The Plant City girls’ golf team is headed to regionals. The Lady Raiders shot a 375 as a team on the 18-hole Lakes course at Walden Lake Golf Club Oct. 15 in the Class 2A District 10 tournament.
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PHOTO GALLERY: PCHS spirit week
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Plant City’s spirit week is in full swing. Today, high schoolers dressed up as inanimate objects. All colors of crayons walked the hallways, along with students dressed like tvs, lamps and food. Tomorrow is Hawaiian day.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Lions Club golf tournament
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Golfers from the community joined at the Walden Lake Golf and Country Club Saturday, Oct. 13 for a golf tournament benefiting the Plant City Lions Club.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Advantage Academy’s Harvest Hoedown
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor A wide array of booths from nail painting to football throwing contests were buzzing with activity Friday, Oct. 12 at Advantage Academy for their fourth annual Harvest Hoedown. Students of all ages came out to play. A bouncy house was constantly rocking. One of the most popular booth was […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Linder Machinery’s Oktoberfest
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Linder Industrial Machinery threw an Oktoberfest for their clients on Friday, Oct. 12. Amidst construction machinery, two tents were set up where attendees could enjoy craft beers and an authentic band, Swinging Bavarians. There were also goodie bags and raffle prizes given away.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Durant homecoming dance
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editors The Durant homecoming dance was the final event in a week full of school spirit. The theme, Circus, was a hit as students dressed in rhinestone incrusted gowns and flashy jewelry. The dance started at 7 p.m. at the Madonia Agricultural Center on Saturday, Oct. 13.
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Ribbon cutting for the Evelyn and Batista Ag Building
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Members of the Astin and Swindle family were present for the ribbon cutting of the Evelyn and Batista Madonia Agricultural Center at the Strawberry Festival grounds on Oct. 12. “Isn’t this a wonderful occasion, isn’t this a wonderful day for the city of Plant City and the Strawberry Festival,” […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Preschoolers fired up
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Sirens sounded for the preschoolers at the First Baptist Church of Plant City this morning. But there was no emergency. Three firefighters and a shiny red truck came out to show and tell for community day at the school. Captain James Wingo, Lance Borgers and Jason Mesa talked with […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Durant JV football and homecoming festivities
It was a busy night Thursday at Durant. The junior varsity football game was packed with happenings when the JV Cougars weren’t clashing with Newsome, their final opponent of the season. A homecoming parade took place before kickoff, with floats featuring a circus theme. The 2012 Durant High 8A softball state championship team was in […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: 1920’s Durant spirit day
By Amber Jurgensen | Associate Editor Yesterday Durant High School students rocked canes, walkers, bath robes and suspenders for elderly day as part of homecoming spirit week. Today, many students wore suspenders again, but this time for a roaring 20’s themed spirit day. Besides suspenders, many lovely flapper girls wore bright red lipstick, feather boas […]
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