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Orlando area spring high school football game schedule
Intriguing spring games and jamborees this month close out the 2023-24 high school football calendar year. Orlando area heavyweights meet May 23 for exhibition outings when Jones travels to Apopka and Kissimmee Osceola hosts Edgewater and DeLand. Jones and DeLand reached the Florida High School Athletic Association state semifinal round last fall. Oviedo is home against Olympia while Lake ...
Gold medal track star looking to represent Puerto Rico again this summer, trains in Central Florida
Central Florida — Elite athletes continue to agree that Central Florida is the perfect place to train for the Summer Olympics. WESH 2 sat down with a hurdler training in Orlando with hopes of representing Puerto Rico in Paris. It's been three years since Jasmine Camacho-Quinn won Puerto Rico's...
PHOTOS: 2024 Hamlin Hoedown
A native of João Pessoa, Brazil, Sam Albuquerque moved in 1997 to Central Florida as a kid. After earning a communications degree in 2016 from the University of Central Florida, he started his career covering sports as a producer for a local radio station, ESPN 580 Orlando. He went on to earn a master’s degree in editorial journalism from Northwestern University, before moving to South Carolina to cover local sports for the USA Today Network’s Spartanburg Herald-Journal. When he’s not working, you can find him spending time with his lovely wife, Sarah, newborn son, Noah, and dog named Skulí.
Horizon West Wolves youth football's president, vice president inducted to CFYFL Hall of Fame
Horizon West Wolves, a youth football and cheerleading program, has announced via its Facebook page that its president, Keith Johnston, and vice president, Nick Torani, have been inducted into the Central Florida Youth Football & Cheer Hall of Fame as part of its 2024 class. The induction ceremony was held...
Unstoppable Demand: UCF Football Season Tickets Sell Out for Fourth Straight Year
In an unprecedented surge of fan support, UCF has announced a complete sell-out of football season tickets for the fourth consecutive year, marking the fifth sell-out since 2019. This year’s sell-out is the earliest in the history of the team, signaling heightened anticipation as the Knights prepare to embark on their second season within the Big 12.
Olympia sisters earn gold Congressional Youth Award
Two Olympia High School juniors, who just happen to be sisters, are celebrating a huge personal win for earning the Congressional Award gold medals, the highest congressional youth award. The students, Maya and Veda Srikantan, were required to complete more than 400 public service hours, spend 200 hours on personal development in the areas of musical performance and complete 200 hours of physical fitness in the categories of Voluntary Public Service, Personal Development and Physical Fitness. They also explored India during a two-week trip with their parents in December to fulfill the Expedition/Exploration category.
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