Do you have a good Sports scoop for us? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com, or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. FISHING + Strawberry Crest students compete Strawberry Crest students Colten Smith, Rafet White, Russell Butler Jr. and Jonathan North competed in the Costa Bassmaster High School National Championship from July 22 to 25. In the tournament, […]
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P.C. natives join USF cheerleading team
Crystal Johnson and Georgia Foster may not have known each other well throughout high school, but much has changed since their graduation several months ago. Now members of the University of South Florida’s cheerleading team, Johnson and Foster bonded through their Plant City roots and are ready for the next set of challenges that await […]
Continue Reading1965 Marshall High football reunites, recalls 9-0 year
Many years have passed since the Marshall High School Dragons last took the football field together and since Marshall was even a high school at all. But the 1965 graduates of what is now Marshall Middle School are still able to get together, as they did for last weekend’s 50-year reunion. It’s especially good for […]
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Do you have a good Sports scoop for us? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. SOFTBALL + Adult league registration open Plant City residents looking to get their softball fix can now sign up for the Recreation & Parks Department’s fall league season. The season, slated to start as early as […]
Continue ReadingLeeseberg hired as PCHS athletic director
Like a freshman, Tim Leeseberg is eager for his first day at a new school. A 12-year veteran of the Tampa Bay-area school system, Leeseberg was named Tuesday, July 28, successor to Plant City High School’s departing assistant principal of administration and athletic director Traci Durrance. It will be Leeseberg’s first time in the role […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? PCHS changes have promise
Many of you Plant City High students, parents and alumni are probably eager to see how the school’s athletic programs fare in the 2015-16 school year, as the recent shuffling of personnel has impacted the Raiders family at its core. I see no reason for anyone to be anything but optimistic right now. Much has […]
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Do you have a good Sports scoop for us? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. BASEBALL + Ralyea signs with Bishop State Recent Plant City High graduate Jacob Ralyea signed with Bishop State Community College last week and will play there in the fall. Ralyea, who began his baseball career at […]
Continue ReadingRussell Kemp is still chopping
There’s a saying among sports circles usually reserved for the most dominant athletes: You can’t stop him — you can only hope to contain him. As far as Russell Kemp is concerned, cancer might have him contained right now, but it won’t beat him. Kemp, a recent Plant City High graduate, was diagnosed with stage […]
Continue ReadingWHERE ARE THEY NOW? Ryan Raburn
When athletes come back from injury, there’s always speculation about if they’ll be the same or not. For most professional athletes over 30, the stories can start to look more like career eulogies. But there’s also 34-year-old Ryan Raburn, coming off of a season-ending knee injury, playing some of the best ball of his Major […]
Continue ReadingSidelines 07.31.15
Do you have a good Sports scoop for us? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com or Tweet us at @PCTOSports. FOOTBALL + Marshall High football team to attend reunion On Saturday, August 8, one of the best football teams in Plant City’s history will bring the band back together. The Marshall High School Class of 1965’s […]
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