Browse past news stories for Vanguard High School in Ocala, FL.

• Potter sits in third with one round left (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on November 21, 2009 at 11:40:43 am
  By Andy Marks Staff writer BROOKSVILLE - Golfers generally have two goals when it comes to the first two stages of PGA Tour qualifying school. Survive and advance.
• Potter shoots second straight 68 (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on November 20, 2009 at 11:40:44 am
  By Andy Marks Staff writer BROOKSVILLE - Ted Potter’s quest for a PGA Tour card is picking up momentum.
• Season ends for Eastside Rams football team (The Gainesville Sun)
  posted on November 12, 2009 at 11:48:33 am
  By CLEVELAND TINKER Special to the Guardian The Eastside High School football team closed out its season with a lost to North Marion High School last Friday, and the team also ended its streak of five consecutive appearances in the state playoffs.
• Overseas troops able to phone home, thanks to volunteers, donors (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on October 13, 2009 at 10:31:54 am
  By Kathy Mancil Correspondent Ocala volunteer turns donated cell phones into calling cards for more than 500 American soldiers.
• Memories still vivid (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on September 12, 2009 at 10:32:33 am
  By Jackie Alexander Staff writer As Marion County deputies and firefighters prepared for the Sept. 11 memorial service at Forest Lawn Funeral Home on Friday morning, Nancy Ventre inhaled sharply. Ventre's two brothers, Lts. Danny and Kenny Walsh, both New York City firefighters, responded to the call at the World Trade Center.
• Woman defies odds with healthy baby boy (The Gainesville Sun)
  posted on September 8, 2009 at 10:10:06 am
  By Harriet Daniels Staff writer Defying her doctors is commonplace for Winona Jones Youmans, especially when it comes to what she can and can't do. The 23-year-old Ocala woman, who has Turner syndrome, was never expected to become a mother naturally. And she had accepted that.
• Knights shut out Wolf Pack (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on September 5, 2009 at 10:41:43 am
  By Dwight Collins Staff writer The Vanguard High School varsity football program waited nearly two years to taste victory, and the same amount of time to feel the upbeat rhythm of Booster Stadium.
• Mother's little miracle (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on September 5, 2009 at 10:32:10 am
  By Harriet Daniels Staff writer Defying her doctors is commonplace for Winona Jones Youmans, especially when it comes to what she can and can't do. The 23-year-old Ocala woman, who has Turner Syndrome, was never expected to become a mother naturally.
• Ocala well-represented at Junior Olympics (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on August 27, 2009 at 10:32:50 am
  By Christopher Spata Correspondent Ocala's Moose Winningham, Dash Winningham and Brandon Bonilla were teammates at the Baseball USA Junior Olympics last month. Their 16-and-under team took third-place at the national tournament, bringing home the bronze metal.
• Laboring to find work (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on August 9, 2009 at 10:33:34 am
  By Katherine Villacis Staff writer Jacob Thurnherr's job this summer was to get one. The 19-year-old spent the better part of each week filling out applications to be a cook, a stocker, a sales clerk, a construction worker, a grocery bagger, a burger flipper - "anything," he said.
• Potter maintains money lead on Hooters Tour (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on August 5, 2009 at 10:43:13 am
  By Andy Marks Staff writer Silver Springs golfer Ted Potter Jr. padded his 2009 Hooters Tour earnings with his tied-for-eighth finish last weekend in Austin, Texas, at the Onion Creek Classic. Potter shot rounds of 66-65-66-68 (finishing at 15-under) and earned another $5,037, upping his 2009 earnings to $149,937.
• Florence brings experience to secondary (MPNnow.com)
  posted on August 3, 2009 at 12:26:34 pm
  QB ON DEFENSE: Veteran cornerback Drayton Florence is on a mission
• Vanguard graduate gets Fulbright Scholarship (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on July 31, 2009 at 10:32:20 am
  By Renee Lee Staff Writer Jessica Blackburn of Ocala has been awarded a Fulbright U.S. Student Scholarship to teach English in Germany.Blackburn is currently studying at the University of Central Florida. She is a graduate of Vanguard High School.The Fulbright Program, created in 1946, sends Americans to study, teach or do research in one of 155 partnered...
• 14 local schools put on notice: Shape up (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on July 29, 2009 at 10:33:16 am
  By Joe Callahan Staff writer Fourteen local schools, including six of Marion County's seven mainstream high schools, are on a new state watch list of schools needing significant improvement.The schools - most of which are middle and high schools - are on the fourth-highest level of the five-tier state system called "Differentiated Accountability," a newly tweaked...
• Armstrong to Chipley (Jackson County Floridan)
  posted on July 21, 2009 at 08:24:33 pm
  Marianna Bulldogs football coach Rob Armstrong has accepted an offer to become Chipley High School’s new football coach, Armstrong said Thursday.
• Ocala girl to compete for National American Miss Teen (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on July 16, 2009 at 10:33:10 am
  Staff Report Weeks after being crowned Miss God and Country Day, Ocala teen Victoria Sexton won the talent competition at the state National American Miss pageant Saturday in Orlando, her mother said Tuesday. Now the teen plans to compete for National American Miss Teen in November in Los Angeles.
• Armstrong jumps from Marianna to Chipley (Dothan Eagle)
  posted on July 14, 2009 at 04:50:05 am
  The annual game between rivals Chipley and Marianna is always a special game. Come Oct. 23, it will have another element stoke the rivalry’s fire following Chipley’s hiring of Marianna head coach Rob Armstrong Monday night. The move became official when the Washington County School Board approved Chipley principal Steve Griffin’s recommendation to hire Armstrong.
• For teen, conservation is a sweet deal (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on July 6, 2009 at 10:32:11 am
  By Kathy Mancil Correspondent Vanguard High School student Bryan Benner knows how to spin a sweet yarn about sugar cane and his skills translated into first place at county and district levels of the Association of Florida Conservation Districts.
• Juco Basketball (WJHG Panama City)
  posted on July 1, 2009 at 10:36:42 pm
  A Chipola hoops assistant coach may be on the move to Central Florida!
• Junior ROTC students learn about leadership, eggs (Daytona Beach News-Journal)
  posted on June 18, 2009 at 07:23:56 am
  DAYTONA BEACH -- Ray and Yvonne Silva are interested in their grandson's Navy Junior ROTC accomplishments.
• Ocala teen dies while swimming in lake (The Gainesville Sun)
  posted on June 17, 2009 at 03:18:27 pm
  By Austin L. Miller Staff writer A 16-year-old boy apparently drowned while swimming with a group of friends in Island Lake in Fort McCoy on Tuesday, according to a Sheriff’s Office report.
• Holley resigns from Chipley football post (Dothan Eagle)
  posted on June 16, 2009 at 04:20:05 am
  Just four days after having his teacher certificate revoked by the Florida Education Practices Commission, Will Holley resigned Monday as Chipley’s head football coach and athletic director.
• Chipley Football Coach Resigns After Text Messaging Incident with a Student (WTVY Dothan)
  posted on June 15, 2009 at 06:00:38 pm
  The Florida Education Practices Commission last week barred Will Holley, Washington County's Athletic Director and Chipley Football Coach, from teaching for the next five years.
• Lure of indoors brings party to AMF Galaxy East (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on June 14, 2009 at 10:44:31 am
  By Richard Burton Correspondent OCALA - Drayton Florence wanted to be creative with this year’s fifth annual celebrity weekend to support his foundation.
• Chipley coach loses teacher’s license (Dothan Eagle)
  posted on June 13, 2009 at 04:20:05 am
  Barring a possible appeal, Chipley head football coach and former Graceville coach Will Holley will likely be out of a teaching / coaching job for the next five years after having his teaching certificate revoked by the Florida Education Practices Commission on Thursday.
• Holley under investigation by DOE - update (Washington County News / Holmes County Times-Advertiser)
  posted on June 3, 2009 at 08:36:13 pm
  CHIPLEY – Chipley High School’s football coach and athletic director William Rex "Will" Holley faces allegations from a former student in Marion County for improper messaging. The hearing is on June 11 in Tallahassee. The complaint is based
• Bryan Andrew Taylor (The Daily Commercial)
  posted on May 16, 2009 at 07:11:15 am
  Bryan Andrew Taylor, 27, of Weirsdale, passed away Wednesday, May 13, 2009. He was born in Hialeah, Fla., and came to Weirsdale in 1982. Mr. Taylor wa ...
• Police Beat and Community Briefs for May 9, 2009 (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on May 9, 2009 at 11:01:54 am
  Officials look for man missing for a weekSheriff's officials need assistance finding a 28-year-old Silver Springs man missing since Sunday.Authorities say Derek James McGivern, 28, was last seen at the Back 40 Lounge at 15949 E. State Road 40 in the Ocala National Forest when he left the bar with Allen Lee Strickland around 10...
• Questions remain in death of Marine (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on April 10, 2009 at 10:39:08 am
  One month after the death of a local Marine, his family still has scant information about what happened.
• Webber pitches perfect game in Vanguard rout (The Ocala Star-Banner)
  posted on April 9, 2009 at 10:34:40 am
  OCALA - Devin Webber was perfect on Wednesday night. The Vanguard High pitcher tossed a five-inning perfect game in his team’s 17-0 win over North Marion.