LAKE PLACID — His head coach calls him the best player he's had, and an opposing coach says he'd take him if he could cherry-pick any of Highlands County's standout baseball players. Still, Carlos Sosa said he was surprised on Tuesday when told he'd been named the 2008 Highlands Today All-Heartland Baseball Player of the Year. ...more

May 30, 2008

BASEBALL DUSTIN PUGH ALSO HEADS TO MOBILE, ALA. ...more

May 29, 2008

BASEBALL Hernando High senior pitcher, Andrew McNeal, inks to play collegiately at Bishop State Community College in Mobile, Ala. ...more

May 28, 2008

SEBRING — One of Adam Simmons's childhood goals was realized on Thursday when the Sebring senior walked out onto Firemen's Field, not as a Blue Streak, but as an All-Star. ...more

May 24, 2008

Baseball players approved a toughened drug agreement Friday - the last possible day for ratification. ...more

May 24, 2008

Plant's Givens Invited To Baseball Classic Plant junior shortstop/pitcher Mychal Givens has received an invitation to the Aflac All-American High School Baseball Classic, Panthers coach Dennis Braun said Thursday. ...more

May 9, 2008

TAMPA - The University of South Florida's efforts to overhaul its academic support for student-athletes persuaded the NCAA to withhold penalties the school would have faced in its latest progress report. ...more

May 6, 2008

For as long as kids have watched baseball, they have tried to emulate their idols on the field. ...more

May 6, 2008

While Sebring High School baseball players are relishing in advancing to the regional finals in Class 4-A for the second consecutive year, the school's soccer players – as well as those in Avon Park and Hardee County – are wondering if they will even have a season next year. There is a desperate need for referees as a result of the Central Florida Ridge Soccer Officials Association announcing that it no longer has the manpower to accommodate both Polk and Highlands counties in the next school year. The three schools could see their programs be dropped if local officials are not found. We hope that won't happen. ...more

May 3, 2008

Since middle school, Chamberlain High softball players Stephanie Medina and Marissa Menendez dreamed about playing for the University of South Florida's softball team. ...more

February 24, 2008