MOORE HAVEN — Josh Boromei hoped his first and only basketball season at Moore Haven High School would have lasted longer, but even a season-ending loss didn’t dampen the spirits of the sharp-shooting guard from Brighton. Boromei, a senior who led Moore Haven in scoring this season with an average of

BRIGHTON — For the second year in a row, the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School softball team hit the field with a young squad. Only two eighth-graders – the same number as last season – are in the lineup. Sixth- and seventh-graders occupy the rest of the roster. The small contingent of

OKEECHOBEE — Even a brisk Friday evening – chilly enough that spectators at Okeechobee High School’s softball field bundled up with jackets and blankets – couldn’t cool off Cheyenne Nunez’s bat. The reigning Jr. Miss Florida Seminole delivered two hits and three RBIs to lead Okeechobee past Moore Haven, 16-6, in

FORT LAUDERDALE — The impressive numbers Trewston Pierce generated this season on the basketball court at Fort Lauderdale High – such as the 34 points he scored in his final game – didn’t tell the entire story as to how much the Flying L ascended as a senior. Fort Lauderdale coach

HOLLYWOOD — Shae Pierce didn’t waste any time this season getting acclimated to her new team. When she drained 27 points in her first game with the Hollywood Christian School girls basketball team in mid-November, it was just the start to a remarkable season for the sophomore point guard who helped

DAVIE — When Whitney Osceola arrived at tryouts for the Broward College women’s basketball team, head coach Melissa Baker wasn’t expecting much from the player she knew little about. The 5-foot-1, single mother who had battled addiction problems and had been away from basketball for four years seemed an unlikely candidate

ORLANDO — Forty-five minutes after the Orlando Magic and Memphis Grizzlies finished their NBA game Jan. 16, Trey Boone walked onto the court at Amway Center with his teammates from the Vanguard School boys basketball team. Nearly all the glamour and noise that surrounded the game – the 18,141 fans, the

BIG CYPRESS — Notah Begay III didn’t need a full set of golf clubs to impress 17 students from the Ahfachkee School. The four-time winner on the PGA Tour used just two clubs – a 7-iron and a 3-wood that he borrowed from Big Cypress First Baptist Church Pastor Salaw Hummingbird

DAYTONA BEACH — Students from Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School’s basketball teams arrived in Daytona Beach on Jan. 17 to watch Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University’s all-time leader in assists and steals, but they wanted to see something else from DeForest Carter. "One of the kids said you’ve got to dunk," Carter said. Just before

FORT PIERCE — Sixty-three basketball-loving kids converged Dec. 22 in Fort Pierce for a tribalwide youth tournament at Chupco’s Landing Community Center. The event was a hit with kids from Big Cypress, Brighton, Fort Pierce and Hollywood. And while competition was fierce among the teams comprised of 5-6, 7-8 and 9-12-year-olds,