Brittani Williams made two free throws with 1.6 seconds left in overtime to give the Booker girls basketball team a 39-37 victory over Sebring in the Class 4A-District 10 tournament final on Saturday night. ...more

February 3, 2008

SARASOTA — Daija Barrett's tears told how close the Avon Park girls basketball team came to a rematch with the Sebring and an extension of its season, as the junior reluctantly relived the final seconds of Friday's Class 4A–District 10 semifinal game against Booker. "My father has told me time and time again that free throws win games," Barrett said. "It was a lot of pressure, but as a player you want the ball in your hand to win the game. It just didn't fall for me tonight." ...more

February 3, 2008

River Ridge Middle School's seventh-grade girls basketball team is playing against rival Hudson. The winner will be the conference champion. Late in the fourth quarter, Hudson leads by one point. The clock is winding down, and there are just seconds to play. ...more

February 3, 2008

SARASOTA — No championship is just handed to a team, and the Sebring girls basketball team seemingly tried to rest on its laurels of past tournament wins and almost saw their chance at a third-straight district championship slip away. Hannah Shoop's basket on a beautiful no-look pass by senior Whitney Lee with 1:07 to play ended a Blue-Streak scoring drought — which saw a 15-point lead dwindle to just four points — and lifted the Blue Streaks past the No. 4 seed Palmetto Tigers 52-44 in the semifinals of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament on Friday. ...more

February 3, 2008

Brooksville Nature Coast showed the young Gulf girls basketball team what experience can do for a program. ...more

February 3, 2008

The top-seeded Sebring girls basketball team had little trouble against Palmetto on Friday night, but an all-Heartland final wasn't meant to be, as host Booker rallied to defeat Avon Park in overtime. ...more

February 2, 2008

The Land O' Lakes girls were asked bring a pillow and blanket with them to practice Thursday, but they were not told what it was for until they got there. ...more

February 1, 2008

Stacy-Ann Blake spent the first seven years of her life in New York City, where it's possible to find a basketball court within walking distance of almost any location. ...more

January 31, 2008

SARASOTA — Beonca Godfrey felt the Avon Park girls basketball team had the momentum and a big enough lead heading into the fourth quarter against DeSoto on Tuesday during the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. "I really thought we were controlling the tempo and had everything working going into the fourth," Godfrey said. "[DeSoto] just never quit." ...more

January 31, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL CHS SENIORS EASILY ROLL SPRINGSTEAD, 54-22 ...more

January 29, 2008