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Channel 5 News Team beat up on La Vaca Loco 8-2 behind a hat trick by Christian Bores, while United F.C.… Read More » Tweet Polk Senior Games set to begin in February Monday, October 3, 2016 at 6:37 by Brady Fredericksen The 2017 Polk Senior Games will kick off on Feb. 25 and run through March 13. Entering their 25th year, the Olympic-style games will feature more than 100 events across Polk County. The event is open to male or female athletes ages 50 and older. Age group winners will receive gold, silver or bronze medals in each event. The registration period begins during the first week of January, and the initial cost to register is $10. Additional events will cost… Read More » Tweet Two water ski records broken in Polk City Monday, October 3, 2016 at 6:36 by Brady Fredericksen Two world records were set in Polk City last month. Jacinta Carroll, a professional water skier with Team Nautique, set two pending world jump records at the Ski Fluid Invitational in Polk City. Carroll jumped 194 and 198 feet. Anna Gay set the pending women’s trick record with 10,610 points. The 198-foot jump is the first time a female has broken a jump of 60-plus meters. Carroll set the previous record with a 194-foot jump at the Sunset Cup last… Read More » Tweet LASO Scores 9/11 Monday, October 3, 2016 at 6:35 by Brady Fredericksen The Lakeland Adult Soccer Organization returned for another season this past weekend with five co-ed games on Sunday at the Southwest Complex in Lakeland. Morgan Sammonds and Dustin Olsen scored two goals each as Fat Maggies cruised past G-Force, 7-3. Alex Riddle scored twice to lead Anytime Fitness to a 4-1 win over Organo Gold. Terror Squad recorded a 3-0 win over Midtown Dental thanks to a pair of goals by Love Zinhema. Gabe Duarte scored twice in Il Forno… Read More » Tweet USA Water Ski wins in Wisconsin Monday, October 3, 2016 at 6:35 by Brady Fredericksen The USA Water Ski Show Team won the team title at the IWWF World Show Ski Tournament last month in Wisconsin Rapids, Wis. The Americans outlasted teams from China, Australia, Belgium and Canada. They scored 1,944.92 points to finish well ahead of second-place Australia at 1,794.94. Canada, China and Belgium rounded out the top five. Winter Haven’s Nick Lyman and Angela Yauchler were members of the 40-skier team. Tweet Polk athletes win gold at Paralympics Monday, October 3, 2016 at 6:34 by Brady Fredericksen The U.S. national sitting volleyball team won its Paralympic opener in Rio on Saturday. Facing Iran, the U.S. cruised to a 3-0 (25-17, 25-13, 25-9) win. Frostproof native Michelle Schiffler started at outside hitter for the U.S. while Nicky Nieves, an assistant men’s volleyball coach at Warner, started at middle blocker. Nieves recorded one kill and a pair of spikes. Schiffler had one spike and one rebound. Lakeland’s Seth Jahn and the U.S. seven-a-side soccer team drew even at 2… Read More » Tweet Flamingos Synchro hosting beginner’s clinic Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 3:51 by Brady Fredericksen The Lakeland YMCA Flamingos are looking for swimmers. The club will host its 33rd annual Let’s Try Synchro” beginner’s clinic on Saturday at the Lakeland YMCA on Cleveland Heights in Lakeland. Registration begins at the YMCA at 8:30 a.m. and is open to swimmers ages 7-13 who are comfortable swimming in deep water. Swimmers will pay $20 for the session, which includes a snack. The clinic runs from 9 a.m. to noon and swimmers need to wear a swimsuit and… Read More » Tweet Polk Baseball Club’s Pirates win tournament in S.C. Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 3:05 by Brady Fredericksen The July Fourth weekend wasn’t a bad weekend for the Polk Baseball Club’s 11U and 9U teams. The teams, based in South Lakeland, traveled to Myrtle Beach, S.C., to play in the Tidal Wave Tournament at The Ripken Experience. The 11U Pirates left as champions as the 9U Punishers finished third. The Pirates went 2-1 in pool play and secured the No. 2 seed in the double-elimination round. The Punishers won four of their first five games to lock up… Read More » Tweet Incredibles sending five track athletes to AAU Junior Olympics Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 3:02 by Brady Fredericksen After a strong weekend at the 2016 AAU National Club Championships at Disney, five members of the Lakeland Incredibles Track and Field team are headed to the AAU Junior Olympics. Chelsi and Tyson Williams, Jaden Rudolph, Alicia Ruiz and Kassidy Hayward will compete at the AAU Junior Olympics later this month. The event begins on July 27 in Houston, but the track events begin on July 30 in Humble, Texas. Ruiz and Chelsi Williams won national titles in Orlando as… Read More » Tweet Polk County Elite sending six to AAU Junior Olympics Tuesday, July 26, 2016 at 2:59 by Brady Fredericksen Six athletes from the Polk County Elite Youth Track and Field Club will head to the AAU Junior Olympics this week. Ladarus Tellis, Jakayla Dorsey, Zachariah Ware, Ava Jones, Ashanta Jones and Kayla Dennis will compete at the national event in Houston. The track and field events will be held at Turner Stadium in Humble, Texas and begin July 30. The track and field portion of the competition ends on August 6. Tellis, 13, will run in the 800-, 1,500-… Read More » Tweet ← Older posts About This Blog Sports reporter Brady Fredericksen on local recreational events Archives Archives Select Month October 2016 August 2016 July 2016 June 2016 May 2016 April 2016 March 2016 February 2016 January 2016 December 2015 November 2015 October 2015 September 2015 August 2015 July 2015 June 2015 May 2015 April 2015 March 2015 February 2015 January 2015 December 2014 November 2014 October 2014 September 2014 August 2014 July 2014 June 2014 May 2014 April 2014 March 2014 February 2014 January 2014 December 2013 November 2013 October 2013 September 2013 August 2013 July 2013 June 2013 May 2013 April 2013 March 2013 November 2012 October 2012 September 2012 August 2012 July 2012 June 2012 May 2012 April 2012 March 2012 February 2012 January 2012 December 2011 November 2011 October 2011 September 2011 August 2011 July 2011 June 2011 May 2011 April 2011 March 2011 February 2011 January 2011 December 2010 November 2010 October 2010 September 2010 August 2010 July 2010 June 2010 May 2010 April 2010 March 2010 February 2010 January 2010 December 2009 November 2009 October 2009 September 2009 August 2009 July 2009 June 2009 May 2009 April 2009 March 2009 February 2009 January 2009 December 2008 November 2008 October 2008 September 2008 August 2008 July 2008 June 2008 May 2008 April 2008 March 2008 February 2008 January 2008 December 2007 November 2007 October 2007 September 2007 August 2007 July 2007 June 2007 May 2020 S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31 « Oct Contact UsAdvertising Subscribe Work for Us Help Privacy Policy Corrections RSS Terms of Service Photo Reprints Site Map © Copyright 2020 The Lakeland Ledger — All rights reserved. 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