Sports - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/category/sports/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:17:47 +0000 en-US hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.8.2 https://mdcthereporter.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/R_reporter_logo-1-125x125.png Sports - The Reporter: The Student Newspaper at Miami Dade College https://mdcthereporter.com/category/sports/ 32 32 How An Injury Helped Me Blaze A Path Into Sports Journalism https://mdcthereporter.com/how-an-injury-helped-me-blaze-a-path-into-sports-journalism/ Mon, 04 Aug 2025 05:11:00 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39917 Ever since I can remember, I’ve had a ball in my hands or was bouncing one off my feet. 
As a kid, I wanted to be like my favorite American soccer player Clint Dempsey. I watched his every move. 
But at barely 5-feet-5-inches tall, my dream felt impossible.
Until… Read the rest at our website.

How An Injury Helped Me Blaze A Path Into Sports Journalism

]]> How An Undersized Football Player Continued His Sports Journey As A Journalist https://mdcthereporter.com/how-an-undersized-football-player-continued-his-sports-journey-as-a-journalist/ Mon, 30 Jun 2025 22:39:15 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39814 I was too young to remember but I’ve been told the story so many times it feels like I recall every detail.
In May of 2006, I was an infant. But as the Florida Christian School softball team beat Westminster Academy in the 13th inning of a regional finals… Read the rest at our website.

How An Undersized Football Player Continued His Sports Journey As A Journalist

]]> Sharks Resurgent Season Ends in Panama City https://mdcthereporter.com/sharks-resurgent-season-ends-in-panama-city/ Wed, 18 Jun 2025 23:22:42 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39785 The Miami Dade College baseball team’s season ended after they dropped two of three games in a best-of-three series versus Gulf Coast State College in Panama City regional play. 
Miami Dade College won the first game 5-2, fell in the second match 12-0 before dropping the finale, 10-8, in… Read the rest at our website.

Sharks Resurgent Season Ends in Panama City

]]> Softball Season Ends In Wild Card Round https://mdcthereporter.com/softball-season-ends-in-wild-card-round/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 23:10:09 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39722 The Lady Sharks softball season ended in dramatic fashion—a 1-0 loss to Gulf Coast State College in the wild card round of the Florida College System Athletic Association Division I softball championship on May 6. 
A solo homerun in the top of the seventh inning by Lady Commodores outfielder… Read the rest at our website.

Softball Season Ends In Wild Card Round

]]> Petite Selected To Citrus Conference First-Team https://mdcthereporter.com/petite-selected-to-citrus-conference-first-team/ Wed, 04 Jun 2025 17:08:30 +0000 https://mdcthereporter.com/?p=39714 Michael Petite, an outfielder for the Miami Dade College baseball team, was selected to the Citrus Conference First-Team by the Florida College System Athletic Association.
Petite, a sophomore, led the team with a .367 batting average. He also had 12 home runs, 41 runs batted in and 22 stolen… Read the rest at our website.

Petite Selected To Citrus Conference First-Team

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