Football: East Bay 14, Spoto 6
GIBSONTON — East Bay jumped out to a 14-point lead and held on. Christian Leto scored from 13 yards on the Indians’ first possession of the game, capping a 10-play drive. Eric Latortue then hauled in...
View ArticleFootball: Canterbury 37, Bradenton Christian 0
ST. PETERSBURG — The Canterbury Crusaders (4-0) wasted very little time jumping on district foe Bradenton Christian (3-1) on Friday night. They put together 48 minutes of dominant football and looked...
View ArticleFootball: Tampa Catholic 39, Ford Meade 13
TAMPA — Fort Meade hasn’t missed the postseason since 1997, a run of 16 playoff appearances. Tampa Catholic, though, put that streak in jeopardy on Friday while establishing itself as the team to beat...
View ArticleFootball: Land O’Lakes 45, Mitchell 21
TRINITY — Land O’Lakes kept up its breakneck offensive pace, running and throwing its way past Mitchell 45-21 Friday in the teams’ Class 6A-6 district opener. James Pensyl threw for 271 yards and ran...
View ArticleFootball: Springstead 14, Sunlake 13 (with video)
photo gallery SPRING HILL — Springstead coach Mike Garofano was out of breath and incredulous after watching his team’s miraculous comeback Friday night. A goal-line stand. A missed field goal. A...
View ArticleFootball: Newsome 38, Alonso 26
TAMPA — As Ramsey Bennett chugged down the middle of the field for a career-long 50-yard touchdown run early in the fourth quarter, stepfather Carson Baker turned in the Newsome bleachers and finally...
View ArticleFootball: Plant City 14, Durant 13
photo gallery PLANT CITY — After the game, Durant coach Mike Gottman could show with his two hands just how far the Cougars had to go in order to take what would have been their first lead against...
View ArticleFootball: Pinellas Park 35, Seminole 10
SEMINOLE — Football has become known as a passing game, with deep throws the most entertaining piece of play. Fundamentals like blocking and tackling are still preached. Special teams are gaining more...
View ArticleFootball: St. Petersburg Catholic 35, Admiral Farragut 10 (with video)
ST. PETERSBURG — As the first quarter wore on Friday and St. Petersburg Catholic continued to make mistakes, coach Steve Dudley kept his patience. The Barons threw an interception and failed to...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominees for Sept. 14-20
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Sept....
View ArticleRecord-setting night for Plant's Brown, Reed and Jackson
In Plant's hard-fought 50-40 victory Bloomingdale Friday, the Bulls weren't the only thing to fall. A few records did also. After compiling stats off the game film Saturday morning, Plant coach Robert...
View ArticleNorth Suncoast: Sunday morning quarterback
Times’ super 71. Pasco (2-1): The Pirates were off Friday, giving them more time to prepare for tough district games against Nature Coast and South Sumter.2. Springstead (3-1): The Eagles have scored...
View ArticlePinellas: Sunday morning quarterback
Times’ super 71. East Lake (4-0, 1-0): The Eagles stay undefeated with a 61-16 win over Clearwater that set school records for most points in a game (61) and a half (54).2. Largo (3-1, 0-0): Defense...
View ArticleHillsborough: Sunday morning quarterback
Times’ super 71. Plant (3-0-1): Yeah, we were just as surprised as you were. But Plant hangs on to No. 1 by mere decimal points. 2. Armwood (4-0): If there was any doubt about who has the best defense...
View ArticleBrandon High basketball player collapses, dies
TAMPA — A Brandon High senior basketball player died Saturday afternoon after collapsing Friday following conditioning drills.Milo Meeks, who had transferred from Armwood this year, died at Brandon...
View ArticleSwimming: PHU sweeps PCAC meet titles
CLEARWATER — This was supposed to be the season that Palm Harbor University's four-year reign as the Pinellas County Athletic Conference girls swimming champions could end.After all, East Lake was the...
View ArticleVolleyball: Berkeley Prep runnerup in host Premier tourney
TAMPA — Taking on top teams has been routine for the host of the Berkeley Premier volleyball tournament, and the 21st edition was no different. Berkeley Prep advanced to the final of its own event for...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for Sept. 14-20
A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week.Female Hot Shot: Aileen Hnatiuk, Bishop McLaughlinSport: VolleyballSkinny: With a tough opponent (Springstead) in the gym and star junior Alyssa...
View ArticleCotey: Football top 25, Week 5
This is the big week. No. 1 Plant vs. No. 12 Tampa Bay Tech. No. 2 Armwood vs. No. 3 Jefferson. No. 4 East Lake vs. No. 19 Tarpon Springs No. 6 Largo vs. No. 7 Lakewood. I mean, we can just end the...
View ArticleAssociated Press Week 5 football poll
The 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 8A Record Pts Prv...
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