🌱 Tenoroc turns past near misses into its first district title
Avon Park, Florida Patch AM: a 4 min readHello again Avon Park! We’re bringing you the latest town highlights. Don’t miss out, keep going! ☕️️
In today's newsletter:
- Tenoroc turns past near misses into its first district title
- Remembering Sybil Bullock, a teacher whose career included Avon Park
Today's riddle: What are the two sides of a circle? 🤔 (Answer below!)
- Wednesday: A stray afternoon t-storm, with a high of 83 and low of 64 degrees.
- Thursday: Cloudy, a shower; not as warm, temps: high: 77, low: 64.
- Friday: Partly sunny and less humid, with a high of 73 and low of 50 degrees.
📰 News we're reading
• After near misses, Tenoroc football heads to playoffs with first district title (newschief.com) — After an overtime loss to Avon Park helped derail last season’s district hopes, Tenoroc has claimed its first football district championship. The Titans went unbeaten in district play and now take a 6-4 record into Friday’s playoff game at undefeated Merritt Island, their first postseason appearance since 2021. 
• In Loving Memory of Minnie 'Sybil' Magee Bullock, 82, of Lake Wales — Obituaries (dailyridge.com) — Minnie “Sybil” Magee Bullock, whose teaching career included Avon Park, died Oct. 24 at age 82. The Lake Wales resident taught elementary school for more than 30 years, spending most of her career in Pascagoula, Mississippi, where her family plans a celebration of life in summer 2027.
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Sebring Friday Cruise In →
Twistee Treat Sebring, 33711 Grand Prix Dr, Sebring
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Friday November 13
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Girls Soccer @ DeSoto - JV 6/Varsity 7:30pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Avon Park Public Library - STEAM - Macy's Parade Balloon
Avon Park Public Library, 100 N Museum Ave, Avon Park
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Boys Soccer @ Lake Placid - JV 6/Varsity 7:30pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Girls Weightlifting HOME vs. DeSoto - 5:30pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Boys Soccer HOME vs. Hardee - JV 6/Varsity 7:30pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Boys Basketball @ Discovery - JV 6:30/Varsity 8pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Girls Weightlifting @ Frostproof - 5pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Girls Soccer HOME vs. Lake Placid - JV 6/Varsity 7:30pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Girls Basketball HOME vs. Bartow 7pm
Avon Park High School Avon Park, FL 33825
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Thursday November 12
Friday November 13
Monday November 16
Tuesday November 17
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🗓 Events Nearby
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Veteran’s Day Parade & Car Show →
Fireman's Field and Circle Park, 100 N Ridgewood Dr, Sebring
11:30 am
Wednesday November 11
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🗞 Nearby News
Sebring
- Jasmine Roth Celebrates Major Career Milestone After Welcoming Third Baby (entertainmentnow.com)
- Fangio, Haywood headline third batch of Sebring's 75 all-time greatest drivers (newsbreak.com)
- Sebring Closes Westbound Bayview Street Nov. 9: Two Detours (deeparrival.com)
Frostproof
- Tattoo Of Initials Could Hold Key In 1992 Central Florida Cold Case Homicide (tampafp.com)
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P.S. The answer to today's riddle: "What are the two sides of a circle?" — The inside and the outside ! (Thank you James M. for sending it in!)
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