Wednesday night’s’ 3-0 win for the Cougars was also head coach Butch Valdes’s 200th with the program.
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2021 wrestling district tournament results
Durant, Plant City and Strawberry Crest wrestlers competed in FHSAA district tournament action last week and several walked away with top-five finishes. Crest had two district champions in Jake McDarby (145 pounds) and Sebastian Fernandez (285 pounds). Durant’s Austin Bovee won the 195-pound championship. 3A-DISTRICT 5 (PCHS) 106: Benjamin Best, second place 113: Jeremiah Smith, […]
Continue ReadingNational Signing Day 2021 roundup
Eleven local athletes from Plant City and Strawberry Crest high schools signed their letters of intent last Wednesday.
Continue ReadingWilliams, Lawson win county football awards
The Guy Toph and Jimbo Kynes awards went to Plant City’s Mario Williams and Durant’s Wyatt Lawson, respectively.
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 ReadingQuick Hits 12.23.20
Area football players make East-West game roster Several Plant City-area high school football players made the cut for the Dec. 19 Hillsborough County East-West All-Star game, which was held at Sickles High School. All three local high schools had players on the East team’s roster that evening. Representing the Durant Cougars were defensive back Aashton […]
Continue ReadingIt’s official: Williams signs NLI for Oklahoma
Plant City wideout Mario Williams, one of the top wide receivers in the nation, finally put pen to paper Wednesday morning and will join the Oklahoma Sooners on the gridiron and the baseball diamond next season.
Continue ReadingAthlete of the Week: Todd Miller
Todd Miller has been a crucial part of the Plant City High School basketball team’s gameplan in 2020.
Continue ReadingGame of the Week: Playoffs
Due to an FHSAA rule change as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, all high school football teams that opted in to the state series will get a regional play-in game. That means all three Plant City-area teams get to start postseason football this week.
Continue ReadingAthlete of the Week: Romello Jones
Romello Jones has been carving defenses up on the football field in the last few weeks.
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