AVON PARK — Dedication and commitment go hand-in-hand in the sporting world, and in diving, Avon Park's Heather Barnes displayed an abundance of both during her senior season. Barnes limped into diving her sophomore year — something to keep her in shape for softball — but walks out of the sport her senior year as the 2007 Highlands Today All-Heartland Girls Diver of the Year. "This [honor] validates all the hard work and training I put in this year," Barnes said. "People can see me now as something other than for playing softball." ...more

January 3, 2008

Watching Matt Cicanese dive is like watching a major-league ballplayer hit a home run. The movements are synchronized and appear effortless, as if in slow motion. ...more

December 28, 2007

Robinson senior 189-pounder Ellis St. John, an individual state qualifier last season, remained undefeated this season after a solid showing Saturday at the six-way dual tournament at Robinson. St. John also is a standout linebacker on the Knights' football team and earned first-team all-conference honors this season. ...more

December 4, 2007

Tampa Catholic running back Drew Zink received good news Tuesday, as an MRI revealed no ligament tears in his injured right knee. ...more

November 27, 2007

LAND O' LAKES - For his first three seasons at Land O' Lakes, Matt Tanner was the do-anything, play-anywhere answer to all of Coach Mark Pearson's questions. ...more

November 25, 2007

When former Florida State receiver Barry Smith played for the Noles, the Florida State-Florida rivalry was one-sided. Smith, a Tampa resident who set numerous receiving records during his career, finished 0-3 against the Gators. Still, Smith has fond memories of the heated rivalry. He caught two touchdown passes in his first game against UF in 1970, and he threw one in his final FSU-Florida game in 1972, a 42-13 loss to UF and a quarterback named Chan Gailey. Today, Smith will be rooting for Gailey's team - Georgia Tech - because Smith's son, Andrew, is a junior receiver for the Yellow Jackets. Smith will be in Atlanta watching Georgia Tech play Georgia, a rivalry he compares to FSU-Florida: ...more

November 24, 2007

There was a time when Tyrone Hendrix's hands didn't exactly work like they were supposed to. ...more

October 19, 2007

Senior Amanda Newby is the No. 1 runner for Sickles' girls cross country team. When did you start running cross country? ...more

October 18, 2007

Well on their way to getting into the 'Guinness Book of World Records,' Mike Fenton and his Tampa Catholic classmates settled in for the night. ...more

September 26, 2007

There are many qualities that make a great football player, and Hudson coach Mark Nash sees many of them in linebackers Vance Lizama and Hunter Newton. ...more

September 20, 2007