Jason Holden blew his whistle and his kids sprang into action on Monday, as the Lake Placid Middle School football coach opened the Green Dragon youth football camp at Roger Scarborough Memorial Stadium. ...more

July 30, 2008

Sitting against the wall outside of the Lake Placid Middle School gym, Travalier Scholtz just shook his head and rolled his eyes when the subject of former Green Dragon head football coach Tim Grant came up. ...more

July 18, 2008

AVON PARK — Darrell Heckman stood on the mound and went through a pitching motion with Lake Placid's Dillon Calahan on Saturday during the middle of the Green Dragons' morning game against DeSoto at Head Field. ...more

July 2, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Summer is when rivalries are born in the pool. For 12-year old Emily Helterhoff of the Highlands Hurricanes and 11-year old Maggie Brumfield of the Hardee Swim Team, Saturday's Lake Placid Aquatic Invitational gave everyone a glimpse of the future of girls swimming in the Heartland. Helterhoff and Brumfield competed in six events in the girls 11-12 category during the event at the Green Dragon pool, with the Hurricane swimmer getting the best of the Wildcat in five events –– with just two weeks of work before the event. "Emily has been just short of amazing," said Hurricanes coach Marvin Wolfe. "She showed a lot of promise last season, which was her first with the Hurricanes, and is picking up right where she left off." ...more

June 22, 2008

LAKE PLACID — His head coach calls him the best player he's had, and an opposing coach says he'd take him if he could cherry-pick any of Highlands County's standout baseball players. Still, Carlos Sosa said he was surprised on Tuesday when told he'd been named the 2008 Highlands Today All-Heartland Baseball Player of the Year. ...more

May 30, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Sydney Stewart never thought she was good at tennis. The Lake Placid senior, who played four years on varsity, made her final season on the court an impressive one and perhaps changed her own mind, posting a 15-1 record at No. 1 singles, which included winning the Heartland Conference title. ...more

May 29, 2008

LAKE PLACID — First-year Avon Park football coach Andy Bonjokian got his regime off to a good start in Friday night's spring game against Lake Placid. Avon Park's quick, physical defense forced five turnovers, including two fumble recoveries for touchdowns, as the Red Devils beat the Green Dragons 13-7 at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

May 25, 2008

Avon Park's defense scored two touchdowns on Friday night to lead the Red Devils to a 13-7 victory over cross-county rival Lake Placid in each team's spring game at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

May 23, 2008

LAKE PLACID — The future is bright for Lake Placid High School valedictorian Yesica Hurtado and salutatorian Jessica Coury. The two young women laughed easily and enjoyed chatting together at the high school on Thursday. The slim difference for overall Grade Point Average between the two scholars was four one-hundredths of a single point. ...more

May 8, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– The chance to swim at the collegiate level is something Lake Placid's Michael Wilkes has sacrificed and worked hard for. Wilkes, a standout swimmer for the Green Dragons for the last three years, made all the work pay off when he signed a scholarship with Mars Hill College on Friday. Mars Hill is a Division II school, which is located about 20 miles north of Asheville, N. C. "I've always wanted to swim in college and to accomplish that is a dream come true," said Wilkes. "I visited the campus on spring break and it's up in the hills and is just beautiful, and the coach and the other swimmers made me feel comfortable." ...more

May 4, 2008