The St. Thomas girls’ soccer team outlasted Hagerty in overtime to bring home its 12th state championship.

Heritage couldn’t seal its third championship in four years when it fell apart in penalty kicks against Ponte Vedra.

Northeast guard Richard Lee hit a pair of free throws with 45.5 seconds to play giving the Hurricanes a 41-40 lead and the win when Boyd Anderson’s James Payne missed a seven-footer with the clock winding down in the District 15-7A semifinals Friday night at Ely.

Whether it’s sartorial splendor or defensive pressure, Ely’s starting five seniors are getting noticed in their drive toward a state title.

Win No. 800 has a nice ring to it, but it’s No. 804 Dillard girls’ basketball coaching icon Marcia Pinder covets most.

Win No. 800 has a nice ring to it, but it’s No. 804 Dillard girls’ basketball coaching icon Marcia Pinder covets most.

Krishaun Myers scored a game-high 27 points as Ely held off Dillard in the Big 8 championship game.

For a program that hadn’t won a state title until 2008, American Heritage girls’ tennis holds the longest active consecutive team championship streak.

Clara Rivera ended her phone interview with a question wrapped in innocence.

After dominating state softball for years, Broward County is in a two-year title drought that teams hope to end.

Cooper City finished sixth in the Class 2A extra large varsity division of the state competitive cheerleading championships Saturday afternoon at Silver Spurs Arena in Kissimmee. No Broward team reached the finals in the small or large coed divisions.

South Dade had the most wrestlers heading to this week’s FHSAA wrestling finals, and Columbus performed well, too.

The Falcons could not pull of the upset of St. Johns Country Day and lost in the state final.

Miami High has had solid backcourt play in recent years. But the presence of 6-4 freshman center Beatrice Mompremier has made the Stings a more balanced, and more dangerous team this season.

Ernesto ‘Kiko’ Martin, once a speedy outfielder for Southwest junior varsity, just wants to return to center field.

‘We’ve already endured a lot as a program, then we had to go out and [recruit] against it,’ said UM coach Al Golden referring to a 6-6 season, suspensions and a bowl game that was wiped out.

UCF signed 19 players Wednesday, including 14 high school prospects, three gray shirts and two transfers.

Miami, Florida and Florida State signed top-10 recruiting classes in the nation, and FIU added its largest class ever.

Defensive back Nicco Whigham — 6-1, 195 pounds — decided against joining teammate Erick Hallmon at Bowling Green and stayed closer to home. University School’s MacGarrett Kings chose Michigan State.

FIU had its largest class of signees in school history as the Golden Panthers picked up 29 recruits.

The Hurricanes’ late push for Tracy Howard paid off as the Miramar cornerback chose his hometown team over the Florida Gators. ‘I prayed about it,’ Howard said.

Five-star defensive end Dante Fowler Jr. shunned Florida State and picked Florida.

Signing the nation’s top defensive end, Mario Edwards Jr., headlined a productive morning for FSU.

Duke Johnson, who led Norland to a state title in December, makes his intention to play for the Miami Hurricanes official. Varela lineman Carl Pierre Louis, a survivor of the Haiti earthquake, will play college football at Fairmont State.

Speedy wide receiver Clive Georges, who set Key West records in pass receptions and total yards, selected the University of Arizona.