It's what brought them to the gym for summer conditioning, running wind-sprints and keeping summer weight-room hours normally logged by football players. ...more

October 27, 2008

Two local athletes will make their world championship debuts Oct. 24 when they travel to Novi Mesto, Slovenia, and take on other top juniors from dojos around the globe. ...more

October 4, 2008

Beck, headquartered in Dallas with offices in Tampa, is the contractor for the schools that will be completed Aug. 1 near Interstate 4 and McIntosh Road ...more

September 24, 2008

It was shocking enough when six high school football players were accused of sodomizing six younger teammates with a broomstick during training camp. But the scandal was raised to a whole new level when the coaches were accused of turning a blind eye to the hazing. ...more

September 24, 2008

This year's Providence Christian football team will be unlike any Coach Dave Hubbart has had. ...more

September 4, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - Sunlake is already miles ahead of last season - and the Seahawks haven't played a game yet. ...more

September 3, 2008

When Tom McHugh arrived inside the Pasco High locker room last season, he saw something special. ...more

September 3, 2008

With a solid nucleus of four returning players, the Lake Placid boy's golf team is practicing hard in search of better consistency on the links. ...more

September 1, 2008

A month after he moved to Plant City, new Raiders football coach Jason Strunk had yet to be joined by his wife and son. ...more

August 13, 2008

The deaths of Nicholas Marcotrigiano, 17, and Hailey M. Weatherly, 15, in an early-morning crash on State Road 60 in Plant City Aug. 4 drew hundreds of messages of condolence and comments at TBO.com. The Florida Highway Patrol said Weatherly, of Valrico, was driving a 1999 Jeep Cherokee east alongside a 1996 Ford Ranger driven by Marcotrigiano, of Plant City, when the vehicles collided about 12:10 a.m. just east of Mud Lake Road. Marcotrigiano's passenger, Brandon L. Simonds, 17, and Weatherly's passenger, Amelia Lee Gold, 16, both of Valrico, were seriously injured in the crash. All four attended Bloomingdale High School last year. Simonds and Gold will be juniors there this school year. None of the teens were wearing seatbelts, according to the Florida Highway Patrol. ...more

August 13, 2008