Area parks with sports facilities are preparing to host a slew of tournaments and events over the next few months.
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Quick Hits 1.14.21
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 […]
Continue ReadingAthlete of the Week: Ezereke Dawson
Plant City High School’s boys basketball team stayed busy over the winter break and came back to school with something to show for it. The Raiders won the 2020 Nature Coast Tech Christmas Tournament and a big part of that was the play of tournament MVP Ezereke Dawson. Dawson, a senior forward, averaged 12.7 points […]
Continue ReadingFighting for five
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.
Continue ReadingDynamic Sports and Learning Academy restarting free athletic training for youths
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 […]
Continue ReadingTop 5 Athletes of 2020
1. Mario Williams: Plant City High School football/baseball Even with all eyes on him as one of the top football recruits in the country, Mario Williams kept performing at a high level in both football and baseball. Williams finished the 2020 football season with 740 receiving yards, eight touchdown catches, 141 kick return yards and […]
Continue ReadingWhat’s on Kline’s Mind? My favorite local sports stories of 2020
Sports Editor Justin Kline looks back at some of his favorite local sports stories from the past year.
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1. Strawberry Crest High School cheerleading Some of these annual top five decisions are tricky to make. Others, not so much. This was the easiest call to make in the Observer’s short history. Were the Chargers executing perfectly on the mat in every competition? No, and they’ll be the first to tell you that. But, […]
Continue ReadingYear in Sports: 2020
The year 2020 was a strange time for sports in Plant City (and far beyond, obviously), but we all got through it together. Our local athletes played their hearts out in their respective sports as soon as they could get back in action. They played hard before everything changed in March, too, and even won […]
Continue ReadingAthlete of the Week: Joseph Escobar
Joseph Escobar has helped the Plant City Dolphins Midgets team stay unbeaten in league play in 2020.
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