SCOREBOARD Today's Schedule Boys Basketball: Strawberry Crest at Brandon; East Bay at Durant; Riverview at Newsome; Armwood at Plant City; Spoto at Tampa Bay Tech; Bloomingdale at Lennard; Hillsborough at Middleton; Wharton at Blake; Plant at Robinson; King at Freedom; Chamberlain at Gaither; Sickles at Leto; Steinbrenner at Alonso, 8 p.m.; Academy at the Lakes at Tampa Catholic, 7 p.m. ...more

December 9, 2009

Bill and Melinda Gates reportedly won't be here Thursday, but about 400 other people plan to attend a gala to celebrate Hillsborough County Public Schools' $100 million grant. ...more

December 8, 2009

The Tampa Bay Lightning took time to honor both of the area's state hockey champions during Friday night's game against the New York Rangers, with the Newsome Blue team that won the Division II Pure title and the Gaither/Sickles team that won the Combined division being brought out into the bench areas during the first and second intermissions. ...more

December 2, 2009

The Tampa Bay Lightning took time to honor both of the area's state hockey champions during Friday night's game against the New York Rangers, with the Newsome Blue team that won the Division II Pure title and the Gaither/Sickles team that won the Combined division being brought out into the bench areas during the first and second intermissions. ...more

December 2, 2009

PREPS Today's Schedule BOYS BASKETBALL Brandon at Plant City; Strawberry Crest at East Bay; Spoto at Durant; Riverview at Robinson; Lennard at Freedom; Armwood at Bloomingdale; Alonso at Hillsborough; Leto at Blake; Jefferson at King; Middleton at Tampa Bay Tech; Steinbrenner at Gaither; Wharton at Sickles; Seffner Christian at Citrus Park Christian, 7 p.m.; Tampa Bay Christian at Canterbury, 7:30 p.m.; Jesuit at St. Petersburg Catholic, 7:30 p.m.; Berkeley Prep at Indian Rocks Christian, 7:30 p.m.; Keswick Christian at Bayshore Christian, 7 p.m.; Brooks DeBartolo at Sunlake, 7 p.m.; Oldsmar Christian at Admiral Farragut, 7 p.m. ...more

December 1, 2009

After winning the Southeast Basketball Academy Summer League Championship this past summer, Newsome senior forward Samal Shepherd said his Wolves were "on the rise." ...more

November 25, 2009

The girls' basketball regular season began the week of Nov. 16, with teams vying for a spot in the finals in Lakeland in February. New districts and classifications for some programs should result in new rivalries and increased competition. Here's a breakdown of the districts: ...more

November 25, 2009

DEANDRA DAVIS, SPOTO Davis, a 5-11 senior forward, led Armwood last season with 13.4 points per game and was second on the team with 9.2 rebounds per game. She also averaged double digits in 18 games. Davis transferred to Spoto to play for her mom. ...more

November 24, 2009

SCOREBOARD Today's Schedule Girls Basketball: Middleton at Durant, 7 p.m; Alonso at Spoto, 7 p.m; Robinson at Armwood, 7 p.m; Middleton at Countryside, 7 p.m.; Cambridge Christian at Bishop McLaughlin, 6 p.m.; Bayshore Christian at Holy Names, 6 p.m.; Bayshore Christian at Academy of the Holy Names, 6 p.m.; Berkeley Prep at Sunlake, 7:30 p.m.; West Oaks at Oldsmar Christian, 6 p.m.; Brooks DeBartolo at Citrus Park Christian, 5:30 p.m. ...more

November 19, 2009

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