High School Football Scoreboard
Check our high school football scoreboard below for Friday-night results from Lakeland-based teams. More
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High School Football Scoreboard
Check our high school football scoreboard below for Friday-night results from Lakeland-based teams. More
High School Football Scoreboard
Check our high school football scoreboard below for Friday-night results from Lakeland-based teams. Winners included Lakeland, All Saints and Santa Fe. In the losing column: George Jenkins, Lake Gibson, Tenoroc, Victory Christian. On Thursday night, Lakeland Christian defeated Fort Meade, 28-14. | LHS highlights video More
City Tentatively Approves $10 Fee For Athletic Field Use, Replaces Library Fees
The city gives and the city takes away. The City Commission this week unanimously voted to replace 10-cents-a-day late fees for library books, and also to begin charging youth athletic organizations $10 per child per season for sports participation on city fields, beginning in January. They will formally vote on the matters as part of their annual budget process later this month. More
High School Football Scoreboard
Thunderstorms Friday night led to the cancellations of several football games involving teams from Lakeland-area high schools, including Lakeland, Kathleen, Lakeland Christian and All Saints. Check our high school football scoreboard below for results from teams that did play. More
Detroit Tigers Spring Training Schedule Reflects a Return to Normal
After their traditional opener against a local college team, the Detroit Tigers launch Spring Training 2023 at home in Lakeland on Feb. 23 against the Philadelphia Phillies and end at home on March 26 against the Tampa Bay Rays. More
High School Football Scoreboard
Nine Lakeland-area high schools had football games Friday night. Check our scoreboard below for results: More
High School Football Scoreboard
Check our high school football scoreboard below for results from Lakeland-based teams. Several games were cancelled, including those involving Lakeland Christian, Teneroc and All Saints. The Victory Christian game was suspended when Victory was 6-0 over Haines City. More
City Negotiating Naming Rights for RP Funding Center
Is the RP Funding Center getting a new name? The city of Lakeland is currently negotiating naming rights for the performing arts/sports/convention center that opened as The Lakeland Civic Center in 1974, morphed into The Lakeland Center in 1996 and was rechristened as RP Funding Center in 2017. More
Polk Schools Consider Offering More Sports, Especially for Girls
Polk County Public Schools is considering adding four sports to its lineup of offerings at high schools in the coming years to stem a decline in girls sports participation and to ensure adherence to federal Title IX requirements.
PCPS athletic officials have said they are researching offering girls flag football, girls beach volleyball, boys and girls bowling, and boys volleyball for the 2023-2024 school year. In addition, officials are hoping to add competitive cheer this upcoming school year, but that will take winning an appeal to the Florida Department of Education. Several of those sports are played at colleges and the Olympics.
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