LAKELAND — The Lakeland football team had a guest speaker at practice on Wednesday — former wide receiver Paul Wilson, who played on the three-straight title teams in 2004-07 and was part of the ...

LAKELAND — The Lakeland football team’s focus is on a deep playoff run, all the way to the state championship game, so its players are setting a high bar in evaluating their play. Despite beating ...

After three seasons leading the Winter Haven Blue Devils (Fla.) football program, head coach Carl White is leaving to accept ...

St. Thomas Aquinas head coach Roger Harriott doused with a bucket of Gatorade by players after Aquinas wins the game against Lakeland Dreadnaughts during the Florida High School Football State ...

MIAMI — Lakeland's offense — especially its passing game — never woke up, and against St. Thomas Aquinas, that was too much to overcome. Lakeland's defense kept the Dreadnaughts in the game as long as ...

Kavon McKinney was having the best game of the season at the exact best moment. The senior Lakeland Dreadnaughts cornerback intercepted St. Thomas Aquinas quarterback Andrew Indorf on a second-and-11 ...

LAKELAND — On a brisk Halloween night, Michael Jackson's "Thriller" boomed on the PA system before kickoff at Bryant Stadium. It was great foreshadowing for the game to come between Lakeland and The ...

The First Academy defeated Lakeland 35-28 in a double-overtime high school football game. The Royals erased a 21-7 fourth-quarter deficit to force overtime. The game-ending play was a fourth-down stop ...