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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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- 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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2019 FHSAA Volleyball State Championship Previews & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek We have made it to the state championships in the 2019 FHSAA high school volleyball season. We will be previewing...

Florida High School Volleyball State Semifinal Previews & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the final four in each of the seven respective classifications for this volleyball season. A lot of...

Tampa Bay High School Volleyball Regional Final Previews & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the Regional Finals across the state of Florida, as far as the high school volleyball postseason...

STORY: Fort Pierce Central 2021 OPP Brenna Tietz commits to West Virginia
By: Ross Van De Griek On Wednesday afternoon, the Big 12 landed one of the top opposite hitters in the Treasure Coast area. Central (Fort...

Tampa Bay High School Volleyball Regional Semifinal Previews & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek We have reached the second round of the 2019 FHSAA Volleyball Playoffs. All matches will be played on Tuesday @...

STORY: Wharton 2020 outside hitter Jeanette Henderson commits to Saint Leo
By: Ross Van De Griek Yesterday afternoon, Saint Leo University landed one of the top outside hitter prospects in the Tampa Bay area....

ICYMI: Calvary Christian defeats Northside Christian in 4 sets (25-12, 22-25, 25-12, 25-16)
By: Ross Van De Griek CLEARWATER, Fla.- It was a rematch of a regular season meeting on Thursday night at the Anderson Athletic Center,...

MATCH RECAP: Wiregrass Ranch defeats Manatee in 4 sets (25-9, 19-25, 25-23, 25-20)
By: Ross Van De Griek WESLEY CHAPEL, Fla.- The Wiregrass Ranch Bulls (17-5) played their first home regional volleyball playoff game in...

Tampa Bay High School Volleyball Regional Quarterfinal Previews (Class 2A-4A)
By: Ross Van De Griek Class 2A, Region 3 5 Seacrest Country Day (21-6) at 4 Tampa Bay HEAT (10-15), Thursday @ 6:30pm Players to watch...

Tampa Bay High School Volleyball Regional Quarterfinal Previews (Class 5A-7A)
By: Ross Van De Griek Class 7A, Region 2 7 Wharton (20-4) at 2 Plant (21-7), Wednesday @ 6pm Head-to-head meetings: Plant went 2-1 head...

2019 FHSAA Volleyball 1st Round Playoff Schedule
By: Ross Van De Griek We have entered the start of the 2019 FHSAA Volleyball playoffs. It is win or go home time, as the road to Fort...

ICYMI: Wiregrass Ranch defeats Sunlake in 3 sets (25-18, 25-13, 25-22) to win first district title
By: Ross Van De Griek Wiregrass Ranch is starting to click things around at just the right time, as they just wrapped up playing three...

MATCH RECAP: PHU defeats Steinbrenner in 5 sets (8-25, 26-24, 25-20, 14-25, 15-10)
By: Ross Van De Griek LUTZ- On Wednesday night, the Palm Harbor University Hurricanes volleyball team advanced to the District 7A-7...

Florida High School Volleyball Stat Leaders (Through October 12)
By: Ross Van De Griek As the regular season has came to an end, the district tournament action gets started this week. This will be the...

Recruiting Profile: Osceola 2020 outside hitter Kalli Cors
By: Ross Van De Griek Today's player spotlight profile takes us down to Pinellas County, where Osceola senior outside hitter Kalli Cors...

Tampa Bay Top 10 High School Volleyball Rankings (Week 8)
By: Ross Van De Griek We have entered the final week of the high school volleyball regular season, so this will be our final rankings...

ICYMI: Plant defeats Wharton in 4 sets (25-21, 20-25, 25-11, 25-21)
By: Ross Van De Griek It was part two between two district rivals on Monday night at Plant High School, as the host Panthers got their...

Florida High School Volleyball Stat Leaders (Through Week 7)
By: Ross Van De Griek As we enter the final week of the regular season, some district tournament matchups have already been set up. Here...

MATCH RECAP: Clearwater Central Catholic tops Bishop McLaughlin in 4 sets
By: Ross Van De Griek CLEARWATER- It was senior night at Clearwater Central Catholic before the match where they honored their two...

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.
































