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Football: Alonso 27, Plant City 10
photo gallery TAMPA — After starting the season 0-2, Alonso went back to basics on defense and simplified some of its more complicated schemes. The results have been better than even coach Brian Emanuel could have expected. The Ravens entered Friday night’s nondistrict matchuup against Plant City on a three-game ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 13, 2012 at 1:06 a.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Lakewood Ranch 41, Tarpon Springs 34
TARPON SPRINGS — Last week, Tarpon Springs fell victim to a furious second-half comeback and lost by four to Northeast.Friday, in a crucial district matchup again Lakewood Ranch, the Spongers almost produced a late rally of their own.Tarpon Springs, which trailed by 21 with less than five minutes remaining, scored ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 9:25 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Largo 40, East Lake 10
TARPON SPRINGS — Following Largo's 40-10 dismantling of East Lake, Largo head coach Rick Rodriguez stood in the end zone, a rolled-up sheet up heavy-stock paper in his fist.At the top of the page, Rodriguez had scribbled out his pregame message to his team: this game is about who runs ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 28, 2012 at 9:53 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Lakewood 51, Dunedin 6
DUNEDIN — Lakewood surrendered its first points of the season Friday after shutting out two opponents to start the year.A much-too-little-too-late third-quarter touchdown run for Dunedin was about the only thing that went wrong for the Spartans. Lakewood scored touchdowns on four of its first six drives and held Dunedin ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 9:02 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Northeast 12, Boca Ciega 6
ST. PETERSBURG — Ryan Davis is only a sophomore, but Northeast’s first-year quarterback played like a veteran against Boca Ciega on Friday. Davis connected with fellow sophomore Tyrell Hubbard-Smith on a 58-yard touchdown catch-and-run late to break a 6-6 tie. Then Davis secured the victory with a 14-yard run on ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 15, 2012 at 1:13 a.m. | Bryan Burns
Central's Battle a playmaker poised for big things
BROOKSVILLE — When college recruiters ask to see the highlight reel for Central’s do-everything athlete Quadavis Battle, the senior doesn’t hand over a link to a slickly produced, 10-minute video masterpiece complete with professional editing and a hip-hop soundtrack. In fact, Battle’s highlights last just seven plays and can be ...
Read moreThu. Sept. 13, 2012 at 2:31 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Largo 35, Pinellas Park 2
LARGO — In last week’s season opener, Largo needed a touchdown pass on the final play of the game plus a two-point conversion to defeat Bradenton Southeast by a single point. Friday night against Pinellas Park proved to be much less dramatic for the Packers. Largo trailed 2-0 early but ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 08, 2012 at 1:32 a.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Weeki Wachee 33, Central 14
BROOKSVILLE — The first offensive play in Weeki Wachee varsity history was a fumbled quarterback-center exchange recovered by Central. So, too, was its second offensive play. What didn’t slip out of the Hornets’ grasp, however, was the program’s first victory. After falling behind early 7-0, Weeki Wachee scored 33 unanswered ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 1:16 a.m. | Bryan Burns
Football: Spring jamboree at Brandon
At Brandon Scores: Brandon 3, Bloomingdale 0 Newsome 6, Bloomingdale 0 Newsome 15, Brandon 14 Spring game-breakers: Newsome quarterback Will Worth capped a back-and-forth quarter vs. Brandon by throwing a 7-yard touchdown pass to Austin Shear with nine seconds remaining and running in a two-point conversion for a one-point Newsome ...
Read moreThu. May 24, 2012 at 10:18 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Saladino Baseball Tournament: Day 3 roundup from Riverview
At Riverview Scores Plant 4, Freedom 3 East Bay 8, Blake 3 Lennard 9, Armwood 4 Newsome 1, Riverview 0 Pitchers of the day Riverview starting pitcher Dylan Drawdy was on the unfortunate end of a 1-0 score line. The senior right-hander went the distance against Newsome, giving up one ...
Read moreTue. March 13, 2012 at 10:05 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Saladino Baseball Tournament: Day 2 roundup from Riverview
At Riverview Scores Plant 2, East Bay 1 Freedom 13, Blake 0 (5 innings) Newsome 12, Lennard 3 Riverview 7, Armwood 2 Pitchers of the day Plant starter Matt Vaka allowed only one run on three hits through five innings and had two singles in the Panthers’ narrow win against ...
Read moreMon. March 12, 2012 at 10:14 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Saladino Baseball Tournament: Day 1 roundup from Riverview
At RiverviewScoresPlant 10, Blake 1Newsome 11, Armwood 8Freedom 5, East Bay 2Riverview 4, Lennard 3Pitchers of the dayAustin Atkinson struck out eight and allowed one earned run over six innings to highlight Freedom's 5-2 victory against East Bay. … Newsome right-hander Nick Donnell threw 3 2/3 innings of relief, giving ...
Read moreSat. March 10, 2012 at 7:38 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Region boys basketball: Berkeley Prep back at state for first time since 1967
TAMPA — Take notice, Blake Griffin, there’s a new contender gunning for the Lob City throne. USC football commit Nelson Agholor led Berkeley Prep to its first boys basketball state semifinal since 1967, courtesy of a 70-62 victory over Fort Myers Bishop Verot in the Class 4A, Region 3 final. ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 25, 2012 at 9:57 p.m. | Bryan Burns
District boys basketball: Terrapins cruise to yet another title
TAMPA — Devontae Morgan entered elite company with Tampa Prep’s 71-43 rout of Seffner Christian in the final. The senior now has started for district champs in all four seasons at the school. Overall, the Terrapins have seven consecutive titles. “It’s a great feeling,” Morgan said. “We set the ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 11, 2012 at 9:48 p.m. | Bryan Burns
District girls basketball, 3A-8: Seffner Christian rallies past Brooks-DeBartolo
SEFFNER — Sabrina Whiting is only a sophomore, but the Seffner Christian guard brought maturity to a team sorely lacking it in Saturday's Class 3A, District 8 final against Brooks-DeBartolo.After Whiting's halftime observation, the No. 1 seed, which starts two freshmen and three sophomores, erased a five-point deficit to upend ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 04, 2012 at 8:22 p.m. | Bryan Burns