LAND O' LAKES - Last year at the Class 2A-Region 3 swim meet at Indian River State College, Land O' Lakes boys coach Barb Hayes was stunned when the final scores were announced and the Gators had won the school's first team region championship. ...more

October 31, 2009

The Sebring boys golf team overcame cool and windy conditions to place second in Monday's Class 2A-District 9 tournament at Bartow Golf Course. ...more

October 21, 2009

She's been a top-three finisher at the Class 3A state finals in either the triple jump or long jump the past three seasons and will likely be on the awards podium again this year. She has the required grades and test scores. And she says she has the desire to continue competing in track and field after high school. ...more

March 9, 2009

PLANT CITY The 23rd annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Cultural Arts Festival sponsored by the Improvement League of Plant City begins Friday. ...more

January 13, 2009

Two hands --one African and one Asian - come together in the shape of a heart and hold the world in place in Savana Wright's poster. ...more

December 7, 2008

Erica Resendiz enjoys running in Highlands Hammock State Park, and not simply because the Lake Placid junior was the first female to cross the finish line during Tuesday's Sebring Invitational. ...more

October 16, 2008

Chaz Heinz was about to make the mistake he had managed to avoid all day in the Sunshine Athletic Conference boys golf tournament. ...more

October 8, 2008

Three gyms from the Bay area will send 20 local gymnasts to compete this weekend at the USA Gymnastics Level 9 Eastern Championships in Kettering, Ohio. Leading the way is LaFleur's Largo, with 10 gymnasts, and right behind them is the squad from the Tampa Bay Turners, which has eight athletes traveling to the top competition in Level 9 gymnastics. ...more

May 10, 2008

SEBRING –– There was no holiday hangover for many of the Heartland's prep wrestlers, as Avon Park placed third in the team competition and Sebring's Shaanan Spiegel continued his dominance on the mat at the annual Spiegel Memorial Tournament on Saturday at Sebring High School. Spiegel waltzed through the tournament with relative ease, scoring a pin three minutes into his first match against Port Charlotte's Kile Grilz and scoring a pair of technical falls en route to the gold medal in the 152-pound weight class. ...more

January 7, 2008

Taylor Edgemon, Jared Smith and Cleyton Morris continue to out-punt, pass and kick the competition. They now may get a chance to try their skills on a bigger stage. ...more

October 17, 2007