At Bishop McLaughlin Score: Carrollwood Day 41, Bishop McLaughlin 7 Spring game-breakers: CDS’ run game seems to have picked up where it left off in 2012, just sans Robert Davis. Rising junior Elias Earley popped a 33-yarder on the first play from scrimmage and finished with 160 yards on 12 ...
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Sat. May 18, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | Andy Warrener
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
TAMPA — A full day of fair weather at Leto High promised school records and North Suncoast athletes punching their ticket to states after Wednesday’s Class 3A-2 region meet. The Wiregrass Ranch girls had the highest team finish, tying for fourth place with 46 points; Orlando Evans was the champion. ...
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Thu. April 25, 2013 at 12:08 a.m. | Andy Warrener
TAMPA — The 7A-9 district playoffs started with Freedom’s 11-inning 1-0 play-in victory Monday over Chamberlain. On Tuesday afternoon Gaither dropped a 3-0 decision to Zach Drury and Wiregrass Ranch. In the evening, Steinbrenner punished Freedom 21-4 in five innings. The Warriors and Bulls, both making their first regionals appearance, ...
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Tue. April 23, 2013 at 11:02 p.m. | Andy Warrener
DURANT — Class 8A, District 7 made another case for toughest district in the county Tuesday as fifth-seeded Wharton shocked second-seeded Bloomingdale 3-2 in the first district semifinal. Then sixth-seeded Alonso took defending state champion Durant the distance in a hard-fought, 1-0 Cougars victory. The Wildcats and Cougars will play ...
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Tue. April 16, 2013 at 10:39 p.m. | Andy Warrener
TAMPA — Seminole emerged from a pitchers’ duel between Nick Nolan and Jesuit’s Spencer Trayner, the Warhawks toppling the nationally ranked Tigers 2-1 on a sacrifice fly in the 10th Saturday. “It’s no coincidence that this game was scheduled for the end of the regular season,” Warhawks coach Jeff Pincus ...
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Sat. April 13, 2013 at 10:59 p.m. | Andy Warrener
CLEARWATER — The race for the Class A, District 8 track title typically goes through Indian Rocks Christian and Calvary Christian. Last year the Golden Eagles and Warriors split the boys and girls titles, but this year it was all Golden Eagles. IRC won the boys title Friday with 192 ...
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Sat. April 13, 2013 at 12:21 a.m. | Andy Warrener
WESLEY CHAPEL — On a balmy Thursday afternoon, Wiregrass Ranch looked to avenge last year’s region loss to visiting Wharton. The Bulls struck early, taking Nos. 4 and 5 singles in straight sets, then eventually winning Nos. 1 and 2 to get the magic number to move on to state. ...
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Thu. April 11, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Palm Harbor University’s Jared Prince won the school’s first state wrestling title in February by scoring a 3-1 win against three-time state champion James Flint of Brandon. Prince has not exactly rested on his recent laurels since. Saturday in Indiana, Pa., Prince took third place at the 2013 Flonationals, a ...
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Mon. April 08, 2013 at 1:51 p.m. | Andy Warrener
DOVER — King and Strawberry Crest played their regular-season district finale Friday night, with the Lions playing for a 10-game sweep of 6A-11 and the Chargers hoping to hang onto their No. 2 seed. Both teams sent their No. 2 pitchers to the mound, King’s Brandon Caples and Strawberry Crest’s ...
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Fri. April 05, 2013 at 10:32 p.m. | Andy Warrener
BROOKSVILLE — In the quarterfinals of the Leopard Slam on Friday, Countryside advanced past Nature Coast 3-1. The Cougars will face Gulf, a 4-3 winner over Mitchell. In the nightcap, Mitchell led for 4 1/2 innings before a bases-clearing triple from Buccaneers sophomore Haley McCarthy in the bottom of the ...
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Fri. March 29, 2013 at 11:03 p.m. | Andy Warrener
TAMPA — The pressure cooker of Class 8A, District 7 burned a new chapter Thursday night as Plant battled Wharton for control of fourth place. The Wildcats led 2-0 heading into the bottom of the fifth inning, but the Panthers answered with two runs in the fifth and the go-ahead ...
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Thu. March 28, 2013 at 9:34 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Northside Christian senior Alex Kruklinski, who won a Class A wrestling state title at 195 pounds in February, verbally committed to Appalachian State, according to his dad, Michael. The Russian-born New Jersey transfer terrorized the 185-pound weight class early in the season, logging wins at the East Lake Invitational and ...
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Thu. March 28, 2013 at 4:04 p.m. | Andy Warrener
EAST LAKE — Friday night’s north Pinellas showdown between host East Lake and Countryside got off to a promising start. Eagles coach Dan Genna’s 4-year-old daughter, Kamryn Padinske, managed a rousing rendition of the national anthem and the Eagles jumped on Cougars starting pitcher Charlie Skantze. The Eagles logged three ...
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Fri. March 22, 2013 at 11:48 p.m. | Andy Warrener
HUDSON — The Sunshine Athletic Conference at Fivay upheld last year’s verdicts as the Wiregrass Ranch girls ran away with the title for a fifth straight year Thursday. The Bulls racked up 151 points to second-place Ridgewood’s 90.5. The margin would have been greater had Nikita Shah run out the ...
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Thu. March 21, 2013 at 10:41 p.m. | Andy Warrener