Derick Beltran is a 6-foot-3 senior guard/forward for the Spoto High boys basketball team. He leads the Spartans with 18.3 points and 5.8 rebounds per game. Beltran, born in Queens, N.Y, was recently named Hillsborough County's Class 4A Player of the Year. Beltran transferred from Easy Bay to Spoto before his junior season, and he has helped bring the program some attention. Spoto coach Eric Brooks said a few Division II schools have shown interest. ...more

February 1, 2008

When Plant quarterback Aaron Murray arrived at the University of Florida a little after 9 a.m. on Sunday for Junior Day, he was the first one there. ...more

January 28, 2008

There have been some great college Division I-level senior classes to come out of Hillsborough County for boys basketball. ...more

January 25, 2008

TAMPA During the holiday break last season, the Blake boys basketball team ended Sickles' seven-game winning streak in the opening round of the Chamberlain Christmas Tournament. ...more

January 23, 2008

East Bay is a confident team entering the Class 6A-District 8 tournament beginning Tuesday at Durant. And the Indians should be. ...more

January 14, 2008

Things are heating up for Plant OL Rhonne Sanderson. Flying relatively low under the radar with colleges during his senior season, interest in Sanderson is picking up. ...more

January 11, 2008

Donned in knit hats, gloves and long-sleeved alternate uniforms, Land O' Lakes' players are doing everything they can to stay warm during the Soccer Field Invitational at Ed Radice Sports Complex. ...more

January 6, 2008

As far as anyone knows, The Clash frontman Mick Jones wasn't a football-playing college junior when he penned the lyrics to "Should I Stay Or Should I Go." But the song - which really describes a crumbling romance - nails the turmoil raging inside the minds of every star junior football player this time of year. ...more

December 27, 2007

Lukas Poderis was a normal-sized kid for much of his life until he shot up five inches when he was in the fifth grade. ...more

December 14, 2007

"We went an hour and 15 minutes. We didn't go very long because it's finals week," Leavitt said. "We're working the young guys so hard. I mean, how much can you rep them? We did a lot of hitting Tuesday." ...more

December 12, 2007