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Junior Kaitlyn Taylor, the 2020 Osceola News-Gazette Player of the Year, returns to lead the Lady Kowboys into the upcoming season. PHOTO COURTESY OF OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

Junior Kaitlyn Taylor, the 2020 Osceola News-Gazette Player of the Year, returns to lead the Lady Kowboys into the upcoming season. PHOTO COURTESY OF OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

OBC Volleyball Preview: Osceola poised for another deep playoff run

J. Daniel Pearson - For the News-Gazette
Wednesday, August 18, 2021
Last season, a young Osceola volleyball team advanced to the regional semifinals and posted 16-7 record. The vast majority of that team returns for the 2021 season, which leads Coach Carrie Palmi to believe the Lady Kowboys can be even better this season.
Cortez Edwards drives to the basket in last week’s ACE Pro-Am League championship game. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Cortez Edwards drives to the basket in last week’s ACE Pro-Am League championship game. PHOTO/KEN JACKSON

Edwards for the win!

Ken Jackson
Wednesday, August 11, 2021
Does your basketball team have championship aspirations? Does it need that little extra boost to get over the hump? Go see if Cortez Edwards is available. That’s what the Loimaa Bisons of the Korisliiga, Finland’s top professional league, just did.
More than 30 years after working with him, the author had a chance to visit with Coach Bowden during the World Premiere of the Bowden Dynasty documentary at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg in 2017. SUBMITTED PHOTO

More than 30 years after working with him, the author had a chance to visit with Coach Bowden during the World Premiere of the Bowden Dynasty documentary at the Mahaffey Theater in St. Petersburg in 2017. SUBMITTED PHOTO

A tribute to Coach Bowden

J. Daniel Pearson - For the News-Gazette
Thursday, August 5, 2021
Florida State football legend Bobby Bowden recently announced he has a terminal illness. One of America’s most-famous, most-quoted and possibly the most-beloved football coaches is nearing the end of his time on Earth and the news hit me like a gut punch. How could he be leaving us?
Harmony High’s Gage Foster and Grady Johnson recently represented Osceola Anglers at the Bassmaster High School National Finals. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Harmony High’s Gage Foster and Grady Johnson recently represented Osceola Anglers at the Bassmaster High School National Finals. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Harmony High fishermen earn spot at Bassmaster High School Nationals

Cindy Joint
Tuesday, August 3, 2021
Two local Harmony High School fishermen from the Osceola Anglers High School Fishing Club just returned from the Bassmaster High School National Finals held on Lake Chickamauga, Tenn. Gage Foster, a 2021 graduate, and Grady Johnson, Class of 2022, placed 123rd out of a 309-boat field.
St. Cloud Defensive Coordinator Brandon Pennington (left), and Offensive Coordinator Mike Short (right) are former high school head coaches on Bryan Smart’s Bulldog staff. PHOTO / ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL

St. Cloud Defensive Coordinator Brandon Pennington (left), and Offensive Coordinator Mike Short (right) are former high school head coaches on Bryan Smart’s Bulldog staff. PHOTO / ST. CLOUD HIGH SCHOOL

Bulldogs will lean on house full of head coaching experience in ‘21

J. Daniel Pearson
Sunday, August 1, 2021
As any head football coach will tell you, having an experienced staff of assistants will most likely make their job easier. St. Cloud Head Coach Bryan Smart will take that idea to an entirely new level this year. The Bulldogs staff features three members with high school head coaching experience.
Before athletes in fall sports like football can set a cleated foot in practice, they must file their paperwork and have a valid physical and ECG on file. FILE PHOTO

Before athletes in fall sports like football can set a cleated foot in practice, they must file their paperwork and have a valid physical and ECG on file. FILE PHOTO

Fall sports practice starts Aug. 2, but get paperwork, physicals first

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, July 27, 2021
The start of school not only means that it’s time to go to class. It’s also time to go to practice. Practice for high school varsity fall sports — football, volleyball, swimming, cross country, bowling and golf — begin Aug. 2.
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