Florida Sports Wire

JACKSONVILLE – Multi-RBI games from Brian Navarreto and Deyvison De Los Santos helped the Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp secure a 5-2 win and series split against the Syracuse Mets, Sunday from VyStar Ballpark. Trailing 1-0 in the second, De Los Santos worked a leadoff walk for Jacksonville. Maximo Acosta singled and Albert Almora Jr. walked to load the bases. With the bases juiced, Navarreto laced a two-run single, giving the Shrimp the lead. Jacob Berry followed with an RBI knock, extending the Jumbo Shrimp lead to three. Syracuse responded in the fourth. With one out, Luis De Los Santos (3) smashed a solo blast, making it 3-2. Leading by a run, Andrew Pintar singled to begin the sixth. With a runner at first, De Los Santos (4) clobbered a two-home run, giving Jacksonville a 5-2 advantage. The Mets opened the scoring in the first. Gilberto Celestino singled to start the game. Two batters later, Joey Meneses ripped single, advancing Celestino to third. With runners at corners, Celestino s...

TALLAHASSEE – Florida State football recognized 10 student-athletes with the 2025 Parrish Owens Heart of a Nole Award, head coach Mike Norvell announced Wednesday. Quarterbacks Tommy Castellanos and Brock Glenn, along with running back Jaylin Lucas and offensive linemen Adrian Medley and Luke Petitbon, earned the award for offense. On defense, this year’s recipients are defensive back Earl Little Jr., linebackers Justin Cryer and Omar Graham Jr. and defensive linemen Darrell Jackson Jr. and James Williams. “The offseason is a vital piece of our development as a team, both as individual growth and in leadership within our program,” Norvell said. “These 10 honorees have done an exceptional job of embracing the responsibility of leadership and demonstrating growth in all areas while being full participants in every practice this spring. I’m proud of the work Tommy, Brock, Jaylin, Adrian, Luke, Earl, Justin, Omar, Darrell and James have done and am happy to recognize them with this award ...

  The National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, LLC (“NASCAR”) and TelevisaUnivision, Mexico’s leading media company, today announced an exclusive broadcast agreement for free-to-air coverage of the sanctioning body’s Mexico City race. Under this new agreement, TelevisaUnivision will serve as the exclusive free-to-air (FTA) broadcaster in Mexico for the highly anticipated 2025 NASCAR Cup Series race in Mexico City, scheduled for Sunday, June 15 at 3 p.m. ET / 1 p.m. local time. The race will be broadcast live on TelevisaUnivision’s ‘Canal 5’ with full spanish-language commentary. In addition to live race coverage, TelevisaUnivision will also deliver weekly NASCAR highlights, including 52-minute race cutdowns and short-form clips from the 2025 NASCAR Cup Series season. These will be distributed across TelevisaUnivision’s linear and digital platforms, including ViX, its streaming service and official social media channels. “We are thrilled to partner with TelevisaUnivision to b...

FLORENCE, S.C. – Flagler College rallied from a 7-0 deficit to take a 9-8 lead in the fifth inning only to fall short in the end 12-10 to Wingate University in an elimination game of the NCAA Division II Southeast Region No. 1 Tournament Friday night at the FMU Softball Stadium. Flagler ended its season with a 33-22 record. Wingate improved to 39-22 overall and will have to beat top-seed Francis Marion University twice tomorrow to advance to the super regional round. The Bulldogs jumped out to an early 7-0 lead, but the Saints chipped away and got four in the third, one in the fourth, and erupted for four runs in the fifth to take a 9-8 lead. Flagler took advantage of a Wingate error to plate four unearned runs in the fifth. Jordan Moss reached on a throwing error by the Wingate third baseman and Reese Snipes scored on the play to cut the deficit to 8-6. Sydney Stewart hit a two-run double through the left side of the infield that rolled to the wall to tie the game. Emily Ricci's s...

  JACKSONVILLE - Former Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp right-handed pitcher Elvis Alvarado made his major league debut Friday for the Athletics against the New York Yankees at Sutter Health Park in Sacramento. Alvarado came out of the bullpen and worked 1.2 innings with two strikeouts, though the A’s lost 10-2 to the Yankees. A member of the 2024 Jumbo Shrimp, Alvarado appeared in 39 games for Jacksonville last season, going 3-4 with a 2.79 ERA. Over 48.1 innings, he ceded just 33 hits (6.1 H/9) and struck out 71 (13.2 K/9). Following the season, Alvarado signed a major league contract with the Pittsburgh Pirates. He was designated for assignment on January 29 and claimed the next day by the A’s. Originally signed by the Washington Nationals in 2015 as an outfielder, Alvarado made his professional debut in 2017 before transitioning to the mound for the 2018 season. At the 2019 trade deadline, he was sent as part of the package to the Seattle Mariners in exchange for right-hander Hunter...

  ORLANDO – Cole Moberg’s power-play goal with 1:48 left in the third period snapped a 1-1 tie as the Florida Everblades defeated the Orlando Solar Bears 3-1 in Game Five of the South Division Finals Saturday night at Kia Center.  Saturday’s victory wrapped up the best-of-seven series for Florida by a four-games-to-one margin and sealed a 14th consecutive postseason series win as the South Division Champion Blades have cleared another hurdle en route to a possible fourth consecutive Kelly Cup title. Orlando scored the only goal of the first period as Anthony Bardaro put the Solar Bears ahead 1-0 at 7:51 of the opening frame. That early tally proved to be the only goal of the contest for the home team, as the Everblades limited the Solar Bears to just 11 shots on goal over the rest of the match. Colton Hargrove knotted the game 3:25 into the second frame, tipping home his fifth goal of the playoffs with Moberg and Logan Lambdin picking up the assists. While the Everblades were...

PONTE VEDRA BEACH -  THE PLAYERS Championship is now accepting applications for its annual Red Coats’ community grant program, which provides funding to eligible nonprofits in Baker, Clay, Duval, Nassau and St. Johns counties.  The program awards local nonprofits with grants up to $15,000 to support initiatives and projects that benefit the Northeast Florida community. Grants are awarded to organizations supporting youth services, education, character development, health, wellness, sports and military support. Last year, the program awarded grants to 50 local nonprofits, advancing impactful community initiatives across Northeast Florida.  Rusty Pritchett, Captain of the Red Coats, expressed excitement about supporting the work of nonprofits across Northeast Florida, stating, “It is our honor to be able to fund so many deserving organizations in Northeast Florida. The Red Coats take great pride in contributing to initiatives that make a lasting impact in our community.” Th...