Just one night before the Durant baseball team punched its ticket back to the FHSAA state championships, the school’s softball team’s great run of 2021 came to an end in the Class 6A-Region 2 finals. Armed with one of the brightest green lights in softball, the free-swinging Viera Hawks put up a fight against the […]
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Durant only local school to advance to baseball, softball regional semis
Heading into this week, area baseball and softball fans still had one team left in the FHSAA playoffs to root for. Durant’s baseball and softball teams picked up a pair of wins in the regional quarterfinals on May 6 and 7 to advance to this week’s semifinal round. Strawberry Crest’s baseball and softball teams, as […]
Continue ReadingPCHS athletes compete in track and field state championships
Four Plant City Raiders competed at the University of North Florida over the weekend and two recorded top-five finishes in the Class 4A meet.
Continue ReadingDurant, Crest take district softball, baseball titles
The Cougars and Chargers earned hosting privileges for this week’s regional tournament openers with a pair of wins last week.
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Track and Field state championship qualifiers Several athletes from Plant City High School will represent their school and their hometown at this weekend’s FHSAA Class 4A State Championships. The meet, which will be hosted in Jacksonville at the University of North Florida, runs from Friday through Saturday and will be live-streamed on both NFHSnetwork.com and […]
Continue Reading2021 Tri-Star Soccer Skills Contest results
The latest edition of the Optimist Club of Plant City’s annual competition was held Saturday morning.
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PCHS athletes shine at track and field districts Several Plant City High School Raiders stood out from the field (and the track) over the weekend in the 2021 Class 4A-District 7 championships, in which the PCHS boys placed second and the girls placed fifth out of nine teams. A total of 23 Raiders are moving […]
Continue ReadingDurant flag football run ends in district tourney finale
The Bloomingdale Bulls upset the top-seeded Cougars, 19-0, in last week’s 2A-District 6 championship game.
Continue ReadingPlant City, Crest split boys, girls tennis district championships
Both schools secured the Class 4A-District 6 championship and runner-up spots in last week’s tournaments in Winter Haven.
Continue ReadingBaseball, softball about to wrap up regular season play
After non-district play comes to an end this week, Durant, Plant City and Strawberry Crest’s teams will enter the postseason with hopes of making a big run.
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