Karey Gopher, Elle Thomas help 14U team qualify for AAU Nationals Chobee Volleyball Academy is rapidly making its name known, and youngsters from the Tribe are helping pave the path. In only its second year, the non-profit CVA already has about 60 girls – ages 8 to 16 – and seven teams.

Nobody would have been surprised if the Okeechobee High School baseball season had ended April 30. Indications pointed to a fast exit from the postseason for the Brahmans, a team with a sub .500 record in the regular season and the fourth seed in a four-team district playoff. But huge upsets paved

BIG CYPRESS – The tide is turning in the right direction for sports at the Ahfachkee School. Better grades, more school spirit and increased participation were among the talking points emphasized during the school’s sports banquet May 4 at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium. “We’re proud of everything you’ve done,” Principal Dorothy

BIG CYPRESS — Bass were caught, weighed and released. Starting in March, 16 fishing teams joined the Seminole Sportsman’s 2018 Triple Crown Fishing Series, which culminated in a final event May 12 on the Big Cypress Reservation. The March event was the Bass Buster’s Fishing Tournament, while the April event was the

Budha Jumper plays key role in program’s 8th championship VERO BEACH — After helping her team win yet another state championship, American Heritage’s Budha Jumper talked about how important it is to keep the proud tradition of players from the Tribe contributing to the success of one of the state’s most

A big day at the plate and on the base paths from Cheyenne Nunez helped State College of Florida, Manatee-Sarasota, sweep South Florida State College in a softball doubleheader April 5 in Bradenton. Nunez, from the Brighton Reservation, had four hits, three runs scored, one RBI and four stolen bases in

BIG CYPRESS — It’s been 34 years since U.S. Marines Lance Corporal Herman L. Osceola died in a military helicopter accident while serving his country. The presence of the Seminole hero, who was 23 at the time of the crash in South Korea, remains a vital part of the Big

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

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

’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