Stop us if you’ve heard this one before. More than one month into the new high school basketball season, Wharton High is undefeated, playing great defense, and establishing itself as the team to beat in Class 7A-7. If that sounds familiar, it should. After all, the Wildcats have won seven district titles in the past 10 seasons, and jumped out of the gate with starts … [Read more...]
Mitchell Steps Down As Wharton Football Coach
Long-time Wharton High football (and wrestling) coach David Mitchell has resigned his position as the school’s football coach to spend more time with his family.(Photo: John C. Cotey) David Mitchell has devoted much of life to coaching football and wrestling. Now, however, he plans on using that time for something more important – his family. The longtime Wharton High … [Read more...]
2019: You weren’t so bad
Like construction site dirt through an hourglass, these were the days of our lives. And in New Tampa in 2019, there was a lot of construction dirt. Whether it was the New Tampa Recreation Center expanding, the New Tampa Performing Arts Center beginning or The Village at Hunter’s Lake – anchored by Sprouts -- taking shape, there were plenty of dump trucks to go … [Read more...]
Tennis Center Adds To ‘Sports Coast’ Brand
As large trucks filled with dirt and tall cranes roll by a flattened lot, local Wesley Chapel tennis guru and businessman Pascal Collard smiles. The trucks are slowly but surely allowing Pascal’s vision come to life. The parking lot is there, he says, pointing to his left. Tennis courts, pickleball courts and padel courts over there, surrounding the tennis center. And, … [Read more...]
93-LOVE
Williamsburg resident Francesca Caravella is 93 years old, but that doesn’t stop her from playing tennis 3-4 days a week and whipping up on the young‘ns. Three times a week, and sometimes more, Francesca Caravella slings her tennis bag over her shoulder and trudges across the grass from her home just a few hundred yards away in search of competition. She arrives … [Read more...]
