SEBRING — The Sebring boys soccer team made sure their last regular-season home match was one to remember. Senior forward Nicholas Peters scored two goals and Austin Brady led a suffocating defense, as the Blue Streaks shut out Clewiston 4-0 on Monday night at Firemen's Field. After back-to-back poor performances last week, Peters jump-started the Sebring offense, and led an attack that peppered Tiger goalie Jose Jaimez with 16 shots. ...more

January 16, 2008

LAKE PLACID — A holiday break from school is something high school athletes look forward to, but not the coaches. Not being able to practice and stay in condition was a key factor in Tuesday night's boys non-district soccer match, as LaBelle's Jesus Andrade scored three goals to lead the Cowboys past Lake Placid 5-2 at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

January 10, 2008

PLANT CITY - Local building permit activity sharply declined in 2007, a city report states. ...more

January 9, 2008

Matt Burto couldn't think of an easier way to score a goal. But the ease of that goal, the overtime winner for the University of Massachusetts against Colorado College in the Lightning College Hockey Classic on Sunday night, was a vast departure from all the fight it took for the Minutemen to come away with the program's first championship. ...more

December 31, 2007

A "beautiful goal," that's how Nature Coast Head Coach Patrick O'Grady described the Sharks' only goal by senior Jean-Pierre Salazar in a losing effort Wednesday night against 4A-8 rival Sunlake, 3-1. ...more

December 25, 2007

After Plant's 2-0 victory against Hillsborough gave the team its eighth win of the season and continued the Panthers' season without allowing a goal, the team's captain and only senior, Chelsea Hearne, looked back on the rivalry between the Panthers and Terriers in recent years. The win was Plant's second against Hillsborough this season, something Hearne said was more than she could ask for as the team's only senior. ...more

December 12, 2007

AVON PARK –– Carelessness with the ball, as in 30 turnovers, proved too much to overcome for Avon Park in Saturday night's 56-47 loss to Okeechobee in boys basketball. The Red Devils, who were coming off a disappointing district loss to DeSoto on Friday night, got a game-high 19 points by sophomore center Cleveland Nobles, but the lack of an outside shooting threat hurt Avon Park in the second half. The loss dropped the Class 4A Red Devils to 0-6. "It's real frustrating because we've played well enough to win, but we haven't been able to finish games," Nobles said. "We were a little tired after Friday night, but that's not an excuse. "We just have to keep our heads up and fight our way through it and keep working to become a better team." ...more

December 10, 2007

University of South Florida men's basketball coach Stan Heath walked up to Kentrell Gransberry after Wednesday's win at Richmond with a simple question. ...more

December 9, 2007

SEBRING — After playing their best soccer on the road, the Sebring boys team finally broke through to earn their first home win of the season with a 3-2 decision over Braden River on Thursday night at Firemen's Field. "Finally, a home win," said junior Jazan Jimenez. "We were doing fine on the road ,but we couldn't win at home. "Now that we've got that first win out of the way, we've got to make sure we don't lose at home for the rest of the season." The Class 4A-District 10 victory improved the Blue Streaks to 5-4-2, 2-1-1, and came after Sebring had blown a two-goal lead late in the second half. "We made it hard on ourselves," said Blue Streak coach Paul Brown. "We had a nice, comfortable two-goal lead and then lost our concentration and allowed two silly goals on individual mistakes.We've talked about not making errors, but at least we were able to overcome them and get the win. ...more

December 8, 2007

Off the field, Cody Grey is very polite, and seems a quiet, rather humble young man. But on the field, he lets his speed, his dribbling, his leadership and his huge right foot do all of the talking for him. ...more

December 2, 2007