Whenever Class 5A, District 9 rivals East Lake and Palm Harbor meet on the soccer field, the matches are typically tight, intensity is a given and the level of play is as good as it gets in the area. ...more

January 10, 2009

BOYS SOCCER HCA Lions hit the post twice in the second half; settle on a 1-1 draw with First Academy of Leesburg. BASCIANO CONNECTS ON TEAM-LEADING 13th GOAL ...more

December 16, 2008

With four minutes left, Bloomingdale saw its 1-0 advantage against Newsome slip away in the form of a Liz Haumschild goal. It seemed deflating, as a match that had belonged to the Bulls appeared to have slipped away. ...more

December 3, 2008

Newsome senior Rudi Rodriguez twice gave her squad one-goal leads off brilliant free kicks, but Lakeland Jenkins answered each one and found a game-winner with less than four minutes to play as the nationally ranked Eagles posted a 3-2 victory against the Wolves in Friday's Class 5A-Region 2 final. ...more

February 2, 2008

The Sebring boys soccer team's postseason run ended on Thursday night with a 1-0 loss to Kathleen (Lakeland) in the regional quarterfinals of the Class 4A regional tournament at Firemen's Field. ...more

January 31, 2008

4A-8 BOYS SOCCER Pasco collects 13th straight win vs. Sharks ...more

January 25, 2008

There are times when a score of a certain game does not really indicate how well or how badly the losing team played. ...more

January 25, 2008

Senior central defender Rudi Rodriguez has been a big part of Newsome's success this season. From stifling opposing forwards and preventing goals to her ability to set up scoring opportunities with her free kicks, Rodriguez is a major reason Newsome is the top-seeded team in Class 5A-District 8 and has a chance to return to the state tournament in Fort Lauderdale. ...more

January 9, 2008

WAUCHULA — The roster is certainly the same, but after watching the Sebring boys soccer team scrap its way to a 3-1 victory over Hardee on Thursday night, one gets the feeling that this is a different team altogether. Senior Daniel Grimaldo scored two second-half goals and senior Nicholas Peters added another to help the Blue Streaks extend their unbeaten streak to eight games since losing to the Wildcats on Nov. 27. Grimaldo, who capped the scoring with a show-stopping header into the net in the 59th minute for his second multiple-goal game of the season, said the Streaks are playing at a different level than they were when they opened the season with four straight home losses. "We were rusty last time we played them," Grimaldo said. "That wasn't our team then. Tonight, we showed up and played hard." Sebring coach Paul Brown, who joked his team "didn't come out of the locker room" during the Streaks' 2-0 loss to Hardee earlier this season, said his team responded well to the Wildcats' challenge this time around. ...more

December 15, 2007