A dominant regular season doesn't necessarily lead to postseason success. ...more

January 25, 2008

Lake Highland Prep used a balance attack on Thursday night and ended the Lake Placid girls soccer team's season with a 5-0 victory over the Green Dragons in the opening round of Region 2 tournament. ...more

January 24, 2008

4A-8 GIRLS SOCCER After 18 years, 23 losses, two ties, and 260 minutes, Hudson solves Springstead via penalty kicks to deny Lady Eagles a 4A-8 repeat at Nature Coast Technical, 1-0. ...more

January 24, 2008

The start the Land O' Lakes girls soccer team endured this season was a definite test of Coach Vicky King's mettle. ...more

January 18, 2008

PALMETTO — Penalty kicks saved the Sebring girls soccer team on Monday against Hardee, but direct kicks by Braden River ousted the Blue Streaks from the Class 4A-District 10 tournament after a 2-0 loss to the Pirates at Harllee Stadium on Tuesday. The extremely physical game against two evenly matched teams left scoring chances at a premium in the tournament's semifinal match. ...more

January 17, 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

Bishop McLaughlin's girls soccer team fell 3-2 to Cambridge in the district semifinals to end its season. But the season was not without its high points for the Hurricanes (10-3-1), as the team set a school record as the first girls team to reach double-digit victories. ...more

January 17, 2008

PALMETTO — If the Avon Park girls soccer team wanted a blueprint of where they want to evolve in the coming years, they need only take a good look at the machine that is the Palmetto Tigers. The top-seeded Tigers pounced on the Red Devils from the onset, scoring seven minutes into the game and not letting up until they'd walked away with an 8-0 mercy-rule victory over the No. 4 seed Avon Park in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament at Harllee Stadium on Tuesday. Palmetto were methodical in its attack and used precision passing to systematically dismantle the Red Devil defense, showing the obvious differences in skill level. ...more

January 17, 2008

LAKE PLACID — It could've been Liz Sottile's last game on the sideline, but the Lake Placid girls soccer team wasn't about to let their beloved coach step aside without a fight. Ale Lopez's goal in the 36th minute highlighted a defensive struggle on Tuesday night, as the Green Dragons extended their season with a 1-0 victory over McKeel Academy, a team they were unable to defeat during the regular season. ...more

January 17, 2008

PALMETTO — Very few times in a sporting career do you get a chance at redemption, but on a very cold Monday night, the Avon Park girls soccer team had an opportunity to erase a whole year's worth of "what-ifs" in an instant. Those questions that arose from the ashes of No. 4 seed Avon Park's shootout loss to Braden River in last year's Class 4A-District 10 tournament were answered when senior Alex Brock's shot went high over Brittany Perez's head and sealed the 4-2 win over the No. 5 seed Bulldogs at Harllee Stadium. ...more

January 16, 2008