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Sam Albuquerque
August 21, 2025

West, Southwest Orange high school girls volleyball players to watch in 2025

To get you ready for the season, here are some of the area’s top high school girls volleyball players to keep an eye on this season.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 14, 2025

Athlete of the Week: Haley Higgins, Foundation girls volleyball

Foundation girls volleyball junior middle Haley Higgins, a Georgetown commit, is ready to lead the Lady Lions in 2025.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 13, 2025

Windermere Prep announces Angela Vargas as new tennis coach

Lakers tap former St. Mary’s University standout player and coach Angela Vargas to run both their boys and girls tennis teams.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 13, 2025

Horizon girls volleyball’s senior-heavy team ready to make noise in 2025

With eight returning seniors, the defending Metro West champions are ready to lean on their chemistry and experience on the climb back to the top of the girls-volleyball mountain.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 12, 2025

Windermere Prep announces Mike Sanderson as new boys lacrosse coach

Lakers tap former Michigan State and Purdue assistant coach Mike Sanderson to run its boys lacrosse program.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 9, 2025

Former Windermere Prep star Fanbo Zeng to sign NBA deal

The former Lakers basketball star has agreed to a contract with the Brooklyn Nets.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 9, 2025

West Orange baseball’s Miguel Acosta commits to Florida Southern

The Warriors' top returning bat will head down the road to Lakeland and play college ball for the D-II powerhouse.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 8, 2025

Windermere Prep star hooper Brandon Bass Jr. narrows college list to five

The 6-foot-5 Lakers wing, and son of former NBA player Brandon Bass Sr., is considering a pair of Florida schools among his top five commitment contenders.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 6, 2025

Windermere Wildfire softball club shutting down

After 17 years, three national titles, three state championships and more than 200 players represented at the collegiate level, the Windermere Wildfire softball club is coming to an end.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 5, 2025

Dr. Phillips football’s 6-foot-5 lineman R.J. Stamm commits to Colgate

Stamm, a 285-pound starting returner at tackle for the Panthers, chose the Raiders over offers from Yale, Temple, Furman and nearby Stetson.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 4, 2025

Windermere hires Ken Janata as new softball coach

The Wolverines tap the former assistant coach for Montverde Academy and, most recently, head coach at Lyman High to take over for the program’s only coach, Eileen Hannigan.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 4, 2025

Foundation boys basketball’s Alex Nichols transferring to Oak Hill Academy

The rising junior, who led the Lions in points, rebounds, assists and steals per game in 2024-25, will now head to Virginia to play for the prestigious hoops powerhouse program.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 3, 2025

Team Genesis, a local girls basketball club, wins East Coast National Championship

The youth basketball organization based in the area and founded by The First Academy girls hoops coach Kevin Hall captured the 16U East Coast National Championship of Motion 32.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 2, 2025

Foundation Academy baseball’s Barak Boston flips college commitment from Army to Coker University

The recent Foundation graduate and the Lions’ leading hitter in 2025 announced that he will not be playing college baseball at West Point next season, but instead in South Carolina as a member of the Coker Cobras.

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Sam Albuquerque
August 1, 2025

PHOTOS: 2025 Arnold Palmer Junior Invitational

Bay Hill Golf Club hosted 78 of the nation’s top boys and girls golfers for a four-day, 54-hole American Junior Golf Association event.

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