JAGUARS ...24 CHIEFS ...21 David Garrard threw for 264 yards, including a 61-yard touchdown to Mike Sims-Walker, to lead Jacksonville. The Jaguars, up and down all season, responded in similar fashion following losses to Arizona and Seattle earlier this season. The latest turnaround after a defeat came after Coach Jack Del Rio ripped his team's defensive effort in a 30-13 loss at the Titans, calling it "insulting, ugly and embarrassing." It worked, at least against Kansas City. Playing without RB Larry Johnson, the Chiefs managed little offense until late in the fourth quarter when Matt Cassel threw for two scores. ...more

November 9, 2009

Mike Davis scored 14 points and pulled down a career-high 16 rebounds Saturday, leading No. 23 Illinois (19-5, 7-4 Big Ten) to a 66-48 victory over 12th-ranked Purdue (18-5, 6-4). ...more

February 9, 2009

Playing with confidence and under control, Avon Park got 25 points from forward Alonzo Robertson and 23 points from center Cleveland Nobles en route to a 74-59 victory over Palmetto in district boys basketball on Friday night. ...more

February 1, 2009

In a game where the lead see-sawed over the last four innings, Schooni's came out on top of Michelle Yates Insurance by a score of 23-20 in Lake Placid Senior Softball league play on Wednesday at the Lake June ball fields. ...more

January 29, 2009

Because of injuries, freshman RB Ty Jones, out of Middleton High, didn't get a chance to make much of an impact this season for the FSU offense. On Saturday, he made up for lost time. ...more

December 28, 2008

They say the first win of the season is the hardest one to get. That may be true, but the Lake Placid boys basketball team can finally relax a little bit after knocking off Walker Memorial Academy by a score of 66-39 in the Jim Taveniere Holiday Tournament on Saturday in the Sebring High School gym. ...more

December 22, 2008

Forward Meghan Keough scored a game-high 18 points, including 13 in the second half, as Land O' Lakes held on for a hard-fought 43-41 win over Sebring in girls basketball on Saturday. ...more

December 15, 2008

Derrick McKenzie sank a pair of free throws with 4.1 seconds left to lead Avon Park to a 51-49 win over DeSoto in an exciting Class 4A-District 10 showdown on Friday. ...more

December 14, 2008

Led by a suffocating first-half defensive effort and four players in double figures, including 28 points from center Lukas Poderis, the Rams (2-2) cruised past Hudson (2-1) 75-56 at the Cobra Gymnasium on Tuesday. ...more

December 3, 2008

Rob Calabrese threw two touchdown passes and Latavius Murray rushed for another to help Central Florida beat Memphis 28-21 on Saturday. ...more

November 22, 2008