VOTE: 22 up for May 4-9 SW FL Girls Athlete of the Week by MY Shower Door

This is it.

Each week during the school year, The News-Press and the Naples Daily News have been selecting high school girls athletes who stood out the week before based on a combination of coach reports sent to sports@news-press.com and sports@naplesnews.com and school nominations sent over email. Those athletes are put in a poll each Monday on news-press.com and naplesnews.com, and you, our readers, vote on who you think did it best. This will be the FINAL week of the Girls Athlete of the Week poll for the 2025-26 school year.

The winner of the Southwest Florida Girls Athlete of the Week poll sponsored by MY Shower Door will receive a T-shirt provided by BSN Sports and a tote bag provided by The News-Press and Naples Daily News. Voting ends at 10 a.m. Thursday each week. The winner will be announced on social media.

The previous SWFL Girls Athlete of the Week sponsored by MY Shower Door winner was Aubrey Rogers track and field athlete Brooks Lyons, who captured 51.40 percent of the vote.

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Here are the final set of nominees for Southwest Florida Girls Athlete of the Week award by MY Shower Door for May 4-9:

Softball

Paige Bettermann, Bishop Verot

Dealt in the regional quarterfinal against Oasis, striking out 18 in a complete game shutout.

Kelley Conley, North Fort Myers

Went 4 for 4 with three doubles, three RBI, and two runs scored in a 17-3 win over Gaither.

Keyah Kamara, Gulf Coast

Went the distance in the circle against Charlotte, allowing one hit, two runs, and an earned run with four walks and 15 strikeouts in a 4-2 win.

Kennedy Manetta, Estero

Was a perfect 4 for 4 at the plate with an RBI and a run scored, adding a complete game one-hitter in the circle in a 9-1 win over Hudson.

Gianni Torres, Fort Myers

Went 3 for 4 with two doubles, five RBI, and two runs scored in a 12-2 win over Mariner.

Track and Field

Olivia Bersh, Barron Collier

Took home eighth in the triple jump at the Class 3A state meet.

Myrica Bien-Aime, Barron Collier

Was an eighth-place finisher in the discus at the 3A meet.

Eslynda Bouzi, First Baptist

Was a sixth-place finisher in the triple jump in the Class 1A meet.

Amerie Carry, Gulf Coast

Took home eighth in the 400 at the 3A meet, also running a leg on the 4x400 team to secure sixth place.

Adesola Fasipe, Dunbar

Placed fourth in the pole vault at the Class 3A meet.

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Jazlyn Forbes, Oasis

Took home third in the 3200, and fifth in the 1600 at the Class 3A meet.

Celestina Francois, Lely

Was a third-place finisher in the triple jump at the Class 3A meet.

Giovanna Molloy, North Fort Myers

Was a state runner-up in the pole vault in Class 3A.

Cheyenne Morisseau, Canterbury

Placed third in the 400-meter event at the Class 1A meet.

Cherldine Paul, Barron Collier

Was a state champion in the shot put in Class 3A.

Kiara Rakes, Gulf Coast

Placed eighth in the 800 in 3A, adding a sixth-place finish in the 4x400 relay.

Caroline Sonne, Community School

Was a sixth-place finisher in pole vault in Class 1A.

Clara Thiessen, Canterbury

Was an eighth-place finisher in the 800 meters in 1A.

Kala Valeiras, Gulf Coast

Earned four medals at state, placing eighth in the 100, fifth in the 200, fourth in the 400, and sixth in the 4x400 in 3A.

Erin Vezzola, Oasis

Took home seventh place in the high jump in Class 2A.

Kharisma Watkins, Evangelical Christian

Took home fourth place in the shot put in Class 1A.

Lacrosse

Hadley Tarrasch, Community School

Responsible for a pair of goals in the Seahawks' Final Four loss to American Heritage Delray Beach.

Follow Sports Reporter Alex Martin on X at@NP_AlexMartinor via email: amartin@usatodayco.com. For the best sports coverage in Southwest Florida, follow@newspresssportsand@ndnprepzoneon Instagram.

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Powerball winning numbers, results for Saturday, May 9, 2026

ThePowerballwinning numbers are in for the Saturday, May 9 drawing with a jackpot that reached an estimated $47 million ($21.2 million cash value).

The largest winning Powerball jackpot ticket sold in Michiganwas worth $842.4 millionand sold in January 2024 at Food Castle in Grand Blanc.

Powerball winning numbers

The winning numbers from the Saturday, May 9 drawing are15, 41, 46, 47and56. ThePowerballwas22. The Power Play multiplier was2x.

Did anyone win the Powerball jackpot?

Check back to see if anyone won the Powerball jackpot.

When is the next Powerball drawing?

The next Powerball drawing is Monday, May 11.Drawings are held at 10:59 p.m. every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday.

How late can you buy a Powerball ticket?

In Michigan, in-store and online ticket sales are available until 9:45 p.m. on the night of the draw.

What does it cost to play Powerball?

Powerball costs $2 to play. For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times.

What is the Power Play?

For an additional $1 per play, the Power Play feature can multiply non-jackpot prizes by two, three, four, five or 10 times.

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The multiplier is randomly selected before each drawing.

The 10X multiplier is only in play when the advertised jackpot annuity is $150 million or less.

What are the Powerball prizes?

The complete guide to winnings is:

• Match 5 White Balls + Powerball: Jackpot

• Match 5 White Balls: $1 million

• Match 4 White Balls + Powerball: $50,000

• Match 4 White Balls: $100

• Match 3 White Balls + Powerball: $100

• Match 3 White Balls: $7

• Match 2 White Balls + Powerball: $7

• Match 1 White Ball + Powerball: $4

• Match Powerball: $4

• Match 5 White Balls with Power Play: $2 million

• Match 4 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $200,000

• Match 4 White Balls with Power Play: $400

• Match 3 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $400

• Match 3 White Balls with Power Play: $28

• Match 2 White Balls + Powerball with Power Play: $28

• Match 1 White Ball + Powerball with Power Play: $16

• Match Powerball with Power Play: $16

What are the odds of winning the Powerball jackpot?

The overall odds of winning the Powerball jackpot are 1 in 292.2 million.

How do I find the Powerball winning numbers?

Powerball drawings are broadcast live every Monday, Wednesday and Saturday at 10:59 p.m. from the Florida Lottery draw studio in Tallahassee. Drawings are also lived streamed on Powerball.com. The winning numbers are posted to thePowerballandMichigan Lotterywebsites.

What's the Powerball Double Play drawing?

In-store Powerball purchasers can select the Double Play option to use their numbers in a second drawing immediately following the regular Powerball drawing for a chance to win additional prizes up to $10,000,000. Players can add the Double Play feature to their Powerball ticket for an additional $1 per play.

The Powerball Double Play drawing takes place between 11:30 and 11:40 p.m.

The Power Play multiplier does not apply to prizes won in the Double Play drawing.

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Bluebird’s back at Coniston, but on a go slow

Credit: TheBluebirdProject / YouTube

Almost 60 years ago,Donald Campbellwas killed on Coniston Water as he raced to break 300mph.

Now the hydroplane used in that record attempt is returning to the crash site, for the first time since it somersaulted and sank on Jan 4, 1967.

Bluebird, which set four water-speed records before the crash, will race across the lake again this week. But this time it will only be allowed to reach speeds of 150mph.

Some 20,000 spectators are expected to visit the lake each day during the six-day Bluebird K7 Festival, hoping for a glimpse of the Bluebird flying across the water.

It will be piloted by Australian Dave Warby, who is himself a world water-speed record challenger and the son of the current record holder, the late Ken Warby.

The jet-powered hydroplane’s design means it glides on top of the water at high speeds, only touching the surface at three points so as to reduce drag that would slow it down.

Ken’s record of 317.6mph was set in 1978 in his boat, the Spirit of Australia, which he built himself. The mark still stands almost 50 years later, but son Dave is hoping to replicate his father’s achievements, albeit not in the Bluebird.

Dave, 58, has spent the last decade leading a motorsport team to design and build the Spirit of Australia II, focusing on safety measures and slowly increasing the speed of the craft through testing.

The boat has a theoretical top speed of 370mph and is powered by a Rolls-Royce engine.

However, this week, Dave will have to be satisfied with tamer speeds of around 150mph, implemented for safety reasons.

In 1967, Campbell had been attempting to set a new world record on water of more than 300mph when he crashed.

Its wreckage and his body were left on the lake bed for decades before being pulled out in 2001 byBill Smith, a Tyneside engineer, who enlisted a group of volunteers to restore it. Ultimately, around 50 per cent of the original craft was lost and had to be replaced.

Alengthy ownership battleensued after Mr Smith claimed part-ownership because of the work he and his Bluebird Project team had carried out.

He relinquished his claim and the vessel returned to Coniston in March 2024 and was installed at the Ruskin Museum.

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Gina Campbell, the daughter of Donald, said her father “would be delighted and pleased” by this week’s festival.

“I have no doubt that Bluebird K7 will lift up her skirts and perform for the public,” she said.

For the festival, the craft has been given special dispensation to exceed the lake’s 10mph speed limit in place since the 1970s.

For a record to be achieved, the craft will have to go a kilometre out into the water and then back through speed traps, with the average speed used to calculate the record.

Campbell, who reached 315mph on the way out, recorded an average speed of 297.6mph.

On the return journey, with his own record already seemingly torn up, Campbell continued to fight to beat the 300mph, but crashed as he reached 328mph.

After his body was recovered and buried in a local cemetery, an inquest in 2002 recorded a verdict of accidental death. The coroner concluded it was likely that Bluebird was unbalanced by factors, including the speed of travel and rough water.

Since its reconstruction, the Bluebird has had one outing, at Loch Fad in Scotland in 2018.

Even now, despite the festival running between May 11 and 17, there’s a possibility the craft won’t ever take to the water.

Poor weather will make a run across the water too dangerous, and while rain is forecast across the week, it is the predicted wind that is understood to be the main concern.

As well as making for choppier waters, the wind can unsettle the balance of the craft and increase headwinds, ultimately causing it to flip.

Organisers were constrained on dates to hold the event after the Lake District National Park Authority (LDNPA) demanded it take place during term-time to minimise the number of tourists.

The Bluebird K3, which set three world water-speed records when it was piloted by Campbell’s father, Sir Malcolm Campbell, in the 1930s, will also be running.

Jeff Carroll, the chair of the Ruskin Museum’s trustees, told a LDNPA committee meeting last year that the Bluebird K7 represented the UK’s post-war “engineering prowess”.

He said it was “a possibly one-time-only event to inspire a new generation” and that “Campbell’s death was a day that shook the world”.

“Four of Bluebird’s seven world water-speed records were set on Coniston Water. That would have been five had fate not intervened.”

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Kesha Says She's 'Mostly Celibate' — Except When She's In Italy

When it comes to the specifics of her love life,Keshasays geography matters more than anything else.

The two-time Grammy nominee made an appearanceon the “Call Her Daddy” podcastthis week, where she shared that she’s “mostly celibate,” with one small caveat.

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“I’m celibate, except for when I’m in Italy,” she said.

When host Alex Cooper pressed for more details, Kesha clarified that she didn’t require a partner to be present.

“Now I actually masturbate to gratitude meditations,” she said. “Don’t knock it till you’ve tried it. Remember when I said I started every day with a gratitude meditation? Right.”

Kesha made the surprising admission while discussing the ways she’s “reclaimed” her sexuality following a nearlydecade-long legal battlewith former producer Lukasz “Dr. Luke” Gottwald, whom she accused of ****** assault and battery.

Both partiesagreed to a resolutionwith undisclosed terms in June 2023, shortly before Dr. Luke’s countersuit alleging defamation was set to go to trial.

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Since then, Kesha has creatively rebounded both in the recording studio and on the concert stage. Last year, she unveiled her sixth album, “Period,” and embarkedon a co-headlining tourwith the Scissor Sisters.

In her chat with Cooper, Kesha said she’s been using her downtime to “reprogram” herself and embrace personal “pleasure” in more ways than one.

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“It is OK as a woman to feel pleasure in this world when you go through things,” she said. “Pleasure is not like the No. 1 neural pathway that your brain always goes to when you have survived things. And I had to reprogram that, and I do it every ******* day, and I’m not even embarrassed about it.”

She also emphasized that her celibacy is intentional, noting that she was holding out for a “king.”

“My ***** is manifesting with gratitude that my king is coming, OK?” she quipped. “Because your body has to align with your reality before it shows up in your life.”

Kesha is among a growing list of celebrities who have spoken frankly about their celibacy. Others include fellowmusician Lenny Kravitz, who in 2024 said he hadn’t had *** in nine years, andactor Julia Fox, who has cited the Supreme Court’s 2022 rollback of abortion rights as her motivation to abstain.

Watch Kesha’s “Call Her Daddy” interview below. Her comments on her celibacy can be found around the 35:40 mark.

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Shane van Gisbergen angling for 7th road-course title at Watkins Glen

Shane van Gisbergen has work to do in the Finger Lakes region of New York this weekend when the NASCAR Cup Series holds its second race on a road course in 2026, venturing to Watkins Glen International in Watkins Glen, N.Y.

On his 37th birthday Saturday, he led a strong, three-car showing by Trackhouse Racing in qualifying.

He put his No. 97 Chevrolet up front -- his fifth career pole -- by turning a lap of 1:11.165 seconds (123.937 mph) to knock off Michael McDowell's No. 71 Spire Motorsports Chevy (1:11.424/123.488). Austin Cindric No. 2 Ford was third.

Trackhouse teammates Ross Chastain and rookie Connor Zilisch rounded out the top five.

Nicknamed SVG for the sake of all the NASCAR announcers and fans who discuss his incredible work with the pedals on the snaking layouts, van Gisbergen finds himself riding 19th in the standings, winless as he turns left and right for Trackhouse Racing.

It's the preponderance of right turns that have led to his success since he exploded onto the Cup scene with his stunning win at the Chicago Street Course on July 2, 2023.

The race ended with the lamp posts glowing alongside Michigan Avenue, nearly in darkness, and while van Gisbergen has not really been in the dark this season, the results have not been illuminating.

A native of Auckland, New Zealand, SVG would love nothing more than to repeat at the Glen and leap over a number of fellow winless drivers in the standings.

But it won't be gifted to him.

In 2025, driving the No. 88, used this season by his teammate and rookie road-course ace Zilisch, van Gisbergen beat Chris Buescher to win the Cup race in August. The day before, Zilisch wrecked SVG and earned the checkers in the then-Xfinity Series race.

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However, the 19-year-old Zilisch caught his foot in the window netting as he climbed from his car in Victory Lane and crashed hard to the ground, breaking his collarbone and requiring surgery but returned 13 days later at Daytona.

van Gisbergen, whose six Cup victories have all come on road courses, warned this week that more danger awaits in upstate New York, referring to a new barrier installed in Turn 5 at the famous Carousel.

"The way that wall is angled, it's going to grab cars and spit them out back into the middle of the track," said van Gisbergen, who is entered in all three series' races this weekend. "This setup, especially how close it gets to the racing line, feels like a trap."

In the season's only road-course race so far at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas, he tried to chase down and pass leader Tyler Reddick but could not do it, only leading two laps while Reddick paced the way on 58 circuits en route to his third straight win to start 2026.

van Gisbergen has posted only one other finish inside the top 10: a sixth at Atlanta the week before.

Not much has gone well in the last four races for him since running 11th at Martinsville last month: He has not finished better than his 17th-place effort last weekend at Texas Motor Speedway, where Chase Elliott took the checkers.

SVG (+125) and his teenaged teammate Zilisch (+285) come in as heavy favorites, according to DraftKings. Combined, they create a gap between third-favorite Reddick (+750) that's as large as the distance from Watkins Glen to the Big Apple.

"I thought I was being pretty normal when I fell off my car, but clearly my normal is a little bit different," said Zilisch, who also won the Xfinity race in 2024 at the 2.45-mile course. "I don't think I'll be too flashy, unless I win on Sunday."

There's a pretty decent chance that Trackhouse will be represented in the Glen's Victory Lane.

--Field Level Media

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Jordan Mailata praises new Eagles offensive line coach Chris Kuper

ThePhiladelphia Eaglesknew replacing Jeff Stoutland would never be simple. Honestly, there probably isn’t a 'simple' way to replace someone many view as one of the greatest offensive line coaches in modern football. The legend spent thirteen seasons with the organization and enjoyed multiple Super Bowl appearances. He helped mold countless success stories. One of his greatest accomplishments has to be transforming an Australian rugby player who never played American football into an All-Pro. Jordan Mailata's story seems to get better each time we tell it.

Coach Stout, as he's affectionately called, is practically football royalty in Philadelphia. That's why all eyes immediately shifted toward Chris Kuper the moment he inherited the job. Apparently, the early reviews inside the locker room are encouraging, even though the shadow cast by Jeff Stoutland is already enormous.

Jordan Mailata already approves of Chris Kuper

Few voices inside theEaglesorganization carry more weight than Jordan Mailata. He's not just Philadelphia's franchise left tackle. He’s also living proof of what elite offensive line development looks like. From a rugby player with almost no football experience to one of the NFL's premier blindside protectors, Mailata became one of Stoutland's greatest success stories, so when he speaks about offensive line coaching, people tend to listen.

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Recently, during an appearance on 94 WIP-FM, Mailata offered strong praise for Kuper while also refusing to play the comparison game everyone else keeps trying to play.

“I don’t draw comparisons.”

Honestly, that answer probably says everything Eagles fans needed to hear. Let's be real here. Kuper was always walking into one of the toughest position-coaching follow-ups imaginable. Fair or unfair, comparisons to Stoutland were inevitable from the moment the hire became official. Mailata clearly understands that, and just as clearly, he wants no part of fueling it. That's leadership. That's classic Jordan Mailata.

Chris Kuper may never fully escape the shadow of Jeff Stoutland, but if the respect he’s already earning from leaders like Jordan Mailata is any indication, he’s off to exactly the kind of start the Eagles were hoping for. If he is successful in developing the youngsters, like Markel Bell and Micah Morris, his reputation and resume will write themselves.

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Alabama reportedly among finalists for 2027 four-star defensive back

Alabamafootball is reportedly among the finalists for defensive back Tavares Harrington, perRivals' Hayes Fawcett.

A prospect in the 2027 recruiting cycle, Harrington is reportedly down to five finalists, which are Alabama, Auburn, Michigan, Notre Dame, and Ole Miss. At the moment, a potential commitment date is not set for Harrington.

Per the247Sports Composite rankings, Harrington is currently ranked as the nation's No. 124 overall prospect in the 2027 class, as well as the No. 15 cornerback nationally. Rated as a four-star recruit, Harrington is also considered as the No. 7 player in the state of Illinois where he attends Mount Carmel High School.

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Alabama's 2027 class currently features five commitments, none of which are from defensive backs. TheCrimson Tide's class currently ranks No. 42 nationally, per247Sports.

Contact/Follow us@RollTideWireon X, and like our page onFacebookto follow ongoing coverage ofAlabamanews, notes and opinion.

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