When a baseball team leaves one city for another, it's personal. Jobs are lost, lives are changed, and memories become more precious because that's all that gets left behind. So it is for the Cincinnati Reds, who next week will conclude their final spring training here before moving to Arizona. ...more

March 27, 2009

The Hardee baseball team kept lurking, and in the seventh inning on Tuesday, the Wildcats finally pounced on Avon Park, scoring three runs to steal a 4-2 Class 4A-District 10 victory over the Red Devils at Head Field. ...more

March 26, 2009

Chquen Wilmot and Beonca Godfrey led the charge on Tuesday as the Avon Park girls track team took first place at the AP Invitational at Joe Franza Stadium. ...more

March 26, 2009

The Jesuit baseball team looked very good Tuesday night, much the way it has all season. And, one publication thinks the Tigers are playing the best ball in the nation right now. ...more

March 24, 2009

It's probably too early to refer to Hillsborough's baseball team as the Comeback Kids, but Kenny White's Terriers certainly have shown a penchant for coming from behind as of late. ...more

March 20, 2009

Miami's City Commission has pushed a $639 million Florida Marlins ballpark a step closer to reality. ...more

March 19, 2009

Most of the players on the East Bay High School varsity baseball team sought refuge from the scorching Florida heat in the hours leading up to their March 11 home game against rival Riverview High School. ...more

March 18, 2009

It was a week of catastrophic injuries for the Sebring softball team, and it culminated on Friday when starting pitcher Niki Helms was injured in a 9-1 loss to district rival Braden River. ...more

March 15, 2009

The Avon Park baseball team rallied from five runs down in the fifth inning on Thursday to pick up its first district victory of the season with an 8-5 win over DeSoto. ...more

March 14, 2009

Sarasota County would get two more years to find a new spring training baseball team to replace the Cincinnati Reds, according to legislation the Florida Senate is expected to take up this afternoon. State Sen. Nancy Detert, R-Venice, said she'll propose an amendment to Senate Bill 1308 that would essentially give Sarasota and Sarasota County two more years to build a new stadium. If they don't find a team by the end of two years, the money would go back to the state. ...more

March 10, 2009