Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

November 6, 2009

November 4, 2009

November 1, 2009

Bouncing back with a vengeance. That's what the South Florida Community College softball team did by sweeping a doubleheader in the Warner University Invitational tournament on Saturday. ...more

February 9, 2009

South Florida Community College will offer a 40-hour Basic Security Guard Certification course, Sept. 8-23, at the SFCC Public Service Academy on the Highlands campus. Class meets four nights per week, Monday through Thursday, 6-10 p.m. ...more

August 5, 2008

South Florida Community College's Community Education Department is offering a series of Safe Driving Accident Prevention Program courses for drivers who have received a traffic citation. ...more

July 28, 2008

AVON PARK — South Florida Community College sophomore first baseman Brandon Decker has been selected to participate in the June International Baseball Series in Millington, Tenn. ...more

May 23, 2008

AVON PARK — South Florida Community College is preparing its budget with about $1 million less this year than last year. "The budget news is not good; we have less than we hoped," said SFCC President Norm Stephens. "The good news is we have known this was coming and have been preparing to manage it." The state legislature will pass the budget today, but Stephens said he already has a good idea what to expect –– $1 million less for the general fund and the loss of matching revenue for money raised for scholarships and building improvements. ...more

May 5, 2008

AVON PARK – South Florida Community College graduates will celebrate their self-determination, diligence, and long hours of study when they are honored during commencement on Monday, May 5, 6:45 p.m., in the SFCC Auditorium, Highlands campus, Avon Park. Speakers will be Norman L. Stephens Jr., SFCC president, Dr. Louis Kirschner, chair, SFCC District Board of Trustees, and Dienatann "Dee Dee" Darceus, SFCC Class of 2008. Bishop Benjamin F. Carter Jr., pastor of Bethel Pentecostal Holiness Church of Avon Park, will give the invocation and benediction. Music will be performed by Nelly Guzman Ford. Darceus, the student graduation keynote speaker, is a 2002 Hardee Senior High School graduate and will receive her associate in arts degree. She has applied to SFCC's Radiography Program for next fall. ...more

May 4, 2008

AVON PARK — South Florida Community College baseball coach Rick Hitt doesn't believe in moral victories. After watching his Panthers erase an 11-run deficit only to fall 13-12 to Hillsborough Community College on Wednesday, his assessment was rather blunt. "A loss is a loss, plain and simple," Hitt said. "Yes, they battled back and I applaud them for that, but we still lost." After falling behind 10-0, SFCC's Brandon Decker broke the scoreless drought for the Panthers (4-5) with a two-run blast over the right-field fence in the fifth, but the Hawks responded by adding three runs in the top-half of the seventh for a 13-2 advantage. After scoring three runs off a double by Ryan Thorlton and a sacrifice fly by pitcher Cameron Nelson, the Panthers exploded for three home runs by Jasper Brown, Brien Coppola and Nelson to cut the lead to two. ...more

February 8, 2008