LAKELAND – After following one game short of a state title last year, North Florida Educational Institute made sure it didn’t happen this year pounding Schoolhouse Prep 62-48 in the Class 2A state semifinals today in Lakeland. With the exception of a brief 3-2 lead to start the game, NFEI led from start to finish...Read More

Lakeland- Many thought they were our best hopes at a state title in both girls and boys basketball. They had four D1 players, two four year varsity players, a decorated Head Coach who previously won a ring, and arguably the most dominant player from our area. Yet the then 29-1 Nease girls basketball team fell...Read More

SOUTHSIDE – Late Sunday evening, Mandarin quarterback Carson Beck announced on Twitter that he was committing to the University of Georgia. The 6’4 junior quarterback was named Florida Dairy Farmer’s Class 8A Player of the Year, he was also named to the Duval Sports All Area First Team. https://twitter.com/carsonbeck01/status/1102326124162486272?s=21 Beck passed for 3,546 yards, 39 touchdowns, 8...Read More

In 1965, Lyndon B. Johnson was our president, Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., was marching in Selma, and one of the greatest musicals of all time, (Sound of Music) had just come out in theaters. Well 1965 was also the last time that the Paxon High School boys basketball team made the Final Four....Read More

Since the first day of tryouts, many have dreams and aspirations of getting to Lakeland but only a few are actually able to make it to the Final Four. With University Christian and North Florida Educational Institute having already punched their tickets last Tuesday, Paxon, Jackson and Fleming Island, Columbia and Palatka were looking to...Read More

LAKELAND – Down 4 with 6:08 to play, it appeared Bartram Trail had finally climbed back in it; however a 11-3 run by Tampa Bay Tech allowed them to close it out in a 44-32 loss in the Class 8A state semifinals. Bartram Trail dug themselves a pretty deep hole they couldn’t get out of...Read More

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

The 35th annual Wolfpack Classic saw several track & field teams compete for medal and honor. The Ed White girls track team won the overall meet with 122 points. While the Sandalwood Boys Track team won the meet with 147 points. Check out some of the top finishers below, and don’t forget to post your...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