HomeTeam Huddle: Allen's career on rise at Dunedin
DUNEDIN In three years of crushing heads, Dunedin’s Brenton Allen has followed a remarkably ascendent career path. • Since becoming a starting middle linebacker, he has developed into the Falcons’...
View ArticleState baseball: King's Morales always possessed a special delivery
TAMPA — That powerful right arm has almost always dazzled coaches and scouts, from those toddler T-ball leagues to high school all-star showcases. To most everyone else, it seemed a certainty Brett...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: Steinbrenner seizing momentum
The first four-year class at Steinbrenner laid a solid foundation, going 20-19-1 and securing the rare winning record for a fledgling high school football program. • Now, minus 27 graduated seniors,...
View ArticleMitchell's McCormick signs with PHCC, Pasco's Duncan commits to Barry
Two baseball recruiting updates from the North Suncoast: Mitchell RHP Chris McCormick signed with PHCC last week. The 6-1, 175-pound senior posted a 2.23 ERA with 71 strikeouts on the mound and batted...
View ArticleSignings roundup from Fivay, Zephyrhills and Anclote
Some football (and cheerleading!) recruiting updates from the North Suncoast:• Zephyrhills MLB Tylar Hochstetler signed with Massachusetts Maritime Academy this week. The 5-foot-6, 170-pound...
View ArticleMizzou, Kentucky, Louisville and Ole Miss football busy in North Suncoast
Rounding up some of the latest football offers from the North Suncoast:• Pasco WR Nate Craig - one of the country’s top 2016 prospects - has landed two more recent SEC offers, from Ole Miss and...
View ArticleRiver Ridge honors seven football signees
River Ridge honored seven football players who will continue their careers in a ceremony Wednesday afternoon. QB Josh Maisel, WR George Cordova, WR/DB Chris Aldrich and TE/DE Zack Harris are all...
View ArticleSeminole names Chris Miller football coach
Seminole ended its month-long search for a football coach Wednesday, hiring former Admiral Farragut coach Chris Miller. Miller becomes just the fourth coach in Seminole’s 52-year history. He replaces...
View ArticleState baseball: Sting goes a little deeper this time for King
photo gallery FORT MYERS — Every one of Jim Macaluso’s 38 years at King has ended without a state championship. Most, in fact, ended in the district tournament and more than a dozen came to a close in...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: No freebies on new Wesley Chapel coach's watch
As first-year Wesley Chapel coach Tico Hernandez tries to get his 35 players to buy into his philosophies, he’s making the Wildcats earn their stripes. • “So many times with kids, everything’s given...
View ArticleHomeTeam Huddle: A little St. Pete shuffle
With more than 70 players at practice, St. Petersburg has one of the biggest groups in the area this spring. • But injuries have taken their toll on the Green Devils’ depth the past two weeks. • “When...
View ArticleState baseball: Underdog definitely gets its day vs. Jesuit
FORT MYERS — The breakthrough seemed only a run away, especially after Daniel Portales delivered the tying single in the bottom of the fourth. Then Jesuit failed to score with the bases loaded. It...
View ArticleVirginia football is first offer for NCT OL Christian Pellage
Nature Coast OL Christian Pellage landed his first college offer Thursday morning, after Virginia extended him a scholarship, Sharks coach Charles Liggett announced. Pellage was listed at 6-foot-7,...
View ArticleEast Lake's Doug Rovello commits to Fairmont State University
East Lake second baseman Doug Rovello has committed to play at Fairmont State University in West Virginia. Rovello, who missed his junior year due to injury, hit .328 with 15 stolen bases this season...
View ArticleFreedom honored as county's top athletic program
The most successful athletic season in Freedom High's 11-year history culminated Thursday morning with the Patriots being presented the Vernon Korhn Award as Hillsborough County's top public school...
View ArticleSharks' Chase McCoy signs with Central Missouri
Riverview senior Chase McCoy, a 100-meter dash medalist and 200 qualifier at the recent Class 4A state track meet, signed Monday with NCAA Division II power Central Missouri. McCoy joins a Mules...
View ArticleCountryside's Preble commits to the Black Bears
Countryside defender Rachel Preble orally committed to play college soccer at Division I-A Maine Thursday morning. On a roster made up primarily of players from Maine and Ontario, Preble will become,...
View ArticleTrack: Gibbs' Bromell targets national acclaim
By the midway mark of nearly every race this season, Gibbs’ Trayvon Bromell has taken command, leaving opponents behind in the most romanticized track and field event, the 100 meters. But Bromell did...
View ArticlePHU outfielder Kevin Griffith will play at U.S. Merchant Marine Academy
Palm Harbor University's Kevin Griffith will play baseball for the U.S. Merchant Marine Academy. Griffith signed a letter of intent at the school and will report to the Kings Point, N.Y., school on...
View ArticleRavens' Quatasia Fantroy signs with Jackson State
Alonso senior Quatasia Fantroy, who overcame gusts, gray skies and a steady drizzle to win the Class 4A girls state triple jump title earlier this month, has signed with Jackson (Miss.) State...
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