In Sunday’s Sun Sentinel: Spring 2023 All-County section

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 18, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, High School Sports, Sports.

On Sunday, the Sun Sentinel will publish the Spring 2023 All-County special section, honoring the best in high school athletics in the newspaper. Top athletes are honored from Broward and Palm Beach counties in track and field, baseball, softball, lacrosse, tennis, boys volleyball, flag football, water polo, boys weightlifting and beach volleyball. The stories and photos are available online at SunSentinel.com/allcounty.

Beach volleyball player of the year: Kate Taylor, King’s Academy senior

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 18, 2023. Posted in All-County Athletes, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, High School Sports, Sports.

King’s Academy senior Kate Taylor was a leader both on and off the sand for the Lions beach volleyball team this past season. Taylor, who partnered with freshman Britain Taylor (no relation) for the past two seasons on Line 1, proceeded to win 38 consecutive matches over two years before falling this year in the FHSAA state quarterfinals. The duo won their opening game, 21-13 before falling 21-18 and 15-9 to lose the opening position in three games to Vero Beach, 3-2. King’s Academy (19-1) had earned a No. 2 state ranking behind two-time defending state champion New Smyrna Beach and was ranked...

Boys weightlifting first team, second team, honorable mention, coach of the year

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 18, 2023. Posted in All-County Athletes, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, High School Sports, Sports.

FIRST TEAM Jayden Bernstein, Olympic Heights, Weightlifting. Spring All-County, photographed on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Jayden Bernstein, 129 pounds, Olympic Heights junior: District and regional champion in both traditional and Olympic categories; placed 10th in Olympic (350 total) and 13th in traditional (410 total) at Class 3A state final. Jamarkus Emerson, Forest Hill High, Weightlifting. Spring All-County, photographed on Wednesday, May 17, 2023. (Carline Jean/South Florida Sun Sentinel) Jamarkus Emerson, 139 pounds, Forest Hill freshman: Placed...

Destruction in Texas Panhandle: Storm blamed for 3 deaths wrecked mobile homes and main street

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 17, 2023. Posted in Florida News, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, National News, News, Weather.

By DAVID ERICKSON, SARAH BRUMFIELD and BEATRICE DUPUY (Associated Press) PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — As Sabrina Devers watched what would turn out to be a deadly storm approach her ranch just north of the Texas Panhandle town Perryton, she first spotted golf ball-sized and then softball-sized hail. Then, Devers said, across the high plains toward Perryton, the system spawned a tornado. Once the twister had moved through, Devers drove into into the town to find a path of wreckage local officials estimated was a quarter of a mile (400 meters) wide, and 1 mile (1.6 kilometers) long. The Thursday afternoon...

Marlins edge Washington Nationals as Luis Arraez snaps 0-for-15 skid by going 5 for 5

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 17, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Marlins, MLB, Sports.

WASHINGTON — Luis Arraez broke out of an 0-for-15 slide with a 5-for-5 night that included three RBIs, raising his major league-leading batting from .378 to .390 and helping the Miami Marlins beat the Washington Nationals 6-5 on Friday night. Arraez singled in the first off Trevor Williams and hit a two-run homer in the second for a 4-2 lead, ending a 52-game homerless streak dating to April 11. He had an RBI single in the fourth, then singled in the seventh against Mason Thompson and singled in the ninth against Chad Kuhl to match his career high with five hits, set June 3 against Oakland. Garrett...

Losing hope of finding kids in plane crash, Indigenous searchers turned to a ritual: Ayahuasca

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 17, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, News, World News.

By REGINA GARCIA CANO (Associated Press) BOGOTA, Colombia (AP) — The weary Indigenous men gathered at their base camp, nestled among towering trees and dense vegetation that form a disorienting sea of green. They sensed that their ancestral land — Selva Madre, or Mother Jungle — was unwilling to let them find the four children who’d been missing since their charter plane crashed weeks earlier in a remote area in southern Colombia. Indigenous volunteers and military crews had found signs of hope: a baby bottle, half-eaten fruit, dirty diapers strewn across a wide swath of rainforest. The men...

How Owning a Home Grows Your Wealth with Time [INFOGRAPHIC]

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 17, 2023. Posted in First Time Home Buyers, For Buyers, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Infographics, Move-Up Buyers, Pricing.

Some HighlightsIf you’re thinking of buying a home this year, be sure to factor in the long-term benefits of homeownership.Over time, homeownership allows you to build equity. On average, nationwide home prices appreciated by 290.2% over the last 32 years.That means your net worth can grow significantly in the long term when you own a home. Reach out to a real estate professional so you can start your homebuying journey today.

Tornado devastates Texas Panhandle town, killing 1 person and injuring dozens

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 16, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, National News, News.

PERRYTON, Texas (AP) — A tornado ripped through the Texas Panhandle town of Perryton on Thursday, killing one person, injuring dozens more and causing widespread damage as another in a series of fierce storms carved its way through Southern states. The National Weather Service in Amarillo confirmed that a tornado hit the area Thursday afternoon. But there was no immediate word on its size or wind speeds, meteorologist Luigi Meccariello said. “There are still reports of ongoing rescues,” he said. Perryton Fire Chief Paul Dutcher told Amarillo TV station ABC 7 that a person was killed in a mobile...

Energy Department among federal agencies breached by Russian ransomware gang

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 16, 2023. Posted in Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Uncategorized.

By FRANK BAJAK (AP Technology Writer) The Department of Energy and several other federal agencies were compromised in a Russian cyber-extortion gang’s global hack of a file-transfer program popular with corporations and governments, but the impact was not expected to be great, Homeland Security officials said Thursday. But for others among what could be hundreds of victims from industry to higher education — including patrons of at least two state motor vehicle agencies — the hack was beginning to show some serious impacts. Jen Easterly, director of the Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security...

Hurricanes land commitment from four-star tight end Elija Lofton

Written by Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Syndicated User on June 16, 2023. Posted in College Sports, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage, Fort Lauderdale Mortgage Rates, Latest Headlines, Miami Hurricanes, Sports.

The Hurricanes spent last weekend wooing potential recruits, and it is paying dividends. Four-star tight end Elija Lofton, who visited Miami last weekend, picked the Hurricanes on Thursday night, announcing his decision on 247Sports’ YouTube channel. He is the second player to go to Coral Gables last weekend and commit soon after, joining linebacker Cameron Pruitt. Lofton, who is listed as the No. 17 tight end and No. 342 player in the 2024 class by 247Sports’ composite rankings, chose Miami over offers from Arizona State, Texas and Washington, among others. Lofton, who is listed at 6-2 and...

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