There are football scholarships, and then there are football scholarships. We are referring to the one just signed by King punter Daniel Zychlinski. He put pen to paper for Stanford University on Wednesday morning and if you looked closely at that paper, you will notice two very important lines: the percentage of the scholarhship the school is giving Zychlinski and how much one year at that school costs. ...more

February 6, 2008

At 6-foot-3 and 270 pounds, you might think that the biggest thing about Wesley Chapel senior Charles Van Zandt is his physical size. But, ask football coach John Castelamare and he'll tell you it's the size of Van Zandt's heart. ...more

January 22, 2008

GIRLS SOCCER Nature Coast graduates one senior, Brittany Allen, a 16-year-old with a 4.2 GPA. And oh yeah, she scored a goal too. ...more

January 15, 2008

Talk about icing on the cake. The Nature Coast girls' varsity soccer team hosted Central Thursday night, which also happened to be Senior Night. And not only did the 12-6-4 Sharks win 2-0, their only senior Brittany Allen, a 16-year-old with a 4.2 GPA, scored the second of two goals on the evening. ...more

January 15, 2008

Higher grades are in store for Hillsborough County's nearly 50,000 high school students when they are handed their first-semester report cards in a couple of weeks. ...more

January 12, 2008

Imagine this most improbable of situations: Just under half of the people you know of, in this country, don't really care for you, or they dislike you in varying degrees and intensities, including hatred. About 10 percent of the rest of the people you know of think the sun rises and falls because of you, but most of them want something from you, which you probably can't give them, at which time they will fall into the remaining group that think you are "Okay," but they too want something from you. You have just graduated from an unheard of college with only a 2.5 GPA. You are a single woman pregnant with sextuplets, and you already know they all will be born prematurely and with special needs for life, and all their needs are different. ...more

January 11, 2008

Tyler Fleming knew full well what he was getting himself into this summer. ...more

November 29, 2007

These days, getting into a good college with –– and sometimes without –– scholarships is no mean task. Good schools have always been competitive but today's high school graduates have to arm wrestle for admission in a world where top graduating students muster a 6.0 GPA out of 4 and enough college credits to finish a bachelor's degree in two to three years. Some people may have reservations about dual enrollment and advanced placement courses but they have become a reality in our high schools. They also make financial sense for parents and students. The fewer college classes to take means more money saved in expensive tuition. ...more

November 26, 2007

AVON PARK — Heather Barnes is accustomed to wearing many hats. After all, the Avon Park senior is a star softball player, an outstanding diver and a top-notch student. Next year, however, Barnes will don a new hat altogether after signing a full scholarship on Thursday to play softball with the Stetson University Hatters. "It's an exciting time right now," Barnes said. "I got the paperwork last night and now its official. Now I can just concentrate on softball and beating Sebring. "I can now just enjoy the rest of my senior year." ...more

November 16, 2007

Armwood's Sean Callahan thinks he spends roughly two to three hours a day, minus what he does with film. Plant's Robert Weiner says maybe 20-25 hours per week, and that's in-season time. Out of season? Think upward of 40 hours per week. ...more

November 11, 2007