Today's Sports

Many high school athletic coaches tell people how their team is so young.

Wildwood High baseball coach Adam Cardona’s team truly is so very young.

The Wildcats (2-11) have a team dominated by sophomores and seventh graders. It’s more of a mixture of a junior varsity and a middle school team than a varsity team.

That’s a major reason why the Crystal River High baseball team downed Wildwood 11-2 Wednesday afternoon, April 7, on a beautiful, sunny “chamber of commerce weather” day at Mike Hampton Field.

South Sumter High’s softball team is enjoying its best season in years (12-7) and two of the key players are cashing in with scholarships.

Senior catcher Lindsey Warden and third baseman Kenna Stollar signed letters of intent to play softball at Pasco-Hernando Community College in New Port Richey.

Both athletes are also stars in the classroom. Warden has a 3.75 grade point average and Stollar has a 3.4 GPA.

Thursday, the South Sumter High softball team proved that it is far better to receive than to give when it comes to errors.

Eustis generously gave up six errors as the Raiders downed the Lake County team 7-6 at Raiders Field.

South Sumter (9-8) made only one error and had six hits in the contest.

Eustis (16-3) had 14 hits but didn’t exactly amaze with their fielding. If anyone from Eustis chose to film that game, the coach would probably file it under “horror films.”

The South Sumter Middle School’s seventh grade boys basketball team finished undefeated in the Central Florida Middle School Conference. The championship was solidified with a running clock victory of 46-9 over the Villages Charter School earlier this month.

“We didn’t scare anyone getting off the bus,” Coach John Kinley stated.

“Our team worked hard and were extremely coachable, making us a complete basketball team.”