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Cypress Creek wins Lightning High School Hockey Championship with Victories over over Steinbrenner and Wiregrass Ranch HS in its debut season By Steve Lee

Cypress Creek, a first-year team in the Lightning High School Hockey League, won the championship. The Coyotes defeated rival Wiregrass Ranch 5-3 in the semifinals before a 5-3 victory over Steinbrenner in the final. “If feels great being the first Cypress Creek team to make the championship,” said forward Tyler Greene, who [...]

Turning Tides: Pasco County Schools Celebrates Remarkable Student Transformations at 36th Annual Project Turnaround Awards

Honoring Resilience and Achievement: A Day of Recognition for Students, Educators, and Community Partners in Wesley Chapel. In an inspiring celebration of resilience and academic achievement, the Cypress Creek IPAC Center was abuzz this morning as the Pasco County Schools hosted the 36th Annual Project...

Traditions on the Green by the Land O'Lakes Rotary Club at Heritage Park featuring holiday concerts performed by students from our local schools

The annual Traditions on the Green was held at Land O'Lakes Heritage Park, 5401 Land O' Lakes Blvd in Land O' Lakes, Florida featuring holiday concerts were performed by local schools like Contempo School of Dance, Sunlake Academy and Pineview Middle School at Land O'Lakes Heritage Park...

Land O’Lakes HS Athletics Foundation 2023 Hall of Fame Class Shannon Aitken, Brad Baisley, Darrin Horne, Dave Puhalski and and Drew Weatherford with guest speaker Lou Piniella

By Steve Lee - Honoring the greatest athletes and coaches from the Land O’ Lakes High’s athletic program continued with the foundation’s annual induction ceremonies. The Class of 2023 featured three athletes — Shannon Aitken, soccer; Brad Baisley, baseball; and Drew Weatherford, football — basketball [...]

Biggest Back to School RE-SUPPLY drive event with Marjorie’s Hope Teacher Store at Ford of Port Richey

Saturday, Sep 16, 2023 | On Target Page: Trinity & West Pasco, Schools of Pasco County
The Biggest Back to School RE-SUPPLY drive event with Marjorie’s Hope Teacher Store was held at Ford of Port Richey, in Port Richey. The kids are back in school…and the teachers are struggling to keep up with the need for school supplies. Ford of Port Richey and Marjorie’s Hope Teacher Store have partnered up to collect [...]

Community Resources Fair for our Adult and High School Students at the Marchman Technical College

Thursday, Nov 17, 2022 | On Target Page: Greater Pasco County, Schools of Pasco County
The purpose of the Community Resources Fair is to provide information about local community resources to our adult and high school students and to help make those resources easily accessible. Twenty-two Pasco County agencies participated and provided information and resources to approximately 600 students. Fred K. [...]

Pasco County Sheriff Cpl. Elders Pine View Middle School in Land O’Lakes, Pasco County is Florida Association of School Resource Officer of the Year!

School Resource Officer of the Year: A huge congrats for Cpl. Elissa Elders on earning the honor of 2021 School Resource Officer of the Year! Cpl. Elders was presented with her award during the opening ceremony of the Florida Association of School Resource Officers (FASRO) annual convention last month. The recognition came [...]

Wiregrass Ranch softball coach’s daughter now plays for rival Cypress Creek High School

The Wiregrass Ranch softball team has even its record three times this season, but has yet to get above the .500 mark. Even more challenging for the Bulls is overcoming the loss of a former teammate and the coach’s daughter, who transferred to Cypress Creek. [...]

Wiregrass Ranch returns to playoffs in Lightning High School Ice Hockey League at AdventHealth Center Ice

Following two losing seasons, the Wiregrass Ranch High hockey team capped a turnaround with a playoff berth following an 8-12-2 record in the regular season. The Bulls, train at AdventHealth Center Ice. Keying that resurgence for the Bulls, who won just five games last season, were two senior standouts winger Daylan Campbell and defenseman Tyler Cook. [...]

Bulls stomp host Gators at the net in battle of boys tennis unbeatens

Something had to give in last week’s battle of unbeatens when Land O’ Lakes and Wiregrass Ranch squared off on the tennis court. The host Gators, considered among the top three teams in Pasco County this season, were no match for the Bulls. Wiregrass Ranch improved to 8-0 with a 7-0 win [...]

Special Olympics Athletes participate in Pasco County Summer Games Events at River Ridge HS and Wesley Chapel HS with Pasco County Sheriff Chris Nocco and Pasco County school superintendent Kurt Browning

Pasco County Special Olympics athletes competed for two amazing days at the Pasco County Summer Games Events. Parents, Teachers, Family and friends were inspired watching these amazing athletes compete! The spectacular event was held over two days in two locations, River Ridge High School and Wesley Chapel High School. [...]

Academy at the Lakes has resurgence in girls basketball with posting a 10-12 record in the regular season

Academy at the Lakes has been to two state finals and has won five regional and six district titles. In recent years, however, the girls basketball team has been on the other end of the spectrum. There were back-to-back six-win seasons, but this year got somewhat better with AATL posting a 10-12 record in the regular season. [...]

Wiregrass Ranch honors former wrestling coach and wins season opener over Zephyrhills by Steve Lee

The season opener for the Wiregrass Ranch High wrestling team against visiting Zephyrhills was billed as Monday Night Fights by coach Jamey Ketler. He could not have come up with a more appropriate title since a former coach fighting for his life was in attendance and [...]

Host Land O’ Lakes High School wins top cheer leading awards in Best of Pasco By Steve Lee

Best of Pasco, a Sunshine Athletic Conference cheerleading competition in its 19th year, was held last Saturday at the Land O’ Lakes gym and the home squad won out. The Gators claimed two titles, winning in the All-Girls and Overall categories while Hudson won the Co-ed championship [...]

Pasco HS Defeats Land O’Lakes 35-14 and other High School Football Action by Steve Lee

Friday, Aug 30, 2019 | On Target Page: Land O'Lakes, Land O'Lakes High School, Pasco High School, All Sports
Land O’ Lakes and Pasco had to continue their season opener on Monday due to a problem with lights at John Benedetto Stadium. The Pirates, coming off a 2-8 season and seeking their first playoff spot since 2013, defeated the Gators 35-14. Pasco was led by Malcolm Gibbs, who ran for 115 yards and a touchdown. Ethan [...]

The American Warriors, Club wrestling tourney comes to Wiregrass Ranch in Pasco County By Steve Lee

Second-year Wiregrass Ranch High wrestling coach Jamey Ketler established his own club wrestling program after realizing that one did not exist in Pasco County. The American Warriors, comprised mostly of wrestlers from central and east Pasco, completed their second season last Saturday. In a joint effort, the high [...]
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