Gulf point guard Nicole Adams scored 15 points, leading the Bucs girls basketball team to a 33-24 semifinal victory over Deltona Trinity Christian Academy on Friday. ...more

December 29, 2007

BELLEVIEW — A holiday treat. That's what the Sebring girls basketball team enjoyed by blasting Pine Ridge (Deltona) 41-29 in Thursday's first round of the Lady Rattlers Holiday Tournament. The Class 3A Blue Streaks improved to 11-4 on the season as Whitney Wells scored a team-high 12 points, while Chelsea Davis chipped in with eight points and Benita Grant added six. "Our defense was solid," said Sebring first-year coach Mike Lee. "We rebounded well and showed a lot of patience on offense." ...more

December 29, 2007

Jordan Schulman and Nicole Adams combined for 36 points, leading the Gulf girls basketball team to a 57-19 victory against South Sumter on Thursday at the Belleview Holiday Tournament. ...more

December 28, 2007

maybe a little too smoothly. ...more

December 27, 2007

SEBRING –– Princeton Harris can't remember when the annual Taveniere holiday basketball tournament started, but he has a pretty good idea of where his team will be when it finishes. "The Taveniere is my judge," said Harris, Sebring's boys basketball coach, who noted the tournament's been going since he graduated SHS in 1987. "I'll go into my office Saturday night and know where we're at, and what kind of things we need to work on the rest of the season." The eight-team tournament tips off Thursday, when Inlet Grove takes on Mulberry at 3 p.m. That game is followed by a 4:30 p.m. meeting between Gateway (Kissimmee) and George Jenkins, a 6 p.m. game between Avon Park and Lakeland, and, finally, the opening nightcap between host Sebring and Riviera Beach-Sun Coast at 7:30 p.m. ...more

December 26, 2007

AUBURNDALE — Rickey Taylor had 14 points and four other Red Devils scored more than eight points each Friday night as the Avon Park boys basketball team jumped ahead early and cruised to a 73-58 win over Victory Christian of Lakeland at the T-Mac Tournament. Avon Park led 33-22 at the half and used a 23-16 fourth quarter to pull away for the victory over the Saints. Xavier Caldwell had nine points, while Teddy Allen, Marvin Williams and Tim Dennis each added eight to pace the Devils, who took on Lake Region on Saturday. For results, see Monday's Highlands Today. ...more

December 23, 2007

Palm Harbor University High (3-8) entered Friday's Brighthouse Shootout on a 1-5 skid, hoping their young lineup could pick up some out-of-district confidence over the holiday. If nothing else, the Hurricanes did just that as they handedly beat Hillsborough County's Alonso High 65-52. ...more

December 22, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - The Gulf High School Holiday Invitational presented by Covanta Energy has new digs. ...more

December 13, 2007