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Five OBC titles will be awarded Friday and Saturday in baseball, softball, volleyball and track.

Five OBC titles will be awarded Friday and Saturday in baseball, softball, volleyball and track.

It's Spring Championship Week in Osceola County

J. Daniel Pearson
Monday, April 8, 2024
The eight Osceola County public high schools vie for Orange Belt Conference championships this week in baseball, softball, boys’ volleyball and track and field.The action begins in earnest on Monday when quarterfinal contests will be held in baseball, softball and boys volleyball.
Osceola Magic point guard and NBA G League MVP Mac McClung took time at the end of the season to further the love of basketball in others through the “Ball For All” campaign. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Osceola Magic point guard and NBA G League MVP Mac McClung took time at the end of the season to further the love of basketball in others through the “Ball For All” campaign. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Mac McClung still an MVP to many despite playoff loss

Ken Jackson
Saturday, April 6, 2024
Prior to the Osceola Magic’s Eastern Conference semifinal game Friday, point guard Mac McClung was named the Kia NBA G League Most Valuable Player.By Friday night, the feeling was a bit hollow as the Magic fell to the Long Island Ducks, 120-112, ending the team’s first season in Osceola.
Helter skelter: Osceola's Trevelin Queen (21), D.J. Wilson (5) and Kevon Harris (8) try to shut down Long Island guard's Jacob Gilyard's passing lanes in Friday's NBA G League Eastern Conference semifinal. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Helter skelter: Osceola's Trevelin Queen (21), D.J. Wilson (5) and Kevon Harris (8) try to shut down Long Island guard's Jacob Gilyard's passing lanes in Friday's NBA G League Eastern Conference semifinal. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Osceola Magic's season ends suddenly with G League playoff loss to Long Island, 120-112

Bob Pincus
Saturday, April 6, 2024
When the Osceola Magic climbed to within two points after a roaring Trevelin Queen dunk with one minute remaining in the NBA G League Eastern Conference Semifinals against Long Island, Silver Spurs Arena was rocking as if a tremor had struck Kissimmee, instead of New York.
Osceola's Mac McClung rolls off of a D.J. Wilson screen in Friday's NBA G League Eastern Conference quarterfinal game. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Osceola's Mac McClung rolls off of a D.J. Wilson screen in Friday's NBA G League Eastern Conference quarterfinal game. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Mac McClung still an MVP to many despite playoff loss

Ken Jackson
Friday, April 5, 2024
Prior to the Osceola Magic's Eastern Conference semifinal game Friday, point guard Mac McClung was named the Kia NBA G League Most Valuable Player.By Friday night, the feeling was a bit hollow as the Magic fell to the Long Island Ducks, 120-112, ending the team's first season in Osceola.
Buck Denzer (center, white shirt) aced the 6th hole on the Royal St. Cloud Golf Links White nine in back-to-back rounds. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Buck Denzer (center, white shirt) aced the 6th hole on the Royal St. Cloud Golf Links White nine in back-to-back rounds. SUBMITTED PHOTO

Same hole, same week—St. Cloud’s Denzer logs a pair of aces

J. Daniel Pearson
Friday, April 5, 2024
Buck Denzer knows how rare a Hole-In-One can be.The 74-year-old St. Cloud resident has been a serious golfer for 40 years. During all that time, he’d recorded exactly one ace, back in 1991.
Osceola’s Anderson Heap stands on top of the podium after winning the FHSAA Class 3A State Wrestling Championship at 157 pounds. It was Heap’s third career state championship. PHOTO/OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

Osceola’s Anderson Heap stands on top of the podium after winning the FHSAA Class 3A State Wrestling Championship at 157 pounds. It was Heap’s third career state championship. PHOTO/OSCEOLA HIGH SCHOOL

ALL-COUNTY WRESTLING — Heap stood out among great performances

J. Daniel Pearson
Wednesday, April 3, 2024
Deciding on an Osceola News-Gazette Wrestler of the Year was difficult; three different Osceola County wrestlers won individual FHSAA state championships. Osceola’s Anderson Heap placed in several national tournaments while winning a third consecutive state to earn the nod.
Chris Walker, an NBA G League veteran, will be the Osceola Magic’s starting center in Friday’s Eastern Conference semifinal at the Silver Spurs Arena. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Chris Walker, an NBA G League veteran, will be the Osceola Magic’s starting center in Friday’s Eastern Conference semifinal at the Silver Spurs Arena. PHOTO/KATIE WILLIAMS

Walker, Osceola Magic chasing same dream

Ken Jackson
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
When the Orlando Magic's NBA G League team played in Lakeland, it won the league championship in 2021.After a 22-12 regular season, the 2023-24 Osceola Magic begin the chase for another title next week.As the No.
Celebration picked up 16 valuable team points as both the boys and girls tennis teams took Orange Belt Conference championships. PHOTO/RYAN ADAMS

Celebration picked up 16 valuable team points as both the boys and girls tennis teams took Orange Belt Conference championships. PHOTO/RYAN ADAMS

OBC tennis -- Celebration repeats at boys and girls team champs

J. Daniel Pearson
Saturday, March 30, 2024
Heading into Tuesday’s finals of the Orange Belt Conference tennis tournament, it was just a matter of how much the Storm boys would win their sixth straight championship by.
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