Sickles' boys soccer team notched a big milestone as a program and Freedom advanced to bracket play on Friday during simultaneous shootouts at the 14th annual Soccer Field High School Soccer Invitational on Friday at the Ed Radice Sports Complex. ...more

January 5, 2008

It seems every few years the same talk resurfaces, that this is the year "The Streak" will go down. ...more

January 4, 2008

The combination of no practice for two weeks, temperatures in the 40s and a rare meeting with a crosstown rival all amounted to a serious scare for Tampa Prep on Day 1 of the Soccer Field Invitational at Ed Radice Sports Complex. ...more

January 3, 2008

LAKE PLACID –– It may have been her first year of running cross country, but Erica Resendiz made quite an impression. The Lake Placid junior, who has an effortless style that belies how fast she is, had five first-place finishes during the season, including a school-record time of 21 minutes, 28 seconds in a meet at LaBelle. Resendiz, who is also an outstanding player on the Green Dragon soccer team, showed great consistency in her first year of varsity competition. "Erica is a natural runner," said Lake Placid cross country coach Dennis Berard. "She is very competitive and has the ability to run fast. You can't coach that, and she pushed herself to lower her times even though cross country isn't her favorite sport." For her accomplishments and ability, Resendiz has been selected Highlands Today's 2007 All–Heartland Girls Cross Country Runner of the Year. ...more

January 2, 2008

The name of the tournament has changed, but not the level of play expected when some of the area's best teams return from the holiday break to play in one of the area's top annual tournaments. ...more

December 19, 2007

It wasn't quite like finishing fifth at the state meet, it just had that feel about it. ...more

December 8, 2007

The Durant High Cougars will soon be hosting what will probably be the most power-packed wrestling event in Florida outside of the state tournament. ...more

November 21, 2007

It was a packed house Wednesday morning inside Plant High's media center for National Signing Day. And that had nothing to do with spectators. ...more

November 15, 2007

WESTERN EXPOSURE The Pac-10 - pretty much a one-team show by USC for most of this century - takes center stage tonight with an unexpected battle for national-title implications. ...more

November 2, 2007

SEBRING — Time to run. The boys and girls cross country teams from the Heartland compete today and Friday in the Class 3A district meets. Avon Park and Sebring run today in the District 5 meet at Lake Park in Tampa, while Lake Placid runs on Friday at the District 6 meet in Naples. Only the top six teams advance to next Saturday's regional competition in Estero, and Avon Park's boys squad has the talent and desire to be one of those teams. ...more

November 1, 2007