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

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 Basketball Rankings (Week of Jan 6-10)
By: Ross Van De Griek Welcome to the first girls basketball rankings of 2020, as we are about a month away from the start of the district...

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 Bay Top 10 High School Boys Basketball Rankings (Week of Jan 6-10)
By: Ross Van De Griek Hope everyone had a safe & happy holidays, as well as a safe & happy new year. We are back into the weekly rankings...

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 Basketball Rankings (Week 5)
By: Ross Van De Griek Hard to believe, that a month has already gone by in the high school girls basketball season in the Tampa Bay area,...

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 Bay High School Top 10 Boys Basketball Rankings (Week 4)
By: Ross Van De Griek Welcome to Week 4 of the high school boys basketball season across the Tampa Bay area, as well as the state of...

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...

GAME RECAP: Miami Northwestern 34, Orlando Jones 17
By: Ross Van De Griek DAYTONA BEACH- On Saturday afternoon, the Miami Northwestern Bulls (13-2) won their third straight state...

GAME PREVIEW: Edgewater vs St. Thomas Aquinas (Class 7A Final)
By: Ross Van De Griek The 2019 Florida High School Football season will wrap up tomorrow night, in the Class 7A Final between the...

GAME PREVIEW: Orlando Jones vs Miami Northwestern (Class 5A Final)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are approaching 24 hours until kickoff of the 2019 FHSAA Football Class 5A Championship game between the Orlando...

GAME PREVIEW: Columbus vs Apopka (Class 8A Final)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are just a day away from the start of the 2019 FHSAA Football Class 8A Championship game between the Columbus...

GAME PREVIEW: Escambia vs Miami Central (Class 6A Final)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are approaching 24 hours away from kickoff of the 2019 FHSAA Football Class 6A state championship game between...

GAME PREVIEW: Booker T. Washington (Miami) vs Bolles (Class 4A Final)
By: Ross Van De Griek The second week of the 2019 Florida High School Football State Championships are about to get underway in about 24...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Girls Basketball Rankings (Week 4)
By: Ross Van De Griek Good morning, high school girls basketball fans across the Tampa Bay area. We have entered Week 4 of the high...

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 Bay High School Basketball Top 10 Rankings (Week 3)
By: Ross Van De Griek It's another week filled with some pretty good high school boys basketball matchups this week. A lot of movement...

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.

































