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Baseball: Eagles' hustle on bases pays off
EAST LAKE — East Lake was able to take advantage of the young Northeast catchers and take the game 7-6 in the final inning Wednesday due to a passed ball. “If anything else, we may have gotten a distraction because we were stealing the base,” Eagles coach Dan Genna said. ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 23, 2011 at 11:20 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Baseball: One run enough for Mitchell in sloppy win
TRINITY — In a game loaded with stranded runners, passed balls, wild pitches and errors, Mitchell was able to squeeze out a run in the third inning and edge Ridgewood 1-0 Tuesday."I did not expect one run to cover it, not with the way Ridgewood plays," Mitchell coach Scot Wilcox ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 22, 2011 at 8:10 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
4A region basketball: Leesburg 61, Land O'Lakes 49
LAND O'LAKES — An explosive third quarter from Leesburg coupled with sickness-induced fatigue ended Land O'Lakes' postseason Saturday night as the Gators fell 61-49 in the Class 4A region finals."The third quarter has been big for us all year," Leesburg coach Mark Oates said. "We should have exploded in the ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 19, 2011 at 7:59 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Softball: River Ridge lineup fights through illness for win
NEW PORT RICHEY — Even though River Ridge's lineup was riddled with players showing flu-like symptoms and seemed a bit hung over from Tuesday's 1-0 loss to East Lake, the Royal Knights were able to put away Springstead 7-4 Wednesday."We executed pretty well and we did what we didn't do ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 17, 2011 at 8:11 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Softball: East Lake's Bache turns in another perfect game
EAST LAKE — Perfect. East Lake’s Alyssa Bache threw her second perfect game this season Wednesday against River Ridge in the Eagles’ 1-0 home opener. After seven innings 21 Royal Knights came up and 21 went down. Bache struck out 14. “All that goes through my mind is making sure ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 17, 2011 at 12:11 a.m. | Chris Wagenheim
5A-11 district basketball: Clearwater 78, Tarpon Springs 58
EAST LAKE — An unorthodox pre-game warmup may have led to Joey Nungester's 32 points in Clearwater's 78-58 win over Tarpon Springs in the Class 5A, District 11 final Friday."I have to tell this story," Clearwater coach Allen Carden said. "(Nungester) was late to our shoot around and I made ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 11, 2011 at 7:35 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
4A-7 district basketball: Gulf 49, Mitchell 35
NEW PORT RICHEY — After a slow start, Gulf outpaced Mitchell in the second half and claimed the Class 4A, District 7 girls basketball title Saturday 49-35."We came out flat early in the first half, and I didn't think we had a lot of energy," Bucs coach Mike Quarto said. ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 05, 2011 at 7:34 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
4A region soccer: Sunlake 6, Hudson 1
HUDSON — Hudson may have beaten Pasco in the district finals, but the Cobras couldn't hang with Sunlake in the Class 4A region quarterfinals Thursday. The Seahawks (19-8-1) burned the Cobras 6-1 with two very different styles of play."Who knew that when we lost our district final we would get ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 03, 2011 at 8:24 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
4A-8 district soccer: Land O'Lakes 6, Wiregrass Ranch 2; Sunlake 2, River Ridge 1
NEW PORT RICHEY — Land O'Lakes had to wait until the waning minutes of Thursday's match before it could bury Wiregrass Ranch 6-2 and move on to the 4A-8 final."I think we got up on them too soon," Gators coach Mark Pearson said. "We got up early in the game ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 27, 2011 at 9:17 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Free-throw shooting is difference for Land O'Lakes
LAND O’LAKES — Despite Wesley Chapel’s tenacity, a sluggish offense and persistent foul trouble, Land O’Lakes scratched out a 56-45 win Wednesday, thanks in part to its production at the free-throw line. “It wasn’t pretty basketball,” Gators coach David Puhalski said. “An ugly win, though, is always better than a ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 26, 2011 at 11:30 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Football: Sunlake 57, River Ridge 7
LAND O'LAKES — After tough losses the previous two weeks to Pasco and Land O'Lakes, Sunlake halted its skid by dismantling visiting River Ridge on senior night."It was important that we got the seniors out of here on a high note," Seahawks coach Bill Browning said.One senior, Jacob Jackson, went ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 12, 2010 at 9:03 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Football: Wiregrass Ranch 35, Hudson 7
HUDSON — Hudson is still winless after a messy 35-7 loss to Wiregrass Ranch."There was an awful lot of dirty playing going on," Bulls coach Jeremy Shobe said. "It's not good, we got a couple of kids hurt and banged up but nothing too bad."At one point in the waning ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 05, 2010 at 8:44 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Football: Sunlake 45, Mitchell 7
TRINITY — For the first time in five games, someone scored on the Sunlake defense. It wasn't nearly enough, however, as the Seahawks dismantled the Mustangs (5-3, 3-2) through the air and on the ground 45-7 Friday."We missed a couple tackles that should have been made, but you've got to ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 22, 2010 at 8:32 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Football: Sunlake 59, Zephyrhills 0
LAND O'LAKES — Sunlake posted its fourth shutout of the season, annihilating Zephyrhills 59-0 Friday."We take a lot of pride in our defense," Sunlake coach Bill Browning said. "It was what we were striving for when we came out."The Seahawk (6-0, 4-0) defense held the Bulldogs (0-6, 0-4) to 122 ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 15, 2010 at 8:28 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
Football: Clearwater Central Catholic 31, Wiregrass Ranch 28
WESLEY CHAPEL — Two first-half turnovers and a fourth-quarter fumble were the deciding factors in the 31-28 Wiregrass Ranch loss to Clearwater Central Catholic on Friday."We made critical mistakes that first half which cost us this football game," Bulls coach Jeremy Shobe said. "We definitely battled with field position for ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 01, 2010 at 8:59 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim