Category: Brevard Sports News

Florida Tech Panthers Track & Field Concludes 2024 Season at Running Elements Classic

The Florida Tech men’s track team concluded their weekend at the Embry-Riddle Running Elements Classic on Saturday afternoon with Day Two competition. […]

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UCF Knights Football Stadium Expansion Worth $88 Million Approved by UCF Board of Trustees

The UCF Board of Trustees moved to approve the construction and financing vehicle of the expanded and renovated football Roth Tower during Wednesday morning’s workshop. […]

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City of Cocoa Honors Former Tiger, Super Bowl Champion Jawaan Taylor with Key to the City

The Cocoa City Council honored Super Bowl Champion and former Cocoa Tiger Jawaan Taylor with a Key to the City during a meeting on Tuesday. Cocoa Mayor Mike Blake provided opening remarks and Kathy Hamilton-Brown talked about Taylor’s dedication and commitment to his community. […]

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Bowling Stars Jackie and Monique Koehler Earn All-AMCC Accolades at Saint Vincent College for Third Time

Jackie Koehler and Monique Koehler, for the third time, received All-AMCC (Allegheny Mountain Collegiate Conference) honors in women’s bowling. Jackie and Monique both graduated from Rockledge High School in 2020, and are now seniors at Saint Vincent College in Latrobe, Pennsylvania. They are both set to walk across the stage on May 11, 2024, and receive their college diplomas. […]

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BREAKING: Eastern Florida State Basketball Head Coach Jeremy Shulman Leaving After 14 Seasons

After 14 seasons at Eastern Florida State College, head men’s basketball coach Jeremy Shulman has accepted the head basketball coach position at the University of Tennessee-Martin. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Akos Hajagos Named SSC Men’s Swimming Freshman of the Year

Freshman Akos Hajagos of men’s swimming was named the 2024 Sunshine State Conference Men’s Swimming Freshman of the Year as announced by the conference on the morning of Tuesday, March 26th. […]

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Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame Spotlight: Charles ‘Phil’ Smith Was First Scholarship Athlete at Eastern Florida State

Charles “Phil” Smith graduated From Cocoa High School in 1961 after earning a triple trifecta of nine varsity letters, three each in football, basketball and track. He was also named All State in football and basketball. […]

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WATCH: Cocoa Beach Native Kelly Slater Wins First Heat of the Year at Rip Curl Pro in Australia

The eleven-time World Champion, Space Coast Sports Hall of Famer Kelly Slater defeated Oahu’s John John Florence and Seth Moniz at the 61st edition of the Rip Curl Bells Beach Pro in Australia. […]

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The Viera Company’s Todd Pokrywa Supports Breast Cancer Awareness at Northern Roots Hockey Tournament in New York City

Todd Pokrywa, the philanthropic president of The Viera Company in Brevard County on Florida’s Space Coast, was part of the festivities and action at the Northern Roots Hockey Tournament at Chelsea Piers in New York City, which brought together former National Hockey League players. […]

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Florida Tech Panther Scholar-Athlete Spotlight Recognizes Basketball Player Chase Thompson

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 basketball player Chase Thompson, a junior majoring in business, for this edition of Scholar-Athlete Spotlight. […]

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Former Rockledge Raider Alaina Rice, Syracuse to Face UCONN in Round Two of NCAA Tournament

The Orange is moving on. The 6-seed Syracuse women’s basketball team defeated 11-seed Arizona, 74-69, on Saturday afternoon in the First Round of the NCAA Tournament. […]

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WATCH: Space Coast Sports Hall of Fame 2016 Inductee Willie ‘Ric-Rac’ Wright Was Magical on Fields, Court

Many years have passed since Wille “Ric-Rac” Wright attended the African-American only Monroe High School in the early 1960s, but his former coach says watching Wright on the field and the basketball court was magical. […]

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