Perry Mason threw a complete-game three-hitter on Monday to lead the Lake Placid baseball team to a 3-1 victory over Hardee in Green Dragon coach Dan Coomes' first regular-season win over the Wildcats in five years at the helm. ...more

March 25, 2009

BASEBALL: Lake Placid 4, Frostproof 2 LAKE PLACID - Colby Delaney had a three-run double and Perry Mason tossed a complete-game three-hitter to lead Lake Placid to a 4-2 win over Frostproof in a Class 3A-District 10 baseball game on Tuesday night. ...more

March 19, 2009

The Lake Placid baseball team turned manufacturing runs into an art form in Friday night's Class 3A-District 10 baseball game against Mulberry. ...more

March 1, 2009

Senior right-hander Cody Higgins tossed a complete-game seven-hitter and Sebring took advantage of five Lake Placid errors to post a 4-2 victory in the Early Bird Tournament at Head Field on Thursday night. ...more

February 21, 2009

Sammie Lower was 2-for-3 with a bases-clearing double and Danielle Lower had two extra-base hits on Tuesday as the Sebring softball team opened district play with a 10-3 victory over Hardee. ...more

February 12, 2009

It's the secret ambition of most lawyers to be a judge, but back in night school, John Radabaugh confessed, "It never crossed my mind." ...more

December 29, 2008

Random thoughts on the passing scene: Government bailouts are like potato chips: You can't stop with just one. ...more

August 5, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– For the first time in many a moon, Lake Placid head coach Dan Coomes has a smile on his face when talking about his baseball squad. "I'm really excited to see how this team is going to perform," said the LP head coach. "We've got a good mixture of youth and experience and for the first time we have depth at every position. We haven't had this kind of depth in a long while." You would think that by the Green Dragons showing in last week's Bill Jarrett Early Bird Tournament — losing 9-2 to Lake Region and 16-0 to cross-county rival Sebring — that they've regressed somehow, but Coomes has a definite method to his madness. "You only get better by playing the high-caliber teams," Coomes said. "We have to learn to close out games and not let our mistakes cost us the game. You can't make mistakes against teams like that because that's all they need to beat you. ...more

February 25, 2008

AVON PARK –– A slumbering Sebring offense, paced by designated hitter Kyle Long's two-run homer, banged out 10 hits, and pitcher Steven Fortner celebrated his 18th birthday by tossing a six-hit, five-inning shutout, and the Blue Streak baseball team beat Lake Placid 16-0 in the Bill Jarrett Early Bird Classic at Head Field. "This was a good win and that goose egg on the board for Lake Placid is a nice present," Fortner said. "I'm still working on my fundamentals after playing football and I felt a lot better as the game went on. "I stayed calm, threw strikes and once we got the big lead, I just let my defense go to work for me." The win evened Sebring's record at 1-1. ...more

February 16, 2008

Florida's not all flat. We discovered hilly ridges in Hernando County's Brooksville on a recent outing. ...more

February 9, 2008