Hillsborough: Final regular-season baseball super 7, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday1. Jesuit (22-2): No longer the nation’s top-ranked team, Jesuit will have to settle for being No. 1 in the county following its first losses of the season...
View ArticleState tennis: Plant's top doubles team ends partnership with one more title
If there’s an easier way to win a state championship, Plant doubles partners Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez never figured it out. In their final high school match together, Martin and Rodriguez...
View ArticleDistrict softball: Delay doesn't deter Durant
At Durant, the top-seeded Cougars spent a muggy Friday afternoon finishing off what they started on a rainy Thursday night — a shutout of sixth-seeded Wharton in the Class 8A, District 7 final. Senior...
View ArticleBreaking down this weekend's IMG 7-on-7 regional
What: IMG 7v7 Southeast Regional ChampionshipWhen: Saturday (pool play 2:45 p.m.-7:45 p.m.) and Sunday (double-elimination bracket play 9 a.m.-4:10 p.m.)Where: IMG Academy in BradentonAt stake: This is...
View ArticlePinellas: Final regular-season baseball super 7, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday1. East Lake (20-3): Eagles won the PCAC north and did not lose a regular-season game against a Pinellas opponent.2. Seminole (19-6): Go to Jesuit and beat...
View ArticleDistrict baseball: Hernando starts fresh with eyes toward playoffs
BROOKSVILLE — Forget the 19 wins, two Division I recruits and three consecutive trips to the region final or beyond. Hernando coach Tim Sims is reminding the North Suncoast’s top team that when...
View ArticleDistrict baseball: Seminole buoyed by big wins, baffled by losses
As district tournaments crank up next week, perhaps no team is more of a mystery than Seminole. The Warhawks have the senior leadership and pitching depth to make a legitimate run at the Class 7A...
View ArticleDistrict softball roundup: Goluba boosts River Ridge from plate
LAND O’LAKES — Makenzie Goluba, having lost a perfect game bid then the lead, savored the chance for redemption. And she jumped all over it. With River Ridge down a run, the bases loaded and two out...
View ArticleDistrict baseball: Leto bringing pride back to program
TAMPA — If granted an attentive audience, J.J. Pizzio will waste little time before launching into the case for Leto. The Falcons’ baseball coach points to athletic facilities — including a lush green...
View ArticleDistrict softball: Dunedin earns second straight title
DUNEDIN — This time last year Dunedin was on edge and in a state of disbelief after winning the Class 5A, District 12 softball title, the school’s first since 1991. It was a story of a plucky underdog...
View ArticleBaseball: East Lake enjoys PCAC title
TARPON SPRINGS — Winning a PCAC championship is not the ultimate goal for teams representing the north and south divisions. But that was hard to tell Friday after East Lake’s convincing 12-2 win over...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for April 13-19
HomeTeam Hot Shots Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, April 13 through Friday, April...
View ArticleRecruiting roundup: Jesuit's Vincent Jackson finds Saban's tricks a...
TAMPA – To fans of college football, the tale of Nick Saban’s customary reception to University of Alabama recruits has become the stuff of legend. As the story goes, Saban – usually wearing a suit and...
View ArticleUMass football is second offer for Pasco freshman Nate Craig
When Texas Tech offered Pasco freshman Nate Craig last week, the wide receiver said he was speechless at landing an offer so early. The recruiting floodgates have opened. UMass became the second...
View ArticleThoughts and observations from IMG 7-on-7
None of the Tampa Bay teams won this weekend, but they all performed well. Unsigned Preps and Team Tampa Too did a great job fighting back from the loser's bracket after dropping their first game, and...
View ArticleWharton's C.J. McGill to sign with University of Mobile
Wharton PG C.J. McGill, the diminutive backcourt dynamo who led the Wildcats to the Class 8A final four in March, has signed with the University of Mobile (Ala.). The 2013 recipient of the "Mac"...
View ArticleDonavan Hale, John Childs honored in Class 6A
River Ridge C John Childs and Largo F Donavan Hale were both named third-team all-state selections in Class 6A, the Florida Association of Basketball Coaches and Source Hoops announced Monday morning....
View ArticleLongtime Land O'Lakes coach John Benedetto has died
LAND O’LAKES — Four years after John Benedetto coached his last game at Land O’Lakes High, the Gators were ready to honor the man who turned a shiny, rural school into a Pasco County powerhouse. It...
View ArticleHomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for April 13-19
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week.Female Hot Shot: Gabby Rodriguez, So., PlantSport: TennisSkinny: Even when another state championship looked like a delusion,...
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