Sports

Harmony and Osceola, the two top wrestling teams in the county, dominated the Osceola News Gazette’s 2019-20 AllCounty team claiming 11 of the 14 spots on the team.

Led by Osceola High School defensive lineman Dylan Ruiz, county teams placed eight players on the All-State football list compiled by Floridahsfootball.com, an official partner of the FHSAA.

Hannah Wagner, who won a state weight lifting championship for St. Cloud High School earlier last month, will continue her athletic career on a different stage.

It was not the team performance Head Coach Vic Lorenzano was looking for at the Class 2A FHSAA state Wrestling Tournament over the weekend, but the Harmony Longhorns still concluded one of the best seasons in school history capping off the meet with JC McNichols claiming all-state honors with a fourth place finish in the 126-pound weight class.

Senior goaltender Noah Craig, who played a major role in leading the St. Cloud Bulldogs to their finest season in school history, has signed an athletic scholarship to play for Francis Marion College in South Carolina.

The baseball season is underway for the eight public county high school teams. Here is a brief look at what to expect this season.

Several talented county teams returned to the softball diamond last week as the spring sports have started play in Osceola County. Here is a review of the county teams.

When the pairings are announced at the beginning of each World Cup Soccer cycle, journalists spend a good bit of time identifying the “Pool of Death,” – a group that contains three or four really great teams where only two advance to the knockout round.