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.

Austin Rivers earned his second-straight most valuable player award at the 37th Annual City of Palms Classic at in Fort Meyers, but the Wildcats faltered down the stretch in the title game against New Jersey’s Paterson Catholic.

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.

A UCF football player was named C-USA Defensive Player of the Year, basketball players from University and Winter Park high schools have impressive outings and a couple Florida Tuskers earn postseason awards from the United Football League.

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.

A former Apopka baseball player won a Cy Young Award, two former Colonial High School football players starred for FAMU, a Winter Park running back scored the game-winner in the opening round of the playoffs and a women’s basketball and volleyball player at UCF come up big.

You would have had to seen it to believe it. The first round matchup between Winter Park and Lake Brantley played out like a movie, one that drags along early then climaxes to the point that the seat your sitting in just isn’t big enough to stay put in.