VOLLEYBALL With a new daughter in the fold and her husband set for deployment, family concerns lead Lady Leopard Head Coach Cristi Charlow to step down after three seasons at the post. ...more

January 28, 2009

Daniel Burnett may not have the playoffs to look forward to, but that doesn't mean he the junior running back can't daydream a bit about the future. ...more

November 7, 2008

Last winter, a Florida grocery chain sold the Miami Dolphins logo on doormats. They were discounted: two for the price of one. ...more

September 2, 2008

PALMETTO — If the Avon Park girls soccer team wanted a blueprint of where they want to evolve in the coming years, they need only take a good look at the machine that is the Palmetto Tigers. The top-seeded Tigers pounced on the Red Devils from the onset, scoring seven minutes into the game and not letting up until they'd walked away with an 8-0 mercy-rule victory over the No. 4 seed Avon Park in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament at Harllee Stadium on Tuesday. Palmetto were methodical in its attack and used precision passing to systematically dismantle the Red Devil defense, showing the obvious differences in skill level. ...more

January 17, 2008

ARCADIA — As he fell to his knees, junior Virgil Cooper personified the 2007 season for the Avon Park football team. "We just can't get a break," said Cooper after racing 38 yards on a punt return that put the Red Devils close to the end zone against DeSoto on Friday night, only to watch the play be called back due to a penalty. Like so many plays this season for Avon Park, whenever something good happens, something bad usually follows. DeSoto, on the other hand, has been the polar opposite of the Red Devils. A fine-tuned football machine that cranks out big play after big play on both sides of the ball, the Bulldogs scored five rushing touchdowns and held Avon Park to just 89 yards of total offense to down the Red Devils 41-0 in a Class 3A-District 12 match-up at Bulldog Stadium. ...more

October 28, 2007

Reminders turn up seemingly everywhere, yet at every corner the memories appear more distant. ...more

October 4, 2007