SEPTEMBER The 2009 high school football season began with four Pasco County staples missing from the sidelines. ...more

December 27, 2009

The Tampa Tribune staff writers' All-Hillsborough County football teams based on regular-season and postseason performances. ...more

December 25, 2009

A former Hernando High School football coach who left the district following allegations of inappropriately touching and drinking alcohol with students is now fighting to keep his education certification with the state. ...more

December 19, 2009

Plant High football coach Robert Weiner has been a Tampa Bay Bucs fan since the team's inception, when his family became original season-ticket holders. ...more

December 18, 2009

If Quentin Williams is nervous entering tonight's Class 3A state semifinal matchup at Pensacola, chances are you won't notice. ...more

December 11, 2009

The 2009 football season was supposed to be the breakout year for Wharton junior wide receiver Xavier Fisher, but a season-ending injury has left him wondering whether he might ever play the game again. ...more

December 9, 2009

Bob Henriquez says most high school football coaches come to a point late in the season when they feel completely exhausted. And if that happens often enough, chances are the coach will question whether they want to keep feeling that way year after year. ...more

December 1, 2009

National showcase games like the annual Offense-Defense All-American Bowl are typically open only to the best high school football seniors from around the country. The players get to cut loose and make their respective future college football fan bases collectively salivate. ...more

November 25, 2009

The high school football playoffs start tonight, and, alas, the three Highlands County teams are making other plans. In the end, Sebring couldn't win The Big Game(s), Lake Placid coalesced too late and Avon Park, playing out an athletic director's ultimate nightmare, faced four top-10 teams in five weeks. ...more

November 20, 2009

This is the time of year where summertime two-a-days, 7-on-7 camps and stomach-churning conditioning drills all become validated. ...more

November 14, 2009