Freedom (7-2) at Countryside (9-1) Since John Davis has been at Countryside the Cougars have pretty much been an offense-first team, and if Countryside happened to have some decent defenders, OK. ...more

November 20, 2009

Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

November 20, 2009

How a team handles adversity often measures its mettle. Coming through the difficult times, well, those are times teams often come together, mold a team identity and learn how to grow when times are tough. ...more

November 19, 2009

GLENDALE, Ariz. Tampa Bay's venture through the desert Monday turned into a night of vindication for some of the Lightning's key components in a 4-1 victory against Phoenix. ...more

November 17, 2009

When David Hale learned during the summer he had been traded for the second time in his career, his family didn't mind the change of locations. ...more

November 16, 2009

Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

November 15, 2009

The Lightning weren't very good on the road early in the season, starting with a 6-3 loss at Atlanta in the season opener. ...more

November 15, 2009

After another goal in a season of goals, another two-point night, there was The Kid, all 19 years of him, the Lightning's future king (future?) surrounded by the media. Only he struggled to undo his skate laces. ...more

November 14, 2009

TAMPA Call it reverse karma. Call it injustice. Or even call it a case of highway robbery. But however you refer to the Lightning's 4-3 shootout victory against Minnesota on Thursday, color Tampa Bay fortunate to put a notch in the W column. ...more

November 13, 2009

Local sports briefs for the Highlands County area. ...more

November 13, 2009