No matter the sport, she participated just to see "how fast I could run." Tennis was her first passion, but basketball soon took over when she sprouted up in junior high. ...more

December 17, 2007

Shawnta Snakovsky, a senior guard at Sickles, was a first-team All-Hillsborough County selection last season. This season, she has helped the Gryphons to a 9-0 start while averaging 21.9 points, 5.8 steals and five rebounds per game. ...more

December 6, 2007

Chelsea Klotz scored two goals in Tampa Prep's 5-0 win against Cambridge on Tuesday to bring her total to 24 for the season. The 17-year-old senior striker is in her first season with Tampa Prep (7-0) after moving from Lake Brantley. ...more

November 28, 2007

Students at four Hillsborough County schools will have a chance to attend workshops on paying for college when the Sallie Mae Fund's bus tour stops in Tampa Monday and Tuesday. The fund, a charitable organization Sallie Mae sponsors, partnered with the Hillsborough County School district to bring the workshops to Lennard and Durant high schools on Monday and Leto and Alonso on Tuesday. Scholarships worth $250 each will be awarded at Lennard, Durant and Leto. The Alonso workshop will be conducted in Spanish and include a $1,000 scholarship. All are free. ...more

November 21, 2007

The Pasco Education Foundation's Take Stock in Children program is commemorating its 10th anniversary, its scholars and its mentors with a county commission resolution. ...more

October 23, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Chelsea Seignous, former Miss Lake Placid, recently won a national pageant competition and was named Miss Teen U.S. Continental, in Salt Lake City. ...more

September 5, 2007