No one, including those who have attended the majority of the Nash Higgins Relays the past 39 years, can remember a Plant boys team winning this annual affair at Leto. But after capturing the first-place trophy Saturday, the drought is over for the Panthers. ...more

March 8, 2009

FEATURED ATHLETE RIKKA LOVELY, SR., GAITHER After leaving the area briefly last summer with her mother, who is in the U.S. Army, Lovely returned to Gaither. ...more

February 27, 2009

Despite suffering the effects of the flu, Tampa's Damu Cherry is just one step away from an Olympic medal after reaching the final of the women's 100-meter hurdles in Beijing. ...more

August 19, 2008

Tampa native Damu Cherry has advanced to the Olympic Games finals of the women's 100-meter hurdles. ...more

August 18, 2008

It is clear which nation global corporations will be rooting for at this summer's Olympics: China. ...more

August 10, 2008

Damu Cherry was a good hurdler on the Leto High track team, but never a state champion. And when she went on to compete for the University of South Florida in the event, she never won a conference title. ...more

August 3, 2008

Former Wharton High track and field standout Teona Rodgers, who recently completed her freshman season at Florida State University, captured the gold medal in the women's 100-meter hurdles Saturday at the IAAF World Junior Championships in Bydgoszcz, Poland. ...more

July 13, 2008

She is the fastest 100-meter hurdler in the world this season. But at this week's U.S. Olympic track and field trials, some might say Damu Cherry is a ghost athlete. ...more

July 5, 2008

More than a few of Shaniqua Hill's competitors have looked at her this season and had their doubts. ...more

May 2, 2008