LAKE PLACID — Virgil Cooper had 10 points and Alonzo Robertson and Teddy Allen each added eight on Friday night as the Avon Park boys basketball team held off an inspired Lake Placid squad for a 44-39 victory in a cross-county showdown. "We played as a team and were focused," said Cooper, whose team watched its eight-point halftime lead dwindle to four with five minutes left before finishing off the Dragons late. "When we play together, we share the ball, and it's a lot more fun." ...more

February 3, 2008

Top-seeded Keswick Christian held Bradenton St. Stephen's to five second-half points en route to a 67-20 win Friday night. ...more

February 2, 2008

Tarron Stewart is the 6-foot senior point guard for Brandon. He currently averages 16.3 points, 4.0 rebounds and 3.5 assists per game. He has received interest from Air Force, Ball State, South Carolina Upstate and Lynn University. ...more

January 18, 2008

SEBRING –– It wasn't a movie, but Saturday night's basketball game between Avon Park and Sebring was fast and furious. The uptempo style of play was much more to Sebring's liking, as senior forward Sam Robinson scored a team-high 17 points, and the Blue Streaks forced 25 turnovers en route to a 56-40 win over the Red Devils. The Class 4A-District 10 win improved Sebring to 10-6 overall, 6-3 in district, and gave the Blue Streaks a season sweep of Avon Park. ...more

January 14, 2008

The odds of this were slim: three consecutive games won or lost on the final shot. ...more

January 12, 2008

Pasco County's best traveled to Clearwater High School Friday night for a televised rematch with the state's No. 5 ranked team. Part of the eight-team Brighthouse Shootout, Ridgewood High walked into Jack Wilson Gym an undefeated 7-0, and looked for a duplication of their preseason victory over the Tornadoes a month prior. ...more

December 22, 2007

LAKE PLACID — Playing back-to-back games caught up with the Lake Placid girls basketball team at the worst possible time. McKeel Academy used a patient offense and a game-high 12 points from center Ciara Cox to beat a fatigued Green Dragon squad 40-27 in a Class 3A-District 10 game on Friday night. After edging Clewiston by one point in a fast-paced, physical contest on Thursday night, Lake Placid, which dresses only seven players, ran out of gas in the second half against the taller Wildcats. "It looked like we were tired from playing on Thursday night," said Green Dragon coach Shonda Legree. "We weren't getting up and down the floor like we normally do. We don't have a lot of depth, so the girls have to play pretty much the entire game. ...more

December 16, 2007

SEBRING — Facing the same Palmetto squad that started the Sebring girls basketball team's season off on a sour note, Blue Streak coach Mike Lee was looking for a little senior leadership. And it showed up just in time. Sebring scored eight of the game's final 10 points and got key buckets from seniors Chelsea Davis and Brenita Grant late on Tuesday to escape with a 50-44 Class 4A-District 10 victory over Palmetto. "We talked at halftime about the seniors stepping up and taking control," said Davis, who finished with 10 points. "We came together as a team in the last few minutes and really pushed it." ...more

December 13, 2007

Thousands of people used shovels and buckets in a massive operation Sunday to clean up the South Korea's largest oil spill, which blackened beaches along the country's western coast. ...more

December 10, 2007

SEBRING — Hannah Shoop started feeling it just after halftime. And by the end of the Sebring girls basketball team's 55-51 Class 4A-District 10 victory over DeSoto, just walking out of the locker room was one sore chore. "My legs are really tired," said Shoop, who, along with the rest of the Sebring girls basketball team, spent much of Monday's practice running lines. ...more

December 6, 2007