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 […]
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1965 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 […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? Football’s great divide: old vs. new
No matter where I go, I’m always happy to hear a good football story. It doesn’t matter if it’s a story from three or four decades ago, or three or four seasons ago — the football fan in me appreciates all generations of America’s biggest game. But, no matter who I talk to, I always […]
Continue ReadingP.C. Tennis Center to host round robin
The Plant City Tennis Center is hosting a junior round robin at 9 a.m. Saturday, Aug. 29. The Round Robin will consist of matches between young athletes who are participating in the junior league. One of the main goals of the event is for the boys and girls to become familiar with each others before […]
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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 ReadingSenshi Do Kai team gears up for state open
When Q. Wiggins looks at his Senshi Do Kai MMA competition team, he sees many young beginners along the walls of the dojo. They’ve only been training for the year or so that the Plant City school has been open. But when he looks deeper, in his mind he sees a lineup of 14 winners. […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingSidelines 08.07.15
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 ReadingFOCUS ON FITNESS: Finding excuses and losing them
I don’t have time. I’m too busy. It’s too hard. I can’t afford it. I don’t have motivation. You’ve either heard or made excuses like these before, and the list goes on and on. Those excuses have been heard by every trainer out there. And, to be honest, those excuses are the only things standing […]
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