Friday night recap

TRIBUNE'S TOP 10

Rank, School	Record	Points	Up Next
1. Plant	6-1	39	at Chamberlain (1-8)
Panthers can wrap up fifth consecutive district crown with win this week
2. Armwood	7-1	35	at East Bay (5-4)
Hawks can earn sixth district title this decade with win this week
3. Tampa Bay Tech	6-1	34	vs. Wharton (2-6)
Can make program history with win this week - a third consecutive postseason berth
4. Jefferson	6-1	26	at Blake (1-7)
Dragons are district champs for first time since 2004
5. Tampa Catholic	7-0	23	vs. Avon Park (3-5)
Crusaders are district champs for fourth consecutive year
6. Hillsborough	5-2	22	vs. King (3-4)
Playoff hopes on the line this week for Big Red
7. Spoto	7-2	13	vs. Lakewood (6-2)
Spartans season comes down to one game
8. Sickles	7-2	12	Bye
Big, big win for Pat O'Brien's team over Alonso
8. Robinson	7-1	12	vs. Strawberry Crest (1-4)
Knights are district champs for first time since 1977
10. Plant City	6-3	2	Bye
Raiders have assured themselves nothing worse than three-way district tiebreaker

Also receiving votes: Newsome (5-2) 1, Durant (6-2) 1. ...more

November 1, 2009

Local Sports Briefs

Sebring All-Sport Passes now available SEBRING Sebring High School is selling All Sport Passes for the 2009-10 school year. The pass is valid for all home sporting events, excluding FHSAA sponsored playoffs and tournaments. The cost of the pass is $75 per adult and $50 per student. They are on sale in the front office, check payable to Sebring High School. ...more

November 1, 2009

Junior ROTC is much more than marching

Think of the Junior Reserve Officer Training Corp., or JROTC, and the mind conjures a small group of military-minded young men in uniform marching with flags and rifles and practicing drills in the school parking lot. ...more

November 1, 2009

Red Devils fall to Highlanders

Avon Park was one game-winning touchdown drive away from pulling off the upset of the year against the No. 5-ranked team in the state in Lake Highland Prep on Friday night at Joe Franza Stadium. ...more

November 1, 2009

Police blotter

The following people were booked Wednesday, Oct. 28 into the Highlands County Jail: ...more

October 31, 2009

Trick or Treat

Halloween started a day early for about 100 children, who marched down the Sebring Circle, parading their costumes and pocketing candy from downtown merchants on the Circle and Ridgewood Drive. ...more

October 31, 2009

Sebring sprints to high finishes

Despite another strong run by senior Connor Bauer, the Sebring boys cross country team finished second in the Avon Park Rotary Invitational Cross Country Meet on Thursday at Highlands Hammock State Park. ...more

October 31, 2009

Places to go

The Highlands Social Dance Club will be hosting a Halloween party tonight from 7 - 9:30 at the Sebring Lions Club on Sebring Parkway. ...more

October 30, 2009

LP moves into district title game

The Lake Placid volleyball team proved it deserved to be the top seed for the Class 3A-District 9 tournament by sweeping county rival Avon Park by scores of 25-21, 25-12, 25-22 in Wednesday night's semifinals in Mulberry. ...more

October 30, 2009

Dragon domination

After losing a number of talented swimmers from last year's squad, the Lake Placid swim program looked to be in a rebuilding season. ...more

October 30, 2009