Bland, Spiegel Move On

LAKELAND –– Both the Heartland's regional wrestling champions won their opening matches by pin on Thursday at the Class 1A state wrestling tournament at The Lakeland Center. Avon Park junior James Bland continued his undefeated season with a pin in the second period over Matanzas junior Shane Dennis in the 160-pound class, while Sebring senior Shanaan Spiegel needed just two periods to dispatch junior Mike Hawthorne of Robinson in the 152-pound class. Bland is now 41-0 on the season, while Spiegel is 45-1. In a hotly contested 172-pound match, Calvary Christian sophomore Dominick Pierre narrowly defeated Avon Park junior Kemosi Hatten in the final seconds of the third period, sending Hatten (39-5) to wrestlebacks. All three wrestlers will compete today. Second-round competition begins at 10 a.m., while wrestlebacks kick off at 2 p.m. ...more

February 14, 2008

SUNDAY'S SUMMARIES

SABRES 5, PANTHERS 3

Florida	1	1	1	-	3
Buffalo	0	3	2	-	5

First Period-1, Florida, Mezei 2 (Horton, Booth), 5:42. Penalty-Peltonen, Fla (tripping), 7:48. Second Period-2, Buffalo, Kaleta 1 (Mair, Peters), 4:03. 3, Buffalo, Pominville 15 (Pratt), 11:56. 4, Buffalo, Roy 20 (Vanek, B. Campbell), 13:55 (pp). 5, Florida, Jokinen 29 (McLean, Bouwmeester), 19:02. Penalties-Mair, Buf (cross-checking), 7:48; G. Campbell, Fla (roughing), 7:48; Pratt, Buf (roughing), 7:48; Peters, Buf, misconduct, 7:48; Mezei, Fla (hooking), 12:42. Third Period-6, Florida, Horton 17 (Weiss). :23. 7, Buffalo, Vanek 17 (B. Campbell, Pominville), 9:06 (pp). 8, Buffalo, Roy 21 (Spacek, B. Campbell), 18:37 (pp). Penalties-Jokinen, Fla (hooking), 7:40; Spacek, Buf (delay of game), 14:26; Allen, Fla (slashing), 17:55. Shots on Goal-Florida 5-13-7-25. Buffalo 11-12-8-31. Power-play opportunities-Florida 0 of 2; Buffalo 3 of 4. Goalies-Florida, Anderson 2-5-1 (31 shots-26 saves). Buffalo, Miller 24-17-6 (25-22). A-18,690 (18,690). T-2:30. ...more

February 11, 2008

Gators Get Past Patriots

Nearly a week ago, after a district final loss to Wesley Chapel, Kayli Keough stood in front of her Land O' Lakes teammates and delivered an edict: ...more

February 8, 2008

Bolts Gain Ground In Southeast

Don't look now, but the climb to the top of the Southeast Division has a few less rungs. ...more

February 8, 2008

Bears End Knights' Quest

5A-7 GIRLS BASKETBALL Central ousts River Ridge in tourney opener, 57-35. ...more

February 5, 2008

Bears end Knights' quest

LAND O' LAKES - The Lady Bears dominated each quarter of Wednesday night's first-round 5A-7 district matchup against River Ridge, 57-35. ...more

February 5, 2008

SUMMARIES

DEVILS 4, PENGUINS 3

Pittsburgh	0	2	1	0	-	3
New Jersey	0	1	2	1	-	4

First Period-None. Penalties-Mottau, NJ (high-sticking), 3:13; Parise, NJ (slashing), 8:27; Malone, Pit, major (fighting), 15:41; Clarkson, NJ, major (fighting), 15:41; Christensen, Pit (hooking), 17:24. Second Period-1, Pittsburgh, Malone 15 (Malkin, Sydor), 2:26 (pp). 2, Pittsburgh, Sykora 17 (Malkin, Gonchar), 11:50. 3, New Jersey, Langenbrunner 9 (Parise, Elias), 19:18 (pp). Penalties-Elias, NJ (interference), 1:07; Oduya, NJ (tripping), 3:27; Christensen, Pit (hooking), 17:37. Third Period-4, Pittsburgh, Staal 7 (Talbot, Letang), 4:30 (pp). 5, New Jersey, Elias 16 (Parise), 9:37. 6, New Jersey, Clarkson 7 (Oduya, Madden), 11:21. Penalties-Malone, Pit (hooking), :30; Brodeur, NJ, served by Clarkson (tripping), 2:47; Armstrong, Pit (unsportsmanlike conduct), 11:55; Vishnevski, NJ (roughing), 11:55. Overtime-7, New Jersey, Parise 20 (Elias, Brodeur) :37. Penalties-None. Shots on Goal-Pittsburgh 10-14-10-0-34. New Jersey 6-8-10-1-25. Power-play opportunities-Pittsburgh 2 of 5; New Jersey 1 of 3. Goalies-Pittsburgh, Conklin 12-3-3 (25 shots-21 saves). New Jersey, Brodeur 28-18-2 (34-31). A-13,012. ...more

February 5, 2008