Sunlake's Protch, Ronske commit
Two Sunlake football players have firmed up their college futures, Seahawks coach Bill Browning said Friday morning in an email. C Aaron Protch has orally committed to Geneva College during a visit to...
View ArticleWisconsin Badgers, Mississippi State football offers NCT DE Rohan Blackwood
Nature Coast DE Rohan Blackwood picked up his first SEC and Big Ten offers Friday. The Sharks’ junior landed offer from Mississippi State and Wisconsin, NCT coaches announced on Twitter. Blackwood...
View ArticleJeremiah Green, Tim Holmes shine at Florida Relays
Miserable weather and minimal practice time didn't prevent Jeremiah Green from propelling his lithe frame nearly an inch closer to immortality Friday. On a damp day at the Florida Relays in...
View ArticleFaith comes first for Mitchell 3B Marcus Begg
TRINITY — Marcus Begg’s faith has always been his choice. He chose to be baptized as a Mormon at age 8. He chose to start asking more questions about the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints...
View ArticleTrack: AFA's McGee puts no limits on her skills
Admiral Farragut’s Brittany McGee flies solo in track practice, dashing down the asphalt surface in sprints and hurdles. Her workouts are a lonely endeavor, in part because there is no one fast enough...
View ArticleBaseball: Eagles squander chance to secure district title
TARPON SPRINGS — The regular-season champion in Class 8A, District 8 has come down to a coin flip. Sarasota Riverview scored four runs in the fourth inning Friday and two Rams pitchers scattered four...
View ArticleDistrict tennis: CDS girls, Tampa Prep boys come out on top
TAMPA — Jackie Fitz-Randolph was on the brink of defeat, down 5-4 in the final set Friday and facing the serve of Tampa Prep freshman Paige Leavy. That precise moment, however, is when Fitz-Randolph...
View ArticleBaseball: King finishes off sweep of district foes
DOVER — King and Strawberry Crest played their regular-season district finale Friday night, with the Lions playing for a 10-game sweep of 6A-11 and the Chargers hoping to hang onto their No. 2 seed....
View ArticleHillsborough County roundup for Friday, April 5
HomeTeam Hot ShotsAndrea Aaron, Chamberlain. Two days after winning girls shot put and discus titles for the second season in a row at the Hillsborough County Championships, the Chiefs senior finished...
View ArticleBaseball: Jesuit continues dominance with Easter Tournament title
TAMPA — Jesuit right-hander Jordan Parnell quickly tallied the first three outs, turning things over to an offense that averages 12 runs per game. Then the Tigers’ first four batters each got a hit...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for March 30-April 5
HomeTeam Hot ShotsEach week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, March 30 through Friday, April 5....
View ArticleKing baseball alums, coaches reunite for Lions' share of memories
On a bright, cloudless day, beneath a tent erected just beyond the first-base line of King High's ballpark, a half-century's worth of generations converged Saturday. So did three of the four baseball...
View ArticleRecruiting roundup: Ray Ray McCloud on the move
TAMPA — Ray Ray McCloud is still waiting for his first offer.But it’s offseasons like the one he is having that pretty much tell you he won’t be waiting long.McCloud (5-10, 187) was recently named the...
View ArticleLakewood's Tim Holmes helps 4x400 relay team become nation's best
Lakewood’s boys 4x400 relay team, the reigning Class 2A state champions, have not been challenged this season, cruising to wins by whopping margins in nearly every major meet. The biggest test came...
View ArticleLakewood's Isaiah Wynn continues impressive offseason at Rivals camp
Lakewood’s Isaiah Wynn has quick hands and nimble feet and he used them to master a battery of drills to win MVP honors among offensive linemen at Sunday’s Rivals camp in Atlanta, Ga.“I had a feeling...
View ArticleAATL's Andrea Mauger commits to D-III school
Academy at the Lakes F Andrea Mauger has orally committed to Franklin & Marshall College, she said Monday via Twitter. Mauger finished with more than 1,500 points in her high school career. She...
View ArticlePHU's Jared Prince places third in national wrestling tourney
Palm Harbor University’s Jared Prince won the school’s first state wrestling title in February by scoring a 3-1 win against three-time state champion James Flint of Brandon. Prince has not exactly...
View ArticleDistrict track: Spotos's Eric Moate up for next challenge
TAMPA — An authentic senior portrait of Eric Moate would call for more grimace than grin. For a solid year, pain — to some degree — has been affixed to the Spoto senior with all the profundity and...
View ArticleSPC's Reilly Gibbons will be a 'Cane
St. Petersburg Catholic's Reilly Gibbons orally committed to the University of Miami on Monday, choosing the Hurricanes from a list of 37 college offers. The rising senior left tackle has long had...
View ArticleDistrict track: Spoto's Eric Moate up for next challenge
TAMPA — An authentic senior portrait of Eric Moate would call for more grimace than grin. For a solid year, pain — to some degree — has been affixed to the Spoto senior with all the profundity and...
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