SEBRING –– Using its superior height and athleticism, the Sebring boys basketball team opened the season with a convincing 50-36 win over Sonrise Christian Academy in the Pre-Season Classic on Tuesday night. Junior guard Chris Grubb led the way with seven assists, three steals and a game-high 17 points. "Chris worked very hard on his game over the summer and has really improved," said Blue Streak coach Princeton Harris. "He did a good job of driving to the basket, and he also got some good looks from the outside in our offensive sets. "It's good to get that first win, but there are a number of things that we need to work on to get better as a team." ...more

November 15, 2007

SEBRING –– The Sebring basketball team has grown tired of hitting the road to tip-off their basketball season. Solution? Bring the competition home. The Blue Streaks host the inaugural Preseason Classic tonight and Thursday at SHS, a four-team exhibition Sebring coach Princeton Harris hopes will get his team off to a positive start. "We're tired of always having to go somewhere," Harris said. "We figure we'd give the guys a break and stay home." The feeling around the home gym was positive on Monday morning as the Streaks welcomed senior starters T.J. Williams and Sam Robinson back from football duties. Both are expected to provide leadership on and off the court, and Harris said their presence was felt immediately. "I'm riding T.J. and Sam a lot for leadership and I think they're stepping up to the challenge," said Harris, whose team finished 11-14 overall last season. "They definitely came out and were a spark plug for the team: I don't have to say much, because they'll get on each other and the other guys, and it makes everyone work harder." ...more

November 13, 2007

MURDOCK –– The Sebring football team didn't want to leave the field and were in no hurry to take off their uniforms after dismantling Port Charlotte 41-14 in the season finale on Friday night. "I'm a little upset," Blue Streak senior wide receiver Sam Robinson said over the din of a raucous locker room. "We're a good team and we're not going to the playoffs. "We started the season off a little slow, but we picked it up, never quit, stayed together as a family and we're going out winners." The win was the third consecutive for the Class-3A Blue Streaks, who ended the season at 6-4, and earned their third winning season in four years under coach Jared Hamlin. ...more

November 11, 2007

Sebring senior T.J. Williams capped his high school career by rushing for 128 yards and three touchdowns and throwing for two more scores to lead the Class-3A Blue Streaks to a 41-14 win over Class-5A Port Charlotte. ...more

November 10, 2007

AVON PARK — It isn't easy to have your dreams in your grasp, only to see them dashed in an instant. The hardest part should be moving on from such a turn of events, but the Avon Park Red Devils football team is as resilient as it is tough. AP head coach Earnest Perkins and his staff have had their share of ups and downs this season — with only one win to show for all their hard work — yet the young Red Devils were still knocking on the door to the playoffs. ...more

November 9, 2007

SEBRING — A week after knocking off arch-rival Avon Park at Firemen's Field, the Sebring football team has a winning record in its sights as it travels to Port Charlotte at 7:30 p.m. tonight for a meeting with the Class-5A Pirates. The Blue Streaks (5-4), winners of two straight, hope to secure their third winning season in four years, a mark coach Jared Hamlin said says a lot about the direction of the program. "It'd be huge, because we've only had three winning seasons since 1996," Hamlin said. "It shows that we've got things going the right way." ...more

November 9, 2007

SEBRING — All T.J. Williams was missing was a cape. That was the kind of performance the senior tailback put on for the home crowd on Friday night during Sebring's 36-14 victory over arch-rival Avon Park in front of a capacity crowd at Firemen's Field in the Class 3A-District 12 showdown. ...more

November 4, 2007

T.J. Williams rushed for 166 yards and two touchdowns and passed for a third touchdown to lead the Sebring Blue Streaks to a 36-14 victory over cross-county rival Avon Park at Firemen's Field on Friday. ...more

November 2, 2007

THE DIFFERENCE: Three costly fumbles by Alonso on its first three possessions of the game were recovered by Jefferson and turned into scores. ...more

October 27, 2007

Tailback T.J. Williams rushed for 174 yards, quarterback Steven Fortner threw for two touchdowns and the Sebring defense forced five Braden River turnovers on on Friday night to lead the Blue Streaks (4-4, 1-2) to a 23-0 victory over the Pirates (3-6, 1-3) in Class 3A-District 12 action. ...more

October 27, 2007