Everyone wondered how long it would take Duke to recover from its blowout loss at Clemson. It turned out the fourth-ranked Blue Devils needed about a half to find themselves again. ...more

February 8, 2009

During the regular season, Clearwater rolled through Class 5A, District 9 play with a perfect 12-0 record and won each of those games by an average of nearly 44 points. ...more

February 7, 2009

Gulf High picked up its second, late-season statement victory Tuesday night by convincingly beating Class 4A, District 8 rival Nature Coast Tech 52-41. ...more

January 20, 2009

They gave up 17 offensive rebounds. They missed 17 of their 3-point attempts. They squandered an 11-point lead in the second half. ...more

January 18, 2009

Ridgewood forward Lukas Poderis slammed and jammed the Rams to a 74-56 victory Monday night against Palm Harbor University by dominating the paint and scoring a game-high 29 points. ...more

December 29, 2008

Plant's Ramos Commits To UT Plant senior baseball player Graham Ramos has verbally committed to the University of Tampa, Panthers coach Dennis Braun announced Friday. ...more

November 7, 2008

The University of South Florida women's basketball team looked to end its longest Big East Conference road trip of the season on a winning note, but Louisville was too much as the Cardinals took an 87-51 victory Saturday night at Freedom Hall. ...more

February 3, 2008

SARASOTA — Beonca Godfrey felt the Avon Park girls basketball team had the momentum and a big enough lead heading into the fourth quarter against DeSoto on Tuesday during the opening round of the Class 4A-District 10 tournament. "I really thought we were controlling the tempo and had everything working going into the fourth," Godfrey said. "[DeSoto] just never quit." ...more

January 31, 2008

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

SEBRING — In practice, when Sam Robinson works on his running teardrop floater, he makes sure everyone knows whose style he's emulating. "He works on that shot all the time," said Sebring coach Princeton Harris. "All he says is 'Tony Parker! Tony Parker!' "I don't really like it, but you can't take it away from the kid, because he's perfected it." Behind the floater and 24 points, Robinson spurred Sebring to a 56-45 victory over Braden River on Friday night in a crucial Class 4A-District 10 meeting at SHS. ...more

December 9, 2007