DAVIE — Sports-minded Tribal youth, all Florida State University fans, were treated to an up-close look at the team as they practiced a few days before the Orange Bowl matchup against Northern Illinois University on Jan. 1. "When FSU comes down here, they have our number," said Max Osceola Jr., who

BIG CYPRESS — For some kids, football is a pigskin tossed, caught and run into the end zone during a game watched on television. For 12 boys and one girl from the Big Cypress Reservation, who played their first season on the gridiron last fall as BC Seminoles, football was more

By Kathryn Stolarz HOLLYWOOD — For Kelvin Huggins, his brother Randall’s memorial tournament is a celebration of a life that was taken too soon, which occurred on Kelvin’s birthday. "[The tournament is] more like my birthday than my real birthday," Kelvin, 29, said. A dozen years ago on Oct. 29, Kelvin watched Randall,

By Andrea Holata BRIGHTON — Pemayetv Emahakv’s basketball teams have high expectations this season. For both the girls’ and boys’ basketball teams, excitement fills the air for coaches, parents, students and the community when they take to the court. So far, the boys hold a 4-1 record with one loss to their rivals,

BIG CYPRESS — The basketball season is underway, and for the first time, the Ahfachkee Warriors and the PECS Seminoles met at center court. The Herman L. Osceola Gymnasium in Big Cypress was the site of the big games on Nov. 29 when the girls’ and boys’ teams each faced

MIAMI GARDENS — The Seminole Tribe has had a special relationship with Florida State University (FSU) since 1947, when the school chose Seminoles for the team’s name. Former coach Bobby Bowden had an enduring relationship with the school; he coached the football team from 1976-2009, won two national championships and

FORT LAUDERDALE — Peer pressure may have had something to do with why Trevor Osceola started to play football in sixth grade, but love of the game and natural talent are the reasons he still plays five years later. “Some of my friends were playing, so I decided to go out

By Kathryn Stolarz KANEOHE, Hawaii — The Seminole Tribe of Florida took first prize in their division at a Hawaiian basketball tournament last month. The third annual Hawaiian Way Fund Basketball Tournament, from Oct. 5-7, pitted the Seminoles against two local teams and one from North Dakota in the 35-and-up division. It

By Kathryn Stolarz HOLLYWOOD — Brandtley Osceola went out with a bang. Leading Hollywood Christian’s football team through its first season in years, the senior made the last game his best. The Hollywood Tribal member “was all over the field” at the away game against Miami Christian on Oct. 5, coach Joel

HOLLYWOOD — To kick off the school year and encourage friendly competition among reservations, the Recreation Department held a Tribalwide Back-to-School Youth Basketball Tournament on Oct. 6. About 85 kids from Immokalee, Trail, Brighton, Big Cypress and Hollywood participated in the event, which took place at the Hollywood Gym. Six teams