Volleyball season stars with IRC preseason tournament
Indian Rocks Christian is holding an eight-team preseason volleyball tournament on Tuesday and Thursday that will showcase some of the better teams in the area. Here is the schedule. Admission is $5...
View ArticlePlant CB Mazzi Wilkins picks USF
Plant cornerback Mazzi Wilkins announced Monday that he plans to sign with South Florida, yet another local recruiting victory for new head coach Willie Taggart.“It’s official I’m committed to the...
View ArticleGirls swimming: Intriguing swimmers, teams for 2013
TRINITY — The swimming career of one of the North Suncoast’s top talents started as a way for a 10-year-old to beat the heat. Taylor Anderson was living near Orlando on a scorching summer day, so her...
View Article2 more offers for East Bay's Jon Jean
East Bay PG Jonathan Jean picked up his second and third offers in rapid succession Monday, snagging an FAU offer shortly after receiving one from West Virginia. His first offer, from Northern...
View ArticleGirls swimming: Lofty goals for a loaded East Lake team
EAST LAKE — Go ahead. Try to find a weakness on an East Lake girls swim team that returns a two-time state champion (Sydney Pickrem) and a two-time state place winner (Michelle Turek). Look for a...
View ArticleJames Harrell returns to Plant
Only five months after accepting a college assistant's job in Kentucky, former Jesuit coach James Harrell is back in the bay area. Harrell has re-joined the staff at Plant, where he served as...
View ArticlePhil Garris named girls basketball coach at Dunedin
Former Dixie Hollins assistant coach Phil Garris is the new girls basketball coach at Dunedin. Garris, 44, spent three years as an assistant at Dixie Hollins. Before that he was an assistant at the...
View ArticleTampa Bay represented among Rivals' top in the country, state
No surprise, but East Lake WR Artavis Scott leads the five locals among Rivals’ top 250 prospects for the class of 2014. The four-star Clemson commit is the country’s No. 65 overall recruit. Other...
View ArticleBoys swimming: Intriguing swimmers, teams for 2013
PALM HARBOR — For those suffering from fatigue regarding Palm Harbor University’s boys swim team, there is some unfortunate news. The Hurricanes are state title contenders — again. After a...
View ArticleHillsborough volleyball: AHN's Courtney Vogler strikes a fierce pose ......
TAMPA — At the age of 16, Courtney Vogler was already on the cusp of the jet-setting life of a cover model. Her future could have included more photo shoots in international fashion hubs like London,...
View ArticleNorth Suncoast volleyball: New regime, focus for Fivay
HUDSON — Look what a taste of success has done. The Fivay volleyball team has to replace the most successful coach in Pasco County history (Linda McQuade) and the North Suncoast Player of the Year...
View ArticleCCC's Paul, Gibree make verbal commitments
Clearwater Central Catholic pitcher David Paul and leftfielder Derek Gibree made verbal commitments to different colleges on Wednesday. Paul, the Times' Pitcher of the Year, committed to Iona College...
View ArticlePinellas volleyball: CCC has one goal in mind
Clearwater Central Catholic broke a long dry spell last season when it played in the Class 3A state tournament for the first time since 1989. With plenty of starters returning, and a trio of key...
View ArticlePreseason football top 25
We debated Plant. We argued about Armwood, and how far the Hawks might have fallen, until we determined hardly at all. We fought over Lakewood over Largo, or Largo over Lakewood? East Lake ahead of...
View ArticlePreseason football: Springstead 28, Hudson 0
HUDSON — When Springstead opened its new era with Thursday’s 28-0 preseason win over Hudson, the new Eagles looked almost identical to the old ones. Their run game was strong. Their offense was...
View ArticlePreseason football: Jesuit 19, Palm Harbor University 14
TAMPA — The short end of the scoreboard never looked so luminous to Matt LePain. The final tally of Thursday night’s preseason classic — Jesuit 19, Palm Harbor University 14 — wasn’t nearly as telling...
View ArticleMitchell-Wiregrass preseason game rescheduled again
Today’s rescheduled preseason game between Mitchell and Wiregrass Ranch has been postponed until 10 a.m. Saturday, Bulls athletic director Dave Wilson said in a text message. The preseason classic was...
View ArticleDurant's Kyle White signs with Trinity
Former Durant basketball standout Kyle White, a three-year starter and 1,000-point scorer for the Cougars, has signed with Trinity College in New Port Richey, Cougars coach Trent Tice announced. A...
View ArticlePreseason football: Largo 46, Dunedin 6
DUNEDIN — Largo picked up from where it left off last season, with a strong showing in its preseason game Friday. Largo was led by quarterback Donavan Hale, who threw for 248 yards and two touchdowns...
View ArticlePreseason football: Clearwater Central Catholic 22, Countryside 13
CLEARWATER — Countryside quarterback Robby Hicks glanced right, then left. He shuffled his feet sideways, searching for the smallest of openings, a sliver to squeeze through, only to find a collapsing...
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