LAKE PLACID — After taking over as head coach of the Lake Placid football program in May of 2007, Tim Grant didn't have a lot of time to make major changes. ...more

May 2, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Marilyn Jones just shook her head, smiled and wondered aloud when she'd see her team play a complete game this season. "They hit the ball for one inning and then take the rest of the game off," said the LP head coach, who watched her Green Dragons fall 13-3 to All-Saints Academy in a six-inning mercy-rule game on Friday. Lake Placid has struggled all season with consistency at the plate and in the field, but they've managed to show glimpses of the potential that their coach knows they have. "We've got some talent out there," Jones said. "We just have a hard time pulling all that talent together, and we always seem to hang our heads once we dig ourselves into a hole." That hole came in the first inning, when a pair of errors in the infield turned into four runs, including a three-run bomb over the left-field fence by Ashton Brice that gave the Saints a 4-0 lead just moments into the game. ...more

February 23, 2008

Lake Placid Surges To Win ARCADIA — Zack Heckman came off the bench down one with the bases loaded and hit a pinch-hit double down the right field line in the bottom of the seventh to lift the Lake Placid baseball team to an 8-7 victory over Evangelical Christian during the DeSoto preseason tourney on Thursday. ...more

February 8, 2008

Sebring Wallops Hardee WAUCHULA — Sami Lower went 2 for 4 and drove in four runs, while Melissa Luke and Heather McIntyre drove in a pair of runs as the Sebring softball team beat up on the Hardee Wildcats 17-1 in the Class 4A-District 10 season opener on Tuesday. ...more

February 6, 2008

LAKELAND — Intensity and effort kept Lake Placid close for the first half of Thursday night's Class 3A-District 10 semifinal against McKeel Academy. But the Wildcats superior height, ability and depth proved to be the difference as they cruised to 68-37 win over the Green Dragons. "We played together and with a lot of effort, and I'm proud of that," said senior guard Stacy Davis. "We gave everything we had, but we wore down in the second half and couldn't stay with them. ...more

February 2, 2008

PORT CHARLOTTE — Despite having several girls post personal best efforts, the Heartland did not have any weightlifters qualify in the top three at Thursday's sectional meet. The one-day, 20-team event featured some of the top programs in state with only the top three girls from each weight class advancing on to the state meet. ...more

January 26, 2008

ORLANDO — The lights dimmed on Liz Sottile's reign as the Lake Placid girls soccer team on a misty Thursday night, as a highly talented squad from Lake Highland Prep shut out the Green Dragons 5-0 in the Class 3A regional quarterfinals at CNL Stadium. The fifth-year head coach was all smiles after the game, congratulating her girls on a job well done, sending her out with some hardware of her own. "It would have been nice to get the win, but it's been a great ride," Sottile said. "I've loved my five years at Lake Placid, and to make regionals in my final year and win a trophy was a great way to go out." ...more

January 25, 2008

FROSTPROOF — Diego Medina didn't want to leave the field or even think about taking off his Lake Placid jersey for the last time. The Green Dragon senior captain had given his all — including scoring the tying goal midway through the second half — but it wasn't enough as Mulberry escaped with a 3-2 win in the semifinals of the Class 3A-District 8 tournament at Faris Brannen Stadium. ...more

January 23, 2008

AVON PARK – Nearly 300 wins and 10 years as the skipper of the South Florida Community College baseball team brings a smile to Rick Hitt's face. But the number 54 means more to him than any of the other accolades. ...more

January 23, 2008

LAKE PLACID — No fanfare. No standing ovations. No being carried off the field by her players or buckets of water being doused on her. Nothing but a smile crept over Liz Sottile's face as she gathered her things and walked off Roger Scarborough Memorial Field on a misty Friday night. ...more

January 20, 2008