Annual signing day chat
In what has become a yearly part of our wall-to-wall coverage of national signing day, we'll have our usual chat from 8 a.m. to whenever. We'll be chronicling all of our visits to various high schools...
View ArticleArea football signings
This list will be updated throughout the day as players sign their letters of intent. Some of these are where kids are expected to sign and may change. Are we missing someone? Shoot us an email at...
View ArticleNine Jesuit Tigers sign, Travis Johnson picks Cincy
A signing day custom as old as the fax machine continued Wednesday morning at Jesuit, when nine Tigers athletes outraced the sun to school and formalized their college intentions before the first...
View ArticleAnclote's Martin kicks off North Suncoast signing day
Signing day is underway in the North Suncoast. Anclote LB Terrell Martin kicked off the recruiting holiday by signing with Black Hills State (S.D.) this morning. Martin, a 5-foot-11, 185-pound senior,...
View ArticlePete DiNovo returns to East Lake to celebrate UCF decision
While other prized prospects put their futures in motion by announcing their college plans Wednesday, East Lake quarterback Pete DiNovo was already experiencing his as a freshman at UCF. DiNovo, the...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg's Jeremy Kerr officially signs with Florida State
ST. PETERSBURG – Dressed in a Florida State sweater vest and hat, St. Petersburg tight end Jeremy Kerr officially signed with the Seminoles Wednesday morning in a ceremony at the school’s Archives...
View ArticleSt. Petersburg's Sean Covington signs with UCLA
When St. Petersburg kicker Sean Covington realized he was good enough to kick in college he knew exactly where he wanted to go: Florida State.“That was my dream school,’’ Covington said. He soon found...
View ArticleSeven Robinson Knights sign
The surreal recruiting odyssey of Robinson senior Connor Rafferty commenced in his backyard before meandering through Buffalo, bayou country and, finally, Birmingham. Rafferty, who committed to USF...
View ArticleHernando's Tyrail Hawkins, Robert Hill Bronson sign
BROOKSVILLE – One of the most accomplished senior classes in Hernando history began to make their college futures official this morning. ATH Tyrail Hawkins (Georgia Southern) and DE Robert Hill...
View ArticleNew USF Bull Mike Love headlines Countryside's 14-player signing day...
If he stopped to think about where he came from and where he is now, Mke Love’s head would probably spin off his shoulders. How often does a player who did not participate in organized football until...
View ArticleAdmiral Farragut's Todd Macon makes it official with Liberty University
ST. PETERSBURG – On his official visit to Liberty University, Admiral Farragut runningback/defensive back Todd Macon stopped by the school bookstore on his way out of town. He had to pick up a hat to...
View ArticleRonnie Scott's mom energizes the ceremony at Chamberlain
Ronnie Scott was about to put his pen to the paper when there was a yelp from the other room. His mother rushed into the room, a camera and tripod in tow. Mara Scott had not missed a single moment of...
View ArticleWharton's Vernon Hargreaves III closes out his prep career
News trucks converged on Wharton High Wednesday morning. A jam-packed media center had all the earmarks of a collegiate sports news conference. And who was center stage? Wharton's Vernon Hargreaves...
View ArticleCCC has four players sign
Clearwater Central Catholic had signing a ceremony for four seniors who helped the football program set a school record for wins (11) and advance to the Class 3A state semifinals this past season. The...
View ArticlePlant's Wes Bullock, bound for Old Dominion, writes his own success story
No matter what anyone else thought of him, Wes Bullock Jr. and his family were convinced of his talent for football. Bullock has almost always been the smallest player on the field, from his first...
View ArticleBoys basketball roundup: Alonso earns first postseason berth
VALRICO — Alonso parlayed its third winning season in school history with its first ever playoff berth by defeating Plant 57-52 in Wednesday’s Class 6A, District 7 semifinal at Bloomingdale. The No. 2...
View ArticleColumn: A move in the right direction for Gaither's Ernest Suttles
TAMPA — When Ernestine Brower looks back, she sees miracles. She sees problems that could have grown bigger, but didn’t. She sees holes that could have swallowed her son, but couldn’t. She sees...
View ArticleBoys basketball roundup: Wiregrass topples No. 2 seed
TAMPA — Nothing went as expected Wednesday at Steinbrenner. Freedom, the No. 2 seed, lost 63-59 to Wiregrass Ranch, and top-seeded Chamberlain barely held off Steinbrenner 78-71. The Chiefs led by two...
View ArticleBoys basketball roundup: Spongers run out of time
TRINITY — In a pair of frantic finishes Wednesday, top seeds Mitchell and Land O’Lakes earned victories in the District 6A-10 semifinals and will meet for the title Friday. Host Mitchell almost blew a...
View ArticleBoca Ciega has three players sign letters of intent
Boca Ciega had three football players sign national letters of intent on Wednesday. Wide receiver/defensive back Demarius Brinson signed with Youngstown State, tight end/linebacker Jason Macon signed...
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