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Sports Central: December 2, 2011

Posted on December 2nd, 2011 by

Categories: Baseball, Basketball, Cycling, Fitness, General, Golf, Lacrosse, PGTV, Soccer, Softball, Table Tennis, Video, Volleyball, weightlifting

Sports Central #163 on PGTV Guests: Paul Bellingham, President of Spring Break Sports Kera Reber, Head Womens Lacrosse Coach, Florida Southern University Stephen Rodriguez, Vice President, Florida Sports Foundation Nick Gandy, Director Communications, Florida Sports Foudantion Stella Heath, Execitve Director, The Ritz Theatre Winter Haven Links: Florida Sports Foundation Senior State Games Spring Break Sports [...]

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This Week in Sports

Posted on November 28th, 2011 by

Categories: Softball, Uncategorized

Christina Flames – ASA State Championships Dates: 12/3 – 12/4 Venue: Christina Park – Lakeland -This ASA softball event will be hosting a minimum of 25 teams with ages raging from 8 to 18 years of age. The event is expected to bring in 280 participants and 520 spectators from out of county. -For more [...]

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Florida International Senior Games and State Championships return to Polk County

Posted on October 18th, 2011 by

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For the first time in eight years, the Florida International Senior Games and State Championships, an Olympic-style competition for athletes age 50 and over, will return to Polk County for the 20th Anniversary Games. The nine-day event, featuring 23 sports at various locations across Polk County, will take place Saturday, December 3 through Sunday, December [...]

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This Week in Sports

Posted on June 15th, 2010 by

Categories: Basketball, General, Running, Softball

Let the games begin! The second weekend of the Sunshine State Games, Florida’s Olympic-style sports festival, comes to Polk County beginning Friday and will feature nine events this weekend. Here is the rundown of the events coming to the area this weekend: Sunshine State Games Dates: 6/18 – 6/20 Venue: Various Facilities County wide – [...]

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Polk County Medalists

Posted on June 24th, 2009 by

Categories: General, Running, Softball, Tennis, Water Sports

Here is the impressive list of Polk County medal winners at the 2009 Sunshine State Games that were held in just a couple weeks ago. More than 4,000 athletes from around the state competed and many Polk County athletes came out on top. Archery Central Florida Bowhunters, Fort Meade ADULT MALE COMPOUND RELEASE 1. William [...]

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This Week In Sports

Posted on June 9th, 2009 by

Categories: Baseball, Basketball, General, Running, Soccer, Softball, Water Sports

Do you usually go out to eat and find teams filling up restaurants or see sports event participants walking down major streets near hotels? If so, this new weekly feature on CCF should help you identify why. Since we do host more than 200 sporting events a year here, we understand how it could get [...]

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Sunshine State Games are Here

Posted on June 11th, 2008 by

Categories: Basketball, Football, General, Running, Soccer, Softball, Tennis, Volleyball, Water Sports

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 [...]

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