Naples Daily News staff report

• Prep football: Palmetto Ridge promotes assistant Ryan Mitchell to head coach Published 02/09/2012 at 3:10 p.m.

  Palmetto Ridge has hired Ryan Mitchell as its new head football coach, replacing Dan Newbrough.

• Where is the smoke in Naples area coming from? Updated 02/09/2012 at 2:52 p.m.

  A couple of controlled burns in eastern Collier County combined with winds from the east at 15 mph is causing hazy and smelly conditions.

• College football locals: Report says Lely grad Darion Hall suspended at Miami Published 02/09/2012 at 8:18 a.m.

  According to Rivals.com's University of Miami football website, former Lely High School star running back Darion Hall has been suspended by head coach Al Golden for a violation of team rules.

• PREP TENNIS 2012: Team-by-team capsules Published 02/08/2012 at 11:35 p.m.

  A team-by-team look at the 2012 prep tennis season

• Prep baseball: Feb. 8, 2012 Published 02/08/2012 at 10:46 p.m.

  High school baseball results from Wednesday

• Prep softball: Feb. 8, 2012 Published 02/08/2012 at 10:41 p.m.

  High school softball results from Wednesday

• Prep boys basketball: South takes down Fort Myers in 6A-13 Updated 02/09/2012 at 6:10 a.m.

  South Fort Myers used double digit scoring from four players to stun No. 1 Fort Myers 64-59 in overtime of the Class 6A-District 13 semifinals on Wednesday night.

• Men's golf: FGCU nets two in early signing period Published 02/08/2012 at 9:38 p.m.

  Florida Gulf Coast University added two recruits during the early signing period in Mathias Boesmans and Edward Figueroa.

• Prep boys basketball: Lely stuns Immokalee in 5A-14 semis Published 02/08/2012 at 8:52 p.m.

  Trailing 12-0 early in the first quarter to a powerful Immokalee team, it certainly wasn’t a promising start for the Lely High boys basketball team in the Class 5A-District 14 semifinals at Lehigh.

• Tennis: FGCU's Tsamas, Evans win A-Sun awards Published 02/08/2012 at 5:31 p.m.

  Florida Gulf Coast University’s Dean Tsamas and Jen Evans had unbeaten weekends, and both were rewarded by the Atlantic Sun Conference on Wednesday.

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