Ruthie Polinsky Joins Chicago Sports Network

     Former Miami television sportscaster Ruthie Polinsky has added duties as the studio co-host of The Big Pro Football Show on Chicago Sports Network. She will continue her position as a sports anchor at WMAQ-TV in Chicago. The Chicago Sports Network regional sports channel launched on Tuesday. 

     Polinsky, a University of Michigan grad, arrived at WTVJ-TV Channel 6 in Miami back in March 2020 as a sports anchor and sports reporter. Her tenure went until February 2023 when the television station decided to eliminate their sports department. 

     She had other sportscasting stints prior to her arrival in South Florida. Polinsky worked at KFDX-TV in Wichita Falls, Texas and WPRI-TV in Providence. 

Pete Rose Dead

     Baseball legend Pete Rose passed away on Monday at the age of 83. Rose holds the Major League Baseball records for the most hits and most games played in a career. He is also known for receiving a lifetime ban from baseball in 1989 due to gambling on MLB games. 

     Rose once lived in the Boca Raton area and had business interests in South Florida. He owned two Pete Rose Ballpark Cafe sports themed restaurants in Boca Raton and Boynton Beach in the 1990s and 2000s. The Boca Raton site opened up in 1992 on Glades Road and closed in 2010. He added a Boynton Beach location on Congress Avenue and it shut down in 2005. 

     He was part of the broadcasting field during the 1990s and 2000s. He hosted his own weekday show on Sportsfan Radio Network from the dining area of his Boca Raton restaurant. 

Skip Schumaker Gone From Marlins

     Skip Schumaker is no longer the manager of the Miami Marlins. He managed his final game with the club on Friday. Schumaker finished with a 146-178 record during his two seasons in Miami. 

     He and Marlins management agreed to eliminate the team option with him for the 2025 season. The team will begin their search for a new manager. 

     Schumaker was hired by Marlins general manager Kim Ng back in October 2022. Miami finished with the second wild-card spot in the National League last year in Schumaker's first season with the club at the helm. The Fish were swept in the best-of-three series by the Philadelphia Phillies in the National League Wild-Card Series. 

     Ng mutually departed from the team in October 2023 when the club said it would name a supervisor over her in team operations. Schumaker was disappointed when Ng left the organization. There was a strained relationship between him and the club throughout the entire 2024 season.  

Lake Worth Upends Park Vista

     The Park Vista Cobras were upset by the Lake Worth Trojans 26-20 in overtime at Boynton Beach on Monday night. It was a clash between two teams in District 12-7A. 

     Park Vista(3-3, 0-1) had a 7-0 advantage at the end of the opening quarter. Both schools were tied 14-14 by halftime. They were still even 20-20 at the conclusion of the third quarter. There was no scoring during the fourth quarter. Lake Worth(1-4, 1-0) would get a touchdown during overtime to win the contest. 

     The Cobras will stay at home and host the Olympic Heights Lions on Friday. The Trojans are at home later this week and challenge the Pahokee Devils. 

The King's Academy Blanks Inlet Grove

     The King's Academy Lions shut out the Inlet Grove Hurricanes 17-0 on Monday night at Riviera Beach. It was a battle between two District 11-2A teams. 

     The King's Academy(5-0, 1-0) got a 3-0 lead on the final play of the first half when Kingston DeLoach booted a 47-yard field goal. 

     The Lions made it 10-0 at the 11:10 mark of the fourth quarter. Quarterback Joe Dailey raced around the left end from two yards out. 

     Inlet Grove(2-3, 0-2) gave up one more touchdown with 3:27 remaining in the fourth and were down 17-0. TKA running back Michael Mesa busted up the middle from one yard away. 

     The Lions will be at home on Friday night and take on the Joshua Christian Academy Eagles. The Hurricanes will host the ABF Academy Cowboys later this week. 

Forest Hill Topples Palm Beach Lakes

     The Forest Hill Falcons got by the Palm Beach Lakes Rams 31-23 at Bobby Riggs Stadium on Monday night. It was a meeting between Forest Hill(4-1) and Palm Beach Lakes(1-4), two Palm Beach County high schools. 

     The Rams return home and host the Dwyer Panthers in four days. The Falcons make a trip to Fort Pierce on Friday night and face the John Carroll Catholic Rams.