ADAM FISHER

The local boys basketball teams starting regional action this week haven't had much postseason success of late, which they all hope to change in Thursday night's first round.

Despite leading by double digits in the second half, the Barron Collier girls basketball team found itself in the middle of dogfight Tuesday in the Class 6A regional semifinals.

With a lack of size and firepower, the Barron Collier girls basketball team has relied on defense for success this postseason.

FORT LAUDERDALE — The Gulf Coast boys soccer team needed double overtime in two straight playoff games to grind its way into Friday's state semifinal.

The Gulf Coast boys soccer team started the season with a lot of big talk.

Like any good basketball team, the Barron Collier girls play to their strengths.

After growing up together on the football field the past eight years, not even 1,200 miles was going to keep Jake Berman and Mike Heuerman apart on the biggest day of their lives.

IMMOKALEE — Following months of keeping his recruitment quiet, leaving many experts to wonder where one of the nation's top players would land, Mackensie Alexander finally let his personality shine on National Signing Day.

The Community School girls basketball team has reloaded once again, and the Seahawks are riding a wave of momentum heading into the state tournament.

The No.4-rated recruit in the nation will be a Tiger.

First Baptist Academy senior Corey Todd had scholarship offers, but he couldn't pass up the chance to play football on the big stage.

Three Collier County boys soccer teams have a chance to make program history tonight.

Wednesday promises to be one of the biggest days in the history of Immokalee High School sports, yet no one knows exactly what to expect.

If Elizah Pagkanlungan was nervous as she attempted the biggest free throws of her career, she sure didn't show it.

Three teams will be out for revenge Saturday night in the boys soccer regional semifinals.

After a year apart, Kendrick and Kenneth Mouton will get another chance to share a backfield.

Spencer Adkins always knew he was going to get another shot at his NFL dream.

Seacrest having fundraiser featuring Mike Schmidt, Buck Showalter and John Kruk.

Two of Southwest Florida's biggest high school football stars have made their college choices a week ahead of National Signing Day.

Yet another Seacrest baseball player has committed to continue his sport in college.

The Barron Collier boys soccer team has played its way back to prominence. Now the Cougars want to end a postseason drought.

Golden Gate's quest to rewrite its girls basketball history started well before this year's record-breaking season.

Almost a year to the day later, the Community School girls soccer team is in the exact same spot it was last season.

As his players walked slowly off their home field, arms draped around each other in hugs of consolation, Barron Collier girls soccer coach John Winfield was able to reflect on the season that just ended.

The Barron Collier girls soccer team has started a new run of district titles after seeing a lengthy streak snapped last year. Now the Cougars want to re-establish a similar streak in the regional playoffs.

Barron Collier and Gulf Coast are on a collision course for an epic rematch in the Class 4A-District 12 boys soccer finals.

Barron Collier boys basketball player Andrew Gilbert is recovering after suffering a serious concussion in the Cougars' game against Naples High on Friday night.

With his closest rival still coming back from injury, Kiprono Kurgat wasted no time breaking away from the pack in the Naples Daily News Half Marathon.

The Naples High girls soccer team didn't get revenge Friday night, or a coveted district title, but the Golden Eagles are back in the playoffs nonetheless.

News of Immokalee football coach Jerrod Ackley's resignation Monday did not surprise John Weber. After the tumultuous season Ackley spent trying to get along in the small rural town, Weber saw this coming.

Collier schools sweep Lee schools in Lee/Collier (Basketball) Bash on Saturday

Several local football players earned acclaim in San Antonio over the weekend at the U.S. Army All-American Bowl and its related events.

While his players barely remember snippets of news coverage from 9/11, St. John Neumann boys basketball coach John Wholihan has tragic firsthand memories from the terrorist attacks.

When Mike Heuerman committed to Notre Dame in the spring, the Barron Collier senior had faith the Fighting Irish football team would return to national significance.

Naples got revenge on its neighbors to the north Saturday in the third annual Lee/Collier Bash at Lely.

After wrapping up practice with his Palmetto Ridge wrestling team Thursday, Bears coach Laz Rua turned his attention to the Buzz Hill Invitational set to start in less than 18 hours.

Although it's located 1,000 miles north on Interstate 75, Cincinnati's Moeller High School would be right at home in Naples.

Moments before Saturday's third-place game at the Naples Holiday Shootout presented by Arthrex, B.A. Crawford and Troy Costain sat against a wall in the Barron Collier gym already strategizing for next year.

The Florida High School Athletic Association recently announced the tentative football districts for the next two seasons, and "tentative" is the key word for two local coaches.

The North Gwinnett girls basketball team had one of its worst starts of the season in the final of the Naples Holiday Shootout present by Arthrex.

Two of the top-ranked teams in the country went down Friday in the semifinals of the Naples Holiday Shootout presented by Arthrex. As a result, the girls basketball tournament at Barron Collier will have a new champion.

Wilbraham and Monson Academy boys basketball coach Chris Sparks has had one thing on his mind since his team arrived in Naples this week. It hasn't been beaches or sunshine.

Any team would love to have a potential All-American on its roster. The North Gwinnett girls basketball team has two.

The Hathaway Brown girls basketball team could win the Naples Holiday Shootout based on talent alone. The school from suburban Cleveland, Ohio, returns all five starters from last year's team that won its fourth state championship in a row.

First Baptist Academy football coaches preached to their players every day that success is where preparation meets opportunity.

Billy Sparacio's best coaching didn't come on Friday nights, and it had nothing to do with schemes or techniques.

When Manny Morgan sets his mind to something, he gets it done.

Two Collier County coaches are going home for the holidays, and they're taking their teams with them.

B.A. Crawford knows how to put on a top-notch tournament. He started a local baseball tournament 25 years ago in his hometown that has blossomed into one of the largest amateur events in the country.

As the nation's top players are scouted at a younger and younger age thanks to the proliferation of recruiting websites, it takes maturity and a level-head to be a star.