Most of the talk surrounding softball District 5A-8, which could be one of the toughest in the state to get through, revolves around its group of ace pitchers. ...more

February 17, 2010

There are seven divisions at this year's Florida High School Athletic Association State Competitive Cheerleading Championships. ...more

February 7, 2010

The Berkeley Prep girls soccer team had been in the same situation just a season ago - on the road in the Class 3A-Region 3 final. ...more

February 6, 2010

The sinkholes that have plagued the area since early January will have some long-term impacts, particularly for some homeowners. ...more

January 27, 2010

What will ultimately lead to hoisting championship trophies overhead when all is said and done? Is it flashy, high-octane offense or suffocating, spirit-killing defense? ...more

January 9, 2010

There aren't many spare hours in the day for Michelle Dix. She's the mother of three girls - ages 21, 19 and 17 - and a first-time grandmother. She juggles two jobs, working as a client analyst for an insurance company and in retail sales at Macy's in Brandon. She also sings in the praise choir at her church, God's Side Progressive Missionary Baptist. ...more

January 2, 2010

Gulf advanced to the championship by defeating Countryside 52-34. ...more

December 22, 2009

The Robinson High School Starlets held their inaugural Starlets of the Future Day on Nov. 6, performing a cheerleading routine with pupils from surrounding elementary schools during halftime at the Robinson High-Strawberry Crest High football game. ...more

December 16, 2009

A Bradenton man awaiting trial on rape and molestation charges was arrested in Indiana this week on a warrant from Manatee County charging him with 49 counts of child pornography. Derrick Faircloth, 39, was arrested in July by Manatee County sheriff's deputies and charged with sexual battery, lewd and lascivious molestation, introduction of obscene materials to a minor and delivering a controlled substance to a minor. ...more

November 6, 2009

Saddlebrook's Riehle wins 1A-9 girls title LAND O' LAKES - With just four players at the Class 1A-District 9 girls golf tournament Monday at Plantation Palms, the results were as expected. ...more

October 20, 2009