The Rays have demonstrated repeatedly this season that they can get by just fine on their pitching and defense even if their hitters let them down. ...more

July 11, 2008

Sebring had the table set for a monster comeback. Bases loaded with no outs and down 5-3, but the West Seminole squad came up huge defensively and Sebring scored just one run in that inning on their way to a 6-5 loss in the Dixie AAA (ages 9-10) state tournament final on Thursday. ...more

July 10, 2008

We're not trying to rain on the parade. But sooner or later, the 2-3-4s are going to have to step up and stay up. ...more

July 8, 2008

EAST LAKELAND — Garrett Deross motioned to his coaches that the ball was at eye-level after taking a called third strike to end the game, but his disgusted expression told the story of the game and Sebring's tournament. Poinciana's Tony Lima hit a two-run homer to cap off a three-run third inning, as the top-seeded team eliminated Sebring with a 7-2 win in the Dixie Youth Majors "O" Zone (ages 11-12) state tournament in East Lakeland on Sunday. "That last call left a bitter taste in my mouth," said Deross of the called third strike. "We had the talent to go far in this tournament, but we just didn't get it done." ...more

July 7, 2008

LAKELAND - Connor Cooke hit a solo home run and Jimmy Peck hit a 3-run homer to lead Sebring to a 12-2 win over Hardee in the second round of the Dixie AAA State Tournament in Lakeland. The win keeps Sebring undefeated in the double elimination tournament and gives them a buy into Tuesday's night's fourth round against an undetermined opponent. ...more

July 6, 2008

Kevin Youkilis created the drama. Mike Lowell gave Boston the win. Lowell hit a go-ahead, three-run homer two innings after Youkilis' shot squirted out of Johnny Damon's glove, bounced off the top of the left-field wall three times, and sat on the fence for several tantalizing seconds. ...more

July 5, 2008

The Greater Hudson Senior Softball All-Stars played like morning people Saturday morning. ...more

June 30, 2008

Spring Hill National took the early lead, withstood a Wesley Chapel comeback and then put the game away with a three-run homer by Josh Rivera in collecting an 8-2 win in a first-round contest at the AAA Majors (11-12-year-olds) All-Stars District 6 Tournament Monday at Wildwood's Millennium Park. ...more

June 28, 2008

The Rays have had offensive outbursts here and there over the course of this season, but have yet to really break loose and go on a team-wide tear. ...more

June 26, 2008

New Lightning coach Barry Melrose is famous for his mullet hairstyle, a coif that comes with its own slogan: "Business in the front, party in the back." Popularized in the 1970s and '80s, a mullet is characterized by short hair on the top and sides, long hair in the back. Though Melrose trimmed up the back of his for Tuesday's big introduction, he will always and forever be "The Mullet." ...more

June 25, 2008