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

Florida junior quarterback Tim Tebow captured his second straight Maxwell Award for the best all-around college football player, and received the Disney Spirit Award (most inspirational story) during the Home Depot ESPNU College Football Awards on Thursday night on ESPN. ...more

December 12, 2008

Hours after his squad had knocked off Mulberry High, 10-0, in Friday's Class 2A regional final, the full impact of that result finally hit Tampa Catholic football coach Bob Henriquez: For the second straight year, the Crusaders (9-3) have reached the state semifinals. And with one more victory, they will return to the championship game. ...more

December 3, 2008

University of South Florida junior quarterback Matt Grothe has reconsidered and will not petition the NFL's draft advisory council and said he is definitely returning for his senior season. ...more

December 2, 2008

If Gulf coach Jay Fulmer needed assistance getting his Buccaneers motivated for tonight's Class 3A region semifinal contest against Pasco, the rest of the Sunshine Athletic Conference coaches gave him what he needed. ...more

November 27, 2008

Gulf junior quarterback Madison Burr's injury suffered in the Bucs Class 3A quarterfinal game has ended his season. ...more

November 26, 2008

Having reached the Class 2A state championship game a season ago, Tampa Catholic coach Bob Henriquez knew a two-point halftime deficit was no time to panic. Especially in the regional semifinals. ...more

November 22, 2008

FOOTBALL Pasco's Jamail Haynes rips off 139 yards and the Dade City crew collects three rushing touchdowns and restricts Hernando to 130 total yards, 21-7. ...more

November 15, 2008

Misfits. Uncoachable. Two years ago, those were the words used to describe the Tampa Bay Tech football program. ...more

November 8, 2008