For Land O' Lakes girls soccer coach Vicky King, having her squad in the district finals is nothing new. Her Lady Gators have been a district finalist for 16 consecutive years. For the third consecutive year, they have faced River Ridge. In the previous two matches, River Ridge prevailed. During the regular season, the Gators were shut out twice by the Royal Knights. ...more

January 21, 2008

Playing without their senior leader and top scorer, Gulf High proved Thursday night that they were still fully capable of standing up to top-level Class 4A, District 8 competition by edging out Hernando, 38-36. ...more

January 18, 2008

Hudson midfielder Lindsay Zullo stole Zephyrhills' first pass, out-ran the defense and scored her first of two goals 14 seconds into Thursday's Class 4A-District 8 quarterfinal, leading the top-seeded Cobras to a 4-0 victory and a berth in tonight's final at Nature Coast High. ...more

January 18, 2008

After telling his team who would start the second half, Plant coach Stephen McGill had little to say to his girls soccer team, which was leading Robinson by a goal in the Class 5A-District 10 semifinals. McGill instead left the sideline halftime pep talk to his lone senior, sweeper Chelsea Hearne. ...more

January 17, 2008

All the ingredients were in place for Florida State to knock off No. 7-ranked Duke on Wednesday night. The Seminoles, down by 17 in the first half, owned a late lead, had a raucous crowd behind them, and appeared to have the Blue Devils on the ropes. ...more

January 17, 2008

Alonso head coach Raymond DiPompo called it a "big-time goal." That goal - scored by Freedom's Manny Martes - broke a tie between the Patriots and the Ravens in the 69th minute and lifted Freedom to a 3-2 boys soccer victory Tuesday night. ...more

January 16, 2008

There is light at the end of the tunnel. Brad Richards was convinced of that late last week. ...more

January 14, 2008