Florida High School Sports News

These are the final Hot Shot nominations for this school year from our HomeTeam staffers.

For the sixth time in the past seven seasons, University of Florida head coach Tim Walton and the No.

Outgoing Englewood athletic director Maurice Bacon got quite a surprise on Friday night.

Alonso senior Quatasia Fantroy, who overcame gusts, gray skies and a steady drizzle to win the Class 4A girls state triple jump title earlier this month, has signed with Jackson State University.

Ponte Vedra Sharks pitcher Walker Sheller throws against the Estero Wildcats in the FHSAA 5A championship game at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers.

The Mosley Dolphins came up a few runs shy of the 6A State Championship Thursday, falling to Archbishop McCarthy 5-2 at JetBlue Park in Fort Myers.

The best high school senior baseball players in the Sunshine State will converge in Sebring this afternoon for the 35th annual Florida Athletic Coaches Association All-Star Baseball Classic.

The Archbishop McCarthy baseball team had piled onto the infield in celebration before.

Alexa Guarachi is saving her best for last. Guarachi, a senior at the University of Alabama, is playing in her final collegiate event this weekend at the NCAA Singles and Doubles Championships in Urbana, Ill., and she's accomplishing feats never seen in the history of the Crimson Tide tennis program.

Racking up two first-team all-state accolades and a Daily News Softball Player of the Year award her senior year at Niceville, Kelly Hensley had no trouble commanding the local spotlight as an Eagle from 2007-2010. Three years later, Hensley has graduated to commanding the national spotlight at Florida State University.

With a 6-1 victory over the Orlando Timber Creek Wolves, in the 8A-Region 2 final, Cougars baseball led by program head coach Butch Valdes, earned the school's first ever berth in the state semifinals.

The Warner University track and field team likes to think of themselves as one big family.

I have seen him at numerous community fundraising functions in the area. None of us knows if MJD loves this area.

The breakthrough seemed only a run away, especially after Daniel Portales delivered the tying single in the bottom of the fourth.

Coach Todd Harless kept his guys rather busy during the day and night before finally allowing them to retire for what was likely to be a restless night.

Florida Gulf Coast senior and North Fort Myers High School graduate Mariah Fernandez was the recipient of the Eagle Pride award for her impressive career achievements in her time at FGCU.

In what will be the final race of his high-school career - and perhaps the last track dash he'll ever make - FSU football signee Levonte "Kermit'' Whitfield - looks to beat the odds and repeat as the Dream 100 national champion at Saturday's Adidas NYC Grand Prix professional track meet at Icahn Stadium on Randall's Island.

Road to the state semifinals: Creekside - vs. Palatka, 8-4; d. Clay, 8-4; d. Hernando, 7-2; Estero - d. Cape Coral, 2-1; d. Cypress Lake, 3-0; d. Plantation American Heritage, 3-2. Winner gets: The Jesuit-Ponte Vedra winner for the Class 5A state championship on Thursday at 4:05 p.m. Players to watch: Creekside - IF Matt Allen ; P Matt Barrington ; ... (more)

They'll bask in the glory of advancing to the Class 6A state semifinals, where they'll take on Southwest Ranches-Archbishop McCarthy at 10 a.m., a spot in Thursday's state championship game on the line.

Walter Weller, principal of Seminole High School, will leave the public school system for the private school sector at the end of the school year.