Many Avon Park Youth Football fans traveled to Haines City last Saturday for the playoffs and packed the stadium like a high school football game. ...more

November 11, 2009

The contrasts between James Bland and Jace Grimmett are plentiful, but there's one distinction the pair will forever share: They're Avon Park's first-ever state wrestling champions. ...more

February 23, 2009

Avon Park seniors James Bland and Jace Grimmett became the school's first-ever state wrestling champions on Saturday night and the fourth-year program finished in fourth place at the Class 1A state wrestling meet at Lakeland Center. ...more

February 22, 2009

For the first time in the school's eight-year history, Freedom is sending a team to a state final four. ...more

February 14, 2009

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February 13, 2009

Thursday night's Class 5A regional quarterfinal provided exactly what one would expect from a match between two of the state's best teams. ...more

February 6, 2009

Bobby Stevenson scored a game-winning goal with 4:41 left to play in double overtime on Wednesday to lead the host Tigers to a 2-1 victory over Sebring in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 boys soccer tournament at Harllee Field. The Tigers scored in the opening two minutes, but Sebring's Buck Schroeder answered with a goal of his own at the 15-minute mark. ...more

January 28, 2009

In the first two meetings this season, River Ridge defeated Land O' Lakes 2-0 each time. But in those two games, Land O' Lakes coach Vicky King said, the Royal Knights dominated play. ...more

January 24, 2009

The Orlando Olympia boys basketball team sure has a knack for drama. On Tuesday, in the second annual McDonald's Tampa Hoops Classic, Olympia senior guard Martell Buie hit a layup with 1.7 seconds remaining in double overtime to give the Titans a 73-71 victory over Chicago North Lawndale Charter to win the championship of the 16-team tournament. ...more

December 31, 2008

Javares McRoy dreamed of playing for the Lakeland High football team. While in middle school, he watched Lakeland win three consecutive state titles between 2004 and 2006 as one of the top-ranked football programs in the country. ...more

December 19, 2008