Cocoa Tigers following consistent through football program's run
John Shaffner and his daughter looked at each other and decided it was time to leave despite a drive of more than two hours. The stands are full of fans during a game between Cocoa and Jones....
View ArticleBus, ticket info for Cocoa state football final
Tickets and a bus trip are available for Cocoa High football fans interested in attending Thursday’s Class 4A football championship in Orlando. Fans cheer for the Cocoa Tigers during a 2016 game. The...
View ArticleCocoa defensive change boosted team
A major component for maintaining success in sports is adjusting, and Cocoa High football coach John Wilkinson last week credited a change in defensive scheme for helping the Tigers to return to state...
View ArticleTonight: Cocoa High plays for 4A state football title
Any questions will be answered on Thursday. Cocoa High football will line up against Jacksonville Bolles at 7 p.m. in Orlando’s Camping World Stadium to play for the Class 4A championship. Cocoa faces...
View ArticleCocoa High wins fourth state football title
The Cocoa Tigers celebrate their Class 4A state football title Thursday evening in Orlando. VIDEO: Bruce Judson talks state championship win VIDEO: Cocoa High’s Bruce Judson talks after a 31-17 win in...
View ArticleBeach runs in national race, and more prep sports notes
For the third year in a row, Brevard County will be represented in the Foot Locker National cross country meet in San Diego’s Balboa Park. Amanda Beach of Melbourne Central Catholic is pictured winning...
View ArticleBeach finishes 12th at Foot Locker
Amanda Beach finished 12th among girls on Saturday at the Foot Locker National cross country race in San Diego. Amanda Beach of Melbourne Central Catholic, pictured running early in the 2016 cross...
View ArticleAstronaut names Worden to coach football team
Astronaut High graduate Justin Worden has been hired to coach his alma mater’s football team. Astronaut War Eagles Worden, the head coach at Nature Coast Tech for the last three seasons, will follow...
View ArticleSpace Coast-Treasure Coast game highlights all-star season
For several weeks after the end of the high school football season, all-star games populate the calendar. It is that time of year. Dez Arthur of Palm Bay was named to both the FACA and the Central...
View ArticleJudson, Wilkinson draw top 4A football honors
Cocoa High football coach John Wilkinson and quarterback Bruce Judson have received the top awards in Class 4A given by the Florida Dairy Farmers. Bruce Judson of Cocoa goes 75 yards for a TD during...
View ArticleCocoa's Wilkinson second in statewide coach of year voting
Cocoa football head coach John Wilkinson yells out to the team during Sunday’s game in Cocoa. Cocoa High football coach John Wilkinson finished second in the voting for statewide Florida Dairy Farmers...
View ArticleBrevard high school soccer stat leaders
Through games of Dec. 21, 2016 Edgewood’s Christian Yates takes a shot at the goal past Vero Beach defender Dunton Jaret during a recent game. GIRLS body html {height:100%}body p {padding:...
View ArticleChampions & Transitions: 2016 in Review
When 2016 started, the Cocoa High football team was a few weeks removed from ending its season in the state semifinal round for the fifth year in a row, while the Viera Hawks girls soccer team was a...
View ArticlePerrow sets Palm Bay wrestling career wins record
Dylan Perrow established the Palm Bay record for career wrestling wins on Thursday, and he stands at 168 with more than a month of the season remaining. Dylan Perrow of Palm Bay celebrates during the...
View ArticleQ&A: Astronaut football coach Justin Worden
Justin Worden has been the head football coach for Nature Coast Tech High in Spring Hill for three years, but this month he becomes the new coach for Astronaut, filling the job held by Randy Hallock...
View ArticleFive win weight classes at Cradle Cancer
Five wrestlers, representing three Brevard County schools, won their weight classes over the weekend at Cradle Cancer in Jensen Beach. Melbourne had the best team finish, scoring 108 points for fifth...
View ArticleTran reaping benefits of sticking with wrestling
The major turning point in Timothy Tran’s high school wrestling career came when he told coach Brian Callinan he was quitting the team. Bayside’s Timothy Tran (left) wrestles Zacharie Kianes of...
View ArticleSoliven's basketball coaching success is no secret
When Michael Soliven won his 400th game, he managed to keep the secret from all but three people. Melbourne boys basketball coach Michael Soliven directs his players during Thursday’s finals of the...
View ArticleViera, Melbourne renew decisive girls soccer rivalry
Neither Melbourne High girls soccer coach Rosanna Lord nor her Viera counterpart, Courtney Baines Lundy, wants to openly focus on the other’s team yet. Melbourne and Viera players battle for control of...
View ArticleBrevard high school soccer stat leaders
MCC’s Emily King (9) holds off Holy Trinity’s Piper McHenry (10) during a game on Jan. 5. Through games of Jan. 13, 2016 Boys Goals Christian Yates, E 22 Erik Garcia, C 18 Jose Portillo, MI 15 Uvaldo...
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