PORT CHARLOTTE — Despite having several girls post personal best efforts, the Heartland did not have any weightlifters qualify in the top three at Thursday's sectional meet. The one-day, 20-team event featured some of the top programs in state with only the top three girls from each weight class advancing on to the state meet. ...more

January 26, 2008

AVON PARK — For one of the few times this season, the Avon Park girls basketball team got off to a good start in Friday night's Class 4A-District 10 game against DeSoto. That spelled trouble for the visiting Bulldogs, as freshman point guard Markida Hawthorne scored a team-high 17 points to lead the Red Devils to a 63-47 win. ...more

January 20, 2008

As a senior at Chamberlain High, Dylan Perry traveled across the country, competing in amateur skateboarding contests. Around the same time, he was hired at Skatepark of Tampa, a landmark in the skateboarding world. ...more

January 18, 2008

Eleven-year-old Rikka Pinckney stopped breathing one night in June 2006 while lying on a bare mattress in her foster mother's Town 'N Country mobile home. ...more

December 13, 2007

A scoreless third quarter proved to be a disastrous and deciding blow for the Fox Chapel Tigers girls' varsity basketball squad Thursday night. ...more

December 2, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Led by balanced scoring and a tenacious zone defense, Lake Placid cruised past Lake Region 38-16 in girls basketball on Friday night. The Green Dragons, who improved to 3-4, led by only six points at halftime, but outscored the Thunder by 10 points in the third period to put the game out of reach. Leading the way for Lake Placid was sophomore forward Sierra Weaver, who pulled down nine rebounds and scored six of her game-high 10 points in the pivotal third-quarter run. ...more

December 2, 2007

Qualifying for the U.S. Youth Soccer Olympic Development Program last month gives three students from Seven Springs Middle School a shot at competing in the Olympics someday. ...more

November 18, 2007

Mireya de los Santos has left her three girls just once. She went to register this spring with a probation officer after pleading guilty to driving - repeatedly - without a license. The probation officer alerted immigration officials, who started deportation proceedings against her. ...more

November 13, 2007

Wiregrass Ranch High boys cross country coach Chris Loth has this freshman he wants to talk about. ...more

November 12, 2007

Newsome took the girls title and Plant won the boys title Saturday morning at the Class 3A-Region 2 cross country meet at Central High School's football stadium. ...more

November 11, 2007