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Gateway running back Nydrell Thigpen ran for 200 yards and a touchdown for the second straight week in a 17-7 win over Poinciana Friday. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Gateway running back Nydrell Thigpen ran for 200 yards and a touchdown for the second straight week in a 17-7 win over Poinciana Friday. (Photo/Ken Jackson)

Defense, Thigpen come up big again for 4-0 Gateway

Ken Jackson
Friday, September 18, 2026
Gateway’s taking its 2026 football cues from DJ Khaled: All they do is win, win, win, no matter what.And they can add another ‘win’ to that lyric, as a 17-7 victory Friday over Poinciana has produced the first 4-0 win in the history of the Panthers program that goes back to 1985.A defense that has...
Osceola kicker Brayden Buehler, shown here in OHS's Sept. 4 win over Lake Mary, put the Kowboys on the board, and gave them a brief 3-0 lead, in Friday's game at Lake Wales. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

Osceola kicker Brayden Buehler, shown here in OHS's Sept. 4 win over Lake Mary, put the Kowboys on the board, and gave them a brief 3-0 lead, in Friday's game at Lake Wales. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

Osceola's struggles continue at Lake Wales

Robert Pincus
Friday, September 18, 2026
The 17th ranked Lake Wales Highlanders (3-1) beat the Osceola Kowboys (2-3), 35-3, in a gridiron battle between two powerhouses going in different directions on Friday night at Legion Field.
Osceola and Nova Lakes, who met in an Aug. 27 match, will play Monday in their openers of the Orange Belt Conference tournament at OHS. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

Osceola and Nova Lakes, who met in an Aug. 27 match, will play Monday in their openers of the Orange Belt Conference tournament at OHS. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

First 2026-27 OBC title on the line at OBC volleyball tournament

Ken Jackson
Friday, September 18, 2026
The first Orange Belt Conference tournament of the nine-school OBC era starts Monday with the volleyball tournament.Osceola County Schools Athletic Director Ryan Adams added Four Corners Charter to make it a 10-team tournament with two brackets.
Week Osceola County football scores; Week 6 schedule

Week Osceola County football scores; Week 6 schedule

Week 5 Osceola County football scores; Week 6 schedule

News Staff
Friday, September 18, 2026
Week 5 scoresFriday, Sept. 18All Games 7 p.m.Gateway 17, Poinciana 7Lake Wales 35, Osceola 3Titusville 40, Harmony 6Colonial 36, Nova Lakes 20Bye Week: St. Cloud, Celebration, Liberty, Tohopekaliga Week 6 scheduleAll Games 7 p.m.(*-District game)Thursday, Sept. 24Harmony at Tohopekaliga*Gateway at...
Antoine Griezmann scores a goal against Toronto FC. Photo by Mark Thor, OCSC Staff Photographer

Antoine Griezmann scores a goal against Toronto FC. Photo by Mark Thor, OCSC Staff Photographer

Three goals, three ways, and one very good night for Orlando City

Mario Casamalhuapa
Sunday, September 13, 2026
Antoine Griezmann scored the kind of goal that looks simple and is not. Zakaria Taifi put the cross into the danger area. Griezmann got there first, off balance, with a defender on his shoulder, and lifted a left-footed finish high into the goal from almost no space at all.
Osceola's Javontay Barnett, shown here in last week's win at Lake Mary, scored on a six-yard TD scamper on the last play of Friday's loss to Lakeland. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

Osceola's Javontay Barnett, shown here in last week's win at Lake Mary, scored on a six-yard TD scamper on the last play of Friday's loss to Lakeland. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

Lakeland takes down Osceola in District 5A-6 matchup

J. Daniel Pearson
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Fresh off a 17-9 road upset over Lake Mary last week, Friday's result resembled nothing like that in Friday's game, a 40-6 loss in District 5A-6 play to nine-time state champion Lakeland at Markus Paul Stadium Friday.It's been 20 years since a team put a running clock on the blue and gold – a 56-0...
Poinciana quarterback Lucas Minenok (5) came from Ohio to leave medical and program problems behind to help the Eagles to a 3-1 record this season. (Photo/Michelle Kostuch)

Poinciana quarterback Lucas Minenok (5) came from Ohio to leave medical and program problems behind to help the Eagles to a 3-1 record this season. (Photo/Michelle Kostuch)

Poinciana scores first district win with QB who's overcome challenges

Robert Pincus
Saturday, September 12, 2026
Just call Poinciana’s senior quarterback Lucas Minenok "The Tortoise".Not that he’s slow, but, like the Tortoise never quit and beat the Hare, Minenok has faced challenge after challenge in high school.
Gateway linebacker Tavian Martinez goes up to defend Harmony quarterback Cooper Halquist's pass in Friday's 34-7 Gateway victory. (Photo/Katie Williams)

Gateway linebacker Tavian Martinez goes up to defend Harmony quarterback Cooper Halquist's pass in Friday's 34-7 Gateway victory. (Photo/Katie Williams)

Gateway grinds yards, moves chains, stops Harmony, 34-7

Ken Jackson
Friday, September 11, 2026
Nydrell Thigpen carried 33 times for 207 yards, including a six-yard touchdown on the first play of the fourth quarter that broke open a one-score game, as Gateway downed Harmony, 34-7 Friday at The Ranch.It was District 6A-5 win for the Panthers (3-0) in their first time in district play since...
Week 3 Osceola County football scores; Week 4 schedule

Week 3 Osceola County football scores; Week 4 schedule

Week 4 Osceola County football scores; Week 5 schedule

News Staff
Friday, September 11, 2026
Week 4 scoreboard (*—District game)Thursday, Sept. 10Freedom 29, Nova Lakes 0 (click to read game story)University 29, Liberty 0Friday, Sept. 11Gateway 34, Harmony 7 * (Read the game story)Tohopekaliga 48, Celebration 0Lakeland 40, Osceola 6 * (Click to read game story)St. Cloud 50, Lake Minneola...
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