published: Friday, November 06, 2009

"One bad hole, you can recover from, two bad holes it gets a little iffy," Suzie Gentry said. "Three bad holes is just really hard to recover from."

Which is what it came down to for Avon Park junior Greg Gentry at the Class 1A State Golf Championships on a wind-whipped second day of competitio ...

published: Friday, November 06, 2009

LAKE PLACID - It came to an end a bit too soon and just a tad too suddenly Tuesday night.

Seeking their first regional win, and to extend their coach's career at least one more game, the Lady Dragons couldn't accomplish either in falling to the Marauders of Clearwater Central Catholic in three ...

published: Friday, November 06, 2009

News-Sun staff report

AVON PARK - South Florida Community College pitcher Adam Simmons has committed to Florida State University and will join the Seminole pitching staff in the fall of 2010.

Simmons becomes the sixth Panther baseball player to attend Florida State since 2000, and is the 95th ...

published: Friday, November 06, 2009

Tim Boulay's soccer charges were upset with themselves after their Tuesday night match in the Pre-Season Classic consolation finale - though not due to a poor effort.

In fact, it was just the opposite, as the team bounced back from Monday's 3-2 loss to Bartow to boot Lakeland, 3-1.

"We played ...

published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Seeking to get his team into the competitive fire, Sebring boys soccer coach Tim Boulay invited a slate of tough foes for the Pre-Season Soccer Classic at Firemen's Field, including state power Auburndale, Lakeland and Bartow - which provided a 3-2 loss at the hands, or feet, of the Yellow Jacket ...

published: Wednesday, November 04, 2009

The boos were expected, but the timing of them wasn't.

After all, it was the detested Minnesota Vikings, now being lead by former Packer-icon Brett Favre, playing before the Green Bay faithful.

So of course, once that opening kick gets booted, I expected nothing less than booing the opposing ...