After the improbable result, the mad celebration and the awards ceremony, Coach Ron Carrell had a few quiet moments in the locker room with his King High School girls basketball team after it captured the 1988 Class 4A state championship. ...more

February 23, 2008

Sometimes things get more than a little stressful for senior Jovina Varrati, as she wraps up final year at Lennard High School and prepares for college. ...more

February 20, 2008

In a double treat Hernando High's Stephens, Central's Jackson each place at River Ridge. ...more

February 18, 2008

A son shoved his father and then both scrapped with sheriff's deputies Tuesday night, disrupting the end of a hard-fought girls basketball playoff game, the Polk County Sheriff's Office reported. ...more

February 14, 2008

The Florida Girls State Weightlifting Meet on Saturday was held at River Ridge for the second time and went off without a hitch. Florida is the only state that has a weightlifting competition for high school girls. ...more

February 11, 2008

High school girls weightlifting is unique to Florida, and nobody does it better than the Spruce Creek Lady Hawks. ...more

February 6, 2008

PORT ORANGE – High school girls weightlifting is unique to Florida, and nobody does it better than the Spruce Creek Lady Hawks. They come in all shapes and sizes, some as slight as 98 pounds and some who lift in the 199-pound and unlimited classes, and they're part of a powerhouse that dominates the sport. The Lady Hawks have won the state tournament all four times it has been held, and try for their fifth title on Saturday. Only Florida offers girls' competitive weightlifting, with about 3,800 participants at more than 150 schools, and it is becoming "kind of a recruiting ground" for national teams, said coach Richard Lansky of USA Weightlifting. ...more

February 4, 2008

PALM COAST — The following is the Florida Sports Writers Association's state high school girls basketball poll, sponsored by Beef O'Brady's. Records and first-place votes are in parentheses. ...more

January 24, 2008

PALM COAST — The following is the Florida Sports Writers Association's state high school girls basketball poll, sponsored by Beef O'Brady's. Records and first-place votes are in parentheses. ...more

January 16, 2008

During their first season of varsity competition, the Lennard High School girls basketball team has been progressing slowly but surely. ...more

January 12, 2008