If you’ve been counting down the days to the return of varsity football, your countdown is near its end. Football returns this Friday with a slate of preseason kickoff classic games across Polk and the state.
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Winter Haven native Brody Catrett, 12, had quite a season this past summer for his Winter Haven Elite travel baseball team.
TAMPA – Iron “Iron Fist” Alvarez-Montes, a 2012 graduate of Bartow High School, and Polk County Sheriff’s Office Deputy Sergeant Tracy Smith both remain undefeated as professional boxers following an event July 27 in Tampa.
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WINTER HAVEN — Luci Lippelgoos is just 13 but that didn’t stop the local teen from being an important part of the Cypress Gardens Waterski Team that recently took the top spot at the Southern Regional in Sarasota.
Eighteen wins.
FORT MEADE – A group of local boys will be in it to win it when they hit the field 575 miles north of home this weekend.
The numbers are impressive.
WINTER HAVEN – Dick Pope would be proud.
While baseball and soccer have been Polk Sports Marketing's bread and butter, the Polk County Commission learned recently that the organization also has it eyes on Olympic prizes.
This week's Athlete of the Week feature is sponsored by Bond Clinic.
Next stop, Texas.
AUBURNDALE — The inaugural season for Tropics SC in the United Premier Soccer League just keeps getting better.
POLK COUNTY – In a few weeks the ice will be frozen at Lakeland Ice Arena.
This week's Athlete of the Week feature is sponsored by Bond Clinic.
Florida Tropics SC’s impressive season in the United Premier Soccer League continued June 29 in Auburndale with a 3-1 win over the Macca Ballers FC.
This week's Athlete of the Week feature is sponsored by Bond Clinic, P.A.
LAKE WALES – Longtime Mid Florida Youth Football & Cheerleading Conference coach Richard Deloach was honored June 4 by the Lake Wales City Commission for his 35 years of experience working with local children.
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Back on April 27, the Winter Haven Kicks U19 girls club soccer team defeated Space Coast United 5-1 in the championship game of the Florida Presidents Cup. Helping to lead the way for the Kicks was Isabel Aguilar, a recent graduate of Frostproof Middle-Senior High School. As the Center-Midfi…
The All Saints Academy football team finished its spring season with a decisive 49-6 win over Central Florida Christian Academy May 14 in Winter Haven.
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Led by strong pitching and plenty of firepower in their batting lineup, the Lake Region Thunder powered their way to the FHSAA Class 7A State Championship last week in Vero Beach.
