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Clearwater Central Catholic's girls volleyball team opened the FHSAA Class 2A District 8 tournament with a 3-0 sweep of Shorecrest Prep on Monday, extending the Marauders' winning streak to eight games and setting up a semifinal at top-seeded Tampa Prep.
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Former Clearwater Thresher Andrew Painter, 23, threw three scoreless innings of relief in the Phillies' 4-3 Game 2 win over the Braves on Wednesday, Sept. 30, becoming the youngest pitcher in franchise history to win a postseason game.
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The 17th annual XINSURANCE Clearwater Offshore Nationals runs Friday through Sunday with a record 90-boat fleet, free spectator access at Clearwater Beach and Pier 60, and footage headed to ESPN in early 2027.
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The FHSAA launched its free All-Access mobile app on Sept. 22, giving Clearwater-area families a single place to follow scores, schedules, standings and playoff brackets for every FHSAA sport.
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The FHSAA Board of Directors voted 11-0 on Sept. 21 to make Florida high school baseball state semifinals and finals best-of-three series, replacing the single-elimination format, and approved rule changes for beach volleyball, track and field, and flag football.
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The 17th annual XINSURANCE Clearwater Offshore Nationals brings a record fleet of about 90 boats to Clearwater Beach from Sept. 25-27, with free viewing from Pier 60 and a one-hour ESPN special filming for a 2027 air date.
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Clearwater beat previously undefeated Largo 24-14 on Friday to improve to 5-0, while Clearwater Central Catholic routed St. Petersburg Catholic 35-11 and Countryside fell 44-7 at Boca Ciega.
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Clearwater Central Catholic jumped eight spots to No. 21 in the Florida Power 25 after a 42-7 win over Calvary Christian, sitting just 0.29 rating points from the top 20 ahead of Friday's road game at St. Petersburg Catholic.
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The 17th Annual XINSURANCE Clearwater Offshore Nationals returns to Sand Key Park on Sept. 25-27 with more than 90 race boats expected, which Race World Offshore calls the largest field in the event's history, and admission is free along the beachfront racecourse.
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More than 60 hockey players gathered at AdventHealth Center Ice in Wesley Chapel on Sept. 13 for a bracket-style memorial tournament honoring 19-year-old Noah Ellington, a former Clearwater Ice Storm defenseman who died in a car crash in late August.
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The Clearwater Threshers' 2026 season ended with a 7-5 playoff loss to the Tampa Tarpons on Thursday, Sept. 10, at BayCare Ballpark, as Tampa swept the Florida State League West Division Series in two games.
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Pinellas County commissioners unanimously approved $125,000 in tourism funding for the Xinsurance Clearwater Offshore Nationals, part of a record $3.37 million investment in 47 events through the Elite Event Funding Program. The 17th annual race is set for Sept. 25-27 at Clearwater Beach with a record fleet of more than 90 boats.
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The 17th annual XINSURANCE Clearwater Offshore Nationals will bring more than 90 powerboats to race off Clearwater Beach Sept. 25-27, marking the event's largest field ever and a double-championship weekend with both national and world titles on the line.
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Clearwater neighbors are organizing against Les Porter's $180 million proposal to convert The Landings golf course into a multiuse sports complex, with sealed competing proposals due by 10 a.m. Monday, Sept. 21, and a possible City Council review in October.
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