Wharton's Tate Commits To FSU

Wharton High Wildcats senior wide receiver/tight end Auden Tate committed to Florida State University during a press conference at the school on August 5.
Wharton High Wildcats senior wide receiver/tight end Auden Tate does “The Tomahawk,” after committing to Florida State University during a press conference at the school on August 5.

Wharton High’s Auden Tate has made his decision: he will attend Florida State University (FSU) in Tallahassee on a football scholarship, following his graduation after this upcoming school year.Continue reading

County Grants Extension For Wiregrass Baseball Complex Funding

By Matt Wiley

More than six months after the Pasco County Board of County Commissioners (BOCC) unanimously approved a project that could bring a home for a Major League Baseball Spring Training facility and youth baseball tournaments to the Wiregrass Ranch Development of Regional Impact (DRI), an extension has been given to the company that must prove that financing is available to fund the impressive planned sports complex.Continue reading

Team USA V. Belgium: Where Will You Watch?

Team USA fans celebrate a goal during the 2014 World Cup at the Brass Tap in the Shops at Wiregrass Mall. Photo: OurTownFla.com.
Team USA fans celebrate a goal during the 2014 World Cup at the Brass Tap in the Shops at Wiregrass Mall. Photo: OurTownFla.com.

By Gary Nager

Today at 4 p.m., Team USA continues its run at the 2014 FIFA World Cup in Brazil against unbeaten and untied Belgium, and  there’s no doubt that the exciting, young American “side” is one of this year’s great stories, as coach Jurgen Klinsmann was able to get his youthful charges to advance out of the so-called “Group of Death” and into the Round of 16, the second World Cup in a row in which the U.S. has advanced at least that far. 

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