VSI Tampa Bay FC will be looking for its third straight home victory Friday when they take on the Dayton Dutch Lions at Plant City Stadium. Kickoff is set for 8 p.m. The Lions (1-0) enter VSI’s den after a dramatic home opening win against the Pittsburgh Riverhounds last Saturday. Playing a man down for […]
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SHOW ME THE MAUNEY: Title well deserved for Crest
Collapses and letdowns happen all the time in sports. Whether its brackets busting when No. 2 seeds fall to 15 seeds in the NCAA basketball tournament or the New England Patriots having their perfect season shattered in the Super Bowl by the New York Giants, upsets can be just as popular as teams winning championships. […]
Continue ReadingUF softball player Kelsey Horton a finalist for Senior CLASS Award
Kelsey Horton has long mastered the art of balancing academics and sports, all while staying involved in her community. It was something she did during her time as a two-sport athlete at Durant High School and something she has continued to do through her senior season as an outfielder for the University of Florida softball […]
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 […]
Continue ReadingCoaches discuss changes to districts
Rivalries will be heightened for at least the next two years for area basketball and volleyball teams, after the Florida High School Athletic Association released the final state series assignments for the sports earlier this month. Beginning next year, Plant City, Durant and Strawberry Crest will join Brandon, East Bay and Tampa Bay Tech in […]
Continue ReadingSoftball: Plant City upends No. 8 Bartow in region quarterfinals
PLANT CITY – There were many that doubted, but the Plant City High softball team let that fuel them, along with the past meetings with its opponent Wednesday. Plant City (16-8) defeated perennial power Bartow 5-2 Wednesday at home in the 7A Region 11 quarterfinals. The win snapped a two-game region playoff losing streak to […]
Continue ReadingDurant’s Danish wins player of the year award
Durant baseball standout Tyler Danish is the 2013 winner of the Florida Baseball Player of the Year Award. Danish announced that he had won the award Tuesday night via Twitter. “Blessed to find out tonight that I won Player of the Year in Florida,” he tweeted. The senior right hander, who is committed to the […]
Continue ReadingPlant City wins fifth flag football district title
SEFFNER – Plant City High continued its dominance in flag football in Eastern Hillsborough County Tuesday with a 14-0 win over Durant to win its fifth district championship in the last six years. After a scoreless first quarter, the struggling Plant City offense got a spark from its defense after an interception from freshman Kylee […]
Continue ReadingLate goal lifts VSI past Los Angeles
VSI Tampa Bay FC battled the Los Angeles Blues and the weather en route to a 3-2 victory on Sunday evening. The win nets VSI the season sweep of the Blues. The first twenty-four minutes of the match saw both teams create many opportunities that breached the opponents’ penalty box, but neither team could conquer […]
Continue ReadingSoftball: Durant takes district title with 5-0 win over Wharton
It took two days to do it, but the Durant Lady Cougars are district champions. A rain delay and power outage put a damper on things Thursday night in the 8A-7 championship. After a short rain delay, the two left field light posts went out, followed by another downpour, eventually postponing the game to Friday […]
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