Champs Again! With 37 of 40 lifters scoring points, St. Cloud rolled to its 15th consecutive Orange Belt Conference Girls weightlifting championship, edging rival Harmony, 159-122. PHOTO/ST. CLOUD HIGH
Hard nosed defense and big second-half buckets led the Osceola Kowboys to the 2024 Orange Belt Conference boys basketball title. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
Harmony is the No. 4 seed in the Orange Belt Conference girls basketball tournament and will play Celebration at Gateway on Tuesday. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
Middle linebacker Elijah Melendez anchored the Kowboys defense for a 12-3 team that allowed just over 12 points per game in the regular season against a schedule that included nine playoff teams. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
Throw it down, young man: Luke McCrimon dunks home two of his 11 points Wednesday. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS
Poinciana and St. Cloud will be among a number of teams that could be in the mix to win next week’s Orange Belt Conference boys basketball tournament. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
Osceola running back Taevion Swint hopes to make college defenders miss at UCF like he did on this play in the Class 6A state title game against West Boca Raton. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
With some of the Orlando Magic's starters out with injuries, Trevelin Queen, a key piece for the NBA G League's Osceola Magic, has kept the NBA aside afloat. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
Osceola’s Cate Palmi (9, hitting at right) is within striking distance of the Kowboy’s career kills record with an entire senior season to go. PHOTO/TAYLOR MCFEE
Osceola’s Luke McCrimon (with the ball) gets ready to set up a play against Ovideo’s Cameron Bryant (3). The Kowboys won the game 60-45. PHOTO/J. DANIEL PEARSON
