Coral Springs Charter has a new football coach
From David Volz
The Coral Springs Charter football team is participating in springs drills. The Panthers have a new coach, Chris Haire who was offensive coordinator at Cypress Bay last year and previously coached at Coral Springs Charter.
Top players include Noah Fernandez, Mason Phillips and Collin Teschky. The Panthers will have a spring game against Nova on Thursday.
Pompano Beach offers fitness challenge
The City of Pompano Beach Parks and Recreation Department has announced the launch of a new free virtual walk and run challenge. The challenge is a multi-week event to support the health and wellness of the community. Anyone age 11 and up is welcome to participate. Registration is ongoing until May 21. Participants will commit to walk or run 20 miles in 20 days starting June 2 through June21. One June 2 participants can pick up a shirt and pedometer at the Emma Lou Olson Center at 1801 NE 6th Street from 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m. Awards will be distributed on June 26 at the Emma Lou Olson Center to participants who complete the challenge.
Coral Springs has a new head football coach, Ian Headley
The Coral Springs High School football team is holding spring practice. The Colts have a new coach, Ian Headley. He recently coached at Boca Raton High School and Spanish River High School. He is pleased to be the new head coach at Coral Springs. He replaces former Coach Leonard Weaver.
“We have a young team and I believe we can have a winning season. We have some good players here. It is important that the players want to be part of this team. It should be a fun environment, but I also want to have a strong team. We started with 18 players and now we have more than 40,” said Headley.
Florida House approves gambling pact between Seminoles and State of Florida
The Florida House voted 97-17 in favor of a 30 year gambling pact between the Seminole Tribe and the State of Florida that will bring at least $500 million in annual revenue to the State of Florida. This means the Seminole Tribe will control sports betting in Florida and will be able to build three new casinos at its reservation in Hollywood. The Tribe will also have control of craps and roulette games. The federal government must sign off on the deal and there may be legal challenges. Sports betting could begin in Florida on October 15.
