Photo courtesy of Deanna Hurley Bennett Johnson Bennett attends Strawberry Crest High School, where he does pole vaulting for track and field. Last week, he finished third in the WC County Championship. How long have you been doing pole vaulting? First Year, so only about 3 months What’s your favorite thing about it? The pole […]
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Photo by _BM.Media_ Jacob Purcell Jacob is a senior at Durant High School and plays baseball for the Cougars varsity team. How long have you been playing baseball? I’ve been playing since I was 3 years old. What’s your favorite thing about baseball? I love the competition that we play. What’s an area in baseball that […]
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Olivia Ennis Photo by Connie Hallman This week’s athlete of the week is Plant City High School’s Olivia Ennis. Olivia is a senior at PC and throws the javelin for the Raiders. How long have you been throwing the Javelin? 3 years What made you want to try this sport? My coach kept asking me […]
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Cooper Newman Photo by Jamie Newman Cooper is a 14-year-old who is in 8th grade at Tomlin Middle School, and plays for the OutKasts 14U baseball team. How long have you been playing baseball? I’ve been playing since I was 4, so basically my whole life. It’s always been my favorite sport. What position do […]
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Jackson McClellan Photo courtesy of Andrew Sclavakis Jackson is a senior at Durant High School, where he plays baseball for the Cougars varsity team. How long have you been playing baseball? 14 years What’s your favorite thing about baseball? The competition What’s your favorite memory involving baseball? My favorite memory is going against Bloomingdale high […]
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Photo courtesy of Zalen HicksSaxon Shah Saxon is a senior at Strawberry Crest High School and plays for the Chargers varsity baseball team. How long have you been playing baseball? I’ve been playing baseball since I was 6 years old. What’s your favorite thing about baseball? My favorite thing about baseball is probably the feeling […]
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Drew Cothren Photo courtesy of 813Preps Drew is a senior at Plant City High School where he plays baseball for the Raiders varsity team. How long have you been playing baseball? My whole life, since I was a little kid. What’s your favorite thing about baseball? The lifelong relationships that you get from playing this […]
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Will Kremper Will is a 14-year-old who attends Tomlin Middle School, where he plays for the soccer team. How long have you been playing soccer? I have been playing on and off for 8 years. What’s your favorite thing about soccer? My favorite thing about soccer is there’s no constant stopping like football or basketball. […]
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Photo Courtesy of Kristen LaytonHannah Layton Hannah is a 12th grader at Strawberry Crest High School, where she cheerleads for the Chargers varsity cheerleading team. Hannah has won two National Championships in two different divisions. How long have you been cheering? 8 years total – 4 years in high school, 4 years in rec What’s […]
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Photo by ShotByAndrewNiko Sosa Niko is a senior at Durant High School, where he just finished the basketball season on the Cougars varsity basketball team. How long have you been playing basketball? I’ve been playing for about 8 years. What’s your favorite thing about basketball? My favorite thing about basketball is that when you are […]
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