Tag: High School Sport

Cougars chugging along to final four

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 25, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

NAPLES, Fla.– For the second time since 2018, the Barron Collier baseball team is back in the state final four. The team could have a single emoji to thank for their recent hot streak. Last Wednesday the Barron Collier baseball team entered the bottom of the seventh down 2-0 with their season on the brink of collapsing. “To be honest with you, I can say it now what was going through my head was what am I going to say to these guys after this game,” Barron Collier Head Coach Charlie Maurer said. Senior second basemen Marcus O’Malley said, “I was just thinking ‘this cannot...

Softball player “embarrassed and disrespected” after umpires ask her to cut braids off

Written by Cape Coral Mortgage Syndicated User on May 13, 2021. Posted in Cape Coral Mortgage, Mortgage Cape Coral.

DURHAM, N.C. / CNN — A North Carolina high school student-athlete is demanding an end to hair discrimination after she said she was forced to cut her hair during a game. On April 19, sophomore Nicole Pyles was playing a game of softball at Hillside High School. “The umps came up to my coach asking about my beads. I was just like, well, it’s fine. I’ll tuck them and put them away,” she said. It was the top of the second inning when she said her team was winning, and the umpire noticed her knotless braids with beads. It’s a style Pyles said she’s worn to other games. “When I...