VSI Tampa Bay FC will be looking for its third straight home victory Friday when they take on the Dayton Dutch Lions at Plant City Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. The Lions (1-0) enter VSI’s den after a dramatic home opening win against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds last Saturday. Playing a man down for […]
Continue ReadingSHOW ME THE MAUNEY: Title well deserved for Crest
Collapses and letdowns happen all the time in sports. Whether its brackets busting when No. 2 seeds fall to 15 seeds in the NCAA basketball tournament or the New England Patriots having their perfect season shattered in the Super Bowl by the New York Giants, upsets can be just as popular as teams winning championships. […]
Continue ReadingJeffries hopes to follow path of past festival presidents
The Florida Strawberry Festival has built a reputation for being a family-friendly event since it began in 1930. New President Jim Jeffries plans to keep that tradition running strong. “We always try to make decisions that our community supports,” he said. “Maintaining a family atmosphere is my hope and the hope of the board.” Jeffries […]
Continue ReadingUF softball player Kelsey Horton a finalist for Senior CLASS Award
Kelsey Horton has long mastered the art of balancing academics and sports, all while staying involved in her community. It was something she did during her time as a two-sport athlete at Durant High School and something she has continued to do through her senior season as an outfielder for the University of Florida softball […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Sammy Tyler
Sammy Tyler has found a home with the Strawberry Crest softball team. The junior transferred to SCHS, after spending two years at Armwood and has become the ace of the Lady Chargers pitching staff. Tyler helped guide her new team to the Class 6A-11 championship last week. She struck out 20 batters in the two […]
Continue ReadingCoaches discuss changes to districts
Rivalries will be heightened for at least the next two years for area basketball and volleyball teams, after the Florida High School Athletic Association released the final state series assignments for the sports earlier this month. Beginning next year, Plant City, Durant and Strawberry Crest will join Brandon, East Bay and Tampa Bay Tech in […]
Continue ReadingDurant’s Danish wins player of the year award
Durant baseball standout Tyler Danish is the 2013 winner of the Florida Baseball Player of the Year Award. Danish announced that he had won the award Tuesday night via Twitter. “Blessed to find out tonight that I won Player of the Year in Florida,” he tweeted. The senior right hander, who is committed to the […]
Continue ReadingLate goal lifts VSI past Los Angeles
VSI Tampa Bay FC battled the Los Angeles Blues and the weather en route to a 3-2 victory on Sunday evening. The win nets VSI the season sweep of the Blues. The first twenty-four minutes of the match saw both teams create many opportunities that breached the opponents’ penalty box, but neither team could conquer […]
Continue ReadingMan arrested after attacking grandmother with machete
A Plant City man was arrested and charged with attempted first degree murder and aggravated battery with a deadly weapon over the weekend after attacking his grandmother with a machete. Anthony Wayne Griffith. 34, got into a physical dispute with his grandmother, 75-year-old Barbara Harvey, April 20 at approximately 4:28 p.m. at their residence off […]
Continue ReadingCity to name drive to honor Eddie Brooks
The circular drive around the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Recreation Center in Plant City soon will be named in honor of one of the center’s first employees. The Plant City Commission approved April 8, a recommendation by Plant City Vice Mayor Mary Mathis to name the drive “Eddie C. Brooks Circle.” “It’s very important […]
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