Girls district soccer roundup: Big saves key in Plant City win
DOVER — Over two nights and 180 total minutes, in both November crispness and January cold, East Bay and Plant City jostled futilely for Class 4A, District 9 supremacy. Finally, with no more minutes...
View ArticleNorth Suncoast roundup for Friday, Jan. 18
Boys basketball Anclote 67, Wesley Chapel 65: With some of the Wildcats’ starters on the bench early, the Sharks (12-7) capitalized to hand one of the North Suncoast’s top programs its fourth loss of...
View ArticleGirls district soccer roundup: Wiregrass strategy vs. wind pays off
LUTZ — Usually a non-event, the coin flip before Friday’s Class 4A, District 8 title match took on big meaning for Wiregrass Ranch. Bulls coach Eddy Costa wanted his team heading into a brisk wind to...
View ArticleGirls district soccer roundup: Seminole's win not so easy this time
SEMINOLE — The shots came from close range, from the corners, from 25 feet. Seminole fired at will in Friday’s Class 4A, District 10 championship game. But unlike Thursday’s semifinal, in which the...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Overtime thriller gives Freedom district's top seed
LUTZ — Taylor Emery missed her first four shots. She also missed four of her last five. In between, she was winded and sore and saddled with foul trouble much of the night. Her return from a...
View ArticlePinellas roundup for Friday, Jan. 18
Boys basketball Seminole 44, St. Petersburg 37: By staying methodical on offense and stifling on defense, the Warhawks snapped a six-game losing streak to their Class 7A, District 10 rivals. Better...
View ArticleRyan Pandy's latest offer proves Countryside is kicker central
Countryside’s Ryan Pandy is all but assured to kick in college after picking up an offer from Presbyterian and visiting Lehigh recently. And that will keep an impressive streak going for the Cougars....
View ArticleCommitting because of coaches never a safe bet
South Sumter safety Keanu Neal listed a recruit’s usual reasons for why he orally committed to Florida. The proximity to home. The tradition. And, of course, the coaches.“It’s not about the...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Jan. 12-18
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 12 through Friday, Jan. 18. Winners get a...
View ArticleJesuit safety Tim Foley commits to Valparaiso
Jesuit safety Tim Foley, a three-year letterman and honor student, has committed to Division I-AA Valparaiso, a rebuilding program in the Pioneer Football League. Foley (6-foot, 180 pounds) recorded...
View ArticleAnnual second-chance recruiting fair set for Jefferson on Feb. 16-17
Major college programs like Florida, Florida State, USF and those in the Southeastern Conference can sign only so many of the Tampa Bay area’s bounty of football recruits. Annually, that leaves...
View ArticleWrestling: Gulf sees positives loss to Dixie Hollins in Anclote Challenge...
HOLIDAY — Dixie Hollins, preparing for a postseason that is only two weeks away, capped a dominant tournament run with a 46-29 championship match victory over Gulf at the Anclote Challenge Duals on...
View ArticleGirls district soccer: Plant beats Newsome 2-0 for 5A-7 title
TAMPA — Nastasia Asgedom and Charsley Greiwe scored second-half goals as Plant beat Newsome 2-0 in the Class 5A, District 7 girls soccer final Saturday. Plant advances to the region quarterfinals at 7...
View ArticleGirls basketball: Lakewood blows late 19-point lead in Shootout defeat
ST. PETERSBURG — For those who left Lakewood's Breast Cancer Shootout girls basketball game against Port Orange Atlantic midway through the fourth quarter Saturday, this is not a misprint. Atlantic did...
View ArticleBoys basketball: Largo tops Wharton 65-59 in MacCollum Shootout
SEMINOLE — Largo coach Phil Price had been waiting for this moment, when his football players would be in basketball mode, when the errant shots would start falling, when his young team would put it...
View ArticleWrestling: Brandon still dominant at Ippolito Memorial
BRANDON — Sure, powerhouse Brandon won the 29th Tony Ippolito Memorial tournament for the 27th time Saturday, but the Tampa Bay area competition is getting better, and Brandon coach Russ Cozart...
View ArticleSteinbrenner RB Kendall Pearcey visits Fordham, commits
Steinbrenner running back and return specialist Kendall Pearcey announced his commitment to Fordham on Sunday following his official visit there this weekend. “After my visit and much talk with my...
View ArticleStrawberry Crest's Karel Hamilton picks Samford
Strawberry Crest WR Karel Hamilton, whose breakthrough senior year culminated with honorable-mention recognition on the Associated Press' Class 6A all-state team, announced Sunday that he has...
View ArticleCountryside DL Mike Love commits to USF
Countryside defensive end Mike Love committed to USF during his official visit this weekend, the Cougars football program announced via Twitter. Love, the Times' 2011 Pinellas County defensive player...
View ArticleHernando pass rusher gets Tennessee Tech offer
Hernando DE Robert Hill Bronson has received an offer from Tennessee Tech during his visit to the Division I-AA program, former Leopards coach John Palmer said Sunday in a text message. Bronson was...
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