Congratulations to Erin Bozard, Kathryn Clark, Ashley Cerame, Ashley Grayson, Allie Hunter, Erin Perez, Jenny Reynolds, Jenna Santamaria, Morgan Tuggle, Laurel Edge and Coach O'Brien for being selected for the 2005 Thunder Girls dance team.

Ricky Benitez is the General Manager and Head Coach for the Southern Crescent Lightning basketball team. Benitez was born in San Juan, Puerto Rico on November 7th, 1965 and moved to the United States in 1974 at the age of nine. He played basketball and baseball in Tampa and was nominated for the All Century Team in Tampa Bay as an athlete in baseball and basketball and also as a coach in basketball. Benitez has five years of professional coaching experience as a�head coach in the ABA, USBL and the WBA and�has also coached in Venezuela.���

Benitez resides in Tampa with wife Melinda and son Nicolas. He also has an older son, Ricky Jr.