This weekend’s opening round of the NCAA Men’s Basketball Tournament isn’t the only topic of conversation near the water cooler. Locally, an ever-expanding 22-team Lady Leopard Slam V fast-pitch softball tournament — hosted by Hernando High — will consume the three fields at Brooksville’s Tom Varn Park and two adjacent fields at the Jerome Brown Center this weekend. The two-day event, coinciding with Hernando County’s spring break, features teams representing 10 Florida counties (Hernando, Pasco, Citrus, Pinellas, Hillsborough, Marion, Sumter, Osceola, Orange, Collier) along with an out-of-state entry. “We didn’t come in trying...
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