The Newsome High School girls' volleyball team has been having one of its best seasons ever, despite a poor showing at the 25th Annual Tampa Bay Invitational Dig Pink Tournament at the University of Tampa Oct. 9. As of Oct. 20, the team was 10-2 overall, 5-1 in districts and is now playing in the District 5A tournament, which ends this week. Head Coach Kate Correa, who played for Tampa Preparatory School and Pepperdine University, said although the team finished second from last in the invitational tournament, overall, the team has been outstanding. She cited seniors Hillary Byrd and Lauren Zellmer for their contributions and leadership this season. ...more

October 30, 2009

It became clear in the fifth and deciding game of Thursday's Class 5A-District 8 final against Newsome that Armwood outside hitter Emilee Taylor wasn't going to let her team lose. ...more

October 30, 2009

In her last two seasons on varsity, Armwood outside hitter Emilee Taylor never enjoyed the feeling of finishing first in the district. In 2007 and 2008, Armwood placed second in the regular-season standings. ...more

October 16, 2009

Editor's Note: This is the second installment in an occasional series following Hillary Koontz along her journey as a first-year kindergarten teacher at Reddick Elementary School. ...more

January 21, 2009

Like her tiny students, Hillary Koontz, 22, started school three months ago for the first time. And, like them, the new teacher had some adjustments to make. ...more

November 12, 2008

The Plant girls swim team has won a district title so many years in a row that Coach Gil Gonzalez has lost count. The Panthers are so used to winning, swimmers had to battle more than the other competitors at Saturday's Class 2A-District 8 meet. They had to battle complacency. ...more

November 2, 2008

Brandon flew past Newsome 25-11, 25-18, 21-25, 25-11 to take the Class 5A-District 8 volleyball championship at Armwood on Thursday. ...more

October 31, 2008

Bloomingdale had no answer for Newsome's hitting power on Tuesday as the Wolves remained undefeated with a three-game sweep, 25-21, 25-22, 25-19. ...more

September 23, 2008

Voluntary Presidency? I'm not the smartest guy in the world, but I'm not the dumbest either, I hope! ...more

July 3, 2008

Hillary saw men and women with children on their shoulders, and told them, "You can be anything." But that's not the case. You can't be everything. ...more

June 15, 2008