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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WCCC Inaugural Golf Tourney Gets Heated

The foursome of WCNN’s Matt Wiley, Brinton Parker of Wiregrass Financial, Mike Bua of 5/3 Bank & Guy Ward  of Moonlight Cleaning enjoyed the first WCCC Golf Tourney on May 23.
The foursome of WCNN’s Matt Wiley, Brinton Parker of Wiregrass Financial, Mike Bua of 5/3 Bank & Guy Ward of Moonlight Cleaning enjoyed the first WCCC Golf Tourney on May 23. (Photo: WCCC)

By Matt Wiley

Although it may have initially gotten rained out, there was no shortage of sunshine during the Greater Wesley Chapel Chamber of Commerce (WCCC)’s inaugural golf tournament, which was rescheduled to kick off Memorial Day weekend.Continue reading

Wesley Chapel High Hosts 2014 Special Olympics

*DSC_0577By Gary Nager

Although I’ve been doing my job for 20 years, I’m embarrassed to say that I had never attended a Special Olympics competition before I visited the 2014 Pasco County Special Olympics “Summer Games,” which were held on March 4 on the campus of Wesley Chapel High (WCH). And, what I saw was that the Special Olympics is more about love and friendship and the true spirit of competition than it is about winning medals.Continue reading