Terry O'Reilly resigns as East Lake golf coach
After eight seasons as East Lake's golf coach, Terry O'Reilly has decided to step down. O'Reilly said it was a difficult decision, but juggling work, family and coaching became too much to...
View ArticleRobinson's DePue goes out as county coach of the year
TAMPA — Mike DePue was already standing behind the podium and the presenter of the next award wasn’t even in the ballroom. So, as he’s told his players to do countless times over the years, DePue...
View ArticleShared culture, love of the game at Pinellas Park
PINELLAS PARK — They came to America more than a decade ago, most too young to remember the increasing death toll and ethnic cleansing that became part of their country’s lexicon. Nick Preradovic,...
View ArticleRobinson's Carlos and Michael Duclos travel path paved by struggles
TAMPA — For some of Robinson High School’s football players, the current pitch will get no more feverish. If Friday night lights contain a dimmer switch, it’s this reality: When Robinson’s season...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Hillsborough super 7
Hillsborough basketball super 7 Records through WednesdayGirls 1. Seffner Christian (7-0): The Crusaders have had few — if any — challenges en route to an undefeated start, winning their first seven...
View ArticleWolves RB Carnell's first offer comes from Georgetown
Newsome running back Clint Carnell, one of the catalysts to the Wolves’ best season in school history, has picked up his first college offer, from Georgetown. Coach Kenneth Hiscock confirmed the offer...
View ArticleMitchell's Karl Kukec gets win No. 200
Mitchell girls soccer coach Karl Kukec picked up his 200th career victory Thursday night when his Mustangs cruised to a 10-0 win over Zephyrhills. Mitchell (12-0-1) dominated the match and emptied its...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Fouls dictate pace but Ridgewood steps up
NEW PORT RICHEY — Thursday night’s game between Ridgewood and Hudson resembled a boxing match more than a basketball game. With 52 fouls called, including two technicals and a flagrant-2, the Rams...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Steinbrenner, Hooker turn it up in second half to put away...
LUTZ — Minutes before the opening tipoff Thursday, Steinbrenner took a few moments to honor senior Bailey Hooker at midcourt for becoming the school’s first 1,000-point scorer. She took in the...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Late free throws seal Bogie comeback
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega’s Caleb McCullough sank two free throws with three seconds remaining Friday to give the Pirates a thrilling 52-50 win over St. Petersburg. The Pirates (4-0) trailed for...
View ArticleSoccer: Pair steps up in East Lake boys' win over Countryside
EAST LAKE — When the season started, East Lake’s Josh Page was a newcomer from Pennsylvania and Nicholas Vetricek was warming the bench. Since then, Page has emerged as a top scoring threat and...
View ArticleClass 5A state semifinal: Tallahassee Godby 24, Robinson 20
TAMPA — With red, moistened eyes, Mike DePue’s players carried their retiring 60-year-old coach off Jack Peters Field late Friday night. Ideally, they would have preferred to drive him off via charter...
View ArticleColumn: It's all over, even the shouting
TAMPA The pass was caught. The ball was placed. The orange first down marker was just a few feet away. Then, the strangest thing happened. Nothing. Nothing but seconds ticking off a clock, off a...
View ArticleState football: Knights RB Ruiz leaves impression on Godby coach
TAMPA — Ronnie Cottrell freed himself from a pair of beaming parents, eluded reporters holding microphones and cut a beeline toward one of the forlorn Robinson Knights standing near the end zone...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Lakewood calls shots this time around
ST. PETERSBURG — The energy had bubbled up and over. Anthony Lawrence Jr. had kept his emotions sealed for an unnerving 34 minutes of basketball before they spilled out in the frantic final two...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Dec. 1-7
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Dec....
View ArticleFriday Night Rewind: Final videos of the season
Mike Robinson's is carried off the field one last time, and the breakdown from Friday's loss to Tallahassee Godby
View ArticleLocal coaches applaud USF's hiring of Taggart
We caught up with a couple of Tampa Bay's top high school football coaches at Friday night's Robinson vs. Godby game, and they had this to say about USF's hiring of Willie Taggart: Plant coach Robert...
View ArticleWill Western Kentucky offers translate to USF commitments?
So, Willie Taggart is USF's new coach, and that has excited a lot of people. A lot of coaches, a lot of players. Highly regarded for his recruiting of Tampa Bay kids to his former program, Western...
View ArticleTimes' North Suncoast girls and boys golf teams
Boys golfer of the year: Dylan Strout, Sr., Mitchell After earning all-North Suncoast honors as a junior, Strout continued to dominate this fall. He was the Class 2A, District 11 champion on a Mustangs...
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