Grace Christian's Winter to sign with Southeastern
Grace Christian senior Caleb Winter will sign to play football at Southeastern University at a ceremony Thursday morning. Winter, a kicker/punter, was a standout soccer player at Grace Christian. He...
View ArticleBasketball: Boca Ciega names Cheryl Greene new girls coach
Boca Ciega did not have to look far for its next girls basketball coach. The school has hired Cheryl Greene, who is currently the girls track and cheerleading coach. Greene is also an English teacher...
View ArticleFour from Sunlake football sign with colleges
Four Sunlake players have signed to continue their football careers after high school, Seahawks coach Bill Browning announced Monday afternoon. FS Joe Jean-Baptiste signed with Lake Erie College, a...
View ArticleQuick Q&A with Osceola's Hayley Misewich
Osceola High School’s Hayley Misewich figures she was about 8 or 9 years old when she discovered sand volleyball. After starting out on traditional hard courts, Misewich saw people playing volleyball...
View ArticleBaseball: Largo CF Travis Carden commits to Maryland-Eastern Shore
Largo centerfielder Travis Carden committed to play at Maryland-Eastern Shore, per asst. coach Dan Flynn. Carden was one of the top players for the Packers, who were 7-20 this season. Carden hit .329...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Semifinal preview capsules
All games Tuesday at 7 p.m. unless noted Class 8A: Bloomingdale (18-9) at Plant (23-5) Last game: Plant topped St. Petersburg 10-0 in six innings after a Kyle Tucker three-run walk-off homer....
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for April 26-May 2
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Bobbi LaBrant, Indian Rocks ChristianSport: Track and field Skinny: The junior had never finished higher...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: Glass Wilson a running back on the rise
NEW PORT RICHEY —Two dozen or so Ridgewood Rams hit the practice field for the first drills of the spring, confirming the team indeed is more than just Glass Wilson. Ridgewood may not be a one-man...
View ArticleRegion softball: Hernando bows out before state
BROOKSVILLE — Hernando was hosting a Class 5A region final a second straight season. And the Leopards were dominated from the start once again. Belleview jumped ahead in the first inning Monday...
View ArticleRegion softball: Bloomingdale, Carrollwood Day head to state
VERO BEACH — Bloomingdale will have to remember the way back to the Treasure Coast. The Bulls plated two runs in the top of the first inning, and junior ace Lace Smith overpowered Vero Beach in a 2-1...
View ArticleBasketball: PHU G Amber Jennings set to sign
Palm Harbor University guard Amber Jennings will sign with Robert Morris University of Chicago on Tuesday morning in a ceremony at the school. Jennings, who transferred from East Lake, averaged 14.5...
View ArticleNortheast OL Austin Brannen signs with Capital University
Northeast offensive lineman Austin Brannen has committed to play at Capital University in Columbus, Ohio, according to former Vikings coach Mike Jalazo. Brannen was a two-year starter on the offensive...
View ArticleState softball: Dominant Canterbury heads back to state
ST. PETERSBURG — With an 11-0 victory over Orlando Christian Prep that lasted five innings because of the mercy rule, Canterbury again turned the Class 2A postseason into its own game of Monopoly,...
View ArticleLong-time Jefferson baseball coach Pop Cuesta retires
TAMPA — At the beginning of the 2014 baseball season, Jefferson coach Pop Cuesta, 69, sat his players down and told it to them straight."I said I was going to play it year to year depending on how I...
View ArticleState softball: Past success sparks Chamberlain
TAMPA — If Chamberlain first baseman Liz Diaz ever needed a reminder of her program’s rich history, she’d only need to look behind her to the outfield wall, where the names of previous All-America...
View ArticleState softball: Bloomingdale (23-3) vs. Cypress Bay (21-6)
State softball Where: Historic Dodgertown, Vero Beach Admission: $9 per session; $8 for parkingClass 8A: Bloomingdale (23-3) vs. Cypress Bay (21-6), 4:50 p.m. How they got here: Bloomingdale d....
View ArticleState softball: Distance no deterrent for Canterbury pitchers
ST. PETERSBURG — Kama Woodall and Hailey Hopkins are opposites as pitchers. Woodall, a freshman, is a flame thrower. Hopkins, a junior, relies on finesse. But each, thanks in part to the other, is...
View ArticleRegion baseball: King takes advantage of defensive miscues
SEMINOLE — King and Osceola took the unconventional route into Tuesday’s Class 6A region semifinals. The Warriors knocked off district champ Jefferson, and the Lions downed district champ Mitchell....
View ArticleRegion baseball: Solid Sickles topples Wiregrass Ranch
WESLEY CHAPEL — When Sickles last saw Wiregrass Ranch starter Zach Drury in the district championship, the Bull senior was striking out 10 Gryphons, holding them to no runs and no hits. So the game...
View ArticleOffers pouring in for locals
It's May, and Tampa Bay is crawling with college football coaches and recruiters. Here's some of the verbal offers extended today: Javon Hammond, Gaither, FS: Western Kentucky Ray Ray McCloud III,...
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