
Lennard’s girls soccer team is 0-2 after losses to Newsome and Bloomingdale. The Longhorns host Durant at 8 p.m. Nov. 10.
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The Tampa Sailing Squadron opened its Keel Boat Racing Fall Series on Sept. 19 in Apollo Beach, with the next keelboat race set for Nov. 7 and a Portsmouth series race on Saturday, Sept. 26.

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Waterset Charter School in Apollo Beach announced its 2026-27 middle school and elementary cross country teams after tryouts, the second fall sport to finalize rosters at the campus.

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Florida's Second Amendment Sales Tax Holiday suspends the state's 6% sales tax on firearms, ammunition, fishing gear and camping supplies through Dec. 31, with several Apollo Beach and Ruskin shops along US-41 carrying qualifying items.

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ACEing Autism and Experienced Autism Alliance will run six weeks of Saturday tennis clinics for children and teens with autism at Apollo Beach Racquet Club starting Oct. 10.

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Lennard (1-1) travels to St. Petersburg Catholic and East Bay (2-0) heads to Gibbs on Friday, Sept. 4, as both South Shore programs look to build on early-season momentum against tested opponents.

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South Shore teams went 4-2 in Week 1 of high school football, highlighted by East Bay's 43-7 Cherry Cup win over Riverview and Morgan High's historic first varsity victory, a 42-0 shutout of Leto.
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Hillsborough County commissioners are set to vote Friday, Aug. 28, on committing $796 million in public funds to the $2.36 billion Tampa Bay Rays stadium project, with at least two commissioners expressing reservations about the deal.

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East Bay overcame a 12-0 halftime deficit to beat Robinson 20-12 in the Kickoff Classic, as the Indians' defense posted a second-half shutout under second-year coach DeAndra Simmons heading into Friday's Cherry Cup opener against Riverview.

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East Bay Indians open the 2026 varsity football season at 7:30 p.m. Friday at E.G. Simmons Field in Ruskin against Robinson, with coach DeAndra Simmons entering year two and leaning on returning players Preston Cooper, Marquis Thornton, Lhoyalti Taylor and Andriano Betty.

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The 2026 South Shore football season brings major changes: Lennard adds former Sumner QB Antonio Balaguer and nine transfers, East Bay leans on its defense in a new district, and Wimauma's Morgan High fields its inaugural varsity squad.

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The Lennard Longhorns finished 8-3 and the East Bay Indians went 5-5 under first-year coach DeAndra Simmons in the 2025 football season, with both South Shore programs now looking ahead as the school year opens Monday, Aug. 10.
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