Category: Brevard Sports News

Brevard Native, Oregon Guard Kario Oquendo Helps Ducks Capture Pac-12 Title Over Colorado

The end likely came for Pac-12 Conference basketball on Saturday. It also marked the beginning of an unexpected journey for Oregon. The Ducks had to win the league tournament to get into the NCAA tourney. And behind a hurting big man who was perfect on this night, they found a way. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Softball Player Celeste Casillas

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. We caught up with Panther softball player Celeste Casillas, a senior who is majoring in sports management, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Eastern Florida State College Falls to Northwest Florida State in Semifinals of FCSAA Basketball Championship

The Eastern Florida State College men’s basketball team lost in the semifinals of the FCSAA Men’s Basketball Championship Friday at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. […]

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Eastern Florida State Men’s Golf Ties Hamilton College in Match Play Event at Duran Golf Club

The Eastern Florida State College men’s golf team tied Hamilton College in a match-play event Thursday at Duran Golf Club. Jamie Chepenik won his match on the 18th hole to give the Titans the tie with each team scoring 4.5 points. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Leevan Sands Earned Olympic Medal in Beijing

In the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, Sands earned his place at the winner’s stand with a bronze medal and also achieved his personal best jump with 17.59 meters, a record that still stands as tops in the Bahamas. By 15, Sands was already on an international team. Schools from throughout the United States were knocking at his parents’ door, wanting their high-jumping son for their own, and Florida Air Academy (Now Florida Prep) was fortunate enough to attract him in his junior year. […]

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New Orleans Saints Release Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Marcus Maye

The New Orleans Saints have officially released safety Marcus Maye. This does not come as a surprise, as it was reported late last month that he would be released. The move saves the Saints a little over $1.4M in cap space. […]

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City of Cocoa to Honor Former Tiger and Super Bowl Champion Jawaan Taylor with Key to the City March 26

The Cocoa City Council will host a meeting on March 26 starting at 6 p.m. to honor Super Bowl Champion and former Cocoa Tiger, Jawaan Taylor with a Key to the City. Taylor is a former standout at Cocoa High School and the University of Florida, and was inducted into the Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame as part of its 2020 class. […]

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Eastern Florida State Women’s Basketball to Open State Tournament Play Against Hillsborough

The Eastern Florida State College women’s basketball team will open the FCSAA Women’s Basketball Championship on Thursday afternoon at Northwest Florida State College in Niceville. The Titans come into the tournament as the No. 3 seed and on a 25-game win streak. They will open against No. 6 seed Hillsborough Community College at 4 p.m. EDT in a quarterfinal game. […]

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Former Eastern Florida State Standout Kareem Brewton to Be Inducted into FCSAA Basketball Hall of Fame

Kareem Brewton left his mark on the Eastern Florida State College men’s basketball program in his two seasons as a Titan. The Claxton, Georgia native played for the Titans from 2015 to 2017, averaging 17.5 points, 4.6 rebounds, and 3.8 assists per game, and helped the Titans to a 59-10 record in his two seasons. […]

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WATCH: Brevard Public Schools, County and City Officials, Dedicate New Titusville High School Track

The Titusville High School Terriers’ new track was dedicated on Tuesday, with school board officials, county officials, city officials, and THS faculty and administration in attendance. The Friday Night Locker Room’s Orville Susong and Steve Wilson were on hand to provide coverage. […]

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Eastern Florida State’s Owen Aquino Named FCSAA Men’s Basketball Player of the Year

Eastern Florida State College sophomore Owen Aquino was named the FCSAA Player of the Year on Tuesday after averaging 15 points, 8.6 rebounds and 4.1 assists in 29 games this season, helping the Titans to a 26-4 record and the Citrus Conference title. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Baseball Player Tyler Vermillion

Being a scholar-athlete at Florida Tech takes an incredible amount of hard work and dedication to excel both in the classroom and on the field. Panther baseball player Tyler Vermillion, a senior who is majoring in Construction Management, joins us for a new edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Florida Tech Softball Alex Hendrian’s No-Hitter Helps Panthers Cruise to Victory In Opener At PBA

Florida Tech softball played their sixth game in four days on Friday night, this time on the road as they began a Sunshine State Conference series with Palm Beach Atlantic. While the Panther lineup had one of their strongest games of the season to date, they only needed to score once on this night as Alex Hendrian fired her second career no-hitter to help Tech take the series opener, 8-0. […]

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Florida Tech Basketball’s David McCullough, Elias Martin Land on All-SSC Teams

Florida Tech men’s basketball graduate student David McCullough and senior Elias Martin earned all-conference recognition, as announced by the Sunshine State Conference on Thursday morning. […]

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