Picture-perfect weather, ideal scoring conditions and a talented field added up to some outstanding action in Saturday's annual Highlands County Home Builder's Association golf tournament. ...more

March 31, 2009

For Ridgewood's Keari Brink, the question was never about talent. The county's best girls pole vaulter all year, she broke the Rams' school record and won every event she competed in prior to the Class 3A state finals May 2. ...more

December 27, 2008

With one brilliant burst, Marshevet Hooker put her name alongside those of Florence Griffith-Joyner, Marion Jones and Evelyn Ashford. ...more

June 28, 2008

AVON PARK — Rocky Khara has played the River Greens Golf Course countless times in his youth. The 16-year-old Sebring resident took advantage of his vast knowledge of the tight and demanding 6,100-yard layout by shooting a sizzling 6-under 66 on Saturday to seize the first round lead of the 39th annual Bagwell Junior Invitational. The prestigious junior golf tournament, which is for ages 12-18, has attracted a talented field of 58 boys and five girls from across the state. Khara's fine 66 gave him a two-stroke lead over 13-year-old Connor Lynch, who carded a 4-under 68. Mike Gillooley is in third place after a 71, Katsu Yuki Sakuri is at 72 and Greg Gentry of Avon Park, Drew Guffey and defending champion Cory Meade are at 73. ...more

June 8, 2008

Dark clouds and morning rain threatened Saturday's race card at Tampa Bay Downs and caused a stir among the connections of Tampa Bay Breeders' Cup race favorite Cosmonaut. ...more

February 24, 2008

AVON PARK — Fred Mixon always has the last word in at least one family argument: "10-7." The final score of the Avon Park football team's stunning defeat of Hardee this past season is a bragging right Mixon's 2007 Red Devils have over a decade-full of AP teams before them, a fact Mixon doesn't mind pulling out at the dinner table. "It's amazing, all the people who came before me, who never beat Hardee," Mixon said. "I've got older cousins, so it's nice to just say: 'Ya'al couldn't do it.' " The Red Devil win over the Wildcats was more than the highlight of the team's season, it turned out to be the highwater mark for a AP defense that would ultimately give way when the Devil offense struggled to keep themselves on the field. ...more

January 18, 2008