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Hernando SS Christian Arroyo signs with San Francisco Giants
Two weeks after giving the salutatorian speech at his high school graduation and 12 days after making Hernando County history, Christian Arroyo is headed to the pros. The Hernando shortstop signed with the San Francisco Giants on Tuesday, bypassing a scholarship at Florida to begin a professional career with the ...
Read moreTue. June 18, 2013 at 1:12 p.m. | Matt Baker
All-Sports Award: Plant’s athletic prowess unmatched
TAMPA — If you’re looking for the secret to the athletic success of Tampa Bay’s winningest high school, Rob Nelson doesn’t really have anything earth shattering to reveal. Just an extremely strong community, mixed in with a healthy dosage of school pride, a group of athletes — many of them ...
Read moreMon. June 17, 2013 at 6:27 p.m. | John C. Cotey
7-on-7 now an inescapable part of football culture
TAMPA — A half-decade ago, Sean Callahan would have sooner burned his blocking sleds than engage in 7-on-7 competition in the summer. Back then, Armwood High’s football program had yet to transition from its triple option, which the Hawks had employed with speed and brute force to capture consecutive state ...
Read moreFri. June 14, 2013 at 3:03 p.m. | Joey Knight
All-Suncoast baseball team
Player of the Year: Christian Arroyo, Sr., Hernando If MLB draft gurus were surprised Hernando shortstop Christian Arroyo flew off the board in the first round, few in Brooksville were. • “The kid’s definitely got it all going on,” Leopards teammate and USF signee Brandon Lawson said. Arroyo was the ...
Read moreFri. June 14, 2013 at 10:36 a.m. | Times Staff
All-Suncoast softball team
Our annual picks for the best players in our coverage area, spanning Hernando, Hillsborough, Pasco and Pinellas counties: Player of the Year: Moriah Connolly, Sr., Palm Harbor University For two years, Palm Harbor University third baseman Moriah Connolly was a multi-sport athlete. She ran track, was a small forward in ...
Read moreThu. June 13, 2013 at 11:43 a.m. | Times Staff
North Suncoast: Times' boys all-academic team
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Connor Gilboy, Sunlake Weighted/unweighted GPA: 4.41/3.91 Standardized test score: 27 ACT Sports: Soccer, football, tennis, cross country College: Florida Proudest academic accomplishment: Gilboy earned all-academic honors from the Sunshine Athletic Conference after completing his first three years of high school with only one B. His senior ...
Read moreWed. June 12, 2013 at 11:43 a.m. | Matt Baker
North Suncoast: Times' girls all-academic team
Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Mary Kujak, Ridgewood Weighted/unweighted GPA: 4.67/4.0 Standardized test score: 30 ACT Sports: Volleyball, basketball, softball, track, tennis College: Baylor University Proudest academic accomplishment: Kujak graduated as Ridgewood’s valedictorian with a full slate of honors courses and dual enrollment at PHCC. She was one of Pasco County’s ...
Read moreTue. June 11, 2013 at 11:49 a.m. | Matt Baker
Danish named Florida Dairy Farmers' Mr. Baseball
The accolades keep coming for Durant's Tyler Danish. The right-handed pitcher, recently drafted in the second round of the MLB first-year players draft by the White Sox, was named the Florida Dairy Farmers' Mr. Baseball on Monday. Danish pulled in 13 of 23 first-place votes, beating out runnerup Christian Arrroyo ...
Read moreMon. June 10, 2013 at 5:48 p.m. | Times Staff
MLB Draft: Day 3 locals
Day 3 of the Major League Baseball first-year player draft included rounds 11-40. Here's a look at some locals who were selected on the final day: RHP Kyle Westwood, University of North Florida, Astros (13th round, No. 377 overall): The former Palm Harbor University pitcher has the distinction of being the first ...
Read moreSat. June 08, 2013 at 4:39 p.m. | Times Staff
Baseball: Times' all-North Suncoast team
Pitcher of the year: Brandon Lawson, Sr., Hernando Why we picked him: Lawson had a statistically dominant season on the North Suncoast’s top team to edge Mitchell’s Cobi Johnson and a loaded group of pitchers for repeat honors. The 6-foot-2 right-hander posted a 0.27 ERA — one of the lowest ...
Read moreSat. June 08, 2013 at 3:40 p.m. | Matt Baker
MLB Draft: Locals make the cut on Day 2
On Thursday, four bay area players were taken on Day 1 of the MLB first-year player draft. In addition to Hernando SS Christian Arroyo’s historic first-round selection, Durant RHP Tyler Danish, Gaither SS Oscar Mercado and Wharton IF Tucker Neuhaus went in the second and sandwich rounds. Joining them ...
Read moreFri. June 07, 2013 at 4:32 p.m. | Times Staff
Spring fling: Football players, teams that caught our attention
It’s foresight from here, baby. For the remainder of the summer, we’ll peek at the 2013 season, project on it and pontificate about it — at length. But before that, let’s reflect once more on what we saw this past spring. (Our lists are not ranked in order of importance ...
Read moreFri. June 07, 2013 at 2:31 p.m. | Times Staff
Three Hillsborough players drafted on Day 1
Durant’s Tyler Danish had a funky sidearm delivery that scared off many major-league clubs. Gaither’s Oscar Mercado closed his high school career with an underwhelming senior season. And Wharton’s Tucker Neuhaus barely played at all, struggling with nagging injuries and family tragedy. But, as goes the old adage, all it ...
Read moreFri. June 07, 2013 at 12:37 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Hernando's Christian Arroyo makes history as Giants' first-round pick
Tampa Bay’s rich tradition of elite prep baseball prospects stretched all the way to Brooksville on Thursday night. Hernando shortstop Christian Arroyo became the first high school player in Hernando County history to be drafted in the first round when the San Francisco Giants picked him 25th overall in the ...
Read moreThu. June 06, 2013 at 9:43 p.m. | Matt Baker
NCT's Chris Lake commits to Flagler
Nature Coast junior Chris Lake has orally committed to play baseball at Flagler, his father, Chris, said Thursday afternoon. Lake, a 5-foot-10 athlete, is a right-hander for the Sharks and also plays third base. He posted a 2.60 ERA with 39 strikeouts in 30 innings for NCT this spring and ...
Read moreThu. June 06, 2013 at 1:03 p.m. | Matt Baker
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Recruit: Chris Lake
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Recruit: Chris Lake