The perennial state power proved too much for the confident upstart program. ...more

May 11, 2008

PLANT CITY -- Admittedly, Naples didn't have its best team this season, and yet the Indians are in today's Class 4A state final, playing for a chance to add a title trophy to its state-record nine. ...more

May 9, 2008

Saturday's rains plagued the opening day of the 19th Annual Hyde Park Village Art Festival, but today's forecast for better weather still could result in a weekend attendance of 30,000 people or more. ...more

February 24, 2008

The Winter Haven High girls basketball team bolted to an 11-0 lead to start the game and rolled to a 73-40 victory against Boca Ciega in the Class 5A state semifinals Wednesday at The Lakeland Center. ...more

February 21, 2008

Lightning general manager Jay Feaster left three days of meetings with his fellow GMs in Naples on Wednesday confident he will be busy in the days leading up to Tuesday's 3 p.m. trade deadline. ...more

February 21, 2008

For all that the NHL fails to get right, you have to credit the league for a sense of timing. ...more

February 18, 2008

Robinson seniors Matt Willis and Joe Geerholt wanted so badly this season to give Knights wrestling coach Tommy Montero his first district title. So, understandably, Willis and Geerholt felt a relentless sting Saturday night. ...more

February 8, 2008

Frank Urso grew up in Ybor City - the "barrio" as he affectionately calls it - where his family worked in the cigar factories. He enrolled at the University of Tampa in 1953, thinking a college degree would open opportunities he saw so rarely in his neighborhood. ...more

January 26, 2008

WRESTLING Leopards go 2-0 on Friday to enter into Pool A, but can't overcome line-up holes during 0-4 Saturday. ...more

January 25, 2008

As Hernando High prepared to leave Titans Arena Saturday night at Naples-Golden Gate High School, it took solace in the fact that it had scored more points than anyone else on defending state champion Naples-Palmetto Ridge. ...more

January 25, 2008