GIRLS REGIONQUARTERFINALS CLASS 6A Sickles (19-6) at Sarasota Riverview (20-8): The Gryphons are on the road to face Riverview. Fresh off a loss to St. Petersburg in the District 7 title game that snapped a 10-game winning streak, Sickles is led by Amber Henson, who is averaging 19.3 points and 11.5 rebounds per game, and Bre Crum, averaging 13.6 points. ...more

February 12, 2009

At first glance, the difference between last year's state champion team and this year's Tampa Prep girls soccer team is the loss of two players. ...more

February 11, 2009

With an unlikely ally at his side - Republican Gov. Charlie Crist - Barack Obama made his first Florida appearance as president Tuesday to push his economic stimulus plan, the first major legislative test of his administration. ...more

February 11, 2009

It had been eight years since Tampa Prep's girls basketball team had a district title added to its championship banner that hangs in the home gymnasium. ...more

February 7, 2009

Tampa Prep and Indian Rocks Christian split their regular-season meetings. Tonight they'll meet for the third time to determine the Class 2A-District 9 champion. ...more

February 6, 2009

Tampa Catholic's aggressive style of play was too much for Berkeley Prep as the Crusaders advanced to the Class 3A-District 11 championship game with a 74-44 semifinal victory against the Buccaneers on Wednesday night. ...more

February 5, 2009

So West Virginia is the ninth-best team in the Big East? If so, that's going to be some tournament at Madison Square Garden in March. ...more

January 23, 2009

Some of the coldest weather of the year rolled through, setting back what was a pretty good head start on springlike fishing patterns. Fish and anglers took refuge as water temperatures plunged by double digits in some places. ...more

January 21, 2009

The first meeting of the season between the Blake and Jesuit boys basketball teams ended on a last-second shot at the buzzer. ...more

January 17, 2009

About $400,000 for conservation land purchases in Highlands County this year will be lost if, as expected, the state legislature suspends the state's Florida Forever land conservation program. ...more

January 13, 2009