Jamee Hawthorne scored a game-high 12 points and Beonca Godfrey chipped in 10 more on Tuesday to lead the Avon Park girls basketball team to a season-opening 44-15 victory over Lakeland Christian at the Lake Region Tip-Off Classic. ...more

November 13, 2008

The tour to promote the region to site selection consultants in an attempt to bring better jobs to the Heartland has been postponed at least until next year. ...more

November 9, 2008

It's over. I don't know for sure, of course. But my guess is the sun is going to come out this morning. ...more

November 5, 2008

Winning two games in a row had Avon Park feeling confident heading into Friday night's Class 3A-District 12 matchup against defending champion DeSoto. Maybe too confident. ...more

November 1, 2008

Tevin Bryant carried 32 times for 263 yards and three touchdowns on Friday night to lead Braden River to a 28-11 victory against Sebring at Firemen's Field. ...more

November 1, 2008

Tailback Marcus Shaw rushed 26 times for 163 yards and scored three touchdowns to lead DeSoto to a 41-0 drubbing of Avon Park in a Class 3A-District 12 game on Friday night at Joe Franza Stadium. ...more

October 31, 2008

Marcus Shaw scored six touchdowns last week against Bayshore, and as he walked onto Firemen's Field on Friday night, a young DeSoto fan asked the Bulldog junior if he expected a repeat performance. ...more

October 26, 2008

FINAL: DeSoto 48, Sebring 12 DeSoto junior Marcus Shaw had six touchdowns -- five in the first half alone -- to lead the Bulldogs to a 48-12 district victory over Sebring at Firemen's Field. Shaw, who finished with 229 yards on 18 carries, rushed for four touchdowns in the first half and intercepted Sebring's first pass of the game, taking it 45 yards for a score. He had touchdown runs of 16, 45, one, three, and 22 yards to equal a six-touchdown performance last week against Bayshore. ...more

October 25, 2008

A second status hearing was set Thursday for one of the suspects charged with the murder of Samuel Tiller. ...more

October 17, 2008

Head coach Stephanie Devlin could only shake her head and laugh after she watched a serve by DeSoto hit the top of the net, drop for a winner and force her to call a timeout on Thursday. ...more

October 11, 2008