• PrepZone: Trophies or no, improving Palmetto Ridge swimming team sticks together Published 10/23/2008 at 5 a.m.

  Palmetto Ridge finished fourth in the Collier County Athletic Conference swimming meet Tuesday. So the Bears aren’t saving room in the trophy case for district or state hardware. Senior Anizza Custodio, a three-year member of the Palmetto Ridge program, wouldn’t ...

• World Series: Naples High grad and Rays executive Alfonso ready to root on Tampa Bay Published 10/21/2008 at 6:50 p.m.

  As the Tampa Bay Rays pushed past the Boston Red Sox in the American League Championship Series, Naples High grad Carlos Alfonso was there for every fly ball, every home run, every stolen base and every strikeout.

• PHOTOS: Prep football: Gulf Coast erupts in second half to beat Golden Gate, 55-21 Updated 10/18/2008 at 1:22 a.m.

  When halftime arrived Friday night at Gulf Coast, the Sharks found themselves in a 21-21 deadlock with Golden Gate.

• Prep football: Gulf Coast tries to get back on track against Golden Gate Published 10/17/2008 at 12:06 a.m.

  Bring on the homecoming distractions, Gulf Coast coach Frank Tudryn says. The Sharks will be ready. “Coming off a tough loss,” Tudryn said Thursday, “we were pretty intense throughout the week.”

• MLB: Twins gather in Fort Myers to plot organization's future Published 10/16/2008 at 8:41 p.m.

  October baseball is in full swing. The World Series begins in only five days. But for the Minnesota Twins, the winter is here. Club officials will huddle in Fort Myers, the team’s offseason headquarters, for organizational meetings beginning Saturday and ...

• Prep volleyball: Golden Gate holds off scrappy Seacrest Published 10/14/2008 at 10:23 p.m.

  It wasn’t a district match — or even a rivalry match. There couldn’t have been more than 100 fans on hand. But when Golden Gate and Seacrest Country Day tangled Tuesday night in the Titans’ gym, the teams went to ...

• Death of Naples High football player inspires 10 years later Updated 10/11/2008 at 4:45 p.m.

  Football players at Naples today might not have met Rusty Larabell, the 16-year-old on the jayvee team who died only nine months after Kramer accepted the job. But they certainly know his spirit. They might not have seen the smile ...

• Prep volleyball: Neumann claims Silver King Cup with win over Community School Published 10/06/2008 at 9:53 p.m.

  Paige Driapsa, a senior, led the charge, registering 18 kills, five blocks and four digs. Brittany Giller, another senior, added 13 kills, five aces and five digs. Sophomore Amanda Rousseau had 28 assists.

• VIDEO/PHOTOS: Estero football: a legacy shut out? Updated 10/04/2008 at 7:28 p.m.

  In 1998, the Estero high school football program was flying high and in the state championship game. A decade later, the wildcats have a 17-game losing streak and are struggling to compete. So what went wrong?

• VIDEO/PHOTOS: Prep football: Lely, Hall run away from St. John Neumann, 49-7 Updated 10/03/2008 at 11:25 p.m.

  Throughout the young season, Lely High’s offensive line has been clearing holes for star running back Darion Hall. On Friday, he cleared one for himself — on the stats sheet, that is. Hall, the Trojans’ fast, shifty, fast-rising junior running ...

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