Archive for the ‘Football’ Category

As the regular football season comes to a close, many fans are beginning to wonder what they will do with their time. Luckily the patrons of Polk County will be continuing on the football tradition with the inaugural season of the Lakeland Raiders indoor football team. In order to start the season off right, the [...]

Links:

Southern Smokers BBQ
Lake Wales Pioneer Days
Bartow High School Girls Basketball
Roar N’ Soar
Red Trail Racing
Lakeland Raiders

Interviews:

Richard Murvin, Bartow High School Girls Head Basketball Coach
Jeff Meeks, Red Trail Racing
Feddy Azofeifa, Operations Manager, Lakeland Raiders
Jeremy Burnett, Defensive End, Lakeland Raiders
Ingrid Burch, Event Coordinator, Southern Smokers BBQ
Lora Donley, BBQ Chair Southern Smokers BBQ Competition

Show Packages:

Lake Wales Pioneer Days
Roar [...]

 Sports Central: December 16, 2011

Links:

Detroit Tigers, Spring Training
Independent Softball Association
National Softball Association
Home School World Series
Florida Youth Soccer Association
PSP Paintball World Cup
Warrior Dash
Lake Mirror Classic Auto Show
Orange Cup Regatta
Sun N’ Fun

Video Packages:

Prospectwire Showcase
Arts & Culture Update with Jessica Robers

Show Sponsors:

Abuelos
Holiday Inn Winter Haven
Best Western Park View
The Avenue Hotel
Hollywood Window Tinting & Signs
The Terrace Hotel
Days Inn Lakeland [...]

Sports Central, November 4, 2011

Guests:

Rick Brown, Sports Columnist for The Ledger
Michael Mink, Principal Owner and GM of the Lakeland Raiders
Feddy Azofeifa, Director of Operations of the Lakeland Raiders
Linc Danser, Head Basketball Coach, Florida Southern College

Links:

The Ledger – Rick Brown Columns
Lakeland Raiders Homepage
Florida Southern College Basketball

Video Packages:

Cornfusion 5k Race
Lake Mirror Classic Auto Festival
Arts & Culture Update [...]

Football season is right around the corner, and Webber International University, Polk County’s only college football program, has released their 2011 football schedule. The Webber Warriors will play a 10-game season. Five of those games will be played at their home field, Legion Field in Lake Wales, including back-to-back home games to close their season. [...]

The Polk County All Sports Awards continues its 11-year tradition of recognizing Polk County athletes for their excellence in sports at the Lakeland Center on Tuesday, June 21 at 6:15. Five new members will be honored for their achievements and will enter The Polk County Sports Hall of Fame.
The 2011 Hall of Fame class includes: former Florida Southern [...]

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 [...]

More than 2,600 men and women, 50 and over, are expected to participate in 86 Olympic-style events including: Badminton, Basketball Shooting and 3 on 3, Billiards, Bocce, Bowling, Bridge, Checkers, Chess, Cribbage, Ballroom & Social Dancing, Square Dancing, Darts, Euchre, Field Events, Fishing, Golf 18 Hole and Putt & Chip, Horseshoes, Lawn Bowling, Pepper, Pickleball, Powerlifting, [...]

There are many options on TV when it comes to watching sports, but there aren’t many when it comes to shows that cover local sports in the Central Florida area. Be sure to tune in to “Sports Central” on PGTV to catch up on the latest in the world of sports in Polk County and around [...]

As high school sports get ready to kick off for the new school year, Lakeland Regional Medical Center wants to get student athletes ready as they hold their first Sports Medicine Symposium this Saturday from 9 a.m. to 3:30 p.m. in the First Presbyterian Church Fellowship Hall in Lakeland.  The event is free to high school [...]