Sylas said. Sylas,

Hollywood Culture gets a visit from Kansas tribe

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HOLLYWOOD — Even before they met any Seminoles on the ground, a group from the Prairie Band Potawatomi Nation in Kansas got a good idea from the sky as to what’s been happening on the Hollywood Reservation. As their flight was approaching Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport, they took photos of the

Durante Blais-Billie, Aubee Billie win Seminole princess crowns

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HOLLYWOOD — Nearly every seat in the auditorium was occupied. The stage was full, too, of contestants. The 62nd annual Miss Florida Seminole Princess Pageant, which was held July 27 at the Tribal headquarters auditorium, will no doubt be remembered for quality and quantity. Call it the “Cheyenne factor.” Before she became the first

Ahfachkee honors its student-athletes

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BIG CYPRESS — As the Ahfachkee School’s physical footprint expands on its campus with the addition of a new building, so too is its athletics program. It wasn’t long ago that the small school on the Big Cypress Reservation annually wrestled with inconsistency. Some years it would field sports teams, but

Former PECS volleyball standout signs with Florida Southern

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Raeley Matthews’ name appears on the lone undefeated volleyball team banner in the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School gymnasium. That ‘unconquered’ 13-0 team was from the 2014-15 season. Four years later, following a stellar high school career at Okeechobee and Lake Placid, Matthews’ name will next appear on the roster of the

Sean Osceola, Pasco-Hernando earn trip to NJCAA World Series

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Pasco-Hernando State College needed two wins to keep its season alive and Sean Osceola, of the Brighton Reservation, put his team on the right track with a masterpiece. Having come out of the losers’ bracket in the National Junior College Athletic Association Southern District tournament, Pasco-Hernando was in a win-or-go-home situation,

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