Getting healthy at the right time. Senior left-hander Buddy Duke, who has been battling a hamstring injury, tossed a complete-game four-hitter and had an RBI single to lead Avon Park over Frostproof by a score of 6-0 in high school baseball action on Friday night. ...more

March 22, 2009

Palmetto used its speed and timely hitting to beat Sebring by a score of 6-5 in high school baseball on Friday night at Firemen's Field. ...more

March 22, 2009

Kyle Barber went 3-for-4 with four RBI and pitcher CW Vaught allowed three runs in five innings to lead Lake Placid past Clewiston by a score of 9-4 in high school baseball on Thursday night. ...more

March 21, 2009

Eagles capitalize on five errors, while Tyler Schoonover goes the distance on the mound, holding Leopards to one run on two hits. ...more

March 13, 2009

Most of the names remain the same, but the potential for success among returning East Lake High School baseball players is what will be markedly different this season. ...more

February 21, 2009

Back in the 1920s, '30s and '40s - when Avon Park was the spring training home for major and minor league baseball teams - the teams stayed at the Hotel Jacaranda. On Sat., Feb. 21, that same hotel will serve as the setting while Avon Park baseball historian Dr. Ron Sevigny brings Avon Park's unique baseball history to life. His talk takes place during the annual banquet of the Historical Society of Avon Park, beginning at 6:30. ...more

February 13, 2009

Back in the 1920s, '30s and '40s - when Avon Park was the spring training home for major and minor league baseball teams - the teams stayed at the Hotel Jacaranda. ...more

February 6, 2009

Chris Norton has been playing baseball for almost as long as he has been able to walk. ...more

January 28, 2009

Gerald Bruce Taylor Jr., who authorities say was shot to death by the jealous estranged husband of a woman Taylor had just started dating, left behind a grieving family, including a 7-year-old daughter, who are trying to come to grips with the tragedy. ...more

December 22, 2008

The East Bay High School baseball program and its supporters will soon trade their bats for golf clubs for an upcoming fundraiser. ...more

October 15, 2008