Archive for the ‘Softball’ Category

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.

Here is your second (of many) updates on the progress of the Lake Myrtle Sports Complex construction. Clearing and grubbing are almost complete and construction is about to begin in several areas. I’m still not sure what grubbing is, but as you can see from the photo, it makes a big difference. This photo shows [...]

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 [...]

The countdown is now over and the 2008 Florida Sunshine State Games is now underway in Polk County. Florida’s only Olympic-style Sports Festival began last weekend with Flag Football and  the games continue this weekend all over Polk County.  More than 5,000 of Florida’s finest amateur athletes, between the ages of 4 and 88, will compete in over 20 sports [...]

The first phase of the new Bartow Softball Complex (555 Complex) was officially introduced to the public today at the Bartow Chamber of Commerce Ribbon Cutting. The new four field complex located on County Road 555 in Bartow will bring in local, state and national championship events to Bartow. Competition will begin at the fields [...]

Play ball, gentlemen start your engines, time for kickoff….the list of clichés could go on and on, but that wouldn’t be a good way to kick off (just one more time doesn’t hurt) the first entry for Polk County’s newest sports blog. We host more than 200 sporting events each year in Polk County and [...]