If there’s one thing Drew Knotts is grateful for, it’s that her pageant dresses have to be long ones. They hide all of the bruises on her legs that come from playing soccer. Some of her games have happened while she was active on the Plant City pageant circuit. This year, in particular, already has […]
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BASKETBALL + Kids compete at annual Tri-Star Plant City youth competed in the Optimist Club’s 41st Tri-Star Basketball Skills Contest Jan. 25, at Tomlin Middle School. Kids from different age groups participated in three events — dribbling, passing and shooting drills. Thirteen-year-old Mackenzie Steele’s 177 total points was the highest total of the competition, and 11-year-old […]
Continue ReadingAndre Lewis, La’Tosha Lewis lead standout basketball program
Andre and La’Tosha Lewis aren’t married — or even related. They’re just two basketball coaches who happened upon the same school at the same time. Now, they do just about everything together. “You could say that’s my brother, at work,” La’Tosha says. “We’re real close.” They teach P.E. and driver’s education at Strawberry Crest High […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Lacey Hargrove
Plant City’s core is very young — two sophomores, and a freshman. That freshman, Lacey Hargrove, had herself a solid week to close out the school’s best season since 2007: Hargrove’s 13 points led her team in a 36-32 loss to Riverview, and she scored 16 to help the Lady Raiders beat Durant, 50-42, Jan. […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? On getting struck out by a girl
When I took this job in September 2013, one of the first things that Matt Mauney told me during training was about this great video idea he had but never got around to doing. online pharmacy buy wellbutrin no prescription He filled me in on the story of Durant High’s Chelsea Baker, known as the […]
Continue ReadingFIT TO PRINT: How are you doing with your 2014 goals?
It is January again — that time of the year when we often look in the mirror and make health and fitness resolutions. Enthusiasm at the beginning of the month usually runs high — but by the end of January, that enthusiasm often begins to ebb. online pharmacy buy kamagra-gold online with best prices today […]
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SOCCER + Lady Raiders win district crown online pharmacy purchase zyprexa online generic As many expected, Plant City High School just completed its first-ever district three-peat. The first two rounds of the tournament were a breeze for the Lady Raiders, who outscored both opponents 12-0. Ericka Lott registered a hat trick in the first round against […]
Continue ReadingSawyer Dawson, Austin Carswell scout players at Under Armour Combine
Plant City having a presence at the annual Under Armour Combine is nothing new. But this year, two of the area’s best juniors got to experience it from a new perspective. Plant City’s Sawyer Dawson and Strawberry Crest’s Austin Carswell made the trek Jan. 2, to Tropicana Field — with sideline passes, granting them the […]
Continue ReadingBaker, Dawson try out for USA Women’s Baseball
Although Plant City was represented by two ballplayers in last week’s USA Baseball Women’s tryouts, only Chelsea Baker had played baseball before. The Durant High School junior, along with Plant City High School grad Kendall Dawson, traveled last week to Florida Atlantic University, in Boca Raton, with hopes of making the national team in August. […]
Continue ReadingWHAT’S ON KLINE’S MIND? Pro athletes are human, too
Because most of us watched Sunday’s NFC and AFC championship games, we got to witness what automatically became an all-time classic of a post-game interview. For those of you who didn’t catch the 49ers-Seahawks evening tilt — which was great, by the way — things got a little heated at the end, when Seattle’s Richard […]
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