You know, it felt like maybe you got hit with a baseball bat," Burkard recalled nearly 74 years later, seated at his Viera kitchen table. "That hurts — but you're still alive. It didn't kill you.

As a freshman, it was Girard who helped the Viera boys clinch the program’s first state championship when he finished 17 ...

The Viera Hawks boys golf team, coached by Paul Bently, won the FHSAA 3A State Championship for the first time in program ...

Ray Burkard, who turned 96 last month, suppressed wartime memories and did not discuss his experiences with relatives, ...