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• Prep football: South Fort Myers overwhelms rebuilding Golden Gate Published 05/25/2012 at 10:11 p.m.

  Two playoff teams of a season ago — one totally reloaded, another still looking for some rounds for the chamber — fired into one another in what many thought would be an explosive spring game Friday night.

• FGCU Notebook: Barron Collier grad Tillery helps baseball team to strong finish to regular season Published 05/25/2012 at midnight

  Freshman third baseman/pitcher Zack Tillery, a Barron Collier grad, is a big reason Florida Gulf Coast University heated up enough to win nine of its last 12 Atlantic Sun games and notch a berth as the fourth-seed in the conference ...

• Prep football: First Baptist roars to easy spring victory Published 05/24/2012 at 10:37 p.m.

  First Baptist Academy breezed by Pembroke Pines-Somerset Academy at home Thursday night in the Lions’ spring game.

• Prep football: Palmetto Ridge shows off new offense in win over LaBelle Updated 05/23/2012 at 10:52 p.m.

  Palmetto Ridge coach Ryan Mitchell led the Bears to a 21-7 spring football victory over host LaBelle in his debut as head coach.

• Baseball: FGCU has all the momentum entering A-Sun tournament Published 05/22/2012 at 8:53 p.m.

  Tuesday morning the Eagles practiced at home in all-blue as their charter bus waited near the edge of Swanson Stadium to tote Florida Gulf Coast University’s contingent to the Atlantic Sun baseball tournament, which begins Wednesday at Stetson.

• College softball: Young Eagles optimistic after NCAA debut performance Published 05/21/2012 at 3:24 p.m.

  GAINESVILLE — After addressing the media following their elimination from the NCAA regional at Florida late Saturday night, Florida Gulf Coast University freshman ace Shelby Morgan and All-Atlantic Sun sophomore catcher Chelsea Zgrabik about-faced and walked back to the tarped ...

• Softball: Florida eliminates FGCU from NCAA tournament Updated 05/19/2012 at 11:14 p.m.

  After stunning host Florida on Friday night, Florida Gulf Coast University was booted from the four-team, double-elimination Gainesville Regional with an 8-3 loss against South Florida and a 6-2 defeat to the Gators on Saturday.

• Softball: FGCU stuns Florida in NCAA tournament opener Updated 05/18/2012 at 10:02 p.m. 2 Comments

  One team had played in four consecutive Women’s College World Series and was at home. The other was in its first-ever NCAA regional game, four-plus hours from home. Darned if you could tell which was which.

• FGCU notebook: Softball team sustains power surge Published 05/18/2012 at 8 a.m.

  These are not the Yardbirds of 2007 who set a Florida Gulf Coast University softball record with 87 home runs, but the young Eagles have gotten into the big swings of things.

• Softball: FGCU riding wave of confidence heading into NCAAs Published 05/17/2012 at 6:37 p.m.

  Thursday morning, Florida Gulf Coast University’s softball team headed for the Gainesville Regional at the University of Florida on a charter bus.

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