• Local tennis: Naples-Fort Myers Challenge at Bonita Bay on Saturday Published 11/06/2009 at midnight

  Saturday promises to be a full afternoon of competitive tennis when the 29th annual Naples-Fort Myers Challenge is played at the Tennis Center at Bonita Bay. A highlight of the local tennis calendar, the Challenge pits the best pros and ...

• Local racing: 15-year-old Bigley wins race at Charlotte County Published 11/06/2009 at midnight

  Two drivers named Bigley took the green flag this past Saturday night at the Charlotte County Motorsports Park in Punta. But only one of them was around for the checkered in the Halloween 100 for the late models.

• Prep football Week 10: Neumann hoping to end season on positive note at ECS Published 11/05/2009 at 6:51 p.m.

  With playoffs hoped dashed as the result of last week’s loss, the St. John Neumann Celtics will write the final chapter of their 2009 season Friday night at Evangelical Christian.

• STATS: Prep football Week 9: St. Stephen's ends Neumann's playoff hopes Updated 10/30/2009 at 11:53 p.m.

  Opportunity awaited the St. John Neumann Celtics in the 2009 Homecoming/Senior Night game against 1B-6 foe Bradenton-St. Stephen’s Episcopal on Friday.

• Local tennis: Mata, Aguilar winners at North Naples Clay Court Championships Published 10/30/2009 at midnight

  Nearly 300 players strong, the 2009 North Naples Clay Court Championships are is in the books. Winners were determined in 22 divisions. In the men’s open singles, Franco Mata emerged the champ, while in the women’s open singles, the finals ...

• Prep football Week 9: Neumann trying to stay alive for playoffs Published 10/29/2009 at 1:44 p.m.

  If the St. John Neumann Celtics want to keep on their current flight path, they must gun down the Falcons of Bradenton-St. Stephen’s Episcopal in Friday night’s Homecoming game in Golden Gate.

• Local tennis: Marco matchmaker hanging it up after more than two decades on the island Published 10/28/2009 at 8:16 p.m.

  The marquee at the entrance to the Marco Island YMCA wishes her a “Happy Retirement.”

• PHOTOS: Swamp buggies: Tyler Johns defeats mom, everyone else to win Budweiser Fall Classic Updated 10/25/2009 at 8:57 p.m.

  Generally speaking, a son is expected to be polite to his mother.

• Swamp buggies: Greenling, Roll On in familiar position at Budweiser Fall Classic Published 10/24/2009 at 4:18 p.m.

  This just in – again. Like he has so many times in the past, Dan Greenling has set himself up as the driver to beat in Sunday’s Budweiser Fall Classic swamp buggy races at the Florida Sports Park.

• Swamp buggies: Budweiser Fall Classic field filled up for today, Sunday Published 10/24/2009 at midnight

  Despite an economy that has severely cut into families’ disposable incomes, the sport of swamp buggy racing appears to be healthy heading into the weekend’s Budweiser Fall Classic festivities at the Florida Sports Park.

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