The Palm Harbor University girls soccer team brought the Class 5A State Championship trophy back to Pinellas County last weekend by defeating previously unbeaten Lakeland George Jenkins 3-1 at the University of Tampa's Pepin Stadium. ...more

February 21, 2009

This was not how Freedom boys soccer coach Dennis Derflinger and his players envisioned starting their first appearance in the state final four tournament: waiting for a school bus on the other side of town from the site of their semifinal match against Niceville. ...more

February 20, 2009

John Henson, the 6-foot-10 center from Sickles High, made his presence known - all over the box score - when the Gryphons pounded Sarasota Riverview 66-40 in Thursday night's Class 6A-Region 2 quarterfinals. ...more

February 20, 2009

In as sense, Alex Delgado's soccer career will be coming full circle Friday evening. The second-year Palm Harbor University boys soccer coach has guided his team into the final four of the Florida High School Athletic Association playoffs held at the University of Tampa. ...more

February 19, 2009

Looking at Freedom's run to its first final four, you'd think the return of forward Manny Martes from a hamstring injury was what has pushed the Patriots into Friday's state semifinal against Niceville. After all, he has scored in every game from the district tournament on, including a hat trick against Lake Howell on Friday night. ...more

February 19, 2009

For the first time in the school's eight-year history, Freedom is sending a team to a state final four. ...more

February 14, 2009

After T.J. Roehn scored two goals and added two assists in Berkeley Prep's 5-1 win over St. Andrew's in the Class 3A-Region 3 boys soccer final on Friday, the one-game-at-a-time cliches were flying all over the field. ...more

February 14, 2009

After watching his squad roll to a 6-0 victory on the road against Fort Myers Bishop Verot on Tuesday, Berkeley Prep coach Tim Cooper had to admit the Buccaneers are playing some outstanding soccer. ...more

February 11, 2009

In a game crying out for a moment of brilliance, Durant's Freeman Bass and Billy Fanning provided one. ...more

February 11, 2009

A hat trick from freshman forward Colby Maffei and some solid defending by her teammates in Friday's Class 2A-Region 3 final powered Tampa Prep to a 4-1 victory against Bradenton St. Stephen's - and back into the 2A girls soccer state final four. ...more

February 7, 2009