Local high school students were bestowed scholarships by a Major League Baseball team that calls Lee County home each spring for the 11th consecutive year this past weekend. Saturday afternoon before the first pitch of a Spring Training game, 16 students looking to further their educational ...
Wednesday BEACH VOLLEYBALL Bishop Verot 3, Mariner 2: The Vikings (8-3) won their fifth match in a row. Ava Lin, Camryn Hedge, Caroline Hathaway, Chase Hathaway, Jane Marson and Laney Schmidt teamed up for Verot's three wins. Mariner slipped to 4-4. BASEBALL Oasis 6, Gateway Charter 4: The ...
The trucks are packed, the games have been played, the roster decisions made. This past week, Grapefruit League action came to an end for the precursor to the 2026 Major League Baseball season. One of the two teams that call Fort Myers home, the Boston Red Sox, made its final moves to ...
After the Minnesota Twins unloaded about one-third of their roster at last year’s trade deadline, many fans and baseball observers wondered what kind of rebuild the team was up to. After six weeks of Spring Training in Fort Myers, that rebuild may be taking off quicker than it looks. It may ...
Tuesday BASEBALL Ida Baker 1, Riverdale 0: Ely Mora's double scored Tito Ortiz, who also doubled, for the game's only run in the bottom of the seventh inning. Brody Root pitched a six-hit shutout, striking out seven for the Bulldogs (8-7). Aubrey Rogers 15, Cape Coral 1 (5 ...
Monday BASEBALL Mariner 28, Cypress Lake 3 (4 innings): Romero Gist had a monster night at bat, driving in seven Mariner runs. Gist was 3-for-3 with two doubles and a triple, scoring four times. The Tritons (11-6) scored 17 runs in the second inning alone. Antonio Marino, Ryan Kotarski and ...
