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

It may have been one of Florida State coach Bobby Bowden's biggest wins. ...more

November 16, 2009

The Lake Placid football team enters tonight's final game of the season against Lemon Bay with a chance to accomplish something that hasn't happened in 10 years - finish with a winning record. ...more

November 13, 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 last time Virginia coach Al Groh was on the sideline in South Florida, his Cavaliers ended Miami's era at the Orange Bowl with a stunning 48-0 romp over the Hurricanes. ...more

November 7, 2009

With a win tonight against Class 2B-District 6 opponent Gateway Charter, the Lake Placid football team can do something that hasn't been accomplished in many years - finish with a winning district record. ...more

November 6, 2009

A wanted man described his flight from deputies as a "big game of hide and seek." ...more

May 4, 2009

TUESDAY: Softball: Wiregrass Ranch at Gulf – 7 p.m. ...more

March 30, 2009

The stuff with Jay Cutler sounds more and more like a petulant kid who got his feelings hurt and has gone into full-pout mode, writes Joe Henderson. ...more

March 17, 2009

Springstead moves on from the Sweet 16 to the Elite Eight for the first time in school history, downing 4A-8 rival Hudson for a fourth time, 72-49. ...more

February 24, 2009