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Tohopekaliga quarterback Gabe Velez passed for 284 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' 34-8 District 6A-5 home game win Thursday over Harmony. (Photo/Katie Williams)

Tohopekaliga quarterback Gabe Velez passed for 284 yards and three touchdowns in the Tigers' 34-8 District 6A-5 home game win Thursday over Harmony. (Photo/Katie Williams)

Wise, Tigers race past Longhorns, 34-8, in Thursday's district tilt

J. Daniel Pearson
Friday, September 25, 2026
Senior AJ Wise accounted for more than 200 all-purpose yards and scored two touchdowns to lead Tohopekaliga (4-1, 1-0) to a 34-8 District 6A-5 win over rival Harmony (1-5, 0-2) Thursday night.“It was great to get back home and better to win our fourth straight,” Tohopekaliga coach Anthony Paradiso...
The Osceola Kowboys completed their fifth Orange Belt Conference volleyball championship — meaning Brooklyn Sippio (with trophy) completed a four-year career of consecutive wins — with a four-set victory over Gateway Thursday. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

The Osceola Kowboys completed their fifth Orange Belt Conference volleyball championship — meaning Brooklyn Sippio (with trophy) completed a four-year career of consecutive wins — with a four-set victory over Gateway Thursday. (Photo/Taylor McFee)

Sippio sisters power Osceola's 'drive for five' OBC volleyball titles

Ken Jackson
Thursday, September 24, 2026
While Osceola claimed its fifth consecutive Orange Belt Conference volleyball tournament title, it wasn't exactly "rinse, repeat, win".Host Gateway played point-for-point with the Kowboys for most of Thursday's championship match, including 15 kills and three aces from freshman hitter Anaya Reyes,...
Week 6 Osceola County high school football scoreboard

Week 6 Osceola County high school football scoreboard

Week 6 Osceola County high school football scoreboard

News Staff
Thursday, September 24, 2026
Week 6 football scoresThursdaySept. 24Tohopekaliga 34, Harmony 8 (District 6A-5 game, click to read game story)Gateway 42, Nova Lakes 0 (Panthers go to 5-0 for first time in school history)Windermere 55, Liberty 0FridaySept. 25Lake Gibson 28, Osceola 13 (District 5A-6)Lake Nona 43, St. Cloud 8...
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)

WEEK 6 FOOTBALL — Huge district week begins Thursday

J. Daniel Pearson
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
This week finds a slew of important district football games on tap, perhaps none bigger than the St. Cloud (3-1) at Lake Nona (4-1) contest – the District 6A-5 opener for both teams.The winner will certainly take the lead in securing the district title and the automatic 6A playoff berth that...
Drew Gill came away with the $100,000 top prize with final-day limit weighing nearly 32 on Championship Sunday of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Championship on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. (Photo/Major League Fishing)

Drew Gill came away with the $100,000 top prize with final-day limit weighing nearly 32 on Championship Sunday of the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Championship on the Kissimmee Chain of Lakes. (Photo/Major League Fishing)

Illinois’ Drew Gill wins Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit on Kissimmee Chain

Staff Report
Wednesday, September 23, 2026
Drew Gill earned his third major victory of the year, and his second in Florida, with a comeback win in the Tackle Warehouse Pro Circuit Championship on the Kissimmee Chain last weekend.In sixth place after Day 1, Gill moved up to second on Day 2 with 22 pounds, 12 ounces, and he smashed his way to...
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.
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