COUNTRYSIDE -- For an 18-year old incoming freshman, GiOnna DiSalvatore arrived in Westwood, Calif., with an already sparkling résumé of accomplishments that illustrated just why she had been recruited by the premier softball program in all the land. ...more

June 20, 2008

When it was over and tears were being wiped on baseball jerseys, the old coach said he never had worked with a better group of young men in all his years. ...more

June 17, 2008

Plant High School students are collecting used SAT, PSAT, ACT and AP test-prep books for use during the next school year. ...more

June 11, 2008

Close encounters of a zoo kind are in store this summer for one Plant City youngster. At an end-of-the-year award ceremony at Burney Elementary School in Plant City, Hillsborough County Commissioner Al Higginbotham presented kindergartner Dialyan Jenkins with a scholarship from the Lowry Park Zoo School for a one-week summer camp experience. ...more

June 11, 2008

Small objects, some sentimental, some practical, are all that most survivors from Yingxiu have left of their lives after the May 12 earthquake. ...more

June 8, 2008

Megan Gibson (41-2) threw a seven-hitter and Kelsey Spittler squeezed a line-drive triple just inside the right-field line to send Texas A&M past top-seeded Florida 1-0 in nine innings and into the Women's College World Series finals. ...more

June 2, 2008

For the first time in more than two decades, neither of college softball's traditional powers will be playing for the national championship. ...more

June 1, 2008

Louisiana-Lafayette might be a bit off the beaten path in the college sports landscape. However, it felt like home to freshman Ashley Brignac. ...more

May 30, 2008

Strike three! It was over. When University of Florida junior All-American Stacey Nelson provided the exclamation point last weekend, when the Gators were assured of their first trip to softball's College World Series, she reacted like a schoolgirl. ...more

May 29, 2008

Freshman Megan Bush led off the top of the ninth with her 13th homer of the season, and Aja Paculba added a run-scoring single to give top-ranked Florida a 4-2 victory against California on Saturday in an NCAA Super Regional softball game. ...more

May 25, 2008