Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Rico Kerney and Reggie Hart
Hey there: quick note about Morning Meanderings for the unidoctrinated -- I occasionally put this together by drinking lots of coffee as I read over the morning boxscores on our website. I just do it...
View ArticleRobinson takes on visiting Tallahassee Godby in 5A semifinal
TAMPA — So, what's the magic recipe that has allowed this particular Robinson High School football team to look like it may be the one?Longtime coach Mike DePue, in his last year and hoping for the...
View ArticleMore Than A Game — Week 15: Robinson High
As football season begins to wind down, fans of the Hillsborough County prep sport are reminded that all good things must come to an end. ¶ As the season concludes, so too does the coaching career of...
View ArticleGirls soccer: Mitchell's Kukec on the cusp of milestone
The stakes were high for Mitchell at halftime Monday night when the questions began firing. The Mustangs were clinging to a one-goal lead with their starting goalkeeper out sick. Mitchell had already...
View ArticleCambridge P/SS Eicholtz signs with Alabama, OF Hessinger with State College...
Cambridge Christian senior pitcher and shortstop Nick Eicholtz has signed to play baseball at Alabama. Eicholtz, ranked among Florida's top 40 prospects by Perfect Game USA, is one of two members of...
View ArticleFHSAA realignment could put all three Plant City schools in same district
PLANT CITY — Every two years, the local high school football scene gets a shakeup.This go-round could provide a seismic shift.The Florida High School Athletics Association's fall population report...
View ArticleMatt Thompson hired as Jesuit football coach
TAMPA — He had turned down overtures from other schools to remain at his alma mater, the only school at which he has coached. Matt Thompson, Armwood Class of 1986, seemed destined to be a Hawks lifer....
View ArticleMeet Robinson's veteran offensive line
TAMPA — A half-mile from the heavily guarded entrance to MacDill Air Force Base stands an equally sturdy five-man fortress. Robinson’s senior quintet of offensive linemen — last seen pushing Pasco’s...
View ArticleHerm Edwards, Steve Mariucci will coach Under Armour game
Four of Tampa Bay’s Under Armour All-Americans will suit up for former NFL coach Herm Edwards, the game’s organizers announced Wednesday evening. The former Jets and Chiefs coach (and current ESPN...
View ArticleWell-traveled Swinton finds home for talent at Lakewood
Deja Swinton first caught the attention of local basketball junkies when she was an eighth-grader at Northside Christian. She averaged 11.7 points in helping the Mustangs to a 25-5 record. Last...
View ArticleGirls soccer: Osceola stays undefeated
SEMINOLE — The game had been over for just a few moments, and the players were leaving the field in golf carts when the murmuring finally reached full pitch. For weeks, Osceola’s girls soccer team had...
View ArticleMorning Meanderings: Good morning, Anton Crutcher, and your Dunk Of The Night
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine.You...
View ArticleJames Harrell not among Wiregrass Ranch's 28 applicants
Perhaps the biggest name from Wiregrass Ranch’s pool of head football coach candidates is the one not on the list: James Harrell, the former Jesuit coach and NFL linebacker who was spotted on campus...
View ArticleKnow the foe: A look at Tallahassee Godby
TAMPA — Like Bobby Bowden, to whom he delivered bus loads of five-star recruits as FSU’s recruiting coordinator, Tallahassee Godby coach Ronnie Cottrell is an Alabama native with the Southern twang...
View ArticleBasketball: North Suncoast boys and girls super 7
North Suncoast basketball super 7 Records through WednesdayBoys 1. Wiregrass Ranch (4-0): Rico Kerney and the Bulls have won convincingly (a rout of River Ridge) and won close games (a 65-63 victory...
View ArticleAll-PCAC football: Osceola's Palmer named Coach of the Year
Here's the all-Pinellas County Athletic Conference football teams for 2012, as voted on by county coaches (Osceola's George Palmer was named Coach of the Year):SOUTH TEAMQB: Tracy Johnson, LakewoodRB:...
View ArticleShaquill and Shaquem Griffin picked to join Lakewood teammate in...
Lakewood twins Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin, all-conference defensive backs, have been selected to play in the International Bowl Feb. 5 in Austin, Texas. They helped lead the Spartans to a 10-2...
View ArticleArmwood's Palmer promoted to defensive coordinator
Veteran Armwood secondary coach Darrell Palmer will replace Matt Thompson as Hawks defensive coordinator, Coach Sean Callahan confirmed Thursday. Thompson, Callahan's coordinator the last decade, was...
View ArticleBasketball: Pinellas boys and girls super 7
Pinellas basketball super 7 Records through WednesdayBoys1. St. Petersburg (2-1): Bounced back from a weekend loss to Haines City to knock off rival Seminole in a big Class 7A, District 10 game.2. Boca...
View ArticleBrosher signs with ORU baseball
Springstead slugger Brandon Brosher signed to play baseball at Oral Roberts last month, former Eagles coach Frank Vitale said in a text message. Brosher has established himself as one of Hernando...
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