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.

With the final swing of his leg, in the last high school football game of young life, Boone’s Lucas Rawlings helped the East Seniors cap a come-from-behind 17-14 win in the annual Orange County Senior Bowl on Wednesday at Oak Ridge High School.

The annual Rotary Tip-Off Classic in Winter Park has seen its share of remarkable high school basketball talent over the last three decades. Add Austin Rivers of Winter Park to that list. Just be sure not to leave out his teammates in the process.

Last week Oak Ridge had little trouble with visiting Colonial on the football field as the Pioneers got big plays from teammates on both sides of the ball in a 40-12 win. Among the contributors were a transfer at quarterback, a senior defensive leader at linebacker and several underclassman making names for themselves.

There’s something new taking shape within the football program at Oak Ridge High School. You can sense it in the atmosphere at Lee Leonard Stadium and see it in the way the Pioneers have been slinging the ball around during the first half of the season. New head coach Elijah Williams has Oak Ridge off to a 4-1 start just one season after the team went 3-7 overall and 0-4 in district play.

Things have been looking up in 2009 for the football team at West Orange High School, though a tough district slate is on the horizon for the Warriors. Through the opening three games of the season West Orange has dominated non-district opponents by an average of nearly 21 point per game after wining just one [...]

A couple of former high school football standouts from Orlando took to the big stage on Thursday night as a matchup between Top-25 teams from the Atlantic Coast Conference was featured on national television.
No. 20 Miami dominated No. 14 Georgia Tech, 33-17, in front of their home crowd.
Former Oak Ridge four-year starter Joe Joseph (Class [...]