With both Avon Park and Sebring missing out on the state playoffs, tonight's game offers a last chance for the seniors on each team to record a final win over their biggest rivals. ...more

November 13, 2009

Tampa Catholic proved it deserved its No. 3 state ranking as tailback Henry McCloud rushed for 136 yards and two touchdowns, and quarterback Christian Green completed 6 of 7 passes for 72 yards and two touchdowns to lead the Crusaders past Avon Park by a score of 38-20 in a Class 2B-District 5 game on Friday night. ...more

November 8, 2009

By taking a closer look into his backfield, Avon Park coach Andy Bonjokian has finally found his starting quarterback - albeit six games late. ...more

November 6, 2009

Avon Park was one game-winning touchdown drive away from pulling off the upset of the year against the No. 5-ranked team in the state in Lake Highland Prep on Friday night at Joe Franza Stadium. ...more

November 1, 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

It didn't take long for the first wave of "Why does the Southeastern Conference stink so bad?" questions to hit once the teams arrived here for interviews. And just as quickly, the coaches and players on the aforementioned men's basketball teams proved they know how to spin those talking points. ...more

March 12, 2009

Ole Miss junior guard David Huertas, the SEC's fifth-leading scorer (18.2 points per game), has been laboring with a bone bruise in his foot that caused him to miss a game against Arkansas and the second half against Mississippi State. ...more

March 12, 2009

How's life treating you? In that case, cheer up. Any circumstance that does not include at least two of the seven deadly sins, popcorn stuck between your back teeth or a nasty rash puts you a leg up on the average Southeastern Conference basketball coach. ...more

March 11, 2009

At last year's SEC men's basketball tournament, there was never a dull moment. It blew into Atlanta, and Atlanta blew right back. A tornado took off part of the Georgia Dome roof at one point, and the whole thing was moved to Georgia Tech's arena, where Georgia, of all teams, sprang upset after upset to win the tourney and crash the NCAA get-together that followed. Now the Southeastern Conference Tournament comes to Tampa's St. Pete Times Forum. Dull moments might outnumber fans at the Forum this week. It'll be like a four-day Lightning game. ...more

March 10, 2009

Zykeria Dawkins anchored the Sebring track team's 4x100 meter first-place finish and picked up the gold in the 100 meters individually on Thursday as the Blue Streaks welcomed Avon Park, Lake Placid, Hardee, Clewiston and others to the Early Bird meet at Firemen's Field. ...more

March 7, 2009