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Citrus Sports, LLC – Polk County Cycling Classic – Cycling
Dates: 5/9
Venue: City of Lake Alfred
-This event will bring in over 350 participants and over 1000 spectators to Polk County.
-For more information please visit www.centralfloridasports.com
 Florida State Soccer Association (FSSA) State Cup – Soccer
Dates: 5/14 – 5/15
Venue: Lake Myrtle Sports Park – Auburndale
-This event will bring in [...]

Homeschool World Series – Baseball
Dates: 5/2 – 5/7
Venue: Lake Myrtle Sports Park – Auburndale
- The Homeschool World Series will bring in 28 baseball teams and over 1000 spectators to Polk County. The Homeschool World Series Association (HWSA) is a nonprofit corporation that endeavors to promote and coordinate high school (varsity level) baseball competition among homeschool [...]

Winter Haven
 The water level is higher than it’s been in a while, but still down about 2 feet. All canals except to lake Mirror are accessible. Water temperature is on the rise and Bass have finished spawning and have started to make way towards deeper water. In clear water lakes, outside edges of submerged grassbeds, [...]

Frank Tiano, ETC. – Top Gun – Radio Controlled Airplanes
Dates: 4/27 – 5/1
Venue: Lakeland Linder Regional Airport
- This event will bring in over 300 participants and over 1,500 spectators to Polk County.
- For more information please visit www.franktiano.com or www.centralfloridasports.com
Independent Softball Association – Youth Flowers for Mom – Youth Fast Pitch Softball
Dates: 4/30 – 5/1
Venue: [...]

National Collegiate Paintball Association – National Championship – Paintball
Dates: 4/14– 4/17
Venue: Central Florida Paintball – Lakeland
- This event will bring the top college and high school paintball teams to Polk County.  More than 900 participants and spectators are anticipated to attend.  The event will also be televised on the Fox College Sports Network.
- For more [...]

Florida State Pepsi Youth Bowling Tournament
Dates:  3/26-3/27, 4/2–4/3, 4/9-4/10 & 4/16-4/17
Venue:  Cypress Lanes – Winter Haven
- This 4-weekend event will bring in over 2,000 youth bowlers and their families from across the state of Florida to Polk County.
- For more information please visit www.centralfloridasports.com or www.fsusbcy.com/Pepsi-Tournament.html
Senior Softball Spring National Championships – Slow Pitch Softball
Dates: 4/5 [...]

Winter Haven
Post spawn is upon us. Most Bass have finished spawning and are in rest and recuperate mode. Others are rested and starting to feed veraciously as their appetite increases with the rising water temp. Although post spawn is considered to be one of the toughest periods of the year, it can also be a [...]

If you aren’t able to call in sick….whoops…I mean,  make it to Joker Marchant Stadium on Tuesday when the Red Sox come to Lakeland to play the Tigers, don’t worry. For the first time ever, the Tigers are going to broadcast the game with a live audio webcast on tigers.com. Tigers’ broadcasters Dan Dickerson and Jim [...]

Individual tickets for Lakeland Flying Tigers home games will go on sale Saturday, February 26th at 10:00 a.m. at the Joker Marchant Stadium box office.  The box office is located at 2301 Lakeland Hills Blvd.  Tickets may also be purchased at 10:00 a.m. through the Flying Tigers website, www.LakelandFlyingTigers.com or via telephone by calling toll [...]

 There are a lot of 5K races that take place throughout the year, but one that you should mark on your calendar every year is the Race for the Arts. It is for a good cause and is always a lot of fun. Make plans (and start training) to be a part of this fun [...]