Posts Tagged ‘Auburndale’

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 [...]

Youth Basketball of America (YBOA) Boys National Tournament
Dates: 6/28 – 7/4
Venue: 10 Different Polk County High Schools Gyms
- The Youth Basketball of America (YBOA) Boys National Tournament will bring into Polk County 100 teams with over 1,200 participants and more than 2,000 spectators
- Saturday’s Championship games will be hosted by Lake Region High School, Tenoroc High School, [...]

The Ledger has a story today about a sports movie currently being filmed in Auburndale at Lake Ariana. That sport just happens to be water skiing. This certainly isn’t the first water ski movie to be filmed in Polk County, but it certainly is another feather in the cap of the “Water Ski Capital of [...]

You know the old saying, “Give a man a fish and he can eat for a day, but teach a man to fish…..” Well, that doesnt really apply here, but it was the best way I could think to start a post about a kids fishing event. The 2009 Kids Fishing Derby is Saturday from [...]

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 [...]

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 [...]

For the sake of this post, it really isn’t a question because it is the name of the event Auburndale native and NBA superstar Tracy McGrady started 9 years ago. McGrady will return to his childhood home of Auburndale this weekend where the “What Does it Take to Be #1″ street ball tournament will take [...]