LAKE PLACID — Playing with effort, intensity and determination — something that's been lacking on a consistent basis during the season — the Lake Placid boys basketball team used a balanced attack led by Conlin Veley's team-high 13 points to beat LaBelle 64-49 on Friday night. Veley also pulled down 12 rebounds, while younger brother Kurt Veley scored nine points on three 3-pointers as the Class 3A Green Dragons improved to 9-11 with the non-district win. "It was a good win for us," Conlin Veley said. "When we play with effort and intensity, we're a pretty good team. We need to play hard every minute, because when we let down we lose our tempo and teams make runs on us. ...more

January 27, 2008

On Jan. 8, the morning after his Savannah State University men's basketball team made national headlines, Coach Horace Broadnax said he didn't read a newspaper. ...more

January 26, 2008

The Dunedin Lady Falcons ended their regular season in a big way Wednesday night, beating Boca Ciega at home, 58-51. ...more

January 24, 2008

Rashad Callaway gave Tampa a 68-66 victory over No. 22 and Sunshine State Conference rival Florida Southern College with a jumpshot with two seconds left. ...more

January 24, 2008

Ridgewood's win Friday against Land O' Lakes might have been surprising to some, but not to the Rams. ...more

January 23, 2008

Coming off a 41-point performance against King on Friday, Brandon senior guard Blake Allen led the Eagles with 30 points in a 79-63 win over Armwood in a Class 5A-District 8 boys basketball game on Tuesday. ...more

January 22, 2008

Ebony Hopps hit a 3-pointer in the final seconds to lift Blake to a 52-49 win against Hillsborough in a Class 5A-District 10 girls basketball game Thursday. ...more

January 18, 2008

ARCADIA — Sebring's Whitney Lee hit a buzzer-beating 3-pointer as time expired, but the Blue Streak girls basketball team still fell by the smallest of margins on Monday night, falling to DeSoto 31-30 in Class 4A-District 10 action. The loss drops Sebring (8-3 in district) into a tie for first with one district game to play. ...more

January 16, 2008

Caron Butler scored 21 and Antawn Jamison added 20 points and 10 rebounds to lift the Washington Wizards to an 88-83 victory against the Boston Celtics on Monday night. Butler scored nine points during a 25-6 run over the final 6:24 of the fourth quarter to give the Wizards their fifth win in the last six games against Boston. Boston lost consecutive games at home and overall for the first time all season and dropped to 30-6. The Celtics are 2-3 over their last five and have averaged 85 points a game over that span. Eddie House scored his only five points of the game to give the Celtics their largest lead at 77-63 with 6:24 remaining before the Wizards rallied. SPURS 89, 76ERS 82: Manu Ginobili scored 14 of his 20 points in the fourth quarter to lead San Antonio to victory over Philadelphia. Tim Duncan added 18 points and 16 rebounds to give the Spurs their second straight win. JAZZ 98, BUCKS 87: Deron Williams scored 24 of his 33 points in the second half and had 10 assists as Utah rallied to beat Milwaukee. BOBCATS 119, NUGGETS 116: Gerald Wallace scored 40 points, Matt Carroll hit two free throws with 4.6 seconds left, and Charlotte made the big plays down the stretch this time in a win over Denver. TRAIL BLAZERS 99, NETS 73: LaMarcus Aldridge scored 20 points to lead Portland to its 18th win in the last 20 games with a victory over New Jersey. CAVALIERS: Coach Mike Brown received a two-year contract extension Monday that will keep him with the club through the 2010-11 season. The Associated Press ...more

January 15, 2008

LAKE PLACID — Slowly but surely, the Lake Placid boys basketball team is becoming just that — a team. When leading scorer and team leader Conlin Veley went down with an ankle injury midway through the third quarter of Friday night's district game against McKeel Academy, the Green Dragons didn't miss a beat, as sophomore guard Thaddeus Legree and senior center Travalier Sholtz picked up the scoring slack to lead Lake Placid to a 67-61 win over the Wildcats. ...more

January 13, 2008