Volleyball playoffs: Christ’s Church, Providence, Eagle’s View move on
Providence is bound for the regional finals. The Stallions shook off a quick opening loss to knock off visiting Gainesville P.K. Yonge 3-1 on Thursday night in the Region 1-4A semifinals. Kamara Kelly...
View ArticleHigh school football 2017: Playoff point totals entering Week 11
The high school football playoff picture is firming up entering the final week of the regular season. The Florida High School Athletic Association released its playoff points totals through Week 10 on...
View ArticleWeek 10 football points: Handful of area teams on playoff cutline
Florida’s first football postseason to go down to the point tallies is only a week away. The FHSAA revealed the current standings in the playoff point system Tuesday, four days before the final games...
View ArticleRegional cross country roundup: Bolles, Providence win team titles
Bolles and Providence took home regional championships and punched their tickets to the state finals in Saturday’s cross country regionals, and Sean Snyder made school history for St. Joseph. Junior...
View ArticleHicks, Bolles dominate for cross country title
The Bolles boys cross country squad had one motto this year. “We called it BBTE,” head coach Mike Rivera said. “Bringing Back the Eighties.” Time to don the headbands and fire up the Prince cassettes...
View ArticleWesley Chapel standout runner Maxwell wants to move to next level
WESLEY CHAPEL — Amber Maxwell is looking for her final season to be memorable. The Wesley Chapel High girls cross country standout qualified for the Class 2A state meet last season and finished 22nd,...
View ArticlePasco County Boys Track & Field Preview
BOYS TEAMS TO WATCH Land O’ Lakes Seemingly always loaded with talent, the Gators are the favorites to win another Sunshine Athletic Conference title next week at Anclote and send several to regionals...
View ArticleTaste of Boston seafood restaurant reels in customers at new sites
LUTZ — George Illes figured it was a time for a change. After running his Taste of Boston seafood restaurant in Wesley Chapel for five years, he was looking to rebrand the business. So he took his...
View ArticleWildcats’ Maxwell chasing her goals
For years, Wesley Chapel High senior Amber Maxwell was searching for her athletic niche. The search finally concluded when she followed some of her friends’ advice before her freshman year and tried...
View ArticleStarkey invites residents to town hall meeting
LUTZ — Pasco County Commission Chairwoman Kathryn Starkey said she doesn’t expect to solve all of the community’s problems at a single town hall meeting. But she does want Land O’ Lakes and Lutz...
View ArticleRiver Ridge shows no mercy on way to semis
BROOKSVILLE — Showing no ill effects from recent back-to-back losses, River Ridge High joined Bellaire, Texas, Springstead and Nature Coast Technical in today’s semifinals of the Leopard Slam V...
View ArticleRoyal Knights are the target
With the the high school girls weightlifting season under way in Pasco County, up-and-coming Mitchell and Sunlake appear poised to topple defending five-time Sunshine Athletic Conference winner and...
View ArticleRiver Ridge takes another girls district weightlifting crown
NEW PORT RICHEY — Host River Ridge claimed its fifth straight district girls weightlifting crown by producing a meet-high six individual champions and three runners-up in the Class 1A-District 13 meet...
View ArticlePasco stars ready to be in spotlight at new all-star game
In years past, there had been talk — a demand, really — for a Pasco County all-star football game. On Thursday night at 7, the Fellowship of Christian Athletes will hold the inaugural Pasco County...
View ArticleWesley Chapel, Land O’ Lakes boundaries debated
WESLEY CHAPEL — A discussion about disputed community boundaries turned to talk of incorporation when members of the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce met with Pasco County staff members Friday...
View ArticleCDS volleyball on right track
Before last season, Carrollwood Day’s volleyball team had not advanced past the district tournament semifinals. But in 2014, the Patriots won their first district and region titles to reach the Class...
View ArticleSunlake prepared for familiar challenge of replacing seniors
LAND O’ LAKES — A new year, a new football team at Sunlake High. That seems to be the annual mantra, but also the challenge veteran coach, and father of Seahawks, Bill Browning faces at the start of a...
View ArticlePrep Bonus: HEAT eager to take next step
In its first year as a member of the FHSAA in 2013, the Tampa Bay HEAT volleyball team, comprised entirely of home-schooled students, won a district title and reached the region championship. The...
View ArticleMurray grabs cross country district gold
BROOKSVILLE — Immediately after winning the boys’ race Thursday afternoon at McKethan Lake, Lecanto’s Sean Murray was stumbling down the finishers’ chute, legs heavy with lactic acid, when he suddenly...
View ArticlePasco has solid showing at Invitational
BROOKSVILLE — In Week 3, Pasco High’s distance runners debuted with success in Saturday’s fourth Shark Invitational at Nature Coast Technical High. Though Pasco boys coach Tyson Graham didn’t have...
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