The Lake Placid girls basketball team faced an uphill battle against Melbourne Central Catholic in Thursday night's Class 3A regional quarterfinals ...more

February 14, 2009

McKeel Academy guard Cappy Toney scored a game-high 28 points and forward Heather Smith added 16 to lead the Wildcats past Lake Placid by a score of 66-50 in the Class 3A-District 10 championship game on Saturday night. ...more

February 9, 2009

Despite missing more than a quarter of action because of foul trouble, Lake Placid freshman forward Jamacia Gayle scored a game-high 23 points and senior guard Kaneisha Hamilton added 18 to lead the Green Dragons to a 66-50 win over Frostproof in the semifinals of the Class 3A-District 10 tournament on Friday night. ...more

February 8, 2009

LAND 'O LAKES - Hannah Shoop and Shannon Williams each had 10 points on Friday night, but a strong Land 'O Lakes squad handed the Sebring girls basketball team a 52-44 loss in the Blue Streaks' final regular season game of the year. ...more

February 1, 2009

Devin Clarke scored 12 points and Spencer Caton added 10 points and eight rebounds on Thursday to lead the Sebring boys basketball team to a 63-35 thumping of DeSoto in Class 4A-District 10 action. ...more

January 31, 2009

The Highlands County School Board is thinking about the possibility of terminating high school sports and extra curricular activities in local high schools. As a 15-year-old at Lake Placid High, I am very active in my schools athletic and extra curricular activities. I am in the marching season Color Guard, band during concert season, student government association and on the girl's basketball and softball teams. I know that the purpose of doing away with sports is only because of budget cuts, but having sports and extra curricular activities in our high schools is a good thing. Most of the kids in Lake Placid don't only play sports because we love it, but because of the support and help we get from our teammates and coaches. You see, we get more out of sports in schools than we do in any other activity in Highlands County. ...more

January 30, 2009

Cleveland Nobles scored nine points and Avierre Conner and Tekovian Miller each added eight on Friday night to lead the Avon Park boys basketball team to a 38-29 victory over DeSoto in a crucial Class 4A-District 10 match. ...more

January 25, 2009

Junior guard Zykeria Dawkins hit two clutch free throws to send the game into overtime, but foul trouble cost the Sebring girls basketball team in the extra frame, as DeSoto ran away with a 46-37 district victory. ...more

January 11, 2009

Cleveland Nobles scored 15 points and Xavier Caldwell added 12 points and 11 rebounds on Friday night to lead Avon Park to a 61-47 victory over Winter Haven at the T-Mac Holiday Invitational. ...more

December 21, 2008

Sebring sophomore forward Shannon Williams scored 16 points and had 11 rebounds and senior center Hannah Shoop added 12 points and pulled down a game-high 15 boards to spark the Blue Streaks to a 57-41 victory over Lake Placid in girls basketball on Monday night. ...more

December 17, 2008