TEAMS TO WATCH GULF: If you were a fly on the wall in the Gulf wrestling room, here's a Cliffs Notes version of what you likely heard: Here's your goal and what is expected of you - Sunshine Athletic Conference, district and region titles. There's a target on your chest; and if you fall short, it's your fault. Why so cut-and-dried? The Buccaneers are stacked. The squad returns five state qualifiers - three of whom placed, including state runner-up at 152 pounds Ladarious Jackson. Travis DeWalt also is known to be greedy with the tournament trophies, and he expects the best. ...more

November 22, 2009

Rebuilding Hernando, Central mat programs open in Hillsborough County. ...more

November 21, 2009

The Avon Park and Sebring wrestling teams literally knocked the rust off each other during Saturday's Preseason Classic, with the Red Devils emerging with two dominating victories in the dual meet in the Blue Streaks gym. ...more

November 16, 2009

Hillsborough County's top high school senior wrestler has decided where he will compete in college. Brandon senior Joe Cozart has made a verbal commitment to Iowa State, his father, longtime Brandon wrestling coach Russ Cozart, said Monday. ...more

October 14, 2009

The Florida High School Athletics Association has finished up the grand realignment plan for its sports, and the proposed changes vary from negligible to noteworthy. ...more

April 1, 2009

Former Brandon High star wrestler Franklin Gomez won the 133-pound title at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis on Saturday, becoming the first former Eagles wrestler to be crowned an NCAA champion. ...more

March 24, 2009

Former Brandon High star wrestler Franklin Gomez won the 133-pound title at the NCAA Wrestling Championships in St. Louis on Saturday, becoming the first former Eagles wrestler to be crowned an NCAA champion. ...more

March 23, 2009

The Durant High wrestling team went up at some point during the season against nine of the state's overall top 10 squads. That tough schedule helped result in the second-best state performance in school history. ...more

March 4, 2009

In a hallway inside The Lakeland Center, five wrestlers occupied the "chute" area. ...more

February 25, 2009

To classify Ladarious Jackson as a tad nervous Friday and Saturday during the state wrestling tournament would be like calling Jessica Alba kind of cute. ...more

February 21, 2009