Durant’s flag football team is rolling, even after losing key starters and dealing with a head coaching change. Part of the Lady Cougars’ success comes from the play of senior Ashley Piechowiak, a two-way player who went into Thursday’s game against Bloomingdale with 6 touchdown receptions and 6 interceptions on the season. What first drew […]
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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. SOCCER + P.C. to host State Cup games The 2015 Florida Youth Soccer Association State Cup is underway, and the action will be headed to Plant City this weekend. On Saturday, April 11, and Sunday, April […]
Continue ReadingCrone keeps Durant winning after coaching change
If anyone knew what this young Durant flag football team was capable of this year, it was Randy Crone. His input has so far proven to be exactly what the team needed this spring, after losing a number of key seniors to graduation and longtime head coach Brad Brunson. Working with just four seniors, Crone […]
Continue ReadingPCHS football to host fundraiser for senior player
The Plant City High football team will host a fundraiser Thursday to benefit senior Russell Kemp, who was recently diagnosed with cancer. From 6 p.m. to 9 p.m., anyone who dines at the Beef ‘O’ Brady’s in Walden Woods Village, 2418 James L. Redman Pkwy., can support the Kemp family by dropping their receipts in […]
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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. BASKETBALL + Vipers complete first tourney The Plant City Vipers, playing with two squads for the first time, competed in its first tournament of the 2015 season from March 27 to 29. Playing in the Youth […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Jackson Hardee
Plant City High senior Jackson Hardee is one busy guy, but he finds a way to excel wherever he can. Athletically, he makes his mark pole vaulting for the Raiders’ track and field team and has placed first in most events throughout this season. You’ve got the Vernon Korn championships coming up on Tuesday. What […]
Continue ReadingPlant City NextLevel athletes making offseason strides
When it comes to the local recruiting scene, Gerold Dickens has plenty to talk about. The Plant City native, who is the president of NextLevel Sports Academe, has seen his program expand over the past few years, but things are bigger than ever now. He and vice president Hasani Jackson have had to add some […]
Continue ReadingPHOTO GALLERY: Durant Lacrosse Senior Night
Seven smiling seniors strutted their stuff on Monday afternoon, as Durant lacrosse hosted Robinson High School in its final regular-season home game. The ceremony came after the Lady Cougars finished the second half of a game that had previously been rained out at halftime, beating the Lady Knights with a flurry of late goals to […]
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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 + Rowland pitches perfect game Throwing a perfect game is every pitcher’s dream, and a Plant City youth can now say that he’s done it. Blaine Rowland, of the Brewington’s Towing Juniors team, threw a […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Avery Brown
Since rejoining Plant City High School’s flag football team, senior quarterback Avery Brown has been on a tear. In leading the team to back-to-back mercy rule shutouts of Durant and Chamberlain, followed by Monday’s 19-0 win at Strawberry Crest, Brown has totaled eight touchdowns (versus four picks) and 770 passing yards. You took a little […]
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