Youth Sports

The 48th annual Tri-Star Basketball Skills Contest, sponsored by the Optimist Club of Plant City and the Plant City Parks and Recreation Department, was held at 9 a.m. Jan. 30 and saw 34 participants compete at the new Sadye Gibbs Martin Community Center. All participants are tasked with dribbling through a set of cones in […]

Register for Plant City Little League spring season Sign-ups for the Spring 2021 Plant City Little League baseball and softball season are ongoing through Jan. 29. In-person sign-ups will be held at the PCLL board room, 1704 N. Park Road, from 9 a.m. to 12 p.m. this Saturday as well as Jan. 23. You can […]

Three Plant City Dolphins teams are going to the TCYFCC Superbowl this Saturday in Riverview.

Register for youth soccer season The Plant City Parks and Recreation Department announced sign-ups for the 45th annual PCPRD/Optimist Youth Soccer Program season are now underway. The program is open to area youths age 4-18 (as of June 1, 2021), who will be divided into 11 age groups in boys, girls and co-ed divisions. COVID-19 […]

The Plant City Dolphins Midgets football team will begin its latest playoff run this Saturday. If the next few weeks go well for them, they could win their fifth consecutive league championship.

Dynamic Sports and Learning Academy, a Plant City-based nonprofit that works with young athletes, is getting ready to get back on the field starting next week. DSLA started offering free athletic training services last June to area youths up to age 18 at Marshall Middle Magnet School’s track and field, 18 S. Maryland Ave. The […]

PCD Midgets complete perfect season The Plant City Dolphins Midgets football team just did something few teams can claim on a resume. With Saturday’s 47-0 win over the Polk City Jaguars in Plant City, the Dolphins finished the 2020 TCYFCC regular season completely unblemished — no losses and no points allowed — and extended their […]

Dolphins teams looking to preserve perfect seasons Several Plant City Dolphins teams are heading into the weekend looking to make the playoffs with unblemished regular-season records. The Mighty Mites, Pee Wees, Midgets and Junior Varsity Dolphins all have 5-0 records and will face the Polk City Jaguars at home Saturday to try and go undefeated […]

The United Youth Football League’s annual national championship tournament is back at Ellis-Methvin Park this week.