Plant High backup quarterback and fill-in starter Phillip Ely heard the applause and was taken aback. ...more

December 22, 2008

The Lakeland football team was in an unfamiliar situation Friday. In each of the program's six state title game appearances, they've walked away winners. ...more

December 20, 2008

Lakeland vs. St. Thomas Aquinas ...more

December 19, 2008

If there was any doubt that Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas was worthy of being the nation's top-ranked team, it proved it in just two plays Friday night in the Class 5A state championship football game at the Citrus Bowl. ...more

December 19, 2008

Javares McRoy dreamed of playing for the Lakeland High football team. While in middle school, he watched Lakeland win three consecutive state titles between 2004 and 2006 as one of the top-ranked football programs in the country. ...more

December 19, 2008

Schedule of championship games for Dec. 19-20 for high school football ...more

December 18, 2008

Class 5A championship game is a matchup of two of the nation's elite teams. ...more

December 18, 2008

Statistics comparing Lakeland and St. Thomas Aquinas for the Class 5A state football championship. ...more

December 18, 2008

Lakeland football coach Bill Castle couldn't celebrate his team's 22-21 victory against Pensacola Pine Forest in the Class 5A state semifinals for long. ...more

December 14, 2008

With 39.6 seconds remaining in the Class 5A state semifinals between Pensacola Pine Forest and Lakeland, Pine Forest junior quarterback David Lawrence dropped back from his team's 30 and threw a deep pass to Dudley Bickham, who was surrounded by three Lakeland defenders. ...more

December 13, 2008