Sunday Morning Quarterback: Pinellas, Week 1
Pinellas County super seven1. Largo (1-0): The shutout of Northeast is the Packers’ 18th straight regular-season victory, a streak that currently ranks as the best in the county and dates to 2011.2....
View ArticleChristian Arroyo wins MVP, and other North Suncoast alumni updates
Former Hernando standout Christian Arroyo’s first summer of pro baseball included another award for his trophy case. The shortstop was named the MVP of the rookie-ball Arizona League late last week....
View ArticleCotey: Top 25 football rankings (get your rants ready)
The results from Friday night, the upsets mostly, truly tested the merits of a poll. One unranked team and two in the 20s upset teams that were in the top 10. Fans of those teams (Sunlake, Countryside...
View ArticleFHSAA condenses state track finals to one weekend
The Florida High School Athletic Association announced the University of North Florida will continue to host the track and field finals through 2015 with a condensed format. The finals for all four...
View ArticleHawk flies high in first week of HomeTeam Pick 'em
In a week filled with upsets that spoiled the pick sheets of even the most seasoned players, longtime Pinellas prep coach and parent Mark Hampton — going by Ankeny Hawk — avoided many of the landmines...
View ArticleAssociated Press Week 2 football poll
The Associated Press Top 10 Florida high school football poll, with first-place votes in parentheses, records, rating points and previous rankings. Local teams in bold.Class 8A Record Pts Prv...
View ArticleGirls cross country: Intriguing runners, teams for 2013
ST. PETERSBURG — Alex Eaton spent her summer days outside, where she launched into carefully conceived workouts, mixing long and short distances that covered flat surfaces and hills. Some days the...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for Aug. 24-30
A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week.Male Hot Shot: Jamil Morris, OsceolaSport: FootballSkinny: This offseason has been filled with setbacks and sorrow for the senior. He had...
View ArticleVolleyball: Long key in clutch for Land O'Lakes
NEW PORT RICHEY — When Land O’Lakes needed someone to end an eight-point rally in the third game, the Gators turned to their budding middle hitter. And when they needed a point to put away Ridgewood...
View ArticleVolleyball: Uneventful rematch favors Plant
TAMPA — This time, there was no raucous student section to call to task or allegedly inappropriate chants to chastise. In the latest renewal of the Wharton-Plant volleyball rivalry, docile trumped...
View ArticleVolleyball: East Lake overcomes errors to get first win under new coach
SEMINOLE — East Lake’s Mike Morris got his first win as head coach Tuesday, but he hopes there are better wins in the future after the Eagles overcame numerous errors to down Indian Rocks Christian...
View ArticlePinellas County roundup for Tuesday, September 3
Boys golf It is early in the season, but it’s clear there are two teams worth watching. Countryside and St. Petersburg shot team scores of 153 for nine holes at Countryside Country Club. Countryside...
View ArticleHillsborough County roundup for Tuesday, September 3
Boys swimming Tampa Prep 191, Northside Christian 48: At Tampa Prep, Terrapins senior Rasmus Skjaerpe won the 50-yard freestyle and 100 breast, and swam on the winning 200 free relay team to lead his...
View ArticleDisease doesn’t define Seffner Christian football coach
SEFFNER — The story, set mainly on a Christian school campus lodged in the corner of a bustling Seffner intersection, is bereft of gray area. A 62-year-old patriarch stands on one side, Parkinson’s on...
View ArticleRutgers, West Virginia among Marcus Applefield's top five
Weeki Wachee OT Marcus Applefield has unveiled his top five schools: Purdue, Rutgers, Vanderbilt, Virginia and West Virginia. Applefield, the first major recruit in Hornets history, made his...
View ArticleMidweek Grab Bag: Full to bursting with football goodies
I feel whole again. The Grab Bag is back, and I'm not going to say it's better than ever, but after you read it, you will. Folks, I pore over the stats, study up on my Twitter account, watch a little...
View ArticleBoys cross country: Intriguing runners, teams for 2013
TAMPA — They reside on the west side of the Al Lopez Sports Complex. In a sense, they’re pennants in a petrified state, waist-high marble headstones commemorating Jesuit High’s five state cross...
View ArticleCross country: Osceola boys pick up where they left off
ST. PETERSBURG — Aware that success can be fleeting, Osceola’s boys runners have scurried to capitalize on last year’s cross country windfall, which included first-time conference and district titles,...
View ArticleVolleyball: Berkeley's Brown shows she can improve
TAMPA — Berkeley Prep’s Sidney Brown has committed to Stanford to play volleyball next fall, but that doesn’t mean the senior outside hitter is finished fine-tuning her game. Tuesday night — a day...
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