Play to win, but have fun doing it. That's how Rex "Scooter" Ballenger Jr., East Bay High's 5-foot-9-inch quarterback, lived life on the field and off, said his coach, teammates and father. Each spoke today at the school about how they are leaning on each other and trying to find something positive in the young man's death. ...more

May 20, 2008

East Bay High School quarterback Rex Ballenger died Monday at Tampa General Hospital after he was injured in a car crash over the weekend. ...more

May 20, 2008

Riverview head football coach Dan O'Regan has resigned his position after five seasons with the Sharks. ...more

May 18, 2008

FOOTBALL Huang heads to Huntingdon College ...more

May 6, 2008

AVON PARK — Whistles were blaring and helmets were shinning in the afternoon sun on Thursday, as new Avon Park head football coach Andy Bonjokian hit the field with his players for the first time since taking the post in mid-March. ...more

May 2, 2008

FOOTBALL First-year football coach Rodney Byrd will guide Leopard fortunes at least through Classic Game against Ocala-West Port. ...more

May 2, 2008

AVON PARK — Bill Jarrett sat on the sidelines waiting for his turn to play in the first and probably only practice for the newly formed Highlands Hoppers at the South Florida Community College gym. "I keep thinking to myself that this is for a good cause," Jarrett laughed as he jogged onto the court and nearly came up with a block. The Highlands Hoppers are a menagerie of local hoopsters that have been assembled by local businesses to play the Harlem Ambassadors on Tuesday. The Ambassadors are much like their famous counterparts — the Harlem Globetrotters — with a bit of a twist. "They all must be either college graduates or working toward a college degree to be on the team," said Avon Park Noon Rotary Club president Alice Oldham. "They also have a very strong stay-in-school and anti-drug message for today's youth. That impressed me." ...more

February 21, 2008

The man who has guided the University of South Florida Bulls football team to national prominence in the past 12 years will be the guest speaker Thursday at a fundraising luncheon for local Boy Scouts. ...more

February 16, 2008

This is one of those celebrity deals that practically requires a scorecard. ...more

February 16, 2008

PLANT CITY - The man who has guided the University of South Florida Bulls football team to national prominence during the past 12 years will be the guest speaker Feb. 21 at a fundraising luncheon for local Boy Scouts. ...more

February 14, 2008