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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, 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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STORY: Gaither 2021 DB Jordan Oladokun recaps his recent visit with Penn State
By: Ross Van De Griek On Saturday night, one of the highest ranked premier defensive backs in the Tampa Bay area, took a visit to Happy...

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...

STORY: Cardinal Gibbons 2021 WR Troy Stellato lists his Top 12 schools
By: Ross Van De Griek On Sunday evening, Cardinal Gibbons (Fort Lauderdale) junior wide receiver Troy Stellato has now cut his list of...

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...

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...

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...

STORY: Orlando Christian Prep 2020 guard Eric Butler commits to Southern Illinois
By: Ross Van De Griek Southern Illinois landed on Thursday afternoon, one of the most premiere 2-way players in the state of Florida, as...

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...

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...

Recruiting Profile: University School 2021 QB Nick Vattiato
By: Ross Van De Griek Our second recruiting profile of the day takes us back to South Florida, the home of University School junior...

Recruiting Profile: University School 2021 LB Emile Aime
By: Ross Van De Griek Today's recruiting profile takes us to South Florida, the home of University School (Fort Lauderdale) junior...

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...

STORY: East Lake 2020 XC/Track star Parker Valby commits to the University of Florida
By: Ross Van De Griek On Tuesday night, one of the best long distance runners & track stars not just in the Tampa Bay area, but in the...

Recruiting Profile: Blake 2022 SG Emanuel Sharp
By: Ross Van De Griek Today's recruiting profile, we are talking about one of the rising basketball prospects in the Tampa Bay area....

Recruiting Profile: University School 2023 WR Brandon Inniss
By: Ross Van De Griek One of the most dynamic wide receivers in the freshman class, hails from right here in the Sunshine State....

STORY: Montverde Academy 2020 SF Scottie Barnes commits to Florida State
By: Ross Van De Griek On Monday morning, the Florida State men's basketball program landed a 5-star recruit in Montverde Academy small...

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 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...

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...

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.































