TAMPA — Gaither got just three hits — all in the same inning, no less — but coupled with stellar pitching and defense to match the Cowboys took playoff revenge on the team that ended their season a year ago. Robert Johnson pitched a seven-hit shutout and got some big-time ...
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Tue. May 03, 2011 at 10:13 p.m. | Chris Harry
TAMPA — Plant was one out from a monster upset when top-ranked Sarasota’s No. 9 hitter hacked a seemingly harmless dribbler back to the mound. For the Panthers, it was downhill from there. Though hitless through six innings, the Sailors rallied for a run each in the seventh and eighth ...
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Fri. April 29, 2011 at 11:20 p.m. | Chris Harry
TAMPA — Sickles pitcher Nichole Lewis frustrated Chamberlain batters into popups and fly balls for the better part of Friday’s 5A-9 district championship. But the first and last hitters who went airborne were the only ones who mattered. Junior third baseman Ellen Scott slammed a home run off the scoreboard ...
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Fri. April 22, 2011 at 5:15 p.m. | Chris Harry
TAMPA — Any surprises in the 5A-9 softball tournament will have to come in today’s title game. Sickles pounded out 10 hits, half coming in the decisive five-run fourth inning, and moved into the championship round with a 9-1 district semifinal defeat of Gaither on Thursday. The Gryphons (20-7), who ...
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Thu. April 21, 2011 at 9:27 p.m. | Chris Harry
TAMPA — This time, there was no blown lead. Just a blowout. Gaither jumped on Leto early Friday and stayed on its 5A-9 rival, as the Cowboys pummeled the Falcons 13-1 and clinched the No. 2 seed in next week’s district tournament. The game was stopped after five innings by ...
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Fri. April 15, 2011 at 10:32 p.m. | Chris Harry