It wasn’t easy, but the Oviedo High School girls soccer team finally won its first state title in program history on Saturday, defeating Vero Beach 3-2 on penalty kicks at the University of Tampa.

Three former UCF football players – Josh Sitton, Atari Bigby and Michael Greco – will continue their pursuit of the Vince Lombardi Trophy on Sunday with the Green Bay Packers in Super Bowl XLV.

It’s been an average start to the season for the UCF women’s basketball team. But a win on the road Thursday gave head coach Joi Williams No. 100 for her career. UCF is now 8-6 on the year.

Local high school boys basketball coach Ed Kershner became the all-time wins leader in Florida hoop’s history Wednesday when Oviedo defeated Trinity Prep. Kershner is now 761-329 overall.

Sports fans had little trouble finding something to do with their time on Friday. In action were the Orlando Magic, Florida Tuskers, UCF football and women’s soccer, Rollins men’s soccer, and prep football games.

Before Jackie Robinson broke Major League Baseball’s color barrier, threats of violence kept him from playing in Central Florida. He returns this week in an upcoming exhibit entitled “Pride & Passion: The African American Baseball Experience” at UCF.

This one must really sting though, huh? Making it all the way to the inaugural United Football League championship game as an undefeated team at 6-0 only to come up short, 20-17, against the hometown Las Vegas Locomotives in overtime.

Life in the South in the late-50s was still very much segregated both on and off the field. It would be another 10 years before school kids sat side-by-side in classrooms or even huddled together at sporting events in Orange County. At UCF’s football game against Buffalo the 1958 Bulls were recognized for showing a rare form of unity back in the days of Civil Rights strife.