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- Thu, Mar 05Mar 05, 2020, 6:00 PM – 8:00 PMRP Funding Center, 701 W Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33815, USA2020 FHSAA Boys Basketball Class 6A Semifinal #1 The Columbia (Lake City, FL) Tigers are in the state semifinals for the first time since 1968 The Dillard (Fort Lauderdale, FL) Panthers are looking to advance to their second straight state final
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- Wed, Mar 04Mar 04, 2020, 4:00 PM – 6:00 PMRP Funding Center, 701 W Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33815, USA2020 FHSAA Boys Basketball Class 1A Semifinal #2 Hawthorne: Looking to advance to first state championship game appearance since 2015 Paxton: Looking to advance to first state championship game appearance since 2016
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- Wed, Mar 04Mar 04, 2020, 12:00 PM – 2:00 PMRP Funding Center, 701 W Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33815, USA2020 FHSAA Boys Basketball Class 2A Semifinal #2 Bayshore Christian in the state semifinals for the first time in school history Orlando Christian Prep is seeking their third straight state championship game appearance
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- Sat, Feb 29Feb 29, 2020, 8:00 PM – 10:00 PMRP Funding Center, 701 W Lime St, Lakeland, FL 33815, USAThe Plant (Tampa, FL) Panthers girls basketball team, will be playing the Miami Senior High (Miami, FL) Stingarees in the 2020 FHSAA Girls Basketball Class 7A Championship on Saturday, February 29 @ 8:00PM
- Sat, Feb 29Feb 29, 2020, 1:00 PM – 3:00 PMSpec Martin Municipal Stadium, 260 East Euclid, DeLand, FL 32724, USAThe Jesuit (Tampa, FL) Tigers will be playing for their seventh Boys Soccer state title, as they take on the Pembroke Pines Charter (Pembroke Pines, FL) Jaguars on Saturday, February 29 @ 1:00PM
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2020 FHSAA Girls Soccer State Semifinal Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the Final Four across the six classifications across girls soccer here in the state of Florida. A...

Tampa Bay High School Boys Soccer Regional Final Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek We have reached the Elite Eight across the six classifications in the 2020 FHSAA Boys Soccer playoffs. A few Tampa...

Tampa Bay High School Girls Soccer Regional Final Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek We have reached the Elite Eight in the 2020 FHSAA Girls Soccer State playoffs, as we have had a few upsets so far...

Tampa Bay High School Boys Soccer Regional Semifinal Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek We have reached the Sweet Sixteen in the 2020 FHSAA Boys Soccer playoffs, as we are getting closer & closer to see...

Tampa Bay High School Girls Soccer Regional Semifinal Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek We have reached the Sweet Sixteen across all six boys & girls soccer classifications, as the regional semifinals...

Tampa Bay High School Boys Soccer Regional Quarterfinal Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek CLASS 2A Foundation Academy (9-2) vs Carrollwood Day (11-7-3), 7pm Players to watch for Foundation Academy: N/A...

Tampa Bay High School Girls Soccer Regional Quarterfinal Previews
By: Ross Van De Griek Circle Christian (8-6-1) vs Cambridge Christian (13-4), 3:30pm Players to watch for Circle Christian: Sydney Reedy...

Tampa Bay High School Girls Soccer District Tournament Schedules
By: Ross Van De Griek District 7A-7 (Hosted by Palm Harbor University High School) Tuesday, February 4 #3 Steinbrenner vs #2 Palm Harbor...

Tampa Bay High School Boys Soccer District Tournament Schedules
By: Ross Van De Griek District 7A-7 (Hosted by Wharton High School) Wednesday, February 5 #3 Palm Harbor University vs #2 Sickles...

Tampa Top 10 High School Boys Soccer Rankings (Week of Jan 27-31)
By: Ross Van De Griek As we approach the final week of the regular season in high school boys soccer in the Tampa Bay area, as well as...

Tampa Top 10 High School Boys Soccer Rankings (Week of Jan 20-24)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the final two weeks of the high school boys soccer season, across the Tampa Bay area & the state of...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Girls Soccer Rankings (Week of Jan 13-17)
By: Ross Van De Griek As we are approaching just three weeks away until the start of district tournament play, some of the rankings...

Tampa Top 10 High School Boys Soccer Rankings (Week of Jan 13-17)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are approaching the final few weeks of the high school boys soccer regular season in the Tampa Bay area, as well...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Girls Soccer Rankings (Week of Jan 6-10)
By: Ross Van De Griek Welcome to the final month of the high school girls soccer regular season here in the state of Florida. Our local...

Tampa Top 10 High School Boys Soccer Rankings (Week of Jan 6-10)
By: Ross Van De Griek Hope everyone had a good holiday & a safe new year, as we are winding down on the high school boys soccer season...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Girls Soccer Rankings (Week 6)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are officially at the midway point of the high school girls soccer season, across the Tampa Bay area & the state...

Tampa Top 10 High School Boys Soccer Rankings (Week 6)
By: Ross Van De Griek We have entered the official midway point of the high school soccer season in the Tampa Bay area, as well as the...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Girls Soccer Rankings (Week 5)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are entering the last couple of weeks until the holiday break, as some teams will be wrapping up the 2019...

Tampa Top 10 High School Boys Soccer Rankings (Week 5)
By: Ross Van De Griek There is a new #1 ranked team in the Tampa Bay area boys soccer rankings this week, following Jesuit's 2-0 win over...

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.




























