After beating Lecanto-Seven Rivers Christian twice during the regular season, the Lady Lions needed that third series victory this winter to mark their names in the Hernando Christian Academy history books as the first girls' basketball team to ever make the district final, giving them an automatic bid to the regional tournament. They accomplished that feat Friday night in Marion County, trouncing Seven Rivers, 55-19. ...more

February 7, 2008

SARASOTA – When you're in a tight game on the road, you don't expect to get the close calls. That was the case in Saturday night's Class 4A-District 10 championship game between Sarasota Booker and Sebring. Booker's Brittani Williams made two free throws with 1.6 second remaining in overtime to give the Tornadoes a 39-37 win over the Blue Streaks. Williams, who finished with 10 points and six rebounds, drove to the basket along the baseline as the final seconds ticked down in overtime and threw up a prayer. ...more

February 4, 2008

Aside from the first 98 seconds of the game, Lakeside Christian had little difficulty with Academy at the Lakes to capture the Class 1A-District 11 title Saturday, 54-40. ...more

February 3, 2008

Everything went according to the seeding in Friday night's Class 6A-District 7 semifinals, with No. 1 Sickles winning 50-34 over Countryside and No. 2 St. Petersburg beating Mitchell 51-33. ...more

February 2, 2008

In order to beat No. 1 Connecticut, USF women's coach Jose Fernandez knew his team would have to slow down the pace of the game, make the open shot and limit turnovers - in his words, "play a perfect game." ...more

January 31, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Playing with effort, intensity and determination — something that's been lacking on a consistent basis during the season — the Lake Placid boys basketball team used a balanced attack led by Conlin Veley's team-high 13 points to beat LaBelle 64-49 on Friday night. Veley also pulled down 12 rebounds, while younger brother Kurt Veley scored nine points on three 3-pointers as the Class 3A Green Dragons improved to 9-11 with the non-district win. "It was a good win for us," Conlin Veley said. "When we play with effort and intensity, we're a pretty good team. We need to play hard every minute, because when we let down we lose our tempo and teams make runs on us. ...more

January 27, 2008

On Jan. 8, the morning after his Savannah State University men's basketball team made national headlines, Coach Horace Broadnax said he didn't read a newspaper. ...more

January 26, 2008

The Dunedin Lady Falcons ended their regular season in a big way Wednesday night, beating Boca Ciega at home, 58-51. ...more

January 24, 2008

Rashad Callaway gave Tampa a 68-66 victory over No. 22 and Sunshine State Conference rival Florida Southern College with a jumpshot with two seconds left. ...more

January 24, 2008

Ridgewood's win Friday against Land O' Lakes might have been surprising to some, but not to the Rams. ...more

January 23, 2008