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Cardinal Mooney tops unbeaten Clearwater Central Catholic 47-35
Cardinal Mooney defeated unbeaten Clearwater Central Catholic 47-35 on Friday behind Connail Jackson's 200-plus rushing yards, Seneca Hawthorne's two long touchdowns and Jordan Sanders' game-sealing pick-six, while Sarasota Christian and Out-of-Door Academy also posted wins.
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Cardinal Mooney golfers become first US team at World School Games
Four Cardinal Mooney golfers became the first U.S. team to compete at the World School Games golf championship in St. Andrews, Scotland, with sophomore Brooke Stevens winning the senior girls title by 35 strokes.
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Cardinal Mooney tops unbeaten Clearwater Central Catholic 47-35
Cardinal Mooney defeated unbeaten Clearwater Central Catholic 47-35 on Friday behind Connail Jackson's 200-plus rushing yards, Seneca Hawthorne's two long touchdowns and Jordan Sanders' game-sealing pick-six, while Sarasota Christian and Out-of-Door Academy also posted wins.
Sarasota, FL
77°F
Mostly Clear
Feels like 76° · 0% rain
WedSunny89°F2%
ThuSunny90°F46%
FriMostly Sunny88°F52%
SatIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms85°F32%
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MonMostly Sunny84°F37%
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Cardinal Mooney tops unbeaten Clearwater Central Catholic 47-35
Cardinal Mooney defeated unbeaten Clearwater Central Catholic 47-35 on Friday behind Connail Jackson's 200-plus rushing yards, Seneca Hawthorne's two long touchdowns and Jordan Sanders' game-sealing pick-six, while Sarasota Christian and Out-of-Door Academy also posted wins.
Sarasota, FL
77°F
Mostly Clear
Feels like 76° · 0% rain
WedSunny89°F2%
ThuSunny90°F46%
FriMostly Sunny88°F52%
SatIsolated Showers And Thunderstorms85°F32%
SunMostly Sunny83°F27%
MonMostly Sunny84°F37%
TueMostly Sunny85°F28%
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Riverview edges Manatee 49-47 in Week 5 shootout
Riverview High beat Manatee 49-47 on Friday, Sept. 18, in a back-and-forth Week 5 FHSAA football game that wasn't decided until the final seconds, improving the Rams to 4-1 on the season.
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Sarasota Sailors earn second straight City of Palms bid
Sarasota High boys' basketball earned a second straight invitation to the City of Palms Classic in Fort Myers, opening Dec. 19 against La Lumiere of Indiana in the 53rd edition of the premier national high school tournament.
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46 Sarasota County seniors earn National Merit semifinalist spots
Forty-six seniors from seven Sarasota County schools were named semifinalists in the 2027 National Merit Scholarship Program, competing for a share of roughly $24 million in awards.
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Sarasota County adds girls flag football at every high school
Sarasota County Schools announced Monday, Sept. 14, that every traditional public high school in the district will field a girls flag football team competing through the FHSAA beginning in spring 2027, part of a broader expansion that also brings flag football to all district middle schools.
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Sarasota-area football teams post four blowouts in Week 4
Sarasota-area high school football teams posted four lopsided wins on Thursday, Sept. 10, led by Cardinal Mooney's 67-10 rout of previously unbeaten Wellen Park.
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Sarasota shifts $5M from Bobby Jones park to golf clubhouse
The Sarasota City Commission unanimously reallocated nearly $16.5 million in penny tax capital funds, with the largest transfer moving $5 million from Bobby Jones Nature Park to the adjacent golf clubhouse, drawing concern from Vice Mayor Kathy Kelley Ohlrich despite city assurances that the nature park's second phase remains funded.
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Sarasota coaches turn cross-country into a team sport
Sarasota High's John Stevenson and Riverview's Jen Robertson explain how they build team-first cultures in cross-country, an approach that helped the Sailors win the 2018 FHSAA Class 4A state title and has both programs competing early this fall.
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Benderson Park boathouse targets summer 2028 finish
The Nathan Benderson Park Conservancy told Sarasota County commissioners the boathouse and multisport complex, now estimated at $75 million to $80 million, will be done by summer 2028, ahead of the World Rowing Championships, but tens of millions in private fundraising remain unraised and critics question whether the money will materialize.
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Riverview's Mocherman runs volleyball, planetarium with same goal
Riverview High's Jason Mocherman has spent 25 years directing Florida's largest public school planetarium and since 2023 has coached the Rams' girls volleyball program, treating both roles as a mission to develop students rather than chase wins.
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Venice tops area football rankings after 72-7 rout
The Sarasota Herald-Tribune's first Super 10 poll of 2026 positions Venice as the area's top team after a Week 0 that saw the Indians rout Gulf Coast 72-7, Riverview fall to Port Charlotte, Cardinal Mooney get shut out by St. Thomas Aquinas, and Wellen Park win its inaugural game.
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Sarasota bike builder chases Bonneville records in father's honor
Sarasota motorcycle builder Mark Salle-Tabor, 27, will attempt two land speed records at the Bonneville Motorcycle Speed Trials Aug. 23–27 on a custom 1978 Kawasaki his late father nicknamed "Wasabi," honoring Aaron Tabor, who died of cancer in February.
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Sarasota's Vinny O'Shaughnessy completes marathon in all 50 states after cancer, hip replacement
Retired NYPD officer Vinny O'Shaughnessy, 65, completed his 50-state marathon quest with an October 2025 finish in Atlantic City after overcoming lung cancer, a brain tumor, a hip replacement and more. Now a Manasota Track Club coach in Sarasota, he's chasing half marathons in every state.
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