Avon Park's Mariam Olupitan and Sebring's Alexis Wilson competed against the best weightlifters in the state on Saturday, as the Florida High School Athletic Association held its meet at the Kissimmee Civic Center.
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Saturday at Highlands Hammock State Park
When the Virginia Commonwealth University men's golf team entered a two-day match play tournament at Reunion Resort in Orlando several months ago, nobody was happier than Rocky Khara. The Sebring native doesn't get the opportunity to return to the Sunshine State nearly as often as he would like.
The Lake Placid Middle School cheerleaders have something to smile about again. For the second time, under the direction of coach Kerry Lanier, they have brought home a first-place trophy.
Fairmount Services claimed the first half title in Sebring senior softball with a 21-19 victory over Reflections on Tuesday.
It was only a test, but as the final shakedown before the season-opening 60th Anniversary Mobil 1 Twelve Hours of Sebring, the two-day ALMS Winter Test at Sebring International Raceway was crucial for Corvette Racing.
The Sebring Blue Streaks girls tennis team will enter today's home match with Ridge Community High School with plenty of momentum.
There definitely is a "cool" factor of racing at Sebring International Raceway. The latest to be bitten by the bug is Michael Waltrip, who drove his first laps around America's toughest road course Thursday morning.
The Central Florida fishing forecast for the third week of February starts out as if it might be actually winter, finally. Perhaps now, bass will resume their spawning activities, abandoned over a month ago when Fall-like weather forced them to move back into staging areas — waiting for water temperatures to drop and stabilize in the middle to lower 60s.
The Sebring Seventy Softball League had a great day Tuesday at the Highlands County Sports Complex with the teams' bats being very active.
If there was any question the Avon Park Red Devils are more than just a couple of players, it was answered in a big way on Friday night. While the Red Devils' big guns were doing what they do best, Avon Park got some huge contributions from the rest of the team in clutch time and went on to capture the Class 4A-District 10 championship with a 65-58 victory over DeSoto at Mulberry High School.
Academy of the Holy Names guard Amanda McWilliams scored a team-high 11 points and Kelli Cartwright and Sarah Davis added eight points apiece to lead the Jaguars to a 39-25 win over Avon Park in the Class 4A-Region 3 basketball quarterfinals Thursday night.
Lake Placid girls basketball coach Jackie Coyne says it's going to take time and players committed to playing year-round. If she can get that, she's confident that one day, her squads can come to gyms in Tampa, Orlando and other major Florida cities and leave with a victory.
There's no question the Walker Memorial Academy Eagles entered Thursday's Class 2A-Region 2 basketball game with Hernando Christian Academy wanting to run.
There's a new buzz surrounding Avon Park football and the man responsible for that is new head coach Lee Brown. Brown comes to the Red Devils after a distinguished assistant coaching career that saw his teams win two state titles.
Racing fans will be in for quite a treat next month, when the 60th anniversary of the 12 Hours of Sebring takes place. Not only will the race kick-off the 14th season of the ever-growing American Le Mans Series, it will mark the beginning of the FIA World Endurance Championships, essentially creating two races in one.
What do Rita Hayworth, Nelson Mandela, Sam Walton, Art Carney, Paul Harvey, Ted Williams, and Al Chipps all have in common?
Sebring cornerback Anthony Powell realized a dream by signing a football scholarship with Miles College on Tuesday.
SEBRING INTERNATIONAL RACEWAY There were plenty of fast times turned in during the annual American Le Mans Series Sebring Winter Test on Wednesday. The two-day testing session gives teams the opportunity to test out new equipment and setups, while also getting a bit of a head start on next month's 12 Hours of Sebring.
The 7th annual Golf Fore a Cure Tournament was held under sunny skies at Sun n Lakes' Deer Run Course on Saturday.
Sebring High School pitcher Aaron Hart gets a chance to play college baseball and won't have to leave home.
Avon Park used a balanced offense and a suffocating defense to knock off Frostproof by a score of 71-55 in the semifinals of the boys Class 4A-District 10 basketball tournament on Tuesday night at Mulberry High School.
Frostproof used a balanced offense paced by senior Ricky Cobb's team-high 14 points to defeat Lake Placid by a score of 47-32 in the first round of the boys Class 4A-District 10 basketball tournament on Monday night.
The fishing forecast for the second half of this week looks to be fair to good for daytime anglers as weather fronts move through our area every four or five days.
The Sebring Blue Streaks knew that to have any chance of pulling an upset against top-seeded Winter Haven, they needed to get out to a quick start and play a near-perfect game.
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