LAND O' LAKES - It was business as usual at Land O' Lakes. Sandwiched between last week's victory against Ridgewood, in one of the most anticipated games of the season, and next week's playoff opener against Rockledge, Land O' Lakes hosted one-win Wiregrass Ranch. ...more

November 10, 2007

The Middleton High football team was the only remaining opponent capable of handing Armwood, ranked No. 2 in the state, its first loss of the season. However, the Hawks used two huge defensive stops late in the fourth quarter Friday night to end their regular season undefeated with a 19-6 Class 4A-District 11 victory. ...more

November 3, 2007

TAMPA - The Middleton High football team was the only remaining opponent capable of handing Armwood, ranked No. 2 in the state, its first loss of the season. However, the Hawks used two huge defensive stops late in the fourth quarter Friday night to end their regular season undefeated with a 19-6 Class 4A-District 11 victory. ...more

November 3, 2007

Northeast handed its school a Seniors Night victory over visiting Osceola to force a three-way Class 4A-District 9 playoff Monday with Bradenton Southeast and Lakewood. ...more

November 3, 2007

TAMPA - Jon Gruden looked at the big picture Monday. He saw his Bucs in the middle of it. It's enough to make a coach want to turn his head away. ...more

October 22, 2007

Call him Reggie 'The Bruiser' Bush. People know the flashy Heisman Trophy winner out of Southern Cal by all those highlights of him cutting, spinning and sprinting away from people in the open field. ...more

October 22, 2007

The usual postgame interrogation with Jeff Garcia was proceeding normally Sunday after the Bucs lost 23-16 to Detroit. We talked to him about the two lost fumbles in which he played a part and the general misery associated with a game like this. Garcia met every question head on and gave the best answer he could. ...more

October 21, 2007

The Bucs gained 39 yards on their second, third and fourth plays from scrimmage, but an incomplete pass and a sack of Jeff Garcia forced them to punt from their 44 at the end of their first drive. The Bucs didn't succeed in getting the ball away. Corey Smith cut through the middle and easily blocked the kick. When Casey FitzSimmons fell on it at the Bucs' 39, the stage was set for the Lions' first score, a 34-yard Jason Hanson field goal that came six plays later. ...more

October 21, 2007

Last season, Wharton coach David Mitchell was relegated to standing along the sidelines inside the Land O' Lakes football stadium, watching what could have been. ...more

October 20, 2007

The Tampa Catholic football team struggled offensively for much of the first half Friday night and according to Coach Bob Henriquez, the team was waiting for a mistake from its opponent. With TC down by six points, that mistake came in the form of a fumble by Mulberry late in the fourth quarter. ...more

October 20, 2007