WINTER HAVEN — Megan Wolfe brushed aside the sort of nagging ailments that would sideline most swimmers to post eight top-five finishes, as the Highlands Hurricanes had an impressive showing at the Sunshine State Games at Rowdy Gaines Pool last weekend. The Blue Streak swim team member and state qualifier finished in the top six and earned team points in each of her 10 events, highlighted by first-place finishes in the 50-free (25.32) and 200-back (2:21.97). Wolfe also took second place in the 100-free with a 54.06 and third in the 100-back with a 1:05.75. She also grabbed fourth in the 400 IM (5:12.22) and 100 fly (1:02.97). ...more

June 18, 2008

With the scorching days of summer in full effect, a group of athletes will take to the water to raise money for their team. ...more

June 18, 2008

East Bay High School senior Christopher Collins is the first to admit it - he has a hard time sitting still and doing nothing. ...more

January 16, 2008

Colette Eule, a 5-foot-9 sophomore forward at Tampa Catholic, has helped the Crusaders to a 7-2 start. She is averaging 16 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.3 steals per game. ...more

December 13, 2007

SEBRING — When you live in Florida and love the water, swimming in competitive events is never out of season. The Highlands Hurricanes winter swim team made quite a splash in last Saturday's St. Petersburg Aquatics Morning at the Races event. Former Sebring High swimmer Sean Spiegel won the 50-yard freestyle event with a time of 20.91 seconds to qualify for the 2007 USA Short Course National Championships, which will be held next Wednesday at the Georgia Tech Aquatic Center in Atlanta, Ga. "That's quite an accomplishment for Sean," said Hurricanes coach Marvin Wolfe. "His goal is to qualify for the Olympic Trials next June and he is working hard toward that goal." ...more

November 23, 2007

When Riverview High School opened in 1998, Ron Sharitz was 26 and working in a Pennsylvania print shop. ...more

November 14, 2007

When Riverview High School opened in 1998, Ron Sharitz was 26 and working in a Pennsylvania print shop. ...more

November 14, 2007

SEBRING — The pool was more quiet than usual this week as the state-qualifying members of the Sebring swim team got their last laps in before the Class 2A state finals, which begin this morning at 9 a.m. Three individuals — junior Megan Wolfe in the 50 free, junior Bryan Kirsch in the 100-breaststroke and senior Shanaan Spiegel in the 100-backstroke — join the Wolfe-anchored 200-free relay team at the Central Florida YMCA Aquatic center in Orlando. That's a total of six Streaks representing Sebring at state, two more than coach Pat Caton had hoped for heading into regionals. ...more

November 2, 2007

The Land O' Lakes boys swim team had just wrapped up another Sunshine Athletic Conference title at the New Port Richey Aquatic Complex, though a tinge of dismay was in Coach Barbara Hayes' voice. ...more

October 24, 2007

Not having an established swim team at her school didn't stop Caitlen Smaga from pursuing the high school sports experience. ...more

October 1, 2007