LAKE PLACID — An exciting season of blocks, sets and spikes came to an end for the Lake Placid volleyball team on Tuesday night. The Green Dragons played well, but ultimately the height and firepower of John Carroll (Fort Pierce) proved too much, as the Golden Rams swept past Lake Placid, 25-16, 25-16, 25-15 in a Class 3A regional quarterfinal match. "I'm proud of the girls because they played hard every point and gave it all they had," Green Dragon coach Marilyn Jones said. "John Carroll is a good team and their quick serves and sets gave us fits. "We had trouble with our serving tonight and you can't make those kind of mistakes against good teams and expect to win." John Carroll, which improved to 17-11 on the season, used the strong serving and sets of Libero, Kelsey Bona, and the dynamic combination of senior outside hitters, Crystal Bell and Aubrey Parker, to hold off a determined effort by Lake Placid. ...more

November 1, 2007

The Sickles volleyball program hadn't advanced past the first round of the region tournament since 2004, but on Wednesday, the Gryphons, ranked No. 5 in the latest Class 6A state poll, got over that hump, defeating visiting Sarasota 25-21, 25-23, 25-16 to advance to the Class 6A-Region 2 semifinals. ...more

November 1, 2007

The Durant volleyball program has not won a district championship since 2002, when the team won its third state title. ...more

October 25, 2007

AVON PARK — Melissa Tullo hasn't been happy with her serving all season long. That is, of course, until Monday night. The junior outside hitter's three clutch aces late in the third set rallied the Avon Park volleyball team to a third-game victory and sweep of Lake Placid, 25-19, 26-24, 25-23, giving the Red Devils a dose of much-needed momentum heading into next week's Class 2A-District 4 tournament in Sebring. ...more

October 17, 2007

AVON PARK — Danielle Tomlinson's temper didn't get the best of her. Instead, it may have gotten the best out of her. The Avon Park junior, whose self-described "really bad" passing early in Monday's match somehow spurred the rest of her game on, had four kills and four aces to lead the Red Devils to a three-set sweep of Clewiston, 25-18, 25-18, 25-19. ...more

October 10, 2007

Her team lost its first set by 19 points and were swept clean on their home floor, but that wasn't enough to take the smile off Deija Barrett's face. ...more

September 29, 2007

Standing on the approach with the first 11 strikes back in the pit in the opening game of a three-game series has become fairly commonplace, what with fresh oil and the legs and arms in the warming-up stage. ...more

September 19, 2007

Standing on the approach with the first 11 strikes back in the pit in the opening game of a three-game series has become fairly commonplace, what with fresh oil and the legs and arms in the warming-up stage. ...more

September 19, 2007

Standing on the approach with the first 11 strikes back in the pit in the opening game of a three-game series has become fairly commonplace, what with fresh oil and the legs and arms in the warming-up stage. ...more

September 19, 2007

Standing on the approach with the first 11 strikes back in the pit in the opening game of a three-game series has become fairly commonplace, what with fresh oil and the legs and arms in the warming-up stage. ...more

September 19, 2007