Florida Sports Wire

 NASHVILLE – The Jacksonville Jumbo Shrimp struggled Friday in a 7-1 loss to the Nashville Sounds from First Horizon Park. After a quiet start to the night for both team, the Sounds (1-0) jumped on the scoreboard in the third. Garrett Spain laced a double with one out before Caleb Durbin knocked a two-run home run off Jumbo Shrimp (0-1) starter Janson Junk for the season’s first runs. Jacksonville scored its lone run of the game in the fifth. Heriberto Hernandez led off with a base hit against Nashville starter Carlos Rodriguez (1-0) before an error put runners on the corners. Two batters later, Ronny Simon lifted a sacrifice fly to slice the deficit in half at 2-1. The Sounds got the run back in the sixth. Ernesto Martinez Jr. singled with one out before going to second on an error on a pickoff attempt. After a fly out, Raynel Delgado’s single cashed in Martinez Jr. to make it 3-1. Spain singled with one out in the seventh. He scored from first on a Durbin base hit coupled with an...

Sporting JAX, the United Soccer League (USL) franchise group bringing women’s and men’s professional soccer to Northeast Florida, is proud to announce that it will field two additional pre-professional teams set to play this spring, competing in both the USL W League and USL League Two throughout Florida. Following the club’s recent merger with Florida Elite Soccer Academy and upcoming name change to Sporting JAX Soccer Academy, the USL W League and USL League Two teams will be the first to take the pitch wearing the Sporting JAX crest, marking a major milestone for the club. These pre-pro teams will play as part of Sporting JAX, along with a planned women’s pro team (USL Super League), men’s pro team (USL Championship), and a USL Youth Academy. Sporting JAX will also continue its participation in the nation’s largest youth soccer league, Elite Clubs National League (ECNL), while developing a top-tier pro soccer academy as part of Sporting JAX Soccer Academy. "We are thrilled to o...

 ST. AUGUSTINE – The Flagler College women’s golf team moved back to where it was two weeks ago, No. 2 in the nation, according to the latest rankings by SCOREBOARD, powered by clippd. The Saints have an average weighted points (AWP) score of 63.64. Flagler will complete its regular season schedule at the Lynn Invitational at Boca Woods, March 31-April 1, at Boca Raton, Florida. Flagler is one of three Peach Belt Conference teams in the top 25. The University of North Georgia held steady at No. 15 while Lander University moved up two spots to No. 20. Five of the top 10 are comprised of South/Southeast Region teams. Anderson University as held the same spot, No. 1, since the start of the season. Wingate University slipped back to No. 3. Nova Southeastern University dropped to No. 7 while Lynn University remained at No. 8. Three Saints are ranked in the top 100 individually. Stella Jelinek and Henriette Stranda remain at Nos. 6 and 7, respectively. Jelinek’s AWP score is 49.65 while ...

 TAMPA, Fla. (March 24, 2025) – Bryan Hodgson, one of the nation’s top recruiters and a rising head coach, has been named the University of South Florida head men’s basketball coach, Vice President for Athletics Michael Kelly announced Monday. "We are thrilled to welcome Bryan Hodgson as the next head coach of USF men’s basketball," Kelly said. "Bryan has been a part of winning programs at every level, demonstrating a remarkable ability to recruit top talent, develop players, and build championship-caliber teams. His passion, energy, and vision for USF basketball align perfectly with our commitment to excellence. We believe he is the right leader to take this program to new heights, and we can’t wait to see his impact on our student-athletes and the Tampa Bay community." Hodgson, 37, is South Florida’s 12th men’s basketball coach and has coached collegiately for 18 years. He came to Tampa from Arkansas State, where he spent two seasons as head coach. He guided the R...

NEW YORK AND TORONTO – A closer look at highlights on and off the ice from around the Professional Women’s Hockey League (PWHL) with just 16 games remaining in the schedule. LAST STOP, ST. LOUIS The PWHL Takeover Tour™ will make its ninth, and final, stop in St. Louis on Saturday, Mar. 29 at Enterprise Center where the Boston Fleet will take on the Ottawa Charge at 1 p.m. CT. Fans have the opportunity to see both teams in action before puck drop with an open practice and autograph session scheduled on Thursday evening with the Charge and Friday afternoon with the Fleet. The eighth game of the Takeover Tour™ in Detroit set an attendance record for a professional women’s hockey game in the United States with 14,288 fans and boosted total tour attendance to 115,023 through the first eight games. Click here for more. PWHL PLAYOFF PICTURE Montréal (10-6-3-6) remains atop the PWHL standings with 45 points and can clinch a playoff berth with a regulation win against fourth-place Minnesota (7-...

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