Jessica Davis had a little pressure to deal with Saturday. The Zephyrhills lifter needed a good day at the Belleview sectional girls weightlifting qualifier to earn a spot at the upcoming state meet at River Ridge. ...more

January 28, 2008

PORT CHARLOTTE — Despite having several girls post personal best efforts, the Heartland did not have any weightlifters qualify in the top three at Thursday's sectional meet. The one-day, 20-team event featured some of the top programs in state with only the top three girls from each weight class advancing on to the state meet. ...more

January 26, 2008

NFL scouts will have to excuse University of South Florida NT Richard Clebert if he appears a little distracted this week during practices for the East-West Shrine Game in Houston. ...more

January 17, 2008

SEBRING –– Displaying a nice blend of determination and power, the girls from the Heartland made quite an impressive showing in Saturday's sub-sectional high school weightlifting meet at Firemen's Field. Six schools participated in the event and the top three finishers in each weight class advanced to the sectionals, which will be held at Port Charlotte High School on Jan. 24. Avon Park led the way with eight girls moving on, while Sebring had seven and Lake Placid had four advance. ...more

January 14, 2008

Brianna Hooker and Carmen Figueroa did precisely what they were expected to do. ...more

January 12, 2008

Pasco County girls won seven of the 10 weight classes Thursday at the FHSAA Girls Weightlifting Qualifying Sectional at South Sumter High School. ...more

January 11, 2008

Carmen Figueroa recently found negitives can be turned into positives. ...more

January 2, 2008

Two days after matching the FHSAA State Finals record for her weight class in the bench press, Hernando High's Kristian Stephens took another stab at breaking it altogether. ...more

December 24, 2007

Christal Rose usually has a smile on her face. Wednesday night, the Ridgewood senior weightlifter had a special reason to flash a 10,000-watt grin. ...more

December 7, 2007

In Pasco County, high school girls can compete in weightlifting. They compete in the bench press and the clean and jerk. ...more

December 3, 2007