Region baseball: Tampa Prep avenges district final loss
SHADY HILLS — Bishop McLaughlin had to be confident going into Tuesday night’s Class 3A region semifinal after coming off of a victory over Tampa Prep in the district championship game. A rematch in...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Sixth-inning strike lifts Sunlake
LAND O’LAKES — In a battle of district runners-up, Sunlake’s historic run continued Tuesday night with a 3-0 win over Pasco in a Class 5A region semifinal. Sunlake’s David Castillo and Pasco’s Malik...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Bayshore Christian wins in walkoff
TAMPA — Bayshore Christian first baseman Jordan Martin stood in the on deck circle, his team trailing Cambridge Christian 5-3 with one out in the seventh inning of a Class 2A, Region 2 semifinal at...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Jesuit gets season sweep of Robinson
TAMPA — After picking up the save last week against Boca Ciega in Jesuit’s opening-round playoff game, Michael Sandborn said if given the option, he’d prefer to start. Tuesday, Sandborn demonstrated...
View ArticleRegion baseball: East Lake rolls behind Deppermann
ST. PETERSBURG — It took exactly one pitch for East Lake’s Brad Deppermann to settle into Tuesday night’s Class 7A region semifinal against Northeast. Deppermann, the Eagles’ leadoff hitter, homered...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Bloomingdale breaks through vs. Plant
TAMPA — For eight innings, they exchanged drama with disappointment. Finally, destiny was on Bloomingdale’s side. Bloomingdale, which had lost three previous meetings against Plant, won 5-3 Tuesday...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Calvary hands CCC first defeat
CLEARWATER — After seven innings of brilliantly played baseball Tuesday night, something had to give. For Clearwater Central Catholic, it was its 26-game winning streak, its undefeated season and a...
View ArticleRegion baseball: Extra-inning thriller for Bosnic, Berkeley Prep
TAMPA — It was supposed to happen exactly how it did. Berkeley Prep hadn’t used the play yet this season, coach Justin Houston said. But trailing Tampa Catholic by a run with two outs in the bottom...
View ArticleLakewood's Saivion Smith gets his first, and other offers from Wednesday
Here are the offers we've heard or seen reported for Wednesday:Saivion Smith, Lakewood 2016 ATH picks up his first offer, and it's a big one -- Clemson. He also picked up UCF. Not a bad day. Check out...
View ArticleSPC's Dillan Gibbons picks up Ohio State Buckeye offer
Dillan Gibbons is only 14 years old, but is already attracting major college attention. The St. Petersburg Catholic freshman, who won't be 15 until August, picked up an Ohio State offer Wednesday, a...
View ArticleState softball: Canterbury coasts into Class 2A title game
photo gallery VERO BEACH — The only drama in Wednesday’s Class 2A state semifinal centered on how quickly Canterbury could get out of the midday sun and into another state championship game. The...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: Trent Chmelik extends family legacy at Countryside
CLEARWATER — No family has infiltrated Countryside the way the Chmeliks have the past decade. There was Jimbo, who quarterbacked the Cougars from 2007-09 and set the school record for career touchdown...
View ArticleBasketball: Melissa Schmidt named Osceola girls coach
Melissa Schmidt has been named the girls head basketball coach at Osceola. Schmidt, 23, takes over for Seth McClung, who coached the Warriors for two years. McClung is now the head baseball coach at...
View ArticleState softball: Bloomingdale reaches 8A final
photo gallery VERO BEACH — From the start of the playoffs until the first two innings of Wednesday’s Class 8A state semifinal, Bloomingdale had hit the ball hard with few runs to show for it.“I knew...
View ArticleNFL draft Q&A with ex-TBT star Maurice Hagens
Tampa Bay Times staff writer John C. Cotey caught up with former Tampa Bay Tech standout fullback Maurice Hagens (University of Miami) recently at a Titans practice. Here is what Hagens had to say...
View ArticleState softball: Young Chamberlain expects a return trip
VERO BEACH — Chamberlain’s 3-1 loss to Lake Region in Wednesday’s Class 6A state semifinal was only a few moments old when Chiefs coach Bobby Diez began to spin the sorrow into a positive. When — not...
View ArticleSickles' Isaac Holder gets his first offer, Gators call on Saivion Smith,...
It didn't take long for the college offers to start rolling in Thursday. Here's the list so far. Make sure you keep checking back in as it is updated all day.Issac Holder, the Sickles 2015 QB, was...
View ArticleFootball: St. Petersburg's Garrett Thomason to walk on at FAU
St. Petersburg long snapper Garrett Thomason will attend Florida Atlantic as a preferred walk-on, according to coach Joe Fabrizio. Thomason was a two-year starter for the Green Devils. He snapped on...
View ArticleState softball: Canterbury repeats as Class 2A champion
photo gallery VERO BEACH — Canterbury had been unrelenting, and also largely untested, before it reached Thursday’s Class 2A state championship game against Aucilla Christian. Only one opponent,...
View ArticleEast Lake, Calvary Christian take tough paths to region baseball finals
It’s Tuesday morning and East Lake baseball coach Dan Genna is handing out dog biscuits. Later that evening, his Eagles would play Northeast in a Class 7A region semifinal. Genna didn’t expect his...
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