Matanzas girls basketball coach Brittany Marts is not sure what kind of a team she has yet. Three of her players have transferred from Flagler Palm Coast this year. “We’re still learning a lot about ourselves, a lot about each other,” Marts said.

Look out lady ballers, the Sandcrabs have a faster lineup that will be blistering the courts this season. After a loss to the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind on Tuesday, Nov. 16, senior Ocean Summers led the charge against the Panthers the following Friday with 16 points resulting in a 45-28 win for Seabreeze on the Pine Ridge High School courts in Deltona.

Flagler Palm Coast's Remi Montgomery knows she's not the same basketball player she was last year. "I was very quiet, timid and slow last year," said the 5-foot-9 wing. "I feel like I'm starting to break out of my shell.

FORT MYERS — If the Taylor volleyball team was going to lose the state championship match, the Wildcats did not want to go out in three sets. That was how it looked, though, after Taylor dropped the first two sets to perennial power Sneads. “Some of us got down at the end of the second set,” Wildcats senior middle hitter Brittany Cowart said.

Taylor's Tanya Ramos has waited years for a rematch of the 2014 state championship match, and the longtime coach will finally get her wish Thursday when Taylor faces eight-time defending state champion Sneads in Fort Myers for the Class 1A title.   “They are definitely an established team that has been on this stage multiple times,” Ramos said. “But if we go into this game like we did on Saturday it’s going to be an exciting trip.

The Ponte Vedra Lady Sharks (29-1) have built a dynasty that will live on forever in school history.   They've won three titles since 2017, and now have an opportunity to make it four in five years Wednesday against Mater Academy in Fort Myers.   "A lot of teams talk about winning a state title, but having the opportunity to do it is a different thing," head coach Robin Mignerey said.