Patrick Obley

PUNTA GORDA – Port Charlotte senior Hailey Cohen skates pretty quickly after basketball games these days, so let's ask a Pirates newcomer what it means for the team to knock off rival Charlotte:

MIAMI – The kid who is the embodiment of Venice football smiled as he grabbed hold of the gold medal around his neck.

NORTH PORT – Zahmir Jackson had a very happy birthday. The Imagine sophomore scored seven of his game-high 18 points during a decisive second

FORT MYERS – Charlotte and Bishop Verot found each other moving in different directions Wednesday night from the events that had transpired during their respective previous games.

Lemon Bay's boys basketball team will throw open its doors to 10 teams this weekend for their annual Holiday Shootout.

FORGIVE ME FOR this, but I'm going to start in one place, then end up somewhere else entirely by the time we get to the end of this week's missive.

We often run into a dilemma here at The Daily Sun World Sports HQ when it comes to sharing the year's top local sports stories.

While most folks took it easy and put on a little weight while making and breaking New Year's resolutions, several area boys basketball teams kept busy during the winter break.

NORTH PORT – Garon Belser, a former North Port High football player who returned to his alma mater as its head coach in 2021, stepped down after four seasons at

The 2023-24 girls basketball season was a wildly successful one for teams in the Sun Preps region. Who knew the encore would be so much better.