BIG CYPRESS — Good starts for runners are critical in races, and it’s no different for first-year track and field programs that are trying to get out of the starter’s block and form a firm foundation. In just a matter of a few months, Ahfachkee School’s new athletics director Matthew Beckham

FORT LAUDERDALE — Despite being ousted in the first game of the regional playoffs, Okeechobee High’s basketball future looks bright thanks in part to two Seminoles. Silas Madrigal and Sean Osceola spent most of the season on the junior varsity squad, which went 15-5, before they were promoted to varsity after

The Sanchez brothers left their mark in their final high school football season as teammates. Together, the Seminole duo of Jesse Sanchez and Sammy Micco Sanchez combined for more than 1,000 rushing yards and 13 touchdowns for the Fort Gibson Tigers in Oklahoma. “Both kids are real tough kids,” said Fort

BRIGHTON — When the final second ticked off the clock, the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School girls basketball team erupted in celebration. The substitute players lept from their seats and joined their teammates in a triumphant display of emotion after claiming the inaugural Around the Lake Tournament championship game Feb. 3 in

BRIGHTON — Clewiston Middle School proved to be the only thing that kept Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School boys basketball from an undefeated season and a championship. The Seminoles settled for runner-up honors in the inaugural season-ending Around the Lake Tournament. Two weeks after ending PECS’ undefeated season, Clewiston returned to Brighton

Seminole adult basketball teams generated one of the Tribe’s most successful showings in a NASA tournament. They returned from Choctaw, Mississippi in mid-January with a championship in the men’s regular division, runner-up in the men’s legends and third place in the women’s division. DeForest Carter, Hunter Osceola, Duelle Gore, Eric Sanders

BRIGHTON — For the first time an additional caveat to the middle school basketball season awaits PECS teams in the form of a playoff. PECS and its opponents decided there should be more to the culmination of a season than just the end of a regular season. So, this season the

CLEWISTON — In the brief span of a high school basketball season, Clewiston High School boys coach Tim Carter has learned a lot about Alonzo Wargolet, including not to doubt his point guard’s shooting. After transferring from American Heritage School, Wargolet has made a smooth transition to America’s Sweetest Town this

MOORE HAVEN — High school basketball coaches enjoy pleasant surprises, so when a player like Marquis Fudge adapts to a coach’s style of play and surpasses expectations, the results don’t go unnoticed. “He’s been really good for us this year,” said Moore Haven boys basketball coach Matt Zinser. “He’s been a

MOORE HAVEN — A big exclamation came from Moore Haven High School girls basketball coach Vincent Lewis. “Wow!,” the coach beamed after being told of the point total – 36 – racked up by his standout guard Sydnee Cypress. Lewis gave Cypress a powerful high-five as the Terriers celebrated a memorable night