First-round football matchups set
Here's how the region quarterfinals and semifinals on Nov. 16 are shaping up. Class 8A Orlando Freedom at Plant Wharton at Dr. Phillips Treasure Coast at East Lake Palm Harbor U. at Vero Beach Class...
View ArticleCDS' Robert Davis 66 yards shy of county rushing record
Entering his first postseason, Carrollwood Day senior Robert Davis finds himself two-thirds of a football field from history. According to Patriots coach Lane McLaughlin, Davis needs 66 yards in CDS'...
View ArticleAlabama State offers Springstead OT Will Allen
Will Allen, OT, Springstead (6-foot-7, 278 pounds)The latest: The Eagles senior picked up an offer from Alabama State, Springstead assistant Dustin Kupcik said in an email. The Hornets are an NCAA...
View ArticleCotey's top 25: Lead-ins to playoffs still exciting
The playoffs are next week, but will they have the same kind of crowds and excitement as some of the games this week? No. 2 Robinson vs. No. 3 Plant? No. 15 Jesuit vs. No. 24 Tampa Catholic? Not sure...
View ArticlePasco DB Damien Wilson suspended after ejection
Pasco DB Damien Wilson has been suspended for one game after being ejected from the Pirates’ 56-17 win over rival Zephyrhills on Friday night. Wilson was ejected after a second-half scuffle in the...
View ArticleIRC's Rachel Boyette gets offer from West Florida
Indian Rocks Christian senior center Rachel Boyette received an offer from the University of West Florida, according to her AAU coach, Jim Appelt. Boyette also has offers from Davidson, Fairfield,...
View ArticleTampa Prep center Adonis Rwabigwi bound for Furman
Tampa Prep 6-foot-8 senior Adonis Rwabigwi, the top rebounder for the Terrapins' Class 3A state championship team last season, has committed to Furman University. Terrapins coach Joe Fenlon said...
View ArticleWeek 11 football chat
Now that the first round of playoffs are mostly set - there's a 5A-6 tiebreaker between Fivay, Anclote and Zephyrhills for the runnerup spot tonight - join us as we talk the craziness that was the...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Champs from both sides of Pasco County
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the weekFemale Hot Shot: Jocelyn Williams, Land O’Lakes Sport: SwimmingSkinny: Racing in memory of her late club coach, Kelley Allen,...
View ArticleEast Lake's Nicole Szelest commits to Barry
East Lake’s Nicole Szelest orally committed to play softball at Barry University this past week. Szelest played first base, third base and catcher last season and hit .399. She also plays travel ball...
View ArticleNature Coast, Land O'Lakes, Wiregrass volleyball honored by FACA
Three North Suncoast volleyball players have been honored as District 10 players of the year by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association. Nature Coast senior Courtney Skinner earned the award and an...
View ArticleCotey: An early look at the football postseason
At this point last season, the high school football playoffs were decided and the biggest question heading into the final week of the season wasn’t which Tampa Bay team would win a state title, but...
View ArticleZephyrhills RB Willie Williams to play in tonight's district tiebreaker
Zephyrhills RB Willie Williams has been cleared to play in tonight’s Class 5A, District 6 tiebreaker against Anclote, said Williams’ aunt, Sharmaine Richardson.“He’s on the bus headed to Fivay,”...
View ArticleWeek 11 Associated Press 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...
View ArticleRegion volleyball: This East Lake vs. PHU match is the biggie
Tuesday’s Class 8A region semifinal between East Lake and Palm Harbor University is a match between the haves and the have-nots. The Eagles have won 10 straight playoff games and 11 of their past 12...
View ArticleOldsmar Christian G D.J. Bowles picks the Shockers
D.J. Bowles, a first-year player at local prep school Oldsmar Christian, has orally committed to Wichita State after his weekend visit there, according to his coach Jordan Fair. Bowles, who played...
View ArticleRegion volleyball: Robinson shows steady growth, keeps setting bar higher
In the third set of the playoff opener, Robinson found itself down eight points to the team that knocked it out of the postseason the previous year. Lauren Peterson, a junior outside hitter for the...
View ArticleLand O'Lakes runner recovering after emergency brain surgery
Land O’Lakes cross country runner Steven Barnabei is home recovering after undergoing emergency surgery late last week to remove a brain tumor, Gators coach Kris Keppel said Tuesday afternoon.“We...
View ArticleOn paper, '63 Knights trounced Panthers
Fittingly enough, the first banner season of Robinson football was sparked by a banner incident. Forty-nine autumns ago, the Knights were steamrolling their way to what remains — for at least a few...
View ArticleFHSAA does not penalize Countryside for on-field celebration
The Florida High School Athletic Association has decided not to take action against Countryside’s football program for an on-field celebration involving the 24 seniors on the team in the final two...
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