Collier County school superintendent Ray Baker announced today (Friday) all high school athletes must be able to prove their age -- or they won’t be able to play sports. The decision comes after several Immokalee High School students were found to be too old. Collier superintendent Ray Baker says all public high school athletes must be able to verify and prove their ages. The maximum is 19-years, 9-months. But one Immokalee high athlete was 30 and another was 23. This week the state high school athletic association stripped several district soccer and football titles and put Immokalee on probation. Baker says the school won’t appeal those penalties. He says the district will put together a summer task force to address over-age students. But he says it’s a statewide issue.

“It’s not just Collier County has students that come to us with documents that are hard to track and hard to verify.”

Baker says Immokalee High principal Manny Touron (tour-ON) will get at least a written reprimand and possibly more. But Baker says he will remain the principal.

It’s the Minnesota Twins versus the Boston Red Sox at Hammond Stadium in Ft. Myers today – as Major League Baseball’s spring training season officially gets underway. Players have been in the area for about a week now– limbering up – and they have not gone unnoticed. In fact busloads of fans have shown up to watch the boys of summer pitch, hit and run. And those fans are spending big money. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

Major league baseball has teamed up with Habitat for Humanity to build homes for people displaced by last year’s hurricanes. The Minnesota Twins did their part for the cause Monday pitching in to frame the walls for a new habitat home that will go up in Lehigh Acres. WGCU’s Valerie Alker reports.

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The Florida Firecats had more than 6000 paid attendance Saturday night for their winning game at Germain Arena in Estero. The arena football 2 league team donated 8 dollars of every ticket sold to the Lee County Sheriff's office fallen heroes fund. Amy Tardif was there. (AUDIO)

The Fort Myers Miracle completed a four game sweep of the Sarasota Reds Sunday at the Lee County Sports Complex. Players are probably having fun. But, ask the minor league baseball team’s Chief Executive Officer, and he’ll guarantee it. After all, it’s the organization’s philosophy. Amy Tardif explains. (AUDIO)

Two Red Sox insiders come to Fort Myers this week and next for book signings. A Boston Herald sports columnist caught up with 50 former Red Sox players. And a former Red Sox Manager tells private stories about building the team during his decade as boss. Amy Tardif spoke with both authors and has this report. (AUDIO)

Miami Dade County has agreed to help fund a new $420 million stadium for the Florida Marlins. Sarasota is looking at plans for a $40 million renovation of Ed Smith Stadium – where the Cincinnati Reds train. But a recent poll shows a majority of Florida voters oppose spending tax dollars on sports facilities. Janette Janero reports. (AUDIO)

The Minnesota Twins held an open house Monday at their new training facility at the Lee County Sports Complex. Team officials thanked Lee County officials for a long and mutually beneficial relationship. Valerie Alker has more. (AUDIO)