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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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Tampa High School Boys Soccer Top 10 Rankings (Week 2)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are a week into the high school soccer season & there will be little movement in this week's rankings heading...

Tampa Bay High School Football Regional Semifinal Previews & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek We have entered the second round of the 2019 FHSAA Football playoffs, where we are down to the "Round of 32" as...

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...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Girls Basketball Preseason Rankings
By: Ross Van De Griek We are just about a week away from the start of the 2019-2020 high school girls basketball season. Last season,...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Girls Soccer Rankings (Week 1)
By: Ross Van De Griek Last night, the 2019-2020 high school girls soccer season got underway across the state of Florida, with all teams...

Tampa High School Top 10 Boys Soccer Rankings (Week 1)
By: Ross Van De Griek Welcome to the start of a brand new high school soccer season across the state of Florida. Today we reveal the...

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 Football Regional Quarterfinal Previews & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek The 2019 FHSAA Football postseason gets underway this week, with 30 matchups across the Tampa Bay area on Friday...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Girls Soccer Preseason Rankings
By: Ross Van De Griek We are just about a week away from the start of the high school girls soccer regular season kicking off. We had a...

Tampa Bay High School Top 10 Boys Soccer Preseason Rankings
By: Ross Van De Griek We are a week away from the winter sports get underway, as both boys & girls soccer will kickoff their regular...

Florida High School Football Stat Leaders (Through Week 11)
By: Ross Van De Griek As the high school football regular season has winded down here in the state of Florida. This will be our last...

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...

2019 FHSAA Football Playoff Schedule: 1st Round
By: Ross Van De Griek Class 1A Region 1 1 Baker- Bye 2 Vernon- Bye 6 Jay vs 3 Northview 5 Graceville vs 4 Freeport Region 2 1 Blountstown...

Tampa Bay High School Football Week 11 Scores & Predictions
By: Ross Van De Griek In case you haven't heard already, this week's game of the week will feature two top five ranked teams in the Tampa...

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...

Recruiting Profile: Monarch 2021 WR Jaden Alexis
By: Ross Van De Griek Today's recruiting profile takes us down to Coconut Creek, the home of 3-star wide receiver Jaden Alexis out of...

Tampa Bay High School Football Schedule (Week 11)
By: Ross Van De Griek We are down to the final week of the high school football regular season, as most teams know where they stand as...

STORY: Winter Springs 2020 runner Mackenzie Czurak commits to Central Florida
By: Ross Van De Griek In case you missed some recruiting news over the weekend, UCF landed senior cross country & track star Mackenzie...

Recruiting Profile: Jesuit 2021 DB Jordan Young
By: Ross Van De Griek Today's recruiting profile focuses on one of the most up incoming prospects in the 2021 class. Jesuit (Tampa, Fla.)...

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.































