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Boys soccer: Gilboy reaches milestone as Seahawks clinch top seed
LAND O’LAKES — It didn’t take the direct path most of his goals do, but considering the circumstances Connor Gilboy wasn’t complaining. The Sunlake senior’s deflected shot with 13:30 left Thursday was Gilboy’s 100th career goal, and it gave the Seahawks a 2-1 win over archrival Land O’Lakes. It kept ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 10:30 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Girls basketball: Depth gives Royal Knights edge vs. Gators
LAND O’LAKES — Holding Leah Ford to one field goal would have been a sure way to secure victory against River Ridge earlier this season. But Ford, who averages nearly 20 points, is getting a lot more help these days. Teammates Kayle Stark and Jaylnn Hoolihan scored in double figures ...
Read moreTue. Jan. 08, 2013 at 10:24 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Boys basketball: Mitchell pulls out a nail biter vs. Ridgewood
NEW PORT RICHEY — Mitchell rallied from nine points down early in the fourth quarter for a pulse-pounding 67-64 win over Ridgewood on Friday night. “That was good to get the ol’ adrenaline back going after a week off,” Mitchell coach Jared St. Charles said. Despite being on the wrong ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 04, 2013 at 11:06 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Girls basketball: Academy at the Lakes wins Jaguar Holiday Classic title over Plant
TAMPA — Last year was a breakthrough season for the Academy at the Lakes girls basketball team, which turned a first trip to the playoffs into a state Final Four appearance. But the Wildcats may have outdone that achievement Saturday.AATL soundly defeated Plant 51-37 to win the championship of the ...
Read moreSat. Dec. 29, 2012 at 8:17 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Girls basketball: Academy at the Lakes, Plant reach Jaguar Holiday Tournament final
TAMPA — Academy at the Lakes, the smallest school entered in the Jaguar Holiday Tournament, will challenge the event's biggest school for the championship today.Both AATL and Plant earned close victories in Friday's semifinals, the Wildcats beating host Academy of the Holy Names 38-33 and Plant outlasting Steinbrenner 46-43. The ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 28, 2012 at 9:02 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Strawberry Crest boys soccer seniors never stopped believing
DOVER — They told Plant City just wait until 2012.They told Durant just wait until we're seniors.They were right.Strawberry Crest's boys soccer team is undefeated. Not bad for a fourth-year program, but especially not bad for one that has never finished with a winning record.While no one on the team ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 26, 2012 at 12:09 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Boys soccer: Mitchell 2, Land O'Lakes 1
NEW PORT RICHEY — Dillon Martin created the go-ahead goal, then came in quite handy in the closing seconds to secure Mitchell's 2-1 victory over Land O' Lakes in boys soccer Friday.With 10 minutes left, Martin played a long ball that was mishandled by Gators goalie Tommy Koen. It came ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 21, 2012 at 9:01 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Girls basketball: Gulf shows poise at free-throw line
NEW PORT RICHEY — The tape around her injured right hand didn’t stop Gulf’s Kayla Kivinski from getting to the free-throw line, a place where she continues to excel. Kivinski made nine straight foul shots, part of a 22-point game Friday night as the host Bucs defeated Fivay 65-45. With ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 14, 2012 at 10:07 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Girls soccer: With help from Villareal, Gators clinch top seed in district
LAND O’LAKES — What looked like a typical Land O’Lakes-Sunlake girls soccer game, namely one without goals, needed some kind of a spark Tuesday. Raquel Villareal supplied it, but don’t expect her to explain how it happened. “I have no idea how I scored,” said Villareal, who took advantage of ...
Read moreTue. Dec. 11, 2012 at 8:55 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Girls basketball: Steinbrenner passes test from Wiregrass
WESLEY CHAPEL — Steinbrenner withstood persistent Wiregrass Ranch, which held the Warriors scoreless for the second quarter, to win 39-35 in District 7A-9 play Tuesday. The Warriors remained undefeated, though in far different fashion than Monday’s emotional victory at Tampa Bay Tech. In that one Bailey Hooker scored 29 and ...
Read moreTue. Dec. 04, 2012 at 9:07 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Boys basketball: Ridgewood's Ficarro on target from 3-point range
TRINITY — Ridgewood senior Tristan Ficarro sank a career-best seven 3-pointers as the Rams defeated Central 67-52 Tuesday in the Mitchell Thanksgiving Invite. Host Mitchell, and earlier Berkeley Prep and Kathleen, won to finish the eight-team event with 2-0 marks. Mitchell and Berkeley had a running clock early in the ...
Read moreTue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 10:23 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Region football: East Lake 31, Treasure Coast 20
TARPON SPRINGS — If East Lake plays like it did in the first half Friday, the Eagles will be a tough out in the playoffs. East Lake scored touchdowns on its first four drives and was up 31-0, too big of a lead in a 31-20 victory over Treasure Coast. ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 12:52 a.m. | Darek Sharp
Plant City's Wyckoff signs to play softball at USF
Plant City senior Kristen Wyckoff signed her letter of intent Friday to play softball at USF. Wyckoff said the only other school she was seriously considering was Florida. USF was enarmored of her blazing speed, which made the leadoff hitter the fourth best in the state with 42 steals last ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 16, 2012 at 5:38 p.m. | Darek Sharp
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Recruit: Kristen Wyckoff
University of South Florida
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Recruit: Kristen Wyckoff
Football: Land O'Lakes 15, River Ridge 14
LAND O'LAKES — River Ridge's mad scramble for a winning field goal ended with Kyle Forchion blocking it as Land O'Lakes won its home finale Friday night, 15-14.Forchion's brother Justin had just sacked River Ridge's Josh Maisel for a 10-yard loss. Since the Royal Knights were out of timeouts they ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 8:22 p.m. | Darek Sharp
District cross country: Brandon girls, Armwood boys win 3A-9 meet
DOVER — The Brandon girls and Armwood boys won the team titles at Tuesday afternoon’s Class 3A, District 9 cross country meet. Brandon freshman Eliana Ochoa smoked the field in 20:54, a full 2:22 ahead of runnerup and teammate Victoria Prenatt. The Eagles’ Guadalupe Espinoza-Martinez was third. Strawberry Crest’s girls ...
Read moreTue. Oct. 30, 2012 at 5:43 p.m. | Darek Sharp