By Dave Brousseau Staff Writer LAKELAND – In exactly one full calendar year the Stranahan High boys’ basketball team has done the improbable. After taking the Dragons 62 years to hoist the championship trophy, they did it again on Saturday at the RP Funding Center by defeating Tampa Catholic 71-64 for the Class 4A state…
By Dave Brousseau Staff Writer LAKELAND – The Stranahan boys basketball team didn’t need 62 years to play for another state championship. Just 365 days. The Dragons in their bid to win back-to-back titles, defeated Paxon 59-54 in a Class 4A state semifinal at RP Funding Center on Thursday. Stranahan (23-9) will play Tampa Catholic,…
By Dave Brousseau Staff Writer COCONUT CREEK – The Stranahan boys’ basketball team spent 60 years struggling to reach the mountain top. Perhaps the answer was waiting in the newly renovated swimming pool on the east side of the school’s gymnasium. Stranahan coach and alumni Terrance Williams had a quirky approach to the 2018-19 season….
By Dave Brousseau Staff Writer LAKELAND – The Stranahan boys basketball team hadn’t been this close to a state title since Dwight Eisenhower was president, Buddy Holly was still alive, and the idea of a moon landing was fiction. But as the seconds ticked away, 62 years of frustration came to a celebratory conclusion. Stranahan…
By Dave Brousseau Staff Writer LAKELAND – Sixty years of Stranahan boys’ basketball has been waiting for this moment. That wait was worth it as the Dragons made the most this opportunity on Wednesday, defeating Nature Coast 76-45 in a Class 6A semifinal at the RP Funding Center. Stranahan (26-6) will play Lakewood in the…
By Pat Lammer Staff Writer FORT LAUDERDALE — Western High senior Damari Monsanto has a history with Stranahan. “I played against this team a lot,” said Monsanto, who faced the Dragons twice last year as a junior at American Heritage-Plantation. “They’ve been beating us and I had to get me one back. So our team…
