SCOTT CLAIR

• Volleyball: Harris, Sulawa win EVP event at Vanderbilt Beach Updated 05/25/2013 at 9:36 p.m.

  For the Extreme Volleyball Professionals’ Island Holiday tour stop winners Chara Harris and Carolina Suwala, their victory on Saturday depended as much on outlasting the Florida heat as it did outlasting their opponents.

• Prep football: Golden Gate grinds out spring win over Cape Coral-Mariner Published 05/24/2013 at 10:35 p.m.

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• Youth baseball: Switch back to double elimination gives teams more chances to play at Cope tournament Published 05/23/2013 at 10:30 a.m.

  Every year just before school lets out, it needs to be settled in Collier County which is the best Little League team. That is what the 26th Annual Cheryl Cope Memorial Tournament has become.

• Fishing: Patience pays off for winners of Gene Doyle tournament Published 05/23/2013 at 10:01 a.m.

  Patience is the soul of fishing. Without it, an angler is doomed. Sometimes the fish bite and sometimes they don't. It's not easy. If it were, the sport wouldn't be called fishing. It would be called catching.

• Local youth column: Florida Fire Juniors doused in State Cup final; New football league starts Published 05/20/2013 at 6 a.m.

  The Florida Fire Junior U14 premier boys team took a first half lead in the Florida Youth Soccer Association State Cup final Ocoee-Florida Rush on Sunday in Auburndale

• Up and running: New youth football league looks to score Published 05/16/2013 at 10:29 a.m.

  It might have been mid-May but it seemed like the middle of fall at Fleischmann Park last weekend.

• NFL: Dolphins GM Jeff Ireland, staff come to Marco Island to rest up after busy offseason Published 05/13/2013 at 6 a.m.

  There are few names in NFL conversation which draw more ire than that of Miami Dolphins general manager Jeff Ireland’s.

• Local youth column: Florida Fire Juniors to compete for state title Published 05/12/2013 at 8:24 p.m.

  Two boys teams from the Florida Fire Juniors program are proving to be among the best in the state. On May 18, both squads hope to make their mark as the very best at the Florida Youth Soccer Association State ...

• Youth soccer: Florida Fire Juniors eye State Cup titles Published 05/10/2013 at 4 a.m.

  Two boys teams from the Florida Fire Juniors program are proving to be among the best in the state. On May 18, both squads hope to make their mark as the very best at the Florida Youth Soccer Association State ...

• Prep track and field: Pair of top four finishes for Gulf Coast's Barlow Published 05/10/2013 at 4 a.m.

  It may not have been under the best of conditions, but Gulf Coast distance runner Caroline Barlow made her mark on the state level.

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