Newsome ready to attack Kissimmee Osceola; Armwood faces undefeated Gainesville
Newsome (8-4) at Kissimmee Osceola (12-0)Where: Kowboy Stadium, 420 S Thacker Ave., Kissimmee.At stake: A berth to the Class 7A state semifinals against the winner of the Oviedo-Lincoln game.Last week:...
View ArticleMorning Meanderings: Good morning, Justin Hollis
By my count, there were like 150 basketball games played last night. Busiest night of the season so far. Here's the best of the best of the best:GAME OF THE NIGHT Looks like we covered the best...
View ArticleMore Than A Game: Newsome quarterback enjoys a Worth-y reunion
Every year, as Thanksgiving rolls around, it becomes a time for families to reunite over food and football. Last week, Joe and Will Worth did just that. For the first time since he left Lithia and...
View ArticleEast Lake sophomore Campbell moves from position to position with ease
EAST LAKE — When wide receiver Artavis Scott went down with an ankle injury in the first game of the season, East Lake coach Bob Hudson didn’t have to look very hard for a replacement. At 6-foot-5,...
View ArticleNewsome football creates buzz in FishHawk community
LITHIANo one knows for sure how Newsome will fare tonight when the Wolves travel to Kissimmee Osceola for a Class 7A region final.But Sal Varotta, who owns Park Square Pizza, is ready to party Saturday...
View ArticleChemistry key to Clearwater Central Catholic's trio of junior LBs
CLEARWATER — They chase quarterbacks and running backs, hoping to slam them into the ground, delivering blows with such force that perhaps the football, or even a helmet, might spurt free. Those are...
View ArticleDurant wrestling welcomes challenge at Cougar Invitational
The idea of an early-season tournament, whatever the sport, is to set it so the home team has the best chance to win.Well, the Cougar Invitational has let that notion go by the wayside. And it's not...
View ArticleArmwood Hawks vs. Gainesville Hurricanes in 6A region finals
SEFFNER — Even though the game was nearly three months ago, there was no sugarcoating Armwood's 36-28 early-season loss to American Heritage."We just laid a big old egg against them," Armwood defensive...
View ArticleTale of the tape: Pasco vs. Robinson
Tampa Bay high school football fans have been clamoring for a Robinson-Pasco showdown in the Class 5A region final since the start of the season. They’ll get their wish Friday when the Pirates travel...
View ArticleRobinson QB Gilmore's parents have always been invested in his future
TAMPA — Even in the pubescent stages of his football career, the powerful, prolific tailback gave all the credit to his line. Never mind how corny the line was, even for an eighth-grader. Zain Gilmore...
View ArticleGirls basketball: AATL takes, keeps control against TC with defense
TAMPA — It had to seem familiar to those in the crowd Wednesday at Tampa Catholic: the pressing defense, the run-and-shoot offense and the gruff instructions from the silver-haired coach who had...
View ArticleBoys soccer: Sunlake still rolling, earns sixth shutout
LAND O’LAKES — The last time Pasco coach Barry Grayling missed a game because of illness his team lost to Sunlake. Not only did it happen again Wednesday, but it was by the same 5-0 margin as last...
View ArticleMorning Meanderings: Good morning, Jonathan Jean
Some random thoughst and observations about the goings on in the preps world by Times' columnist John C. Cotey, while sipping too much coffee and perusing the previous night's newspaper and boxscores....
View ArticleColumn: Anticipated matchup of Hector vs. Ivie is finally here
TAMPA — They will meet at some point Friday. They will crash into each other, helmet to shoulder pad, shoulder pad to chest. The earth may not move — or it might — but the play will, either straight...
View ArticlePinellas pigskin picks: Week 14
Class 3A state semifinalFort Lauderdale University School (10-0) at Clearwater Central Catholic (11-1), 7:30 FridayWatch: Game will be streamed live on YouTube by PlayOnNetwork.Winner gets: Orlando...
View ArticleHillsborough pigskin picks: Week 14
Friday's region football finals5A: Pasco (12-0) at Robinson (11-1), 7:30TV: BHSNWinner faces: Tallahassee Godby/Jacksonville Bishop Kenny winner in Dec. 7 state semifinals. Pasco or Robinson would...
View ArticleNorth Suncoast pigskin picks: Week 14
5A region final: Pasco (12-0) at Robinson (11-1), 7:30 p.m. FridayTV: BHSNWinner gets: Tallahassee Godby/Jacksonville Bishop Kenney winner in next week’s Class 5A state semifinal.Breakdown: Both teams...
View ArticleClash of communities: Robinson vs. Pasco
One community could be described as rural countryside, the other urban waterside. One has an antique district, the other an Air Force base. Yet Dade City and Port Tampa — home to Pasco and Robinson,...
View ArticleEast Lake QB's record-setting future written at a young age
EAST LAKE — The first charting of Pete DiNovo’s penchant for producing record-setting numbers was scribbled in pen in a black-and-white notebook 12 years ago. Pete DiNovo Sr. discovered the journal...
View ArticleNewsome players embrace underdog status
LITHIA — There was little to suggest Newsome would survive another trip to Durant. A month after suffering a 10-point loss on the same field, Newsome was tasked with trying to reverse that outcome in...
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