District girls soccer: Unbeaten Newsome doesn't mess around
LITHIA — Despite Newsome’s perfect record, the Wolves figured a few close games during the regular season meant the Class 5A, District 6 tournament was up for anyone to take. So Tuesday night, the...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Nature Coast still a threat thanks to Clemente
BROOKSVILLE — Tyler Bergantino, who currently plays a key role in the rotation for No. 16 UMass, was a star for Nature Coast for four years. The Sharks went 101-20 in the four years he played,...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Memory of teammate inspires Brandon’s resurgence
BRANDON — Brandon spent the first few weeks of the season coping with the biggest loss many of its players had ever faced: the death of teammate Milo Meeks. The pain showed up on the court, with three...
View ArticleWrestling: Budding rivalry between new district foes IRC, Dunedin
Palm Harbor University is the class of Pinellas County wrestling, winning PCAC titles and notching the county’s best finish at state the past two years. While the ’Canes are positioned stronger than...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Nature Coast beats Pasco, wraps up 5A-7 top spot
BROOKSVILLE — One month ago, Pasco handled Nature Coast pretty easily in Dade City. And after beginning Tuesday night’s rematch on a 7-1 run, it looked like not much had changed. The Pirates found out...
View ArticleMiami offers Porter; Wyoming football goes on Tampa Bay spree
A few recent recruiting updates from Hillsborough and the North Suncoast: Miami became the latest in-state program to offer Jefferson ATH Deiondre Porter. As a quarterback, the USF commit accounted...
View ArticleHernando ace Riddle signs with College of Central Florida
Hernando's Courtney Riddle is officially on her way to the College of Central Florida. The pitcher signed with the Patriots on Wednesday afternoon during a ceremony at Hernando. Riddle, a senior, has...
View ArticleSeffner Christian football players earn all-conference honors
The Sunshine State Athletic Conference has honored a handful of Seffner Christian football players on its all-league teams. Senior offensive linemen Michael Browning and Andre Remy were both...
View ArticleBoys soccer: Pinellas district preview
ST. PETERSBURG — November 20th started like any other day for coach Tom Blauvelt. He taught his art classes at Northeast and thought about that night’s boys soccer game at Clearwater. But when the...
View ArticleTampa Prep's Joe Fenlon up for national coach of the year
Tampa Prep boys basketball coach Joe Fenlon is up for a fan vote as the nation's top coach.USA Today has launched a nationwide vote for the country’s top boys basketball coach, beginning with each...
View ArticleBoys soccer: Hillsborough district preview
LUTZ — Christian Knight can count on two hands — the very hands that have helped make Steinbrenner’s goal nearly impenetrable — just how many balls he’s let by him this season. But for a while, the...
View ArticleBoys soccer: North Suncoast district preview
The boys soccer teams along the North Suncoast have proven once again that Florida isn’t just a football state. With Mitchell and Wiregrass Ranch taking the top two seeds in Class 4A, District 8, and...
View ArticleGirls soccer: Two Mitchell players commit
Two Mitchell soccer players recently committed to college programs. Gina Davis will play for Florida Atlantic, and Balea Schumacher will go to Nova Southeastern. Davis, a midfielder, has averaged...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Land O'Lakes 61, Hudson 55
HUDSON — As Hudson’s Luke Calleja hit consecutive 3-pointers, fans banged their feet against the bleachers. A few shouted that the game wasn’t over, and some said the Cobras were making a comeback....
View ArticleGirls district soccer: Land O'Lakes, Sunlake reach 3A-8 final
ZEPHYRHILLS — There were nine teams in the Class 3A, District 8 tournament field but barely any doubt the last two standing would be Land O’Lakes and Sunlake. Sunlake pulled away from sixth-seeded...
View ArticleGirls district soccer: Hudson, Nature Coast roll to 3A-7 final
BROOKSVILLE — Hudson and Springstead split their two matches during the regular season, but watching Wednesday’s Class 3A, District 7 semifinal, that was far from evident. Led by star forward...
View ArticleGirls district soccer: AHN, Tampa Prep ride lone goals to 2A-9 final
TAMPA — The Class 2A, District 9 semifinal had barely begun Wednesday when Lindsay Boos sent a cross to Julia Lester, who slipped it past the Berkeley Prep goalkeeper in the third minute to put...
View ArticleGirls district soccer: St. Petersburg moves into 5A-8 final
During its second-half surge this season, St. Petersburg’s girls soccer team went 5-1-1, including a victory in last week’s conference championship game. The only loss in that span came against...
View ArticlePinellas Park's Pierre Johnson picks Wofford
Pinellas Park’s Pierre Johnson committed to Wofford a week before taking his official visit to the school, Patriots coach Kenny Crawford said. Johnson originally was scheduled to take his visit this...
View ArticlePorter, Oruwariye reopen recruitments, and other nuggets
A couple quick recruiting nuggets on Thursday morning, now that the dead period of recruiting has ended: Gaither DB Amani Oruwariye announced that he has reopened his recruitment. The three-star...
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