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Manatee County officials detailed the $44 million Athletics and Aquatics Center at Premier Sports Campus North on the county's podcast, outlining the 50-meter competition pool, 24 pickleball courts and water-safety planning ahead of a targeted late-December opening.
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Florida Premier FC SWFL's U13 girls soccer team, based in Lakewood Ranch, reached the national championship at the U.S. Club Soccer National Cup in Denver before falling 3-0 to FC Tampa Rangers on July 24, capping a run of four consecutive shutouts for a squad that mostly plans to attend Lakewood Ranch High School.
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Both the Palmetto and Bradenton city councils have approved the inaugural Manatee River Turkey Trot for Thanksgiving morning, Nov. 26, with 1,500 to 2,000 runners expected to cross the DeSoto Bridge. FDOT approval is still pending.
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The Bradenton Marauders won both ends of a Monday, July 27 doubleheader against the Dunedin Blue Jays on walk-off hits at LECOM Park, splitting a six-game series after snapping a six-game losing skid the day before.
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