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LAKELAND - An eighth inning rally pushed the Lakeland Flying Tigers past the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels in an 11-5 game, ending the team’s six-game winning streak on Wednesday night at Joker Marchant Stadium. In a 5-5 game in the eighth inning, Lakeland (26-26) put six runs on the board to ...

The Breeze Newspapers is celebrating student-athletes this week with the announcement of our annual year-end awards. In today’s edition, readers will find a special section honoring Breeze Newspapers Athletes of the Week throughout the year, as well the announcement of our staff-selected ...

Take a break from scrolling and spend a few minutes each day contributing to wildlife research instead! The Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) is asking for your help with Florida Wildlife Watch, a new statewide participatory science program hosted on the Zooniverse web ...

Southwest Florida Yachts is offering a “Berth” day gift of one free day for sail or power charters of three days or longer as part of its 42nd anniversary celebration and in honor of America’s 250th birthday. Valid and applicable to all charters of three days or more through Oct. 31 of ...

FORT MYERS - The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels rallied to defeat the Jupiter Hammerheads by a final score of 5-4 on Sunday afternoon at Lee Health Sports Complex. After falling in the first game on Tuesday, the Mussels (29-22) won the final five games of the series. Fort Myers finishes the regular ...

LAKELAND, Fla. - Enrique Jimenez reached base five times in his first matchup against his former organization as the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels defeated the Lakeland Flying Tigers 10-2 on Tuesday night at Publix Field at Joker Marchant Stadium. The Fort Myers’ (31-22) offense scored in ...