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STORY: Fort Myers 2020 OL Cayden Baker commits to North Carolina
By: Ross Van De Griek Yesterday afternoon, 3-star offensive tackle Cayden Baker out of Fort Myers High School announced on his social...

STORY: 2021 WR James Blackstrain reveals his Top 10 schools
By: Ross Van De Griek On Monday afternoon, 4-star wide receiver James Blackstrain out of Holy Trinity Episcopal School in Melbourne,...

Florida High School Football Stat Leaders (Through Week 10)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the final week of the high school football regular season. As we represent to you the stat leaders...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Football Rankings (Week 11)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to our final week of the high school football regular season, so this will be our final rankings...

Tampa Bay High School Football Week 10 Scores & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek For those of you who haven't heard already, this week's game of the week features a couple of small...

Tampa Bay High School Football Schedule: Week 10
By: Ross Van De Griek It is hard to believe we are already entering the second to last week of the high school football regular season. A...

STORY: Wellington 2020 DE Stephen Passeggiata commits to Appalachian State
By: Ross Van De Griek On Monday afternoon, one of the highest ranked strong-side defensive ends in the 2020 class in Palm Beach County,...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Football Rankings (Week 10)
By: Ross Van De Griek We have entered the final two weeks of the high school football regular season. Some of our usual suspects are at...

Florida High School Football Stat Leaders (Through Week 9)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the final two weeks of the high school football regular season. Here are some of the statistical...

Tampa Bay High School Football Week 9 Scores & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek In case you didn't hear already, this week's HSSportsFlorida "Tampa Bay" area game of the week will feature two Top...

Tampa Bay High School Football Schedule: Week 9
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to three weeks remaining in the regular season across high school football here in the state of...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Football Rankings (Week 9)
By: Ross Van De Griek As we are approaching the final three weeks of the high school football regular season across the state of Florida....

Florida High School Football Stat Leaders (Through Week 8)
By: Ross Van De Griek Here are some of the state's leaders in their particular statistical category. As always, all stats are updated via...

GAME PREVIEW: Calvary Christian at Victory Christian
By: Ross Van De Griek As some of you may or may not know already, this week's game of the week will feature the Calvary Christian...

Tampa Bay High School Football Week 8 Scores & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek This week's game of the week takes us back to Victory Field, on the campus of Southeastern University for a battle...

Tampa Bay High School Football Week 8 Schedule
By: Ross Van De Griek As we are entering the final four weeks of the high school football regular season, some teams are still pushing...

Recruiting Profile: Armwood 2020 RB Eric Wilson
By: Ross Van De Griek Today's recruiting profile takes us out to one of the most prolific running backs in the Tampa Bay area. Senior...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Football Rankings (Week 8)
By: Ross Van De Griek We have the entered the final four weeks of the high school football regular season. We had some good games in Week...

Florida High School Football Stat Leaders (Through Week 7)
By: Ross Van De Griek As the season is entering it's final four weeks, here is a fresh look at the new state leaders in their respective...

ABOUT
My name is Ross Van De Griek & I am the owner/founder of HSSportsFlorida which was launched on August 17, 2016. My main goal is to feature all high school athletes from across the Tampa Bay area, but I have recently been working on expanding my coverage throughout the state. Since August 2018, I have added a new focus onto HSSportsFlorida which features recruiting profiles on 3-star, 4-star & 5-star recruits across the state of Florida. Since November 2018, I have added more work to my already busy schedule, as I also serve as an assistant boys basketball coach at Wiregrass Ranch High School.
I grew up in North Carolina & lived there for the first 14 1/2 years of my life, before deciding to move to a new chapter in Florida. The reason why I started covering high school sports was just simple, started by becoming my high school’s sports reporter/journalist & have fell in love with the passion ever since. I graduated from Wiregrass Ranch High School on May 31, 2015 & served as a Graduate Assistant for the Wiregrass Ranch Boys Basketball program from November 2015-February 2018.
I am a huge sports fan, whether it’s the NFL, NBA, MLB, NHL, EPL, MLS, college football or college basketball, on the side you can catch me watching either sports or listening to music.
Hope to catch you at a game soon.




























