The Durant High School Homecoming crowd was treated with an epic shootout but, unfortunately, not a win. Hillsborough High School brought their A-game to Durant and left with a 55-49 win, in which the Terriers never trailed. Nearly every time the Terriers scored – barring a first-quarter safety and an 80-yard strike in the second […]
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WHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? Alternate Jerseys Mean Homecoming
Plant City High School’s football team wasn’t big on special Homecoming traditions when Todd Long coached there. He’s the athletic director at Durant now, though, where the football team does do something different for the occasion. Most people probably think of Durant as a strictly navy blue-and-gold program. After all, those are two colors that […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: 7A-7 District Volleyball Tournament
Durant has done it again. The Lady Cougars clinched another district championship win Thursday night, beating runner-up Strawberry Crest in three sets. “It’s amazing,” head coach Brittany Wilson says. “And, doing it in three (sets) is even better. They beat us in three the last time they came to Durant, so this was huge.” After […]
Continue Reading2014 Gridiron Report: Week 9
The Plant City Times & Observer brings you another installment of our 2014 weekly podcast, the Plant City Times & Observer Gridiron Report, breaking down high school football match-ups in the Plant City area for the entire 2014 season. Staff Writer Justin Kline is the host of the podcast, which features a weekly “Game of […]
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Do you have a good sports scoop for us? Contact Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com. GOLF + Lady Raiders repeat as champs Stop us if you’ve heard this before: The Plant City Lady Raiders are going on a playoff run. They won the Class 3A District 13 championship again Oct. 13, posting a score of 339. […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lindsey Robinson
Durant and Plant City played a classic of a game Oct. 9, and Lady Cougars senior Lindsey Robinson led the team in kills en route to the home team’s 3-2 win over the Lady Raiders. That Plant City game was nuts. What was it like, on the court? We had some players out. … Trying […]
Continue ReadingPlant City Linebackers Leading the Way
Maybe it’s fair to say that losing defensive studs such as Montel McBride, John Broome and Sedrick King has hurt the Plant City Raiders. What’s not fair to say, though, is that these losses sucked the life out of this defense. Nowadays, one just has to look a little further up the field than the […]
Continue Reading2014 Gridiron Report: Week 8
The Plant City Times & Observer brings you another installment of our 2014 weekly podcast, the Plant City Times & Observer Gridiron Report, breaking down high school football match-ups in the Plant City area for the entire 2014 season. Staff Writer Justin Kline is the host of the podcast, which features a weekly “Game of […]
Continue ReadingWEEK 7: Newsome at Durant
What a heart-breaker. Facing a 33-31 deficit with five seconds to play, the Durant Cougars found themselves in field-goal range and on the brink of avenging last year’s loss. The kick missed, however, and the home crowd fell completely silent. No one can say it wasn’t a great game, though. Jalen Forte got Durant on […]
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Do you have a good sports scoop for us? Contact Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com. FOOTBALL + Durant routs Strawberry Crest Although Erick Davis and Crispian Atkins were both back at 100%, Thursday night belonged to Kamerron Joyce. The Durant sophomore scored three touchdowns on the ground — two in the fourth quarter — putting the […]
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