High School Sports

Don't let 9-year-old Anyla Parker's age and size fool you. This kid is a force on the hardwood and she knows it. And she's already playing for the Spartan varsity basketball team.

A beloved football coach at Tampa's Leto High School died unexpectedly over the weekend at only 28 years old. Now his team, students, family, and friends are trying to come to terms with losing someone so special.

Their stunts will make your jaw drop. Their skilled routine is the result of an entire year's work and sacrifice. And it all paid off: One Polk County cheerleading squad is celebrating their biggest victory ever.

It was maybe the first time that Pete Alonso's high school coach had praise instead of instruction. And he made sure to beam it from the loudspeakers at the field at Plant High School so all of his current players could hear.

Last month, the Jesuit Wrestling team got a monkey off its back by winning the program’s first-ever dual wrestling state championship.

The Kansas City Chiefs are on top of the world right now, celebrating their first Super Bowl victory in 50 years. Among the players in the flurry of confetti is a familiar face and an athlete whose career kicked off right here in Tampa Bay.

Robert Gunn III has had a bomb of a leg dating back to youth football. Now kicking at the high school level, Robert has become as much of a luxury for the Patriots as he is an asset.

After 16 years as the head football coach of Plant High School, Robert Weiner announced he is resigning to take a college-level job.

Armwood has lost just four games in the last three years. The defending state champs, Lakeland, have lost just once in three seasons, and are winners of 28 straight. But it's been over 20 years since they played each other.

The Bartalo family has had a big part in leading the Cowboys to the top seed. Tony is the quarterback; younger brother Nick blocks for him on the line, and their father Steve is an assistant coach. It's the tight-knit family within the Cowboys family.

Mike Alstott took over as Northside Christian's head football coach eight years ago. Some had thought it would be for just for the time his son was in school. But Griffin graduated in 2017 and moved on to play in college; his dad stayed on and is committed to coaching. 

Pasco County is taking a closer look at football stadium bleachers after receiving blunt reports from structural engineers.

What Rocco Becht has accomplished as just a sophomore on a playoffs-bound varsity team has been very impressive. He's handled everything thrown his way, including the attention and pressure that comes with being the son of a former NFL player. 

Tarpon Springs High School football coach Cedric Hill is teaching more than football.

The athletic director of Gulf High School in New Port Richey took to Twitter Monday to announce the school will be canceling the rest of its football season due to a number of injuries in the past few weeks.

Plant High School head football coach Robert Weiner received some good news today in Gainesville: His six-game suspension was cut in half by the Florida High School Athletic Association.

Northeast High School honored one of its own during their homecoming game Friday night, two weeks after an 18-year-old star student and football player collapsed on the football field.

For 33 years, Plant High School head football coach Robert Weiner has been building a reputation as one of the most respected, winningest coaches, but one that also has made an equally strong impact in the community. He tries to put his students' and players' best interests first.