OKEECHOBEE — Seminoles have played prominent roles on the Okeechobee High football team in the past, and this year is no different. On the same field that used to be home to Garrett Madrigal and Jarrid Smith – two of the program’s all-time greats – other Seminoles including Daniel Nunez Jr.

BIG CYPRESS — The tallest man on the basketball court received the most attention. Eric Moeller, a 6-foot-11 forward, was a fan favorite for about 60 youngsters who participated in Florida Gulf Coast University’s youth basketball clinic Sept. 6 at the Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium in Big Cypress. When the kids

BIG CYPRESS — Junior Cypress Rodeo Arena was the place to be during summer 2014 for junior rodeo kids, both Tribal and non-Tribal. In fact, it was the only place for children to compete in all of Collier, Hendry or Glades counties. "Programs for kids end when the school year ends.

BIG CYPRESS — Appropriately, the kind of story that legends are made of emerged from the Legends Division at the seventh annual Tigertail Brothers Memorial Basketball Tournament. A team that used only four players – including one who played barefoot – managed to win a championship. Three women’s teams and five men’s

MIAMI GARDENS — Andre Jumper walked onto the tightly manicured green grass at Sun Life Stadium and saw the orange sea of 75,000 seats staring back at him. It was a moment he won’t soon forget. Never before had Jumper been inside the home of the Miami Dolphins, University of Miami

PLANTATION — High school football teams and marching bands play on the same fields, but seldom at the same time. Cameron Osceola is an exception. Cameron is an offensive guard on American Heritage School’s junior varsity football team in Plantation, and he is a clarinetist in the band. "I like them both," the

BRIGHTON — Sports teams at Moore Haven High School are known as the Terriers, but this season the varsity girls volleyball squad might as well be called the Seminoles. Seven of the team’s 10 players are Seminole, as is coach Holly Johns. Sometimes during matches it’s a Seminole full house with

BRIGHTON — The coach’s backflip was nearly perfect in the eyes of her players. "A nine," co-captain Aleina Micco said when asked to score Kim Jackson’s flip that highlighted a pep rally for the Pemayetv Emahakv Charter School girls volleyball team Sept. 11 in the school cafeteria. Jackson’s acrobatic maneuver debuted a

BIG CYPRESS — Plenty of new faces are in the lineup for Ahfachkee’s high school girls volleyball team this season. With just two players back from last year’s squad, the team is loaded with potential but not much volleyball experience. Getting a grip on basics – such as serving, receiving and

TALLAHASSEE — History is being made at Florida State University where the defending national champion Seminoles football team added its first Seminole Tribe of Florida member to the roster. Justin Motlow now wears the uniform and plays for the team he’s rooted for his entire life. "It feels surreal," said Motlow, a freshman