The high school football playoffs start tonight, and, alas, the three Highlands County teams are making other plans. In the end, Sebring couldn't win The Big Game(s), Lake Placid coalesced too late and Avon Park, playing out an athletic director's ultimate nightmare, faced four top-10 teams in five weeks. ...more

November 20, 2009

Careless down the stretch, the Sebring boys basketball team squandered a 10-point fourth-quarter lead during a 58-55 loss to Clewiston in the Bill Jarrett Tip-Off opener on Tuesday night. ...more

November 19, 2009

The football season ended Friday. For eight Avon Park athletes, basketball season starts tonight - four days later. ...more

November 17, 2009

The Avon Park and Sebring wrestling teams literally knocked the rust off each other during Saturday's Preseason Classic, with the Red Devils emerging with two dominating victories in the dual meet in the Blue Streaks gym. ...more

November 16, 2009

With a few new wrinkles and the same ol' Bubba, the Sebring Blue Streaks reasserted their regional supremacy Friday night in one of the state's richest rivalries. ...more

November 15, 2009

The Sebring girls basketball team built a brief third-quarter lead before eventually succumbing to Bartow, 58-53, on Thursday night in the final round of the Preseason Classic in the Blue Streaks gym. ...more

November 14, 2009

Sebring's Connor Bauer overcame an early fall in the 5k race to finish third with a time of 16 minutes, 32 seconds in Friday's Class 3A-Region 3 cross country meet. ...more

November 14, 2009

With both Avon Park and Sebring missing out on the state playoffs, tonight's game offers a last chance for the seniors on each team to record a final win over their biggest rivals. ...more

November 13, 2009

The Sebring girls basketball team showed plenty of hustle and intensity in losing to Okeechobee by a score of 49-47 in Tuesday night's Preseason Classic in the Blue Streak gym. ...more

November 12, 2009

With two weeks of practice under their belts, the Sebring girls basketball team is set to open the season tonight. ...more

November 10, 2009