Killebrew Root Beer and the Fort Myers Mighty Mussels have announced Russ Bove as the 2024 inductee into the Southwest Florida Professional Baseball Scouts Hall of Fame. Bove will become the 19th member of “The Wall” inside of Gate 2 at the Lee Health Sports Complex. His induction ceremony ...
FORT MYERS – Spencer Bengard tossed six shutout innings to lead the Mighty Mussels past the Bradenton Marauders 2-1 in front of 5,390 fans Thursday night at Hammond Stadium. Bengard (6-1) didn’t walk a batter, striking out five while scattering six hits. He threw 54 of his 79 pitches ...
The annual Tommy Bohanon Foundation Youth Football Camp attracted a record number of participants to North Fort Myers High School recently. Three hundred youths took part in the free one-day event for student-athletes in first through eighth grades. Participants got an opportunity to ...
FORT MYERS – The Mighty Mussels claimed a weather-shortened 3-2 win over the course of two days at Hammond Stadium. Fort Myers (37-36, 6-2) jumped ahead of the Tampa Tarpons 2-0 on Saturday night before a storm forced the contest into a suspension in the second inning. The teams resumed play ...
FORT MYERS - Tampa starting pitcher Josh Grosz stymied the Mussels’ offense in the Tarpons’ 9-2 victory at Hammond Stadium Friday night. Grosz (2-5) spun 6.1 scoreless innings, limiting Fort Myers (36-36, 5-2) to just two hits while striking out six. After a scoreless first inning, ...
Ground broke last week for a new restaurant coming to Cape Coral that combines a sporty environment with top-notch food offerings. Walk-On’s Sports Bistreaux, a Louisiana-inspired restaurant, is being constructed at 1127 Southwest Pine Island Road, where it will bring scratch-made ...
The Cape Coral Sail and Power Squadron is offering three more America's Boating Courses before the end of the year. The first of the in-depth 12-hour safe boating courses will be start Monday, July 8, at 7 p.m. Additional dates for the start of the boating course are Monday, Sept. 9, and ...
FORT MYERS – Nick Lucky connected on a three-run home run in the second inning Thursday, to lead the Mighty Mussels past the Tampa Tarpons 6-2 at Hammond Stadium. In a scoreless game in the second inning, Isaac Pena and Yohander Martinez were each hit by a pitch to put two aboard with one ...
FORT MYERS – The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels erased a six-run deficit and overcame six errors to stun the Tampa Tarpons, 11-9, Wednesday night at Hammond Stadium. Fort Myers (35-35, 4-1) saw all nine starters reach base as the Mussels scored in six of eight innings. The Mussels totaled 13 ...
FORT MYERS – The Fort Myers Mighty Mussels’ four-game winning streak was snapped Tuesday, dropping their series opener against the Tampa Tarpons 15-4 at Hammond Stadium. The Tarpons (26-43, 2-1) had all nine starters reach base and eight of the nine scored as Tampa tallied 13 unanswered ...
