NABI cancelled for 2020

by Kevin Johnson - April 13, 2020April 13, 2020

Savage Storm, whose team included some players from the Seminole Tribe, celebrates after winning the 2018 NABI Division I boys championship in Arizona. Organizers announced April 13, 2020, that this year’s tournament has been cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Native Edge Sports photo) The Native American Basketball Invitational, an annual highpoint

Angel Goodrich goes from lighting up scoreboards to putting out fires

by Kevin Johnson - April 10, 2020May 4, 2020

Former WNBA player Angel Goodrich (Cherokee), who also played in NABI, receives training as a member of the Tulsa Fire Department. (Kofi Wallace Facebook) After several years as a basketball standout, Angel Goodrich (Cherokee) has found a new team and a new career. Angel Goodrich in her days as a member of

Brighton’s Cheyenne Nunez enjoying first season in NCAA Division I softball

by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

DELAND — Cheyenne Nunez had March 11 marked on her calendar. She knew that would be the one and only time her softball team – the University of South Carolina Upstate Spartans – would be in Florida this season. What Nunez didn’t know is that the doubleheader at Stetson University in

Seminole trio plays big role for OHS softball

by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

OKEECHOBEE — Mary Huff knows first-hand what to expect with a high school softball player from the Tribe. It was a little more than a decade ago that she was one herself as a standout for Okeechobee High School. When Tribal players arrive, they usually come ready to play right away. “That’s

Stubbs sisters finish Heritage careers with third straight state championship

by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

LAKELAND — December Stubbs sat in a chair on the sideline with her face smothered in her No. 15 American Heritage basketball jersey. For more than a minute, she didn’t look up. The emotions, rightfully so, poured out of the senior point guard for many reasons at the conclusion of the

Baseball returns to Pemayetv Emahakv

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by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 16, 2020

CLEWISTON — If you blinked you might have missed the return of baseball to Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School. After being absent for a few years due to not having enough players, PECS returned to the diamond Feb. 25 for the start of what was supposed to be a seven-game season. Instead,

OHS season ends in regional final

by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 3, 2020

Brahmans finish 26-3 in Silas Madrigal’s final year OKEECHOBEE — The Okeechobee High School boys basketball season had just ended with a loss in a regional final in front of a packed home crowd.Yet the team found one more triumph to enjoy in a season full of wins. In what was essentially

Sports seasons come to abrupt halt

by Kevin Johnson - April 3, 2020April 13, 2020

Happier times for Ahnie Jumper (sixth player from the left wearing catcher chest protector) and the Florida Gulf Coast University softball team as they celebrate a home run March 4 against the University of Florida in Gainesville. FGCU’s season stopped the following week due to the COVID-19 pandemic. (Courtney Culbreath/Florida

NAIG postpones Games until 2021

by Kevin Johnson - March 26, 2020March 26, 2020

Young Indigenous athletes from the Seminole Tribe of Florida and the rest of North America will have to wait another year before competing in the North American Indigenous Games. NAIG officials announced March 25 that this year’s games, scheduled to be held in July in Nova Scotia, Canada, have been postponed until 2021. NAIG

Betty Mae Jumper, Bill Osceola rodeos light up Hollywood Reservation

by Kevin Johnson - March 4, 2020March 4, 2020

HOLLYWOOD — The 2020 season of the Eastern Rodeo Indian Association kicked off in early February. The series will make stops at Seminole reservations throughout the coming months. Hollywood led off the season with two weekends of action-packed riding in the rodeo arena tucked in the southeast corner of Seminole