Pemayetv Emahakv softball wraps up successful season Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018 BRIGHTON — For a majority of the starters on the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School softball team, the next softball uniform they wear will be Okeechobee High purple, Moore Haven High black or perhaps another school. Regardless of where they go next, this year’s 8th-graders left a tough act to follow. PECS
Tears flow as Moore Haven softball honors Sunni Bearden Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018 MOORE HAVEN — As soon as Moore Haven High School softball coach Clint Raulerson arrived at the field and saw Sunni Bearden – his team’s only senior from the class of 2018 – the tears followed. “We’re proud of Sunni. She’s come a long way since we got here. She’s part
Camryn Thomas provides depth to deep Lake Placid pitching staff Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018 ’s senior season on the Lake Placid High School softball team can be summed up with the phrase ‘quality over quantity.’ With an abundance of pitchers on the team, Thomas’s playing time has been limited, but she’s done a solid job in her few appearances. “She’s a pitcher and we have five
Tribesmen lead Florida teams at NAYO Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018 HOLLYWOOD – A year from now, dozens of Native American youth basketball teams will come to Florida when the Seminole Tribe hosts the 2019 NAYO Basketball Tournament. If the turnout resembles anything close to this year’s event – held March 29 to 31 in Cherokee, N.C. – then it will be
Valholly Frank, seven other youth sue Gov. Scott over climate change News by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018June 1, 2018 MIAMI — Valholly Frank is too young to vote and too young to drive, but the teenager from the Big Cypress Reservation is not too young to make an impact. Nor is she afraid. Even though she’s only 15, the Sagemont School freshman is more than willing to take on big challenges.
Howard Tiger Memorial Basketball Tournament turns 50 Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018June 1, 2018 HOLLYWOOD — As he sat at the scorer’s table in the gymnasium named in memory of his dad, Mike Tiger smiled while he watched a group of boys pick up a basketball and freely play, sprinting from one end of the court to the other. No refs, no coaches, no scorekeeping;
Jessi Harmon earns U.S. Marine Corps scholarship, spot on VMI soccer team Education by Kevin Johnson - April 30, 2018June 1, 2018 As Jessi Harmon shifts from being a high school student to a college student, she’s carried two primary goals: To attend military college – following in the footsteps of her older brothers – and to play soccer. Those goals have come to fruition as the daughter of Donna and Edward Harmon
Dyami Nelson wins SSBR championship for second straight year Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2018 BRIGHTON — Quality won out over quantity this season for rising star bull rider Dyami Nelson, but the end result was the same. For the second year in a row, Nelson is the Southern States Bull Riding Tour champion. “I didn’t ride as much as last year, but I did ride better,”
Miami Open ready for shift to Hard Rock Stadium Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2018April 30, 2018 MIAMI GARDENS — One of the world’s premier tennis events is about to get a lot closer to tennis fans from the Tribe in South Florida. After spending the last 31 years in Key Biscayne – including one last hurrah this March – the Miami Open is headed to Hard Rock
BC softball making big strides Sports by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2018 CLEWISTON — The Big Cypress Recreation Department’s Seminole Lightning youth softball team hoped to build on its victory from the previous night, but Mother Nature didn’t cooperate March 20. After winning their first game 10-5, the Lightning were poised to add to their victory total, but lightning and rain halted the