As Maya Clark enters Wiregrass Ranch High later this month, her eyes are open to the new challenges ahead of her. The basketball and volleyball phenom is aware that the level of competition in high school will be more intense than what she has been accustomed to. ...more

August 3, 2008

The Vatican ran a deficit in 2007, hurt by the weak dollar in collection baskets from U.S. faithful and steep costs of running its media, the Holy See said Wednesday. ...more

July 10, 2008

TOWN 'N COUNTRY - A project the Save Our Canals group thought would expand throughout Hillsborough County may be in danger of disappearing. ...more

February 23, 2008

This may be the farthest the Plant City boys basketball program has been in more than a decade, but first-year coach Wardell Chambers and the players aren't satisfied yet. ...more

February 18, 2008

The Eustis Panthers defeated the visiting Hudson Cobras 54-48 in a Class 4A-Region 2 quarterfinal game Thursday night. ...more

February 15, 2008

Once Brandon (22-4) blazed away from start of the second quarter, there wasn't a lot Land O' Lakes (21-7) could do, especially shorthanded, to try to catch up. ...more

February 15, 2008

Ridgewood used a stifling defense to stop Wharton and win the Class 5A-Region 2 quarterfinal 58-36. ...more

February 15, 2008

Middleton and Plant - the teams many expected to be in tonight's Class 5A-District 10 final - all but walked through Friday's semifinals: Middleton beating Chamberlain 65-45 and Plant defeating Hillsborough 74-33. ...more

February 9, 2008

Seffner Christian Academy girls basketball coach Greg Fawbush said his team didn't play its best game. But it was good enough to give the Crusaders the Class 1A-District 10 basketball championship Saturday with a 47-35 win against Cambridge Christian School. ...more

February 3, 2008

AVON PARK — The Booker girls basketball team showed Avon Park a different face on Friday. One of defense and speed — a cat-like quickness and reflexes that blew past the host Red Devils in a 53-40 win that could be a precursor to the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. Booker's 2-3 defense battered the Avon Park guards around as if they were in a storm, forcing 32 turnovers during the game, which led to countless easy baskets for the Tornadoes. ...more

January 13, 2008