This Week in Sports

7th Annual Stinger Shootout – Basketball
Dates: 2/5 – 2/6
Venue:Bartow High School Gym
- The 7th Annual Stringer Shootout will bring 18 elite high school teams from across the state of Florida to compete in this two day tournament.
- For more event information visit www.bartowbasketball.com or www.centralfloridasports.com

AAU Amateur Athletic Union – Youth Baseball
Dates: 2/5 – 2/7
Venue:Westside/Southwest, Chain of Lakes Complex, Lake Myrtle Sports Complex
- This AAU event will be hosting 60 teams and bring in over 700 spectators to Polk County
- For more information on this AAU event please visit www.aausports.org or www.centrafloridasports.com

Independent Softball Association (ISA) Men’s Super Saturday
Dates: 2/6 – 2/7
Venue:Bartow 555 Softball Complex
- The ISA Men’s Super Saturday will bring 20 teams into Polk County for this two day event
- For more information on ISA events please visit www.isasoftball.com or for local events and news check out www.centralfloridasports.com

Smoke on the Water – BBQ competition
Dates: 2/6
Venue:2400 Havendale Blvd. Winter Haven, FL
- Smoke on the water will bring 77 competitive BBQ teams to Winter Haven as part of the FL BBQ Triple Crown Event. Come out and enjoy some great BBQ with the family.
- For more information Contact Frank Csomos at 863-287-3075 or visit www.boysandgirlsbbq.com and for local sporting events and news check out www.centralfloridasports.com

The Detroit Tigers will host their annual fantasy camp game this Saturday, January 30th at 10:00 a.m. at Joker Marchant Stadium. After spending the week training alongside Tigers greats, the campers will have the opportunity to showcase their talent and passion for the game on the field.  Participants scheduled to appear include: Willie Horton, Mickey [...]

Florida State Soccer Association – Florida Classic Tournament
Dates: 1/28 – 1/31
Venue: Lake Myrtle Sports Complex
- This adult soccer classic will highlight teams from across the state of Florida.
- For more information on Florida State Soccer Association please visit www.fssa.org and for local sporting news and events check out www.centralfloridasports.com
American Pro Rodeo Classic
Dates: 1/29 -1/30
Venue:Lakeland Center [...]

Former Lake Wales basketball standout Dominique Jones had a big night Saturday as he led the USF Bulls to a win against Providence. Jones led the Bulls with 46 points in an overtime victory on the road. That was impressive enough, but Jones 46 points in the game puts him second all-time in Big East [...]

Mark your calendar now for October  2011 because that is when LEGOLAND Florida is set to debut in Winter Haven. The announcement was formally made just minutes ago at Cypress Gardens, the new home of LEGOLAND. All in all, Merlin Entertainments Group plans to invest $300 million in the park over the next few years, [...]

Cowboys are coming to town! No, not the ones that just got knocked out of the NFL playoffs, the real cowboys. The Americom Pro Rodeo is riding into Lakeland January 29-30 for what could be one of the wildest weekends of the year. The top Professional Rodeo Cowboys Association (PRCA) cowboys and cowgirls battle it out for [...]

Winter Haven
 One word sums up the fishing in and around Winter Haven area lakes over the last couple of weeks…DEAD! This will continue until the water temperature rises to around 60 degrees and gets the bass thinking about spawning again. Until then expect very few bites and be prepared to fish extremely slow. With water [...]

Ok, so you have your Spring Training tickets and are waiting for the Tigers first pitch of Spring Training. What next? How about joining the Tigers players and coaches on the golf course as they raise money for local youth sports organizations? Before they throw out their first pitch for the 2010 Spring Training season, the [...]

Independent Softball Association (ISA) Winter Nationals
Dates: 1/16 – 1/17
Venue:Bartow 555 Softball Complex, Auburndale Softball Complex, and Diamondplex
- The ISA Winter Nationals event will bring 50 girls 8U, 10U, 12U, 14U, 16U, and 18U softball teams will travel in from across the United States to compete in the first of 4 weeks of Winter National softball [...]

As we told you in this week’s edition of “This Week in Sports” the ISA Winter Nationals were set to kick off this weekend, the first of four consecutive weekends of competition, but even the Winter Nationals can only take so much of this cold weather. Due to the incoming weather for this weekend, the [...]