Little could they have known that after winning their first game by a narrow 3-2 score, the rest of the season would come so easily. The Macaws concluded a dominant campaign May 17 as the Under-8 champions of the Plant City Recreation and Parks Department/Optimist youth soccer program. ...more

May 28, 2008

AVON PARK –– Sheila Chiarandini found a great way to cap off an outstanding year of golf. Chiarandini made a par on the first hole of a playoff to edge Bonnie Lennox to win the Highlands County Women's Amateur on Sunday at Highlands Ridge North. During the course of the year, Chiarandini won the Highlands Ridge Ladies Golf Association match-play event, the women's club championship, her club championship in Canada, as well as a senior district tournament. "This win means an awful lot," Chiarandini said. "This ends my perfect year of golf. "I wasn't even going to sign up to play in the tournament, but Melissa Doorlag talked me into it. "I'm glad she did." ...more

December 10, 2007