When good talent meshes with good coaching, great things happen. That statement was proven to be worthy last Saturday as the Avon Park Youth Football Red Devils took care of the Fort Meade Miners in dominating fashion at Memorial Stadium. ...more

October 22, 2009

Hunched over after pulling a back muscle early Sunday morning, Sebring coach Venessa Sinness cautiously paced the sideline, making slight gestures to fire up her squad. ...more

October 21, 2009

Sebring's Cody Hoffner went 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs scored and Dustin Lang earned the win with 4 1/3 innings of solid pitching to lead the Blue Streaks to a 13-3, five-inning victory over Avon Park in the Class 4A-District 10 semifinal at Firemen's Field on Thursday night. The win moves Sebring into the district finals against Braden River at 7 p.m. on Friday, while the loss ended the season for Avon Park and Coach Mort Jackson, who is stepping down after 22 years as head coach of the Red Devils. ...more

May 1, 2009

Logan Smith is looking forward to his next trip to the mall. "It's always nice to beat someone from the county," said Smith after he went 2-for-2 with a double, sacrifice fly and two RBI to lead the LP baseball team to a 6-3 victory over Avon Park on the second day of the Bill Jarrett Spring Break Tournament at Scarborough Field. "It gives us more confidence going into districts, and when we go to the mall and you see someone from Avon Park you can hold your head up." ...more

April 2, 2009

Sebring took advantage of playing last-place Sarasota Booker by blasting the Tornadoes by a score of 13-1 a Class 4A-District 10 match on Friday night. ...more

March 29, 2009

Avon Park senior hurler Buddy Duke allowed only three hits, but LaBelle took advantage of those hits to edge the Red Devils by a score of 1-0 in non-district high school baseball on Thursday night at Head Field. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Lake Placid boys and girls tennis teams are hitting their strides at just the right time. ...more

March 28, 2009

The Hardee baseball team kept lurking, and in the seventh inning on Tuesday, the Wildcats finally pounced on Avon Park, scoring three runs to steal a 4-2 Class 4A-District 10 victory over the Red Devils at Head Field. ...more

March 26, 2009

Despite going up against some of the top programs in the state, the Avon Park boys weightlifting squad showed they have the power to lift weights with anyone by finishing third in the Bartow Invitational weightlifting meet on Saturday. ...more

March 24, 2009

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