Tennessee coach Pat Summitt spent Monday trying to keep herself from thinking too much about the Lady Volunteers' fate in the NCAA Tournament bracket after a roller-coaster 10-loss season. ...more

March 16, 2009

Palm Harbor University High School softball had made such a habit of qualifying for the postseason over the past decade that it seemed the Florida High School Athletic Association could probably just save time by slotting the Hurricanes in its 32-team bracket in February. Ten years in a row PHU made trips to the playoffs. Three of those runs ended with state titles. They kept winning after pitcher Danielle "Dani" Hofer, the 2005 Gatorade National Softball Player of the Year, went off to LSU. Then came last season. ...more

March 7, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - Sure, call Sunlake a young team. The roster provides the evidence: one senior, two juniors, seven sophomores and three freshmen. In the starting lineup, five are sophomores, two are freshmen, one is a junior and one is a senior. But their record is 9-3 entering Friday night's game at Nature Coast. ...more

March 5, 2009

The 2009 River Ridge girls tennis team should be in a rebuilding year. Conventional wisdom would dictate that losing three seniors to graduation would force a team to take a step back. ...more

February 26, 2009

The Florida Gators could hardly ask for more. With four games left in the regular season, the Gators (21-6, 8-4) are tied with Kentucky and South Carolina for the SEC Eastern Division lead. They are one game in front of Tennessee. Along with road games at LSU (tonight) and Mississippi State remaining, the Gators get Tennessee and Kentucky at home, where they are undefeated this year. ...more

February 23, 2009

Eagles remain in title contention with 14-4 run on Friday. Five Spring Hill mat men earn Saturday morning semifinal berths. ...more

February 20, 2009

Year 3 of the Lelo Prado era at the University of South Florida begins Friday, and Prado is confident it will be much better than his first two seasons as the Bulls' baseball coach. ...more

February 19, 2009

The 2008-09 wrestling season appeared on the surface like a typical one for the Brandon High Eagles. They spent the season rolling over the competition, much the way they have done the past two-plus decades under longtime coach Russ Cozart. ...more

February 19, 2009

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February 12, 2009

In a matchup of two of the top softball teams in Hillsborough County, Newsome senior third baseman Meaghan Schultz hit two home runs to lead the Wolves over Durant, 6-2, in the season opener on Tuesday. ...more

February 10, 2009