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

AVON PARK The four seniors on the Avon Park girls basketball team made sure they enjoyed their last regular-season home game. Beonca Godfrey scored a game-high 12 points, Daija Barrett added 10, and Jamee Hawthorne and Brearnna Tate combined for 12 points and five steals to lead Avon Park to a 53-37 win over DeSoto on Friday night. "It feels great to get a win against DeSoto, especially on senior night," Godfrey said. "They are a good team, but we came out with a lot of energy and jumped on them from the start. ...more

January 25, 2009

It would've been easy for the Avon Park girls basketball team to get ahead of itself. ...more

November 20, 2008

Jerica Moore might still be learning to play within head coach Mike Lee's offense, but the Sebring junior looked completely at ease in the fourth quarter against Bartow on Tuesday. ...more

November 15, 2008

Duke officials were a bit surprised when, at 6 p.m. on Saturday, about an hour before the scheduled kickoff of their game against James Madison, two men parachuted into Wallace Wade Stadium and landed at the 35-yard line with a game ball. ...more

August 31, 2008

On his floor and on his game, Kobe Bryant revived the Los Angeles Lakers - and the NBA Finals. ...more

June 11, 2008

Florida's Chandler Parsons worked so hard to regain his shooting stroke that he thinks he actually made himself sick. ...more

February 10, 2008

NEWS AND NOTES Riverview's Addae Considering Options Jahleel Addae insists he is still firmly committed to West Virginia. But the former Riverview High running back is going to take the time between now and National Signing Day to see what other options are available. ...more

January 23, 2008

TAMPA - Cameras at red lights, which police say save lives and drastically cut the number of light-jumpers, may be coming to Hillsborough County in the near future. Hillsborough County commissioners today gave the sheriff's office a green light to further investigate installing the cameras at 10 of the county's most dangerous intersections. The intersections were not identified. ...more

January 16, 2008

A 45-year-old man in town with a group of about 90 Finnish skydivers died during a jump at Skydive City on Friday morning. ...more

January 5, 2008