Football: Lennard 20, King 17
TAMPA — As the Lennard football team walked down the sideline to the other end of the field, the fourth quarter about to begin, a few players made the iconic Longhorn sign with their thumbs and pinky...
View ArticleFootball: St. Petersburg 40, Clearwater 30
CLEARWATER — St. Petersburg pulled away from Clearwater in the fourth quarter of a wild back-and-forth contest. The much improved Tornadoes used the legs of sophomore Adarius Lemons to stay close, but...
View ArticleFootball: Countryside 30, Bradenton Southeast 7
CLEARWATER — Countryside (2-0) scored on its first two drives of the game and cruised to an easy victory over Bradenton Southeast. Running back Dante Satcher had two touchdowns while Trent Chmelik...
View ArticleFootball: Durant 30, Sickles 20
The Durant Cougars (1-1) defeats the Sickles Gyrphons (1-1) 30-20 behind the arms and legs of senior quarterback Erick Davis. Davis rushed for 135 yards and passed for 89 yards and a touchdown.Key...
View ArticleFootball: Clearwater Central Catholic 38, Tampa Catholic 0 (with video)
CLEARWATER — Tampa Catholic and Clearwater Central Catholic had two very different weeks leading up to Friday’s game. The Crusaders found out they would be without three wide receivers, including...
View ArticleFootball: Calvary Christian 28, St. John Neumann 0
NAPLES — Calvary Christian traveled to Naples and made sure the St. John Neumann offense wouldn’t travel at all. The Warriors held the Celtics to only 143 yards of offense in a 28-0 victory Friday...
View ArticleHillsborough Game of the Week: Hillsborough 33, Jefferson 24
TAMPA — Playing in a nine-team district leaves little margin for error, which Hillsborough found out last year after dropping its first two games to Jefferson and Armwood and spending the rest of the...
View ArticleFootball: Lakewood 34, Palmetto 31
PALMETTO — Boring is an adjective that cannot be applied to Palmetto’s football team. Unfortunately for the Tigers, a large dose of early season excitement has yet to lead to a win after the Tigers...
View ArticlePinellas Game of the Week: East Lake 42, Largo 0
EAST LAKE — There are a number of reasons East Lake has become Pinellas County’s dominant program, from a punishing running game to a stifling defense. Perhaps the least known factor, though, is the...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Aug. 30-Sept. 5
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. Then we turn the voting over to readers. These nominations span Saturday, Aug. 30...
View ArticleSwimming: Plant girls, Berkeley Prep boys take City Relays
TAMPA — Plant defended its girls title with 254 points and the Berkeley Prep boys scored 256 to win after an eight-year absence in Saturday’s City Relays at the Bobby Hicks Pool. Plant’s boys also...
View ArticleSwimming: Togetherness name of game at Total Team Challenge
ST. PETERSBURG — Saturday at North Shore Pool, Palm Harbor University’s girls swim team was cheering vociferously from the deck. Not so uncommon, right? Well, they were rooting on the final swimmer of...
View ArticleSunday Morning QB: Getting a little four quarters love
4 teams that are better than we thoughtHillsborough: We didn’t think the Terriers were bad. But the way the Terriers played defense in the second half against Jefferson, and the play of quarterback...
View ArticleVolleyball: CCC's Sara Brown commits to play sand volleyball at LSU
Clearwater Central Catholic senior outiside hitter Sara Brown has committed to play sand volleyball at Louisiana State. Brown has been on the varsity roster since her freshman year. Last season, she...
View ArticleVolleyball: Seminole MH Samantha Schlesman commits to Rollins College
Seminole senior middle hitter Samantha Schlesman has committed to Rollins College. Schlesman has been the Warhawks top hitter for the past two seasons. Last season she led the team with 228 kills. She...
View ArticleBoys golf: Clearwater Central Catholic takes individual/team titles at East...
Clearwater Central Catholic proved it may be one of the best teams in the area on Saturday by winning the East Lake Invitational. Andrew Heric won medalist honors by shooting a 2-over, 74 at...
View ArticleSickles football coach Brian Turner suspended for two games
Sickles’ Brian Turner has been suspended from coaching football for two weeks following his ejection from a junior varsity game last week. Turner was not on the sideline for Friday’s 30-20 varsity loss...
View ArticleCasey's turn at bat, takes Week 2 title in Pick 'Em
Casey Engel picked five games right in the first week of HomeTeam Pick 'Em. Only two people had a worse record. People looked at Engel when he walked into stores and restaurants all week, pointing...
View ArticleHomeTeam 25: Welcome to the rankings, Zephyrhills, St. Pete and Durant
1. (1) Armwood (2-0) Last week: Beat Blake 37-0 This week: vs. No. 8 Hillsborough Lowdown: Offered without any further comment : The Hawks held Blake to minus-25 yards of total offense last week....
View ArticleHomeTeam volleyball 25: Better by the week
While there was a bit of a shakeup in the rankings this week, the teams at the top remain the same. Clearwater Central Catholic is still the team to beat, but after a 6-0 start and Academy of the Holy...
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