It’s been quite a year for high school athletics in The Cape Coral Breeze coverage area. The 2021-2022 high school season brought two state championships to area teams: the Mariner girls soccer team and Island Coast baseball team.
The Breeze will be recognizing its Athletes of the Week at ...
GiGi Molloy
Senior, North Fort Myers
Track & Field
Molloy finished second in the FHSAA 3A State Championships in pole vault. She tied for first in actual height vaulted but finished second due to one more miss than the champion.
Wyatt Whalen
Junior, Bishop Verot
Track & ...
Voting for the Cape Coral Breeze Athlete of the Month for May is now open.
There were a number top performances from student-athletes in The Breeze's coverage area and now it’s up to readers to decide who will earn top honors for the month.
Nominees for May include:
• ...
Keon Anderson
Senior, Island Coast
Track & Field
Anderson took home the 3A-3 District Championship in both the shot put (15.62m) and discus (43.30m) events.
"I'm just an ordinary kid from an ordinary town, but I put in unordinary work to be great. I'm just blessed to be given a chance ...
Sam Duvall
Senior, Mariner
Baseball
Duvall tossed six scoreless innings of relief for a Tritons team that scored six runs in the top half of the ninth to defeat Fort Myers on the road. Duvall surrendered just two hits and struck out four in the effort.
"I felt good out there. The ...
The votes are in for April’s Athlete of the Month, and the winner is Island Coast’s Jake Mueller.
Mueller, a junior, blasted two homers and collected eight RBI in three Gator victories during his nomination week. The University of Alabama commit had a five-RBI performance against Cape ...
Voting for the Cape Coral Breeze Athlete of the Month for April is now open.
We had countless top performances from student-athletes in our coverage area and now it’s up to readers to decide who will earn top honors for the month.
Nominees for April include:
• Jordi Guerrero, ...
Luke Buzzelli
Junior, Ida Baker
Weightlifting
Buzzelli took home the bronze in the traditional lift at the FHSAA Class 2A State Weightlifting Championships in the 169-pound weight class with total lifts of 575 pounds. He set personal bests at the meet, and was undefeated in regular ...
Julianna Nieves
Sophomore, Ida Baker
Softball
Nieves was scorching hot last week, going 7-for-10 at the plate for Ida Baker. She collected five RBI, scored six runs, and walked twice. The sophomore also blasted a home run versus North Port.
"I was feeling really pumped at the plate, and ...
Michael Ruse
Senior, Cape Coral High School
Baseball
The Seahawk designated hitter/first baseman had a 6-RBI performance versus LaBelle, where he went 2-for-3 with a grand slam, double, three runs scored and a walk.
"I felt good going into batting practice. I was looking for the fastball ...