Category Archives: Sports

Has the FHSAA completed its investigation into the transfer of five football players from Jenkins to Lakeland? And has it already compiled a report? I don’t know the answer to that question, but the folks at Big County Preps say … Continue reading →

It’s taken me a while to post more info from this year’s Friday Night Football Florida preview magazine, but better late than never, right? My first post about the magazine listed the best teams in the state, according to FNF. … Continue reading →

Sorry for being a couple of days late on this one, but Lakeland coach Bill Castle became the third Polk County coach to crack the BHSN Top 20 list of Bay Area prep coaches. Castle, who has won six state … Continue reading →

Bartow High School strikes again. As I wrote about a couple of weeks ago, Bright House Sports Network is currently doing a countdown of the top 20 coaches in the Tampa Bay area across all high school sports. It’s a … Continue reading →

The third annual Friday Night Football preview magazine was recently released, and I finally purchased my copy this week. I always looked forward to this magazine when I was at The Ledger, not only to see how Polk County schools … Continue reading →

I’ve been keeping an eye on Bright House Sports Network’s top coaches countdown for the past couple of weeks. I first heard about the countdown after I put together my list of the top 10 coaches in Polk County. Drew … Continue reading →

For the past three years, this was about the time that I would begin working on the high school football preview section for The Ledger and Polk County. Obviously, that’s not going to be the case this year. I’m not … Continue reading →

Not sure how smart this is for me to try to do this, but after I put together my top 10 football coaches list a few weeks ago, I started thinking of other lists I could do. For some reason, … Continue reading →

I want to give major props to my former co-worker at The Ledger, Roy Fuoco, who put together a great package about high school softball’s history in Polk County this week. Roy did three separate pieces for the package: A … Continue reading →

We’re already in the midst of an attendance battle with the Tampa Bay Rays again, as they drew their smallest crowd since 2007 on Thursday night against the Minnesota Twins. It seems we go through this every year, and I … Continue reading →