We wouldn’t advise messing with Sarah Subko. In addition to playing volleyball, the rising junior at Strawberry Crest High School also wrestles and competes in judo tournaments around the world, including one in Dallas this week. Along with volleyball, she also plans to wrestle for the Chargers next season. What position do you play in […]
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ATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Brooke Miller
After graduating from Plant City High in just three years, Brooke Miller has added another impressive accomplishment: she is now a cheerleader for the University of South Florida. Miller tried out in May and made the co-ed team, along with fellow PCHS alum Jonathan Belk, who played three years of football for the Raiders. The […]
Continue ReadingTEAM OF THE WEEK: Pool Master Tiger Sharks
Editor’s note: Instead of spotlighting one player, we have decided to honor the entire roster of the Plant City Little League machine pitch Pool Master Tiger Sharks. The Tiger Sharks went 26-0 this spring and won their league tournament, as well as the Tournament of Champions, in Haines City, going undefeated in both. The team, […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Megan Still
Megan Still had a memorable senior year at St. Leo University. The former Plant City High softball standout was named second team Sunshine State Conference, after helping lead her team to the program’s first conference championship and a 40-14 record. Still, a pitcher, finished with a 1.90 ERA and led her team with 93 strikeouts. […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Emily Hobbs
Emily Hobbs loves the freedom she feels while swimming. The 8-year-old Walden Lake Elementary School third-grader has been swimming for coach Craig Hilgenberg for half her life — first with the Walden Lake swim team and now with the TYS Stingrays at the Plant City Family YMCA. Hobbs recently shaved 15 seconds off her 100 […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Paxton Sims
Paxton Sims wasted no time bouncing from one sport to another this week. The Durant junior went 6-for-7 at the plate in Durant’s two games of the state tournament last weekend, in Fort Myers. This week, he began football practice, preparing for his senior season as a tight end/slot receiver for the Cougars. He had […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tanner Thompson
Strawberry Crest senior Tanner Thompson came into a new program as a 5-foot-5 freshman. Now 6-3, 215 pounds, Thompson was a power hitter for the SCHS baseball team this season, hitting .269 with 18 RBI and two home runs while starting at first base. He is committed to play at Division II Barry University in […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Paige Davis
Paige Davis isn’t content with just one role as a softball player. The Durant senior led the Lady Cougars with a 1.46 ERA this season in 153 innings pitched and had 106 strikeouts. Davis also performed well at the plate, batting .390 with 14 RBI. She is committed to South Florida State College, where she […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Tyler Danish
Durant’s Tyler Danish, a senior right-hander committed to the University of Florida, had yet to give up an earned run this season entering the Cougars region quarterfinal game May 1. He is also batting .387 with 24 RBI, including two home runs in the district tournament, which the Cougars won for the first time since […]
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 […]
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