PLANT CITY — Deon Cain rushed for two touchdowns and passed for one as Tampa Bay Technical (7-3) topped Plant City (4-6) 28-13 on Friday night.Before the Raiders ever took an offensive snap, Plant City committed two defensive penalties and a false start. But Plant City produced a red-zone defensive ...
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Fri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 9:54 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
GIBSONTON — East Bay (4-5, 3-2) held on to an early seven-point lead to edge Brandon (1-8, 1-4) 7-6 Friday. However, Newsome's easy win over Plant City secured the Wolves' place ahead of the Indians for 7A-8 runnerup.The game remained scoreless until the second quarter when East Bay's Chris Carpentier ...
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Fri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 9:19 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
GIBSONTON — Durant (8-0, 4-0) remained undefeated, scoring 28 unanswered points Friday after falling behind early to East Bay (3-5, 2-2) for a 28-3 victory. The Indians started strong but were overcome by the Cougars' persistent ground game.Durant went to the run on the first drive but a fumble ended ...
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 8:56 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
PLANT CITY — Plant City fell to East Bay on homecoming night Thursday despite a stellar performance by quarterback Nick Rodriguez. Two tipped passes resulted in crucial interceptions.Plant City (3-4, 1-2) attempted a fake punt after the first series stalled. The runner had room but tripped in the open field, ...
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Thu. Oct. 18, 2012 at 8:34 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
RUSKIN — Jesuit could not be stopped by rain, or by Lennard on either side of the ball. The Longhorns had zero total yards until the final play two plays when they broke runs for positive yardage.The Tigers (4-2, 4-1) shined on special teams. Travis Johnson ran 90 yards for ...
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Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 8:26 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
VALRICO — Eugene Baker rushed for two touchdowns and more than 180 yards for the Bulls.Bloomingdale (3-2) struck first with a field goal. But on the first play of the ensuing series, a 74-yard run by Lasander Washington put Riverview (2-2) up 7-3. Riverview stopped Baker for on gain on ...
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Fri. Sept. 28, 2012 at 8:01 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
TAMPA — With rain steadily falling, Middleton could not start a winning streak after picking up its first victory in a year last week. Spoto clung to an early lead for its first win of the season.On the first play from scrimmage a Middleton fumble into the end zone resulted ...
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Fri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 9:03 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
RIVERVIEW — Without throwing a pass, Riverview's offense overcame an equally impressive Leto ground game in a 21-6 victory for the Sharks on Friday. The Sharks and Falcons each had a running back break 100 yards.Riverview's Lasander Washington opened the game with a kick return into Leto territory. The next ...
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 7:44 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
GIBSONTON — Steinbrenner shut out East Bay, riding a steady offense points and a solid defensive performance to a 23-0 win.East Bay's first chance came at the end of the first quarter when a punt bounced off a Warrior's foot and was recovered by the kicking team. The Indians got ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 9:09 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
VALRICO — Xavier Johnson broke the 100-yard threshold in Chamberlain's season-opening, 27-13 win against Bloomingdale on Saturday.Bloomingdale opened the scoring in the first quarter when Christian Bennett recovered a blocked punt for a touchdown. The Bulls' special teams would strike again as Alex Ragland returned a kickoff 92 yards for ...
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Sat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
RIVERVIEW — A well-rounded running game led Wharton past Riverview 35-9 Friday night. The first half was a battle of the ground games, with the teams combining for only three pass attempts until the final two minutes of the second quarter.Wharton running back Jeff Keil had four carries totaling 27 ...
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 7:45 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
VALRICO — Bloomingdale dodged a shutout against Plant after falling behind early in the first half. The Panthers scored 31 points in the second quarter and led by 46 going into halftime.Plant foreshadowed the strong start on the opening kickoff. Antonio Crawford returned the opener 99 yards for a score ...
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Fri. Nov. 04, 2011 at 9:27 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
TAMPA — Chamberlain (2-7, 1-3) capitalized on turnovers but still came up short 27-20 at home against Gaither. Shug Oyegunle had two touchdowns in the first quarter. On Gaither's first offensive play, Oyegunle dashed 55 yards for his first touchdown. The game continued to tilt in favor of the Cowboys ...
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Fri. Oct. 28, 2011 at 8:02 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
RIVERVIEW — Kendall Pearcy ran for two touchdowns and scored another as part of Curtis Fitch's three TD passes, and Steinbrenner (4-2, 1-1) shut out struggling Riverview (2-4, 0-2) 53-0 Friday.On the Warriors' first play, Pearcey ran for a 60-yard touchdown that was negated by a block in the back. ...
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Fri. Oct. 14, 2011 at 8:03 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
RIVERVIEW — Early mistakes foreshadowed Riverview's loss while Bloomingdale had a well-balanced attack. The Sharks went three-and-out on their opening possession. Then a high snap into the end zone on the punt put two points on the board for the Bulls. After its defense give up a touchdown — Eugene ...
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Fri. Sept. 30, 2011 at 8:08 p.m. | Bobby Winsler