Viviana Cao loves to create arts and crafts at home in Cory Lake Isles. Her brother, Christopher, enjoys playing chess and working on improving his tennis game. ...more

July 27, 2009

VAL D'ISERE, France - Manfred Pranger of Austria won the men's slalom on a desperately difficult course at the World Championships on Sunday after a succession of challengers failed to finish. ...more

February 16, 2009

Striving to get better. That's the mantra the Avon Park and Sebring wrestling teams are using as they travel to weekend tournaments seeking out the very best in competition. ...more

December 16, 2008

The Tribune's boys and girls swimming and diving teams were selected based on regular-season and postseason performances. ...more

December 14, 2008

Going up against top-notch competition in the first wrestling meet of the season is a tough way to start. ...more

December 9, 2008

TAMPA Tampa's Plant High School has much to brag about, but it's a school in Polk County that made U.S. News & World Report's list of the top 100 high schools in the United States. The International Baccalaureate School at Bartow High School is rated No. 7 in the nation. The top high school in the country is Thomas Jefferson High School for Sciences and Technology in Alexandria, Va., according to the report. ...more

December 5, 2008

Blue Wave Swim Team coach Peter Banks considers Jason Taylor the best boys swimmer he's had in 10 years. ...more

November 16, 2008

Kyle Dent might have early admittance to Cornell University, but he needs to work on his math. ...more

November 15, 2008

Lake Placid High School sophomore Kacie Royce may be only 16, but she's got a big heart. ...more

November 13, 2008

FOOTBALL Forget USA men's basketball; Nature Coast Technical seeks its own chance at redemption in 2008. ...more

September 4, 2008