Despite Wharton High's efforts to slow the pace of Thursday night's 5A Region 2 quarterfinal match, Ridgewood's second-to-none transition game quickly overpowered the Wildcats, en route to a dominating 58-36 victory. ...more

February 15, 2008

AVON PARK — Any "tween" or parent of one can confirm that "High School Musical 2" is totally cool, so when Derrick Roper had the chance to become part of the Wildcat fever, he jumped on board. ...more

January 31, 2008

There's nothing baffling when a wrestling team accepts an invitation to participate in a Brandon-hosted event. You say yes to the invitation and expect to get some good competition. Period. ...more

January 21, 2008

LAND O' LAKES - There was a mental duel being staged with timeouts with 3.5 seconds left in the deadlocked Ridgewood-Land O' Lakes boys basketball game Friday night. ...more

January 19, 2008

The word on Keith Thurman when he was an amateur was that he was destined to be a hard-hitting professional. Of his 101 amateur victories, 76 were by knockout. ...more

January 19, 2008

WHAT: Fight Night at the Pavilion WHERE: A La Carte Event Pavilion, 4050 Dana Shores Drive, Tampa ...more

January 18, 2008

Everything bounced Durant's way Wednesday night against Bloomingdale in a dual meet featuring two of Hillsborough County's best wrestling teams. And it started with the coin flip. ...more

January 17, 2008

One reason Ridgewood High boys basketball coach Gary Anders has his Rams playing in the Bright House Shootout held at Clearwater High School each year is because format gives Ridgewood a chance to play top competition it normally wouldn't see during the season. ...more

December 24, 2007

Durant senior 125-pounder Christian Reed never has shied away from the physical sports, and he got into wrestling after some productive time in martial arts, where he was twice a KickUSA national champion. ...more

December 18, 2007

AVON PARK — Three weeks after the Boys and Girls Club's Avon Park branch opened at Memorial Field, the club is still getting a second portable ready, and is working on a deck to connect its two trailers. But membership has already shot up well beyond what Executive Director Wally Randall predicted. The branch's new location has 74 members, and 65 children can be found either studying or screaming, racing and playing around the two portables on any given weekday after school. That's slightly more than the number of kids at the club's main branch in Sebring. "We were expecting 40. On the first day, close to 60 showed up," Randall said. ...more

December 8, 2007