HOLLYWOOD —Before they joined their teammates for postgame pizza in the airnasium, Florida State University softball players Anna Shelnutt and Jessica Burroughs soaked up the final moments of the team’s trip to the Hollywood Reservation. They realized that their fall exhibition game carried far greater significance than the final score. FSU

MOORE HAVEN — It took all of about five seconds for a Seminole to make an impact in Moore Haven Middle School’s football game against LaBelle Middle School on Oct. 13.  On the opening kickoff, Jaylen Baker sprinted straight ahead and made a thunderous solo tackle as he drilled the

FORT PIERCE — A versatile trio from the Seminole Tribe recently completed their first volleyball season for Okeechobee High School. Freshmen Jacee Jumper, Janessa Nunez and Brienna Brockman played pivotal roles on the Brahmans’ junior varsity squad, whose season ended in October. “They did super,” said Okeechobee JV coach Todd Jones. With

HOLLYWOOD — The sea of light blue billiards tables that filled the floor of the Hard Rock Live arena was a welcomed sight for Native American players. As part of the Tornado Open tournament, which featured pros and amateurs, a division for Natives proved to be popular. The division drew

BIG CYPRESS/HOLLYWOOD — The Tigertail Brothers ninth annual Memorial Basketball Tournament keeps getting bigger each year. In fact, this year an additional gym was required because so many teams signed up. While most games and all the championships were held at the tournament’s usual location -- the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium

TAMARAC —As the catcher for the state champion American Heritage School softball team, Ahnie Jumper knows a thing or two about catching strikes. Now the Big Cypress teen is trying to throw strikes, not as a pitcher, but as a bowler. Ahnie and her class of 2017 classmate Raini Cypress comprise two-fifths

The Eastern Indian Rodeo Association held its regional finals Sept. 16-17 in Brighton. Several competitors, including some from the Big Cypress and Brighton reservations, earned spots to the Indian National Finals Rodeo that will be held Nov. 8-12 at the South Point Equestrian Center in Las Vegas. The EIRA will hold

BRIGHTON — With plenty of new faces, the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School girls varsity and junior varsity volleyball teams started the 2016 season Sept. 7 with a pair of victories against Osceola Middle on the Brighton Reservation. After dropping the first set and facing a 17-13 deficit in the second set,