With the temperature hovering around 40 degrees and a steady drizzle dampening the blue track, conditions were not ideal for the nine male sprinters competing in Saturday’s Adidas Grand Prix Dream 100 at Icahn Stadium in New York. Gibbs’ Trayvon Bromell has conquered wind and rain before, winning the 100 ...
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Sat. May 25, 2013 at 4:08 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Before the Under Armour All-America Game in January, we asked a handful of the country’s top recruits what advice they wanted to share with the next generation of elite prospects. As the class of 2013 graduates high school and heads off to college, we thought we’d pass on words of ...
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Sat. May 25, 2013 at 12:14 p.m. | Times Staff
These are the final Hot Shot nominations for this school year from our HomeTeam staffers. The nominations span the state baseball tournament, May 15-23. Read up on what made our nominees stand out, then look for our writers’ pick for overall winner in Tuesday’s Tampa Bay Times. (Female sports wrapped ...
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Sat. May 25, 2013 at 12:14 p.m. | Times Staff
At Weeki Wachee Weeki Wachee 50, Gulf 49, overtime Spring game-breakers: Rising junior ATH Avery Welch was nearly unstoppable for Gulf. He started at QB and had 174 yards and a touchdown on 13 carries at by halftime. The Buccaneers, who are lacking depth, needed his playmaking ability, and Welch ...
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Sat. May 25, 2013 at 12:22 a.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
At Jesuit Score: Jesuit 34, Dixie Hollins 21 Spring game-breakers: The Rebels (220 total yards) made the formal debut of new Tigers coach Matt Thompson more interesting than expected, exploiting two Jesuit special teams breakdowns and a vanilla defensive scheme. In the first quarter, Cory Jones returned a blocked ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 11:42 p.m. | Joey Knight
At St. Petersburg Score: St. Petersburg 56, Sarasota 21 (JV played fourth quarter) Spring game-breakers: Junior quarterback Rob Tribolet threw for 139 yards and two long touchdowns. His first was a 36-yarder to Deangelo Reeves, the second a 78-yarder to Lionel Hart. …Reeves not only caught a touchdown, but ran ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 11:42 p.m. | Rodney Page
At Nature Coast Tech Score: Nature Coast 33, Tarpon Springs 24 Spring game-breakers: Nature Coast appears to have found a suitable replacement for star RB Matt Breida, as DeShawn Smith broke loose for 221 yards and two first-half touchdowns. On his 80-yarder that opened the scoring, Smith fumbled the handoff ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 11:41 p.m. | Darek Sharp
At Pinellas Park Score: Pinellas Park 42, Bradenton Bayshore 7 Spring game-breakers: Big plays on both sides of the ball were the difference as the Patriots rolled to a 28-0 first-quarter lead. The running game played a key role with Pinellas Park rushing for 331 yards. Donte Maxson, who is ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 11:28 p.m. | Bob Putnam
At Zephyrhills Score: Zephyrhills 43, Ridgewood 7 Spring game-breakers: Rarely has Zephyrhills ever been more balanced or as deep in the offensive backfield as this bunch. There is a quarterback duel between returning starter Mike Smith, also a standout linebacker, and Jarcques Meza. But it doesn’t stop there. No fewer ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Steve Lee
At Crystal River Score: Hernando 21, Crystal River 0 (three quarters) Spring game-breakers: The Leopards amassed 261 yards on the ground and held Crystal River to only 11 yards rushing total. …Hernando scored on its opening drive when junior running back Justin Roberts ran for a 1-yard touchdown. It was ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 10:56 p.m. | Joseph Kornecki III
At Springstead Score: Springstead 28, Anclote 13 Spring game-breakers: Springstead RB Daniel Wright followed up a breakout sophomore season with a 174-yard, two-touchdown night. He scored on a 3-yard rush late in the first quarter, had a 5-yard touchdown in the fourth and had a 39-yard TD rush called back ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 10:42 p.m. | Matt Baker
Seffner Christian 28, Santa Fe Catholic 6 At Lakeland, Crusaders rising junior nose guard/running back Marcus Richardson proved unstoppable on both sides Thursday night as SCA built a 28-0 halftime lead. Richardson (27 carries, 128 yards) scored both of his TDs in the second quarter and finished with eight tackles ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 8:24 p.m. | Joey Knight
WEEKI WACHEE — Marcus Applefield was as hidden as a 6-foot-7, 275-pound teenager could be. He had the quickness, good grades and blue-collar work ethic of a blue-chip recruit, but he seemed stuck at an obscure new program in an out-of-the-way Hernando County town more famous for its landlocked mermaids ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 7:12 p.m. | Matt Baker
Pinellas Park had four seniors – Jaquan Clark, Cornelius Johnson, Garret Nevitt and Tahrealle Mosley – that committed to Merced College in California this week, Patriots coach Kenny Crawford said. Crawford has had success getting his players into Merced the past few years. Last year’s roster included Michael Smith, a ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 4:04 p.m. | Bob Putnam
East Lake had three players from its Class of 2013 officially commit to schools during a ceremony Thursday at school. Offensive lineman Shane Fagan is going to Charleston Southern, receiver Chris Depaolo is heading to Jacksonville and linebacker Trayvon Levels is attending Webber. All three were starters and played pivotal ...
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Fri. May 24, 2013 at 3:08 p.m. | Bob Putnam