ADAM FISHER

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If tonight’s regional matchup is anything like the last time Naples and Gulf Coast met, fans can expect an entertaining affair.

Starting last season with a group of fresh-faced underclassmen, Naples High softball coach Robert Iamurri used to joke about the inexperience of his team.

Naples High star quarterback Kilton Anderson is likely moving to Seattle.

A Michigan native who moved to Naples as a young child, Alexandria Ramirez doesn’t mind traveling more than 1,000 miles for college.

While two area baseball teams hope to make deep playoff runs again, two more are looking for their first victories in the state tournament.

Soft-spoken and humble, Naples High pitcher Haley Pinterich gave her defense credit for her winning performance Tuesday in the Class 6A softball regional semifinals.

To get to the state semifinals, however, the Cougars will have to beat the most dominant program in the state and one of the best teams in the country.

The Class 6A regional semifinal between Naples High and Barron Collier features two staples in the Florida High School Athletic Association record book.

A day after ensuring she would continue her softball career in college, Brianna Bartuccio made sure her final high school season kept going.

After losing its coach a week before the postseason, the Naples High baseball team had two choices: fall apart or rally together.

The Barron Collier and Naples softball teams hope the next chapter in their heated rivalry comes in the playoffs. For that to happen, both teams must first take care of business in Thursday’s regional quarterfinals.

Former Kansas assistant Joe Dooley has been introduced as the new FGCU coach

Loaded with experience, including eight returning starters, the Barron Collier softball team expects to play well into postseason. The Cougars plan to go past the regional semifinals, where last year’s run ended.

Players from Collier high schools won the overall singles and doubles titles on the girls’ side and the boys’ overall doubles title. The overall finals pit the winners of the team and individual No. 1 singles and doubles champions.

The coach who led the Naples High baseball team to a state championship has resigned, and neither the coach nor the school are commenting on the sudden move.

For the second straight year, Baron Collier swept both the boys and girls tennis state championships.

Clay Curvin was one of the area’s leading goal scorers for a soccer team that became the first in Collier County to win a state championship.

Standing 6-foot-6 with an athletic build, Jeff Merton could have continued to dominate in the post like he did the past few years at Seacrest.

Alan Scott’s best coaching might not come in Xs and Os or drawing up schemes. Scott’s finest work might be off the field.

FORT MYERS — Sharing the same facilities every day at a small school, the Florida Gulf Coast University men’s and women’s basketball teams also share a close bond.

With a quick turnaround between the end of the regular season and the playoffs, two local softball teams are putting more stock than ever in a long-running, end-of-the-year tournament.

After helping start a football program from scratch in high school, Chris Dorrill is eager for the opportunity to do it again in college.

The Barron Collier boys tennis team continued its postseason dominance Tuesday.

When the FHSAA tennis regional playoffs begin today, the usual suspects from the local courts will be on display.

Thousands of Miami Hurricanes fans turned Naples High School’s Staver Field into a mini version of the Orange Bowl on Friday night.

The Barron Collier boys tennis team wrapped up its fifth straight district championship Tuesday, and now begins pursuit of its fourth consecutive state title.

After seeing thousands of fans awash in Hurricanes orange and green last spring, University of Miami football coach Al Golden knew he was on to something.

Barron Collier’s defending state champion tennis teams took care of business Tuesday at the start of their Class 3A-District 14 tournaments.

Florida Gulf Coast University administrators congratulated Andy Enfield on his new opportunity and wished their former men’s basketball coach good luck at his new job.

The Community School football team has nine games scheduled for next season. The Seahawks know they’ll have a 10th, and hopefully an 11th, they just don’t know against who or where.

FGCU recruit Jordan Neff, a 6-foot-6 forward, has a YouTube video of jaw-dropping dunks over opponents.

ARLINGTON, TEXAS -- Somebody needs to get Dave Horton a ticket to tonight’s game.

Even after more than three decades in education, as a guidance counselor and a basketball coach, Joe Consolino says he’ll never lose his passion for teaching kids.

The Naples High softball team is back where it expects to be following the unexpected end to last season.

The masses eagerly awaiting entrance into Alico Arena on Sunday afternoon showed just how much passion the Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball has generated in Southwest Florida and how deep the enthusiasm runs.

The Florida Gulf Coast University men’s basketball team won’t know its next step until Selection Sunday. However coach Andy Enfield offered his best guess at where the Eagles could land in the NCAA tournament field after his team’s victory in ...

An NCAA Tournament legend was on hand to see the Florida Gulf Coast University men win the Atlantic Sun championship Saturday, and he liked what he saw.

The FGCU men's basketball team will be making its first trip to the NCAA. The second-seeded Eagles (24-10) became the first team in the 68-team field. FGCU defeated Mercer, 88-75, in Macon, Ga. to win the A-Sun Championship, earning the ...

MACON, Ga. — The Florida Gulf Coast University women’s basketball team needed to make a statement early in the Atlantic Sun semifinals. Not just after a sluggish start to the tournament, but to erase the upset hopes of the A-Sun ...

MACON, Ga. — To get back to the Big Dance, the Florida Gulf Coast University women must first get through Stetson.

LAKELAND — Preparing to play in the state semifinals at the Lakeland Center, Community School coach Greg Donahue knew his team couldn’t settle for 3-pointers.

After getting a later start than some of the area’s other power programs, the Community School boys basketball team joined the Southwest Florida elite midway through the last decade.

Filling the football head coaching position at one area high school has created a vacancy at another.

Three more Immokalee High School seniors will play football in college, and they’ll get to remain teammates.

Separated by 1,100 miles of Interstate 75, Naples High School and Centerville (Ohio) High School faced the same dilemma.

After just two losses each in the regular season, Community School and First Baptist were expecting deep runs in the boys basketball playoffs.

Despite beating its rival to win the district championship, the Lely High School boys basketball team still considered itself the underdog in Tuesday’s playoff game against Golden Gate.

In building the girls basketball program at First Baptist, Jen Lines borrowed a play from two of Collier County's most successful coaches.

Gulf Coast boys soccer coach Alan Scott has been gearing up for this moment for four years, maybe longer.