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...]
Longhorns Make It Three Straight County Championships
Coach Damon Zassenbraker gets a victory dousing after the Longhorns’ third straight Pasco County championship. (Photos courtesy of Valerie Sercu/Celebrate Everything Photography) John Long Middle School football coach Damon Zassenbraker has an unusual approach to kicking the ball off during games. He doesn’t. Instead, he orders onsides kicks, where the ball needs to … [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...]
Football Preview 2019: Wiregrass Ranch
Keith Walker is a big playmaker for the Bulls. Like overcoming injuries or a lack of depth, losing players to other schools has become another one of the problems facing high school football coaches across the country these days. Wiregrass Ranch High (WRH) coach Mark Kantor knows that more than most others. When the Bulls, 7-4 last season, open their season tonight at … [Read more...]
Football Preview 2019: Cypress Creek
Running back Andrew Burgess has big shoes to fill this season. When Cypress Creek Middle/High School (CCH) head coach Mike Johnson looks out across the field during a typical practice these days, he can’t help but harken back to just three years ago. Then, he had little more than a handful of kids show up for his first practice. Now, he sees more than 50. “It’s … [Read more...]
