High School Sports

Students who play middle and high school sports will have to pay $50 per sport.

Teddy Bridgewater's suspension from his voluntary position at Miami Northwestern High inspired the legislation, which would permit prep coaches to financially help kids on their teams.

The proposal comes after Teddy Bridgewater was suspended from his voluntary coaching position at Miami Northwestern for assisting students through Uber rides, meals and branded gear.

Robinson, a former two-time chair of the commission’s board of directors, led the county's athletics department since 2006. He replaces Rob Higgins, who became USF's CEO of Athletics.

Saladino, who was born and raised in Ybor City, began his dedication to youth as a public school P.E. teacher before starting an iconic high school tournament and postseason award to honor his late father.

School districts will be mandated under new law to provide low-cost electrocardiograms to student-athletes in Grades 9-12. The tests can detect deadly heart conditions.

Necole Tunsil is a local legend on the basketball court — with her ultimate assist helping an at-risk teen become a high school standout.

During hard times his senior year, Mike Steele secretly lived at his high school. Hernando High was “the best thing that ever happened to me.” Thirty years later, he’s still giving back.

While the players and coaches may take center stage, it’s the volunteers, made up of family members, friends, school staff and people from the community who form the backbone of the operation, ensuring that every game runs smoothly.

The family of a transgender volleyball player has added a South Florida school district as a defendant in a federal lawsuit that challenges a 2021 state law banning transgender girls from playing on female sports teams.

Florida's state athletic board fined Monarch High School on Tuesday, placing the Coconut Creek school on probation after a transgender student played on the girls volleyball team, a violation of a controversial law enacted by DeSantis and the Republican-majority Legislature.

Sparks outrage throughout Florida over who can and cannot play in school athletics.