St. Thomas Aquinas 34, Cypress Bay 0

Aquinas wins 17th in a row

St. Thomas Aquinas had trouble finding the end zone in the opening half of its game against visiting Cypres...

roundup

After last year’s thrashing, Cypress Bay ready for St. Thomas

After what St. Thomas Aquinas did to Cypress Bay in last year’s regular-season finale, one might assum...

Basketball

Norland handles Central in 16-6A

As Central made its one successful run of the game, a Rockets coach yelled out with enthusiasm.

Wrestling | region 4-3A

South Dade advances 11 to finals

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

Roundup

Cuesta’s inspirational effort pushes La Salle to title

La Salle senior Martin Cuesta’s only view of the final play was from floor level.

Soccer

Palmer Trinity girls fall

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

Boys’ soccer roundup

Westminster falls in state semifinals

Westminster Christian boys’ soccer coach Fernando Hohl took on the task no coach ever wants to do Fr...

High Schools roundup

Hankerson powers Coral Reef to win

Even when his team trailed by seven points with nine minutes left in the game, Cedric Hankerson said he and...

Girls’ state soccer | Class 1A title game: Palmer Trinity vs. St. Johns Country Day

Falcons thrive with players making the call on penalty kicks

Palmer Trinity reached the state title game with an unorthodox approach: Players decide who takes the penal...

Girls’ basketball | Regional quarterfinals

Mompremier’s double-double leads Miami High

Roundup

Lourdes dominates Varela, advances to regional semifinals

Varela’s 2-0 lead in the opening seconds was not nearly indicative of the onslaught that was to come...

Boys’ soccer | Regionals

Lightning loses keeper in win

As the whistle blew ending Wednesday night’s Class 5A Region 4 championship boys’ soccer match, t...

Roundup

American edges Carol City, advances to district final

American didn’t look at Wednesday’s District 13-8A semifinal game as a chance to stop the nation&...

Girls’ soccer | Class 5A final

St. Thomas Aquinas rules state again

Girls’ soccer | class 3A final

American Heritage falls short in penalty kicks

Roundup

Cardinal Gibbons wraps up regional wrestling championship

Cardinal Gibbons secured the Region 4-1A wrestling team championship again Saturday evening at its home gym.

High schools roundup

Northeast edges Boyd Anderson boys

Soccer

American Heritage girls set to play for state crown Saturday

The Patriots will take on Ponte Vedra in Tampa at 11 a.m.

Boys’ soccer roundup

Cypress Bay beats Boca, advances to title game

Missing its usual last line of defense didn’t bother Cypress Bay’s boys’ soccer team F...

Boys’ basketball

Ely quintet focuses on winning look

Whether it’s sartorial splendor or defensive pressure, Ely’s starting five seniors are gettin...

Girls’ basketball | Regional quarterfinals

Pinder gets win No. 800, but Dillard on a mission

Roundup

Inspired South Broward reaches girls’ basketball semifinals

South Broward co-head coach Sharlene Ferguson’s father passed away this week, but when she showed up f...

Boys’ basketball

Myers lifts Ely past Dillard for Big 8 title

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

Tennis

Patriots hope to extend their winning heritage

For a program that hadn’t won a state title until 2008, American Heritage girls’ tennis holds...

In my opinion

Cristobal transforms FIU’s program

From the first day he accepted the position of footbal coach at Florida International University, Mario Cri...

IN MY OPINION

With Signing Day over, focus is on Class of ’13

Just as the dust settles on National Signing Day, and the Class of 2012 has been pointed toward that next l...

Miami Hurricanes | Recruiting

Miami Hurricanes pick up 10 four-star or better recruits

‘We’ve already endured a lot as a program, then we had to go out and [recruit] against it,’ ...

State roundup

UCF fills needs, signs 19 players; USF brings in 20 recruits

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

National Signing Day

Impressive hauls for UM, FIU, UF and FSU on National Signing Day

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

Broward high schools recruiting

Gibbons’ Nicco Whigham headed to UCF; MacGarret Kings picks Michigan State

FIU football

Mario Cristobal focused on FIU Golden Panthers, new recruiting class

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

National Signing Day

Top 20 recruiting classes of 2012

1. ALABAMA CRIMSON TIDE

NATIONAL SIGNING DAY

Miami Hurricanes get prized recruit Tracy Howard of Miramar

The Hurricanes’ late push for Tracy Howard paid off as the Miramar cornerback chose his hometown team ...

Florida

Dante Fowler Jr. a big catch for Florida Gators

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

Florida State

Florida State Seminoles land one of nation’s top recruits in Mario Edwards Jr.

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