6A volleyball: Plant advances to state final
Posted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 2:06 p.m.
The Plant volleyball team will play for its fourth consecutive state title after beating Miami Ferguson in straight sets, 25-15, 25-13, 15-12, in Friday's Class 6A state semifinal match at the Lakeland Center. Through the first two sets, Maddie Martin led the Panthers with 12 kills and 4 aces. Alex Johnson ...
Know the foe: Bradenton Manatee
Posted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 1:57 p.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night: Game: Bradenton Manatee (9-1) at Gibbs (6-4)What: Class 5A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Bradenton Manatee and its football team … -Manatee averages 36.3 points per game; it allows 13.6. -The Hurricanes were ...
East Lake wary, not scared of TBT
Posted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 1:32 p.m.
EAST LAKE -- It wasn’t an accident East Lake played a tough schedule this fall. Eagles coach Bob Hudson wanted his team ready for the playoffs. Now that the postseason is here, he looks awfully smart. Tonight, East Lake (7-3) plays a Tampa Bay Tech (8-1) team in the first ...
(UPDATE--1:37 p.m.) 2A volleyball: Tampa Prep advances to state final with three-set win over Tallahassee Maclay
Posted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 12:04 p.m.
Tampa Prep has advanced to the Class 2A state championship with a three set win over Tallahassee Maclay, 25-10, 25-19, 25-17. The Terrapins (18-10) will play in the state title game for the first time since 2004, the year of their last of a county-high 15 state titles. Latora Lofgren ...
Know the foe: Wauchula Hardee
Posted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 10:20 a.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night: Game: Jesuit (9-1) at Wauchula Hardee (8-1)What: Class 2A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Hardee High and its football team … -Legendary Tampa Tribune columnist Tom McEwen arguably is Hardee’s most notable alum. ...
Know the foe: Fort Myers Dunbar
Posted on Friday, Nov. 20, 2009 at 9:42 a.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night: Game: Fort Myers Dunbar (7-3) at Tampa Catholic (8-1)What: Class 2B playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Dunbar High and its football team … -According to maxpreps.com, Dunbar is the country’s 3,894th-best team. -Dunbar ...
Football: Lakewood-Pasco game on air
Posted on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 9:37 p.m.
Can't make it to the game? Friday's Lakewood-Pasco Class 3A region quarterfinal game will be broadcast by WDCF1350.com or on the AM dial at 1350 in Dade City and surrounding areas. Play-by-play man John Edwards will go on the air at about 7:20 p.m. and will bring listeners the action ...
Blogumn: Football Playoff Spectacular
Posted on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 1:07 p.m.
CLASS 5A FACT: Tampa Bay is guaranteed at least one team in the state semifinals, and that will likely be the winner of a Plant-Tampa Bay Tech rematch in the region final. That game has to happen. It has Game of the Year II (Game of the Year I was ...
3A volleyball live coverage: Berkeley wins
Posted on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 11:53 a.m.
Staff writer Eduardo A. Encina blogged Berkeley Prep's Class 3A state championship win over Melbourne Holy Trinity. With the 25-22, 25-20, 25-19 victory, the Bucs notch their 13th state crown, and first since 2003. The Bucs, a regular in the final four, are back on track after losing to Lake ...
Alonso's Dorminy, Ding and Shortt celebrate signings
Posted on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 11:26 a.m.
Alonso senior baseball players Thomas Dorminy (USF) and Tyler Ding (University of Tampa), along with softball player Kaitlin Shortt (Eckerd College), celebrated signing their letters of intent Thursday morning. Dorminy, the Times All-Suncoast Pitcher of the Year last season, committed to USF before his junior season as a relative unknown. Since ...
Gryphons, Hawks hobble into playoff showdown
Posted on Thursday, Nov. 19, 2009 at 10:47 a.m.
Sickles (8-2) and Armwood (9-1) will enter Friday evening's Class 4A playoff game at Lyle Flagg Stadium with prominent players either limited or sidelined altogether. Gryphons QB John Melvin Hendrick, engineer of Sickles' triple-option offense, had surgery for a dislocation and fracture in his non-throwing wrist and won't play, Coach ...
Hudson standout James Tello out for rest of season
Posted on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 10:18 p.m.
James Tello has played his final game for Hudson. The standout senior receiver, who leads the area in receptions, is out for the remainder of the year with a separated shoulder. “He’s done for the season,” Hudson coach Mark Nash said. The Cobras play at Gainesville on Friday in the ...
Hillsborough, Tampa Catholic tumble in Bright House poll
Posted on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 7:51 p.m.
After regular-season finale losses last week, Hillsborough and Tampa Catholic took a fall in this week's Bright House media poll. BHSN Media PollRank Last Week Record 1. 1 Lakeland 10-0 2. 2 Plant 8-1 3. 3 Armwood 9-1 4. 4 Tampa Bay Tech 7-1 5. 5 Manatee 9-1 6. 7 Jefferson 8-1 ...
3A volleyball: Berkeley Prep advances to final
Posted on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 3:08 p.m.
photo gallery LAKELAND — Once the rout was on, the Berkeley Prep volleyball team raised the ante. The Bucs, making their seventh state tournament appearance in the past eight years Wednesday afternoon at the Lakeland Center, had held Jacksonville Bolles to single-digit points in the first two sets. Then, a ...
Lake Weir QB “special”
Posted on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 1:27 p.m.
When Tarpon Springs (8-2) plays host to Lake Weir (8-2) on Friday night in the first round of the Class 4A playoffs, how the Spongers do against Hurricanes QB Tracy Curry may determine whether they survive. “He’s special,” Tarpon Springs coach George Kotis said. According to Rivals.com, the 6-foot-1, 190-pound ...
Know the foe: DeSoto County
Posted on Wednesday, Nov. 18, 2009 at 10:28 a.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night: Game: DeSoto County (6-4) at Robinson (8-2)What: Class 2A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about DeSoto County High and its football team … -DeSoto RB Marcus Shaw has rushed for 2,361 yards this season ...
Baseball: Gaither's Dylan Hathcock commits to UNC-Greensboro
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 7:04 p.m.
Gaither pitcher Dylan Hathcock has committed to UNC-Greensboro and signed his national letter of intent Wednesday at the school. Hathcock, a Times second-team All-Suncoast selection and first-team All-Hillsborough County selection, also received offers from Army, Bradley and Georgetown, his father, Rob, said. Hathcock emerged from nowhere to become one of the ...
Rosters set for Pinellas Senior All-Star Volleyball Game
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 5:06 p.m.
The following senior volleyball players from Pinellas County have been selected for the PVCA All-Star Game, which will be played December 8 at 7:30 p.m. at Indian Rocks Christian: Team Trouville (coached by Calvary Christian's Bethany Trouville; assisted by Clearwater's Joe Dixon): Davionna DiSalvatore (Countryside), Vanessa Annoni (CCC), Nicole Dunn ...
Know the foe: Venice
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 4:34 p.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night:Game: St. Petersburg (9-1) at Venice (9-1)What: Class 5A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Venice High and its football team …-Venice is ranked No. 58 in this week’s RivalsHigh 100. -Venice has won nine ...
Gardner-Webb lands Oldsmar's Santoine Butler
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 3:20 p.m.
Oldsmar Christian 6-foot-7 forward Santoine Butler signed a letter of intent today with Gardner-Webb. An intimidating presence in the paint for the Oldsmar boys basketball squad, Butler averaged a double-double last season, scoring 15 points and snagging ten rebounds a game. In four preseason games this year for ...
Western Conference volleyball teams announced
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 3:18 p.m.
Below is the All-Western Conference volleyball teams, as voted on by Hillsborough County public school coaches last week: WESTERN CONFERENCE VOLLEYBALL AMERICAN DIVISION First Team Maddie Martin Plant Leah Jordan Plant Becca Howard Plant Lauren Ramsey Sickles Kristen Ligouri Steinbrenner Laura Ackart Gaither Libero: Ali McCurdy Plant Second TeamFatima Domingush ...
Clearwater's Okaro White to miss 2 weeks
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 3:07 p.m.
Okaro White, Clearwater's star 6-foot-8 forward and highest-rated boys hoopster in Tampa Bay, will miss up to two weeks after spraining his left ankle Monday at basketball practice. White, rated the No. 59 prep player in the country by Rivals, will miss this weekend's preseason games at Indian Rocks Christian, ...
Leto's Nick Gonzalez signs with USF
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 11:34 a.m.
Leto senior baseball player Nick Gonzalez hopes to be the first of many, but on Tuesday, he was simply happy to be the first. Gonzalez, a 6-foot-4 senior left-hander pitcher, signed his national letter of intent with USF Tuesday, becoming the first Leto baseball player to sign a Division I offer ...
(UPDATE: 12:38 p.m.) Joe Lampkin resigns as Mitchell's swim coach
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 11:31 a.m.
Under investigation for an incident during an overnight trip involving students, Joe Lampkin has resigned as Mitchell's swim coach. In a text message to the Times, Lampkin said he resigned "due to lack of support" from the Mitchell High School administration. "I have not and would not consciously violate any ...
Girls Basketball: Q&A with Sickles' Amber Henson
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 10:54 a.m.
TAMPA -- When siblings John and Amber Henson moved to Tampa from Texas last summer, most of the attention was placed on big brother. John was, of course, the No. 3 recruit in the nation and already committed to North Carolina. But with John now in the starting lineup at ...
Know the foe: North Marion
Posted on Tuesday, Nov. 17, 2009 at 9:39 a.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night: Game: Nature Coast (7-3) at North Marion (9-1)What: Class 3A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about North Marion High and its football team … -North Marion has won nine straight games since dropping its ...
Know the foe: Dixie County
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 11:07 p.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night:Game: Berkeley Prep (7-2) at Dixie County (9-1)What: Class A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Dixie County High and its football team …-Dixie County has scored 35 or more points in each of the ...
SPC's Jerica Coley inks with FIU
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 8:37 p.m.
A week after committing to Florida International, Jerica Coley put pen to paper, signing her national letter of intent to play basketball at the school on Monday. Coley, a senior at St. Petersburg Catholic, chose the Panthers over Florida Gulf Coast and Jacksonville, among others. "I felt real comfortable at ...
Beef 'O' Brady's Top 25: Week 11
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 6:37 p.m.
FORT MYERS - The following is the Beef 'O' Brady's Top 25 all-class high school football poll. First-place votes are in parentheses, followed by classification, record and points.1. St. Thomas Aquinas (Fort Lauderdale) (11) 5A 10-0 2752. Glades Central (Belle Glade) 2A 10-0 2613. Lakeland 5A 10-0 2534. Miami Northwestern ...
Know the foe: Lake Weir
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 6:29 p.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night:Game: Lake Weir (8-2) at Tarpon Springs (8-2)What: Class 4A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Lake Weir High and its football team …-Lake Weir averages 37.9 points per game and allows 25.1.-Lake Weir is ...
Associated Press football poll: final week
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 5:51 p.m.
The 2009 season final Associated Press Top 10 Florida high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings. Area teams in bold:Class 6A Record Pts Prv 1. Miami Northwestern (7) 9-1 95 ...
Buckeyes land Countryside star DiSalvatore
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 5:10 p.m.
Countryside senior Davionna DiSalvatore became the second member of her family to earn a Division I scholarship after signing a letter of intent to play volleyball at Ohio State on Monday. Davionna joins her sister GiOnna, a softball standout at UCLA, in the Division I athletic ranks. Davionna, ...
Football: Jefferson's Andre Davis invited to showcase combines
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 4:38 p.m.
Jefferson receiver Andre Davis, regarded as one of the top junior prospects in the state, has been invited to participate in the U.S. Army All-America combine and the Under Armour All-American Game combine, Dragons coach Mike Fenton said Monday. Davis (left, No. 7) is planning on attending both, which essentially serve ...
Dexter McCluster honored
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 3:42 p.m.
The Walter Camp Football Foundation has announced its Division I-A National Offensive Player of the Week -- and it went to Largo grad Dexter McCluster of Ole Miss. The senior running back set a school record with 282 rushing yards and scored four touchdowns as the Rebels defeated Tennessee 42-17 ...
Know the foe: Gainesville
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 3:03 p.m.
A quick look at the out-of-area schools facing local football teams Friday night: Game: Hudson (5-5) at Gainesville (9-1)What: Class 4A playoffs, first roundWhen: 7:30 p.m. Things to know about Gainesville High and its football team … -GHS averages 41 points per game and allows 13.7-GHS has failed to score ...
East Lake alum Chris Coghlan is NL Rookie of the Year
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 2:24 p.m.
Florida Marlins outfielder Chris Coghlan, a former East Lake standout, has been named the National League Rookie of the Year. Coghlan edged Philadelphia Phillies pitcher J.A. Happ in a tight race after receiving 17 first-place votes and 105 points in balloting by the Baseball Writers' Association of America. Happ had 10 ...
Plant signees a distinguished class
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 2:16 p.m.
TAMPA – The nine Plant seniors who signed their national letters of intent Monday morning held several different titles --- district champions, state champions, All-Americans and even world champions. The nine student athletes crossing six sports sat at as a long table and each signed to their futures that included ...
Canterbury cruises in title game
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 2:15 p.m.
Canterbury capped off its football season by routing Ocala St. John Lutheran 48-7 Saturday in the championship game of the Sunshine State Athletic Conference. Brent O’Neil rushed for 139 yards on 10 carries, and James Goodwin had a 66-yard reception on a screen pass for a score. Bryce Wilson also ...
Madison O'Brien signs with Florida State
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 1:41 p.m.
Palm Harbor University shortstop Madison O’Brien has been a Florida State fan since she was old enough to walk. And she has the pictures to prove it. With a collage of photographs of O’Brien in various softball poses -- including a shot of her at age five donning a Florida ...
Girls Basketball: East Bay opens season with high aspirations
Posted on Monday, Nov. 16, 2009 at 12:51 p.m.
The girls basketball season in Hillsborough County officially kicks off Monday night with a pair of games – Tampa Catholic at George Jenkins and East Bay at Robinson. As the season begins, one of the teams to watch this year is East Bay. Led by senior Shytina Harley, a Times ...
Football: Bowl game changes
Posted on Sunday, Nov. 15, 2009 at 10:13 a.m.
The Gridiron Challenge Bowl Series planned at Northeast High School on Saturday has been canceled. Organizer Billy Fleming said in an e-mail instead Spoto will play Lyman at 5 p.m. Saturday at Winter Springs. Wiregrass Ranch will host Lakeland George Jenkins at noon. "I have notified Boca Ciega and St. ...
Dexter McCluster has record-setting day for Rebs
Posted on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 8:42 p.m.
My goodness, did Dexter McCluster ever go off today. In Ole Miss’ 42-17 win over Tennessee, the Largo grad, now a Rebels RB/WR, rushed for a school-record 282 yards -- the fourth-best rushing total in the Southeastern Conference in the last 20 years. He broke the Rebels' single-game rushing record ...
Patriots rout Foundation Academy
Posted on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 8:41 p.m.
At The Villages, Carrollwood Day senior Billy Embody threw four touchdown passes and caught a 61-yarder from Deuce Gruden in the Patriots' 61-21 romp Saturday of Winter Garden's Foundation Academy. The contest was part of a round-robin series of games held Saturday to determine overall finishes in the independent Sunshine ...
Saturday’s region final volleyball results
Posted on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 6:58 p.m.
Saturday’s region final volleyball results (all winners go to state final four) 6A: Plant d. Orlando Dr. Phillips 25-8, 25-19, 25-145A: Venice d. Clearwater 25-9, 25-21, 25-235A: Newsome d. Lakeland 25-23, 30-28, 25-214A: Hudson d. Ocala Vanguard 25-22, 17-25, 23-25, 25-17, 15-93A: Berkeley Prep d. Ft. Myers Bishop Verot 25-22, ...
OPEN THREAD SATURDAY
Posted on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 12:23 p.m.
Got something to day about Friay night? Then say it here. Me first: 1. Largo's effort, albeit against a depleted Palm Hartbor University team, and Hillsborough's game against Tampa Bay Tech has me rethinking that first-round match-up. I still think Hillsborough wins, but what looked to me like a lopsided ...
Sean O’Brien fulfills lifelong dream by inking with ‘Noles
Posted on Saturday, Nov. 14, 2009 at 11:46 a.m.
There was never any doubt which school Sean O’Brien would attend. He was born and raised a Seminole. “My friends tell me I brainwashed him at a young age,” said Sean’s father, Marty, a die-hard ‘Nole. Earlier this week, O’Brien, a standout infielder for Clearwater, signed a letter-of-intent with Florida ...
Football: Alonso's Chickillo receives U.S. Army combine invite
Posted on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 at 4:36 p.m.
Alonso junior defensive lineman Anthony Chickillo had been invited to participate in this year’s U.S. Army All-America national combine, one of the top showcase combines for underclassmen and essentially a tryout for the next years U.S. Army All-America Game. The three-day event is slated for Jan. 7-9 at the Alamodome in San ...
Football: Jefferson's Williams chasing school touchdown mark
Posted on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 at 1:26 p.m.
Jefferson junior quarterback Quentin Williams enters tonight's regular-season finale against Middleton with a chance to set a new school mark for touchdown passes in a season. Williams has 27 touchdown passes this season, two shy of former Dragons standout and current South Carolina starting quarterback Stephen Garcia, who threw 29 ...
Girls Basketball: Jefferson's Givens signs with UNF
Posted on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 at 1:04 p.m.
Jefferson basketball standout Jade Givens received her first letter from the University of North Florida when she was in the eighth grade. “I was like, ‘Wow, letters,’ but you don’t think much of it until you’re older and then you’re like, ‘Wow, that's an accomplishment for being that young,’” Givens ...
(UPDATE: 4:22 p.m.)Football: Bowl games abound?
Posted on Friday, Nov. 13, 2009 at 12:30 p.m.
Dale Caparaso won't get to unleash Spoto on his former Pasco team in the playoffs, but there is a consolation prize. Spoto and Wiregrass Ranch are the latest Bay Area team to agree to play in a bowl game Nov. 21. The game those school agreed to is part of ...
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