FORT MYERS — The Jupiter baseball team worked all season to reach new heights.


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Teams play Friday in state semifinals in Fort Myers

The Jupiter and St. Thomas Aquinas baseball teams have a common thread this weekend besides vying for titles at the state championships at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers.


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Pines Charter, Heritage and Heritage-Delray aiming to repeat as champions

Pembroke Pines Charter, American Heritage and American Heritage-Delray are back to defend their state championships. Cypress Bay is making its first appearance, King’s Academy just its second. And St. Thomas Aquinas is here again after a 10-year hiatus.


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JACKSONVILLE — It’s almost as if the track athletes from Palm Beach Lakes High were introduced to hurdles at birth.


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LAUDERDALE LAKES — Tripping in the 800-meter race at last year’s Region 4-1A meet redefined Benjamin’s Riley Burke.


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All games at Birkelbach Field in Georgetown)

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Plano West (26-0-2) vs. Katy Taylor (23-3-2)

When: 11 a.m. Friday

About Plano West: The defending state champ and top-ranked team in Texas shut out No. 2 Austin Westlake, 3-0, in the Region II final. West is unbeaten in its last 37 games, a streak that dates to the 2012 season. It is outscoring playoff opponents 35-6 in the last two seasons. West’s two … [visit site to read more]

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This from freelance writer Steve Habel:
AUSTIN — Plano West, the defending Class 5A girls soccer state champion, got all the goals it would need during a six-minute stretch of the first half in rolling to a 4-1 win against Round Rock Cedar Ridge in a 5A Region II semifinal Friday.
Plano West broke through on a goal by Lakyn Pope with 14:45 to play in the first half. Ashley Smith added two goals before halftime for Plano West … [visit site to read more]

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The UIL announced Monday that its volleyball state tournament will be held at the Curtis Culwell Center in Garland for a second consecutive year. This year’s tournament will be Nov. 21-23.

The 2012 state championship matches at the Culwell Center drew an average crowd of 3,186, with a high of 5,531 for the 4A final that was won by Lovejoy. The year before, when the tournament was held in San Marcos, the average crowd for the title matches was 1,676, with a high of 2,256 for the 2A … [visit site to read more]

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Pilot Point’s Matt Poursoltani went where no high school powerlifter in Texas has ever gone Saturday. In fact, he’s been doing that regularly.

But on Saturday at the state powerlifting meet in Abilene, Texas, Poursoltani outdid himself. The senior bench pressed 700 pounds, breaking his personal best of 670 set at last week’s regional meet in  Ponder.

Pilot Point senior Matt Poursoltani (Louis DeLuca)

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Pride beat Orlando Christian Prep 51-40 in 2A final

Pride beat Orlando Christian Prep 51-40 in 2A championship.


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