PALMETTO — Penalty kicks saved the Sebring girls soccer team on Monday against Hardee, but direct kicks by Braden River ousted the Blue Streaks from the Class 4A-District 10 tournament after a 2-0 loss to the Pirates at Harllee Stadium on Tuesday. The extremely physical game against two evenly matched teams left scoring chances at a premium in the tournament's semifinal match. ...more

January 17, 2008

PALMETTO — Rust doesn't take long to settle in, and when you're an athlete, a three-plus week layoff from competition can be an ingredient for disaster. The No. 3-seeded Sebring girls soccer team watched in awe as the No. 6-seeded Hardee Wildcats scored first and played way above their seeding before a pair of Blue Streak penalty kicks got them back on track for a 4-1 win in the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament at Harllee Stadium on Monday. ...more

January 16, 2008

SEBRING — Rachel Ashley wasn't quite sure how to celebrate the first goal of her high school career. So, she scored another one. Using a new-look lineup and some familiar faces in different roles, the Sebring girls soccer team got two goals from Ashley in a 5-0 victory over DeSoto in Class 4A-District 10 action on Monday night. Ashley, who normally plays on defense, moved to forward and scored the first two goals of her prep career to push the Blue Streaks (4-3-2 overall, 3-2 district) to a winning record on the young season. ...more

November 28, 2007

SEBRING –– Forget about a gold watch for retirement –– Steve Ashley would rather watch goals. Especially those off the feet of his Sebring girls soccer team, which opens the winter sports season tonight when they host LaBelle at 7 p.m. on Firemen's Field. The Blue Streak coach, who retired form the Highlands County school board this past May, is looking forward to the season ahead, and he's not the only one in his household doing so: Senior Rachel Ashley returns to the pitch for her senior season after two years on the Blue Streak basketball team. ...more

October 30, 2007

SEBRING — Ashley Waldon isn't hesitating, and the Sebring volleyball team isn't slowing down for anyone. The senior setter, making her first start since an on-court collision with teammate Anna West sidelined her for the remainder of the regular season, got her bearings back while Sebring got back on track, as the Streaks cruised to a 25-9, 25-6, 25-8 victory over Booker in the opening match of the Class 4A-District 10 volleyball tournament at SHS. "I was definitely a little bit scared when I came back against Lake Placid," said Waldon, who played the final two sets of Sebring's last match of the regular season, a three-set loss to the Class 3A Green Dragons. "Tonight, I just tried to play my game. I didn't hesitate, I was just trying to get the jitters out." ...more

October 24, 2007

SEBRING — The high school gym would've been quiet on Saturday, had it not been for Ashley Waldon and Anna West. ...more

October 22, 2007

LAKE PLACID — After a disheartening loss to Avon Park the previous evening, Lake Placid volleyball coach Marilyn Jones called a rare gameday practice on Tuesday to ensure her team wouldn't make similar mistakes against Sebring. The Green Dragons responded by making history. Kristen Massung and Sierra Weaver each had eight kills and Darby Underwood had two aces to lead Lake Placid to its first ever season-sweep of Sebring with a 25-18, 25-20, 25-16 dismantling of the Blue Streaks, who lost to LP in five sets earlier this season. ...more

October 18, 2007