LAKELAND – Its first time in Lakeland since 1999, Nease sure didn’t play like it jumping on defending state champs Fort Myers early and never looking back in a 52-40 win in the Class 7A state semifinal at the RP Funding Center. Panther PREGAME!! pic.twitter.com/k5GoTDUbU6— Nease Athletics (@NeaseAthletics) March 1, 2019 Part of that was...Read More

LAKELAND – Longtime Southeast head coach John Harder was hoping he would leave Lakeland the same way he did his first time, with a state championship. Unfortunately, Bishop Kenny saw otherwise in a 49-48 win over Southeast (25-5) in the Class 6A state semifinals yesterday.The loss ended the storied coaching career of Harder, who announced...Read More

LAKELAND – After a quick timeout it would have been rather easy for sophomore Jasmyne Roberts to be a bit nervous stepping up to the free throw line for a second time in a tie game with 13.8 seconds left.However, Roberts was anything but nervous and sank the second free throw to give Bishop Kenny...Read More

WESTSIDE – With each win Fleming Island continues to make program history, another win also keeps moving them closer to Lakeland as well. Ahead 43-42 late in the third, the Eagles went on a 9-0 run to take full control of the game in the 64-60 win over host Lee in the Region I-8A semifinals....Read More

” I cant lose” is something everyone tells themselves on the basketball court; yet at some point in the game you have to prove this to you’re opponent. Well in the Class 5A Regional Semifinals, Jackson would prove this by halftime, building a 14-point lead and eventually engulfing Bolles in a 32-point inferno of defense...Read More

After a 26 year absence , Bishop Kenny will make an appearance in the State Championship Final Four. Less than two weeks ago Coach Charlsea Clark expressed to Duval Sports , “I want to get the girls to the Final Four, one game at a time”. Dreams are possible when you are willing to work...Read More

Jacksonville Fl-Twenty-nine percent from the free throw line is usually not something to celebrate, but those misses will not define the legacy of Teyana Carswell Rather it was only one free throw she made that will. With 0.9 seconds remaining on the clock, Carswell knocked down the most important shot in her Raines career, to...Read More

MANDARIN- Mandarin (15-11) succumbed to Oviedo (22-7) 77-70 in the Class 9A Regional Quarterfinals on Thursday evening. The season caps a year which saw the Mustangs capture their first district title since 2007, defining the 2018-2019 season as a momentous one. Fourth year Mandarin head coach Coach George McCleod exclaimed , “We are not known as a...Read More

At 27-1 the Nease Panthers girls basketball team have been the best the area has seen all year. They took down Sandalwood by 16 points, Bartram Trail by 42 points, and along the way defeated state power Tampa Bay Tech. All of these teams have either made deep playoff runs or as in the case...Read More

Northside- Fleming Island learned that a slow start can impact a win or a loss in a big game. In the district championship, the Eagles lost to the Oakleaf Knights after beating them twice during the regular season. On Thursday evening in the boys regional quarterfinals, it appeared as if history was going to repeat itself...Read More