A numerical snapshot of spring drills at Strawberry Crest 1 Former head coach on second-year coach John Kelly’s staff. Jeremy Shobe, who compiled an 11-30 mark in four years at Wiregrass Ranch and led the Bulls to the program’s first playoff berth, is coaching linebackers. 2 Formal offers — from ...
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Mon. May 13, 2013 at 7:40 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — The question, as it often is with state high school baseball semifinals, is whether to throw your ace in the semifinal or save him for a potential title game matchup. Over the years, that question seems to get answered mostly like this: ace. Get there. Then worry about ...
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Mon. May 13, 2013 at 7:32 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — Two seniors at Cambridge Christian made their commitments official Monday when they signed with a pair of college sports programs. Robbie Robertson signed a letter of intent to play football at Stetson University, while Brandon Park has accepted an offer to play basketball at Berry College in Georgia. ...
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Mon. May 13, 2013 at 5:40 p.m. | Joel Anderson
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Caroline Whiteside, Sr., Freedom Sport: Softball Skinny: Whiteside, whose real first name is Sunday, typically batted second this season to move leadoff hitter Maddy Hall over. But with two out and the ...
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Mon. May 13, 2013 at 5:19 p.m. | Times Staff
photo gallery VERO BEACH — The umpire waved his arms in the air, signaling the game was over. Canterbury players headed for the dugout, unable to control their emotions. Some burst into tears. Others stood in stunned disbelief. They thought they had thrown a state title away ...
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Sat. May 11, 2013 at 4:42 p.m. | Bob Putnam
TAMPA — While big names like East Lake’s Mason Cole, Lakewood’s Isaiah Wynn and St. Petersburg Catholic’s Reilly Gibbons head up a class of offensive linemen that might be Tampa Bay’s best ever, the river of talent across the line of scrimmage this year is a deep one, running from ...
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Sat. May 11, 2013 at 3:11 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, May 4 through Friday, May 10. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what made ...
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Sat. May 11, 2013 at 12:12 p.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA Mason Warren looked up at Daddy on Friday night, a deep look of consternation on his face. He had just watched Leland Saile, one of the Jesuit High baseball players, dump a big old thing of Gatorade — a special mixture by trainer Chris Smith of lemon-lime and grape ...
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Sat. May 11, 2013 at 12:24 a.m. | John C. Cotey
DURANT — For the plan to work, Chaz Fowler had to keep the game within striking distance and Durant needed to punish Orlando Timber Creek for pitching around Tyler Danish. So much of the Cougars’ winning formula revolved around Danish on Friday night, from getting him to the mound to ...
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Sat. May 11, 2013 at 12:18 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Gaither senior wrestler Daisy Santos signed her letter of intent this week to continue her wrestling career at King University in Bristol, Tenn. "We were originally going to have a signing last week at the school but I was only allowed to invite my immediate family members," Santos said. "I ...
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Fri. May 10, 2013 at 5:39 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Roughly two months after appearing together for a Tampa Bay Times photo shoot as Hillsborough County's respective male and female soccer players of the year, Shaddy Douidar and Caroline Bado were reunited again Thursday evening. In an Apollo Beach residence, where they were formally presented the Jose and Janet Alvarez ...
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Fri. May 10, 2013 at 1:32 a.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — Tampa Catholic’s first two games against the nation’s No. 1 team went poorly: two losses by a combined 26 runs. A third opportunity against the top-ranked team in the country ended in another defeat, but the Crusaders were heartened by their fortitude in a 3-1 loss. “We’ve already ...
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Thu. May 09, 2013 at 11:29 p.m. | Joel Anderson
The football vernacular is loaded with names — derby, duel, controversy, quagmire — for quarterback competitions. We’re not going to affix any such label to those occurring locally. Suffice to say, some county jobs are up for grabs. Here are some more prominent vacancies, and those vying for them. Alonso ...
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Thu. May 09, 2013 at 11:14 p.m. | Times Staff
VERO BEACH — They’re staging the state prep softball finals on the grounds once known as Dodgertown, where no less an immortal than Sandy Koufax once worked his arm into shape each March. At times Thursday night, it seemed he still was working. A mesmerizing southpaw ended the greatest season ...
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Thu. May 09, 2013 at 10:17 p.m. | Joey Knight
Offers reported via Twitter, text or phone call on Thursday, May 9 Marcus Applefield, OT, Weeki Wachee Offer(s): Vanderbilt, USF, UCF, FIU Comment: Recruitment of Applefield is taking off. Vandy is his first SEC offer. Deiondre Porter, QB, Jefferson Offer: Coastal Carolina Comment: Porter, who threw for 2,700 yards and 27 TDs, ...
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Thu. May 09, 2013 at 11:00 a.m. | John C. Cotey