PLANT CITY – There were many that doubted, but the Plant City High softball team let that fuel them, along with the past meetings with its opponent Wednesday. Plant City (16-8) defeated perennial power Bartow 5-2 Wednesday at home in the 7A Region 11 quarterfinals. The win snapped a two-game region playoff losing streak to […]
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Durant’s Danish wins player of the year award
Durant baseball standout Tyler Danish is the 2013 winner of the Florida Baseball Player of the Year Award. Danish announced that he had won the award Tuesday night via Twitter. “Blessed to find out tonight that I won Player of the Year in Florida,” he tweeted. The senior right hander, who is committed to the […]
Continue ReadingPlant City wins fifth flag football district title
SEFFNER – Plant City High continued its dominance in flag football in Eastern Hillsborough County Tuesday with a 14-0 win over Durant to win its fifth district championship in the last six years. After a scoreless first quarter, the struggling Plant City offense got a spark from its defense after an interception from freshman Kylee […]
Continue ReadingLate goal lifts VSI past Los Angeles
VSI Tampa Bay FC battled the Los Angeles Blues and the weather en route to a 3-2 victory on Sunday evening. The win nets VSI the season sweep of the Blues. The first twenty-four minutes of the match saw both teams create many opportunities that breached the opponents’ penalty box, but neither team could conquer […]
Continue ReadingSoftball: Durant takes district title with 5-0 win over Wharton
It took two days to do it, but the Durant Lady Cougars are district champions. A rain delay and power outage put a damper on things Thursday night in the 8A-7 championship. After a short rain delay, the two left field light posts went out, followed by another downpour, eventually postponing the game to Friday […]
Continue ReadingDurant hits high notes with classic
When golfers tee off at at Bloomingdale Golfers Club’s 17th hole par-3 April 20, they won’t hear chirping birds, a gentle breeze and an occasional golf cart passing by. Instead, they will have to deal with the sounds of trumpets, clarinets and drums. The 17th hole will be the “distraction hole” at this year’s 11th […]
Continue ReadingYMCA swim team preps for third season
Although the team may be smaller than other YMCA teams in the area, the Tampa YMCA Swimming team at the Plant City YMCA makes up for it in talent. Coach Craig Hilgenberg helped resurrect the longstanding swim club at Walden Lake in 2008, before merging that team with an existing swim club at the Plant […]
Continue ReadingPlant City welcomes VSI Tampa Bay FC
It was an impressive debut for VSI Tampa Bay FC April 13, as the Flames won their first USL PRO home opener in a 3-0 win over the Rochester Rhinos. After a lease agreement was approved March 25, VisionPro Sports Institute had a short timeframe to convert Plant City Stadium into a professional soccer facility. […]
Continue ReadingATHLETE OF THE WEEK: Ali Grimmel
Wide receiver and captain Ali Grimmel has been a leader for the Plant City High flag football team in more ways than one. The four-year starter has 33 catches on the year for 312 yards, but it is her vocal leadership that stands out. Grimmel, also a competitive cheerleader at PCHS, uses her outgoing personality […]
Continue ReadingLegislation dangerous for high school sports
Do you have or will you have a son or daughter who participates in high school athletics in Florida? You may want to pay attention. There is a piece of legislation that, if passed, could send Florida high school sports into an era of free agency. The legislation — House Bill 1279 — would allow […]
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