Recruiting updates from Bishop, Hudson, Durant and more
A few recruiting updates from across Tampa Bay: Bishop McLaughlin volleyball standout Aileen Hnatiuk signed with East Carolina on Wednesday morning. The 6-foot senior helped the Hurricanes advance to...
View ArticleSoccer: St. Petersburg MF Semmes Bruce will sign with Eckerd College
St. Petersburg midfielder Semmes Bruce will sign with Eckerd College on Thursday in a ceremony at the high school. Bruce was a four-year player for the Green Devils and a two-time Times All County...
View ArticlePigskin primer for spring
Call spring football at the high school level the early evaluation period. There are big names to replace, with players of the year graduating and moving on to college. Who will fill in? There are new...
View ArticleRegion softball: Durant holds off Plant City
PLANT CITY — Even after breezing through six shutout innings, Durant had to make Wednesday’s Class 7A region semifinal interesting. The Cardiac Cougars gave their coaches heartburn, loading the bases...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Northeast shuts out Braden River
ST. PETERSBURG — For a team that has won 17 straight games, Northeast sure does put its coaches and fans through a lot of stress. In an all-too-familiar scenario, the Vikings scored early and used...
View ArticleRegion baseball: DH turns tide for Bishop McLaughlin
SPRING HILL — Drew Stofanik figured it was another in a frustrating line of well-struck balls making its way to an opponent’s glove. Instead the Bishop McLaughlin designated hitter had the...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Jesuit holds off Boca Ciega
TAMPA — Another postseason game, another Jesuit win. Kasey Radke picked up the victory and Michael Sandborn shut the door as Jesuit defeated visiting Boca Ciega 3-2 Wednesday night in a Class 5A...
View ArticleRegion baseball: East Lake upsets Sarasota
SARASOTA — East Lake knew winning at Sarasota, No. 9 in USA Today’s national rankings, would take a total team effort and extraordinary performances. Wednesday, the Eagles used 18 players and got 10...
View ArticleRegion baseball: One inning lifts Sickles over Durant
DURANT — Sickles did all of its damage in one inning of a 5-3 comeback win over Durant in Wednesday’s Class 7A region quarterfinal. The Gryphons (18-7) erased a 3-0 deficit with a five-run fifth...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Sunlake edges Hernando
BROOKSVILLE — It took seven seasons for Sunlake to break through and qualify for the state playoffs. Once there, the Seahawks showed they belonged. Thanks to a dominant performance on the mound and a...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Focused Pasco dispatches Land O’Lakes
LAND O’LAKES — For most of this season, Pasco has been up and down, here and there and pretty much all over the place. The Pirates won a few games by the mercy rule, and lost a few that way, too,...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Goebel a postseason force for Wiregrass Ranch
WESLEY CHAPEL — Alex Goebel had two of Wiregrass Ranch’s five hits and the only RBI of the game last week as the Bulls topped Sickles for their first baseball district championship. Before Wednesday’s...
View ArticleRegion baseball: CCC routs Out-of-Door
CLEARWATER — Calvary Christian must have known something the rest of us didn’t. Just before Clearwater Central Catholic righty David Paul threw his first pitch to Sarasota Out-of-Door, Calvary tweeted...
View ArticleBasketball: Gulf's Ali Cochrane signs with D'Youville College
Gulf guard Ali Cochrane signed a letter of intent to play basketball at D’Youville College in Buffalo, N.Y. Cochrane averaged 9.5 points per game as a senior and helped lead the Buccaneers to a 23-4...
View ArticleBaseball: Fivay's Sean Fluke signs with Pasco-Hernando State College
Fivay outfielder/pitcher Sean Fluke signed a letter of intent to play at Pasco-Hernando State College in the fall. Fluke hit .357 with a team leading 18 RBIs this season for the Falcons. He also had...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: Marcus Paschal knows the pressure's on at Largo
LARGO — Marcus Paschal was an assistant beside Rick Rodriguez on the Largo sideline the past three seasons and blended into his shadow off the field. But the days of anonymity are gone for Paschal,...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: Plant vs. Armwood a go again, sort of
Armwood and Plant, which once made up the top football rivalry in Tampa Bay, are back on each other’s schedule. Kind of. Hawks coach Sean Callahan said the two teams have agreed to play each other in...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Bosnic, Berkeley Prep shut out Lakeland McKeel
TAMPA — When Berkeley Prep senior Dante Bosnic reflects on his prep career, he is certain to replay the fifth inning from Thursday night’s 7-0 victory against Lakeland McKeel in the Class 4A region...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Bayshore Christian nabs first region win
TAMPA — In the season opener, Bayshore Christian dropped a 4-2 decision to Lakeside Christian. The Faith Warriors have come a long way since that first game loss. Bayshore Christian held a 6-3 lead...
View ArticleRegion baseball: King edges Mitchell
TRINITY — When Mitchell’s Alex Mendez hit a bases-loaded grounder to third in the bottom of the sixth inning, King catcher Jose Lopez did everything right to prepare for the game-saving double play....
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