Sometime during his team's Class 5A District 8 basketball game against Plant City on Dec. 16, Durant first-year coach Trent Tice looked across the court and asked his senior point guard Jeffrey Thomas for some advice. ...more

December 23, 2009

SPORTS CALENDAR ...more

December 21, 2009

Plant found itself in an all-too-familiar situation in the final of the Sarasota Holiday Tournament. As in the season-opening Wharton Invitational final, the Panthers were tied after overtime and headed to penalty kicks. ...more

December 20, 2009

The first meeting between Plant and Newsome on Nov. 7 ended after seven rounds of penalty kicks decided the final of the Wharton Lady Wildcat Invitational in favor of the Wolves. Both the Wolves (10-0-2) and Panthers (11-1-1) have remained undefeated since, setting up tonight's game at Newsome. ...more

December 17, 2009

The first of two Plant City-Durant high school basketball doubleheaders this season is set to tip off tonight, and there is no telling how things will go. ...more

December 16, 2009

Last season, the Riverview High boys basketball team won just two games. Second-year coach Dwayne Perry says that for the program to turn into a district contender, the Sharks will have to win one game at a time. ...more

December 16, 2009

Airman 1st Class Stephen Guerre recently reported for duty at Shaw Air Force Base in Sumter, S.C. ...more

December 9, 2009

Neither coach could pinpoint when the Newsome-East Bay girls soccer match became such a heated rivalry, but Tuesday's 2-2 tie more than lived up to the history. ...more

December 9, 2009

The Durant High girls soccer team hasn't seen a lot of scoring yet from its young players, but that doesn't concern head coach Dick Sheffield. The Cougars only start two seniors and are loaded with sophomores - something Sheffield said is good for his team's future, but what about right now? ...more

November 25, 2009

DEANDRA DAVIS, SPOTO Davis, a 5-11 senior forward, led Armwood last season with 13.4 points per game and was second on the team with 9.2 rebounds per game. She also averaged double digits in 18 games. Davis transferred to Spoto to play for her mom. ...more

November 24, 2009