In front of family and friends at UCF Arena, former Olympia standout Dexter Fields played his best collegiate basketball game to date. Fields drained four 3-pointers and went 1-for-2 at the line in helping UAB notch a victory over the Knights.

In the third game between these two rivals, the comeback attempt for Edgewater was not enough as Winter Park’s Brett Comer dropped 23 points to help the Wildcats move to the region finals – on Saturday at Jacksonville First Coast – with a 70-59 win.

After least week’s tournament-opening win on the road against the No. 2 team in the state, the No. 1 Winter Park Wildcats look poised to be in the running for a Class 6A state title. That is if they can escape Edgewater with a win on Tuesday.

District tournaments are in full swing for local boys basketball teams as the likes of Winter Park and Edgewater look to advance to states. On Saturday, the 6A-4 title will be decided and the Eagles and Wildcats are the favorites to play for it.

If there is one thing that the basketball team at Winter Park has shown over the course of the 2009-10 season, it’s that the Wildcats are a deep team that doesn’t rely solely on the play of star junior Austin Rivers.

The UCF indoor track and field season took another impressive turn last weekend when senior LaKendra Thames set two school records on back-to-back days at the Rod McCravy Invitational in Lexington.

Winter Springs denied Timber Creek its first win in the state tournament on Thursday as the Bears went on the road and scored a convincing 6-1 victory in the Class 6A girls soccer regional quarterfinals Thursday night.

The Oviedo and Winter Springs girls soccer teams were decisive in their Class 6A, District 3 semifinal wins on Wednesday. On Friday night they’ll meet up with the district title, and home field advantage in the region semifinals next week, on the line.

Berin Boracic returned to Orlando over the holiday break, making the first visit to his family’s new home before returning to school in North Carolina. It’s been nearly a decade since they escaped to Central Florida after living amongst a war that was right at their doorstep and just a month since competing in the D-II National Championship.

Without question, the impressive season put together by former Olympia High running back Chris Johnson this year is above all others in the history of the National Football League. But in terms of running the football, where does the Titan stack up?