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SEBRING –– Eric Hosmer. Adrian Nieto. Casey Kelley. Let those names sink deep into your subconscious, because in a blink of an eye they just might be playing for your favorite Major League baseball team. For now, those are just a few players scheduled to participate in the 30th annual Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Baseball Classic at Firemen's Memorial Field May 22-24. Five of the top 50 overall prospects in this year's talent pool for the upcoming MLB First Year Player Draft will be showing off their skills for the conglomerate of major league and college scouts and the fans that come from all over the state to see this amazing collection of a future who's who of baseball in the coming years. "This event has become a haven for scouts and college coaches to get a last chance to scout these kids," FACA All-Star co-coordinator Travis Rapp said. "All the kids named to this team have proven themselves over the course of their careers, but I've seen so many players improve their draft position with a good showing here. ...more
May 19, 2008
Before entering the Class 3A region tournament, the Lakeland McKeel softball team had lost four of its last six games. ...more
May 5, 2008
For the second time in school history, Durant High is headed to the state softball semifinals, which will be held next week at Plant City Stadium. ...more
May 3, 2008
To win a state championship in soccer, Tampa Prep's boys have shown you don't need to score a lot of goals - just a few magical ones. ...more
February 15, 2008
If Robinson freshman Devin Zinkosky was hoping to earn a spot on the school's varsity team next year, his mother and grandmother definitely did enough to convince football coach Mike DePue to put him on the team. ...more
February 14, 2008
It was borderline surreal for the Tampa Prep girls soccer team as it watched the previously infallible Delray Beach American Heritage squad become beatable. ...more
February 10, 2008
The Tampa Prep girls soccer team talks a lot about desire and pointed to that as the reason why the Terrapins (25-1-1) were able to recover from a slow first half Thursday afternoon to dominate Maitland Orangewood Christian and advance to today's Class 2A state championship. ...more
February 9, 2008
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