They crammed into the Blue Streaks gym until it was standing-room-only on one side. They launched freebies - shirts, foam balls, assorted goodies - into the crowd after every Sebring point, which came with great frequency. ...more

October 22, 2009

The sixth annual Tampa Bay International Dragon Boat Races hit the waters of Garrison Channel on May 2. ...more

May 20, 2009

Logan Smith is looking forward to his next trip to the mall. "It's always nice to beat someone from the county," said Smith after he went 2-for-2 with a double, sacrifice fly and two RBI to lead the LP baseball team to a 6-3 victory over Avon Park on the second day of the Bill Jarrett Spring Break Tournament at Scarborough Field. "It gives us more confidence going into districts, and when we go to the mall and you see someone from Avon Park you can hold your head up." ...more

April 2, 2009

A new mural in Lake Placid is going to be dedicated at 11 a.m. today at Rhodes Law Firm, located at 307 E. Interlake Blvd., Lake Placid, to show the beginning of basketball at Lake Placid High School in 1939-1940. ...more

March 28, 2009

Colby Delaney tossed a complete-game two-hitter and Zach Heckman went 3-for-4 with four RBI to lead Lake Placid to a 10-1 rout of Sarasota Booker in high school baseball at Ed Smith Stadium on Saturday night. ...more

March 23, 2009

Plant's offense had gotten off to an uncharacteristically slow start this season, but the Panthers finally got things rolling Saturday. ...more

March 1, 2009

In the first two innings of it district meeting with Clewiston on Tuesday, the Lake Placid softball team looked about as in control as any team could hope for. ...more

February 26, 2009

Kyle Jackson's double in the first inning turned out to be the Red Devils' only offense on Tuesday as a talented Auburndale squad topped Avon Park for the second straight day, 6-0, at the Bill Jarrett Early Bird Tournament at Head Field. ...more

February 19, 2009

At a Disney Wide World of Sports tournament from Jan. 17-19, the Tampa Dragons 3v3 under-13 boys soccer team placed second nationally against 28 other teams. ...more

February 18, 2009

At the beginning of the season, first-year Lake Placid coach David Veley wasn't seeing the amount of effort he wanted out of his team while trying to implement a new system. ...more

February 15, 2009