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  • Class 5A state final: St. Thomas Aquinas blanks Lakeland in 29-0 win

    MIAMI – It was deja vu all over again. In last season’s Class 5A state title game at Pitbull Stadium, we had a matchup between defending state champion St. Thomas Aquinas and runner-up Lakeland. A completely one-sided affair occurred as the Raiders blew by the Dreadnaughts in a 34-0 win. Did anyone think the rematch…

  • Road to Lakeland: Eight South Florida teams reach State Final Four

    LAKELAND – We have reached the final days of the 2024-2025 high school basketball season. After the myriad of district tournaments were played, we went through three rounds of the FHSAA state playoffs in eight classifications (Rural, 1A, 2A, 3A, 4A, 5A, 6A, and 7A): •Regional quarterfinals •Regional semifinals  •Regional finals In South Florida, eight…

  • Six peat: History made with St. Thomas Aquinas in Class 5A state title victory 

    MIAMI – Make it six in a row. For the first time in FHSAA history, a high school football team has won six consecutive state titles. The St. Thomas Aquinas Raiders (12-3 final record) accomplished the feat last night (Dec. 12) in the Class 5A state title game against Lakeland (13-1 final record) by way…

  • South Fork great: RB Omar Mejia

    STUART – Omar Mejia is a major asset for the current South Fork Bulldogs varsity football program. To see how and why this is the case, all it takes is for one to look at the 2025 running back’s statistics and film. We will get to that right now. The 5-foot-11, 175-pound offensive force got…

  • History in the making: Glades Central sends five to 1A state weightlifting finals

    LAKELAND – Remember these names. The five student-athletes that the Glades Central Raiders sent to the Class 1A state weightlifting finals were: Victor Butts Javier Flores Paul Glinton Edward Morgan Jordy Pierre Also: Let us remember Sheldon Harriott, who is Glades Central’s weightlifting head coach. Regardless of how they fared today (April 20) at RP…

  • Get to know: Javier Flores

    BELLE GLADE – We are coming upon a huge weekend for Javier Flores and the Glades Central Raiders weightlifting program. The 5-foot-5, 128-pound freshman (Class of 2027) is coming off a masterful performance in the Class 1A-Region 4 weightlifting meet at Frostproof High School in Frostproof on April 4. Here is the individual result for…