When the Naples Bags senior women’s softball team players take the field, a sense of déjà vu washes over them. “It is almost like stepping in a time machine,” player/coach Marisela Gutierrez said.

A group of 8-year-old girls from Royal Palm Beach can call themselves state champions, but they didn’t get to bring home any hardware. Instead of handing out trophies or medals to the winners this ...