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web-posted Thursday, April 3, 2008
WINTER HAVEN - The Winter Haven Blue Devils reached their fifth straight Blue Devil Classic championship game by shutting out Columbia, 6-0, Wednesday night on a complete-game, three-hitter from Colin Richardson.
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web-posted Thursday, April 3, 2008
WINTER HAVEN - All Saints' Academy coach John Carpenter picked up his 500th win Wednesday, but to Carpenter the more important number was that it was the Saints' ninth win of the year.
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web-posted Thursday, April 3, 2008
EAGLE LAKE - Lake Region won the rematch of last year's Thunder Spring Classic championship game, 12-1, Wednesday afternoon over Haines City.
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web-posted Thursday, April 3, 2008
LAKE WALES - The Warner Southern men's basketball program has added two players with the signing of Lamont Houston of Bradenton and Shahee Martin of Queens, N.Y.
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web-posted Thursday, April 3, 2008
RALEIGH, N.C. - Chad LaRose scored three goals to lead Carolina past the Tampa Bay Lightning 6-2 on Wednesday night, moving the Hurricanes within one win of the Southeast Division title.
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web-posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008
WINTER HAVEN - East Polk baseball teams struggled in the second day of the Blue Devil Classic high school baseball tournament Tuesday held at Winter Haven's Jim Whitney Field.
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web-posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008
WINTER HAVEN - The championship game of the Blue Devil Classic will be aired live Thursday on Catch 47 at 7 p.m.
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web-posted Wednesday, April 2, 2008
NEW YORK - Dante Milligan made a touching, triumphant return to the arena he practically grew up in, leading Massachusetts into the NIT championship game.
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web-posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008
WINTER HAVEN - The Blue Devil Classic started Monday at Jim Whitney Field with mixed outcomes for East Polk County baseball teams.
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web-posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008
LAKE WALES - The eighth annual Ladies Only Golf Tournament will be April 26 at the Lake Wales Country Club. The cost per player is $60.
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web-posted Tuesday, April 1, 2008
BALTIMORE - A name change isn't the only thing different about the Tampa Bay Rays.
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web-posted Monday, March 31, 2008
The deadline is fast approaching for the Polk County PRIDEfest, which will feature boys and girls basketball tournaments over a two-week period.
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web-posted Monday, March 31, 2008
EDITOR'S NOTE: Each week the News Chief does a Q&A with a Polk County athlete. This week, it's Auburndale High School baseball player J.C. Bracken. The News Chief caught up with Bracken before the Bloodhounds played Winter Haven High School on Friday.
1. If you could change one rule in baseball, what would it be?
"Pinch runners. You should be able to have pinch runners whenever you want."
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web-posted Monday, March 31, 2008
PALM BEACH - The Warner Southern College softball team split a doubleheader with Palm Beach Atlantic University on Saturday.
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web-posted Monday, March 31, 2008
ST. PETERSBURG - Heightened expectations don't scare the Tampa Bay Rays.
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web-posted Sunday, March 30, 2008
The New York Mets won the Johan Santana sweepstakes and the Arizona Diamondbacks acquired Dan Haren from Oakland. Tom Glavine went back to Atlanta and Kosuke Fukudome landed in Chicago.
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web-posted Sunday, March 30, 2008
Lauren Cumbess held George Jenkins scoreless and the Lake Region offense scored five times to claim a 5-0 victory over the Eagles.
Cumbess (5-4) pitched a complete game and struck out nine batters in the victory.
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