The Highlands County School Board is thinking about the possibility of terminating high school sports and extra curricular activities in local high schools. As a 15-year-old at Lake Placid High, I am very active in my schools athletic and extra curricular activities. I am in the marching season Color Guard, band during concert season, student government association and on the girl's basketball and softball teams. I know that the purpose of doing away with sports is only because of budget cuts, but having sports and extra curricular activities in our high schools is a good thing. Most of the kids in Lake Placid don't only play sports because we love it, but because of the support and help we get from our teammates and coaches. You see, we get more out of sports in schools than we do in any other activity in Highlands County. ...more

January 30, 2009

On Sept. 5, 2008, Don Meyer, the men's basketball coach at Northern State University in Aberdeen, S.D., was heading up a convoy of six cars toward a team preseason retreat. Apparently falling asleep at the wheel, Meyer drifted over a lane and hit a semi-truck head-on going 50 mph. ...more

January 29, 2009

Wilt Chamberlain became an NBA legend when he scored 100 points against the New York Knicks in 1962. ...more

January 28, 2009

With the district tournaments set to begin next week, Tampa Bay Tech girls basketball coach Heather Glezen said she's still trying to get junior guard Leria Jenrette in basketball shape. ...more

January 27, 2009

Maya Moore had 27 points and 11 rebounds, freshman Tiffany Hayes added a career-high 23 points, and the top-ranked Connecticut women's basketball team routed No. 6 Louisville 93-65 on Monday night to remain unbeaten. ...more

January 27, 2009

North Carolina State's Kay Yow, the Hall of Fame women's basketball coach who won more than 700 games while earning fans with her decades-long fight against breast cancer, died on Saturday. She was 66. ...more

January 24, 2009

TRINITY - Mitchell High School girls basketball coach Jacob Tavo always preaches defense. It seems his players listen well, as it was defense that held Mitchell in against Gulf Friday night in a 36-31 victory. ...more

January 17, 2009

NEW PORT RICHEY - For Gulf girls basketball coach Mike Quarto, his strategy in the waning days of the regular season is simple: play defense. ...more

January 15, 2009

LAND O' LAKES - When Pasco boys basketball coach Derek Heard steps inside the Donald McBath Activities Center, there is a tremendous difference in his practices now compared to the opening weeks of the season. ...more

January 9, 2009

Bulls run record to 14-1 with 62-33 victory against Hudson. ...more

January 7, 2009