Bloomingdale High School Coach Jason Stokes has been named the Buccaneers 2008 Coach of the Year. ...more

December 28, 2008

The final minute of Friday night's game might have left a bit of a sour taste in the Lightning's mouth. But at least they didn't have to swallow a bitter pill. ...more

December 27, 2008

It was the first year the Florida High School Athletic Association has officially recognized competitive cheer as a varsity sport. It also was the first time the FHSAA had held a state championship meet. ...more

December 26, 2008

Beau Hume's nickname is "Slow." "Rhymes with Beau," Hume said, grinning. ...more

December 21, 2008

GIRLS BASKETBALL Wiregrass Ranch rallies from 10-point halftime deficit to upend Nature Coast and remain unbeaten in 4A-8. ...more

December 19, 2008

When Plant quarterback Aaron Murray went down with a broken leg and dislocated ankle on Oct. 16 against Hillsborough, many people wrote off the Panthers. But then backup Phillip Ely stepped up, as did the running game and receivers Orson Charles and Allen Sampson, and the Plant defense rose to the occasion. ...more

December 17, 2008

Good memories were not likely to be a part of the Avon Park player's vocabulary when they talked about Firemen's Field - the den of their archrival Sebring Blue Streaks - until Saturday. ...more

December 15, 2008

For the 109th time, Army played Navy in one of college football's enduring classic matchups last Saturday afternoon. ...more

December 13, 2008

Tampa Bay Tech football coach C.C. Culpepper's voice cracked as he stared in disbelief at the award he'd just won. ...more

December 11, 2008

The Florida Gators paid the inevitable price of success Wednesday when offensive coordinator Dan Mullen - one of several of Urban Meyer's assistants being mentioned for vacant jobs - was lured away by the head coaching job at Mississippi State. ...more

December 11, 2008