Archive for the ‘Football’ Category

Are you ready for some football? The Polk County Historical Museum is as they prepare to open a new exhibit highlighting “Polk’s Pigskin Past”. Sure, we all know about the recent successes of Polk County athletes on the college and NFL level, but this exhibit will stretch back into the past and highlight all the [...]

With the Super Bowl just a couple weeks away, and just a few minutes down the road in Tampa, it shouldn’t be a surprise that part of the Super Bowl festivities will be spilling over into Polk County. Legendary Bears coach Mike Ditka will be hosting a sporting clay event at Tenoroc Shooting Range on [...]

Here is the most recent photoset from Lake Myrtle. These photos were taken December 13 as the baseball fields begin to take shape in preparation for Russ Matt Baseball Spring Training in February.

Hot off the press….here are some new photos of the construction going on out at the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex. We will continue to update you on the progress out there with photos and information, so be sure to keep checking back here as we get closer to the big opening day.

It changes often, but as of 4:57pm, Lakeland High School football is featured as the main story on the front page of ESPN.com. Go there NOW to check it out. If you are reading this AFTER 5pm, go here to see the story about the tradition of LHS Football and “Friday Night Lights” at Bryant [...]

You can tell football season is upon us as the college football posts here are starting to come fast and furious. I just thought it was interesting to note the impact several Polk County football players are making in big time Division I college football. Everyone always says Polk County high school football is the [...]

You don’t have to drive to Gainesville, Tallahassee, Miami or even Tampa to see a college football game this weekend (although there will be a good one in Tampa Friday night as #19 USF hosts #12 Kansas). As we told you about last month, when Webber International University released their football schedule, there is some [...]

As promised, here is the first of many Lake Myrtle Sports Complex construction photos. We will keep you updated here regularly on the progress of construction at the site and show you the progression as this empty land turns into Polk County’s largest sports venue. I admit, there isn’t much to see here as it [...]

The golden shovels in the dirt today at the future site of the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex could only mean one thing: Groundbreaking! With about 100 people looking on, County Commissioners, officials from the City of Auburndale and Polk County Tourism & Sports Marketing officially broke ground to begin construction on the massive sports complex [...]

We haven’t talked a lot here about the new Lake Myrtle Sports Complex, but don’t worry, there will be a lot of details here in the coming months as things take shape and construction begins on what will be the largest sports complex in Polk County history. This past weekend, Bay News 9 did an [...]