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  • Spring football: Jamboree at Freedom

    At Freedom Scores: Tampa Bay Tech 26, Wharton 0 King 12, Freedom 6 Spring game-breakers: Tampa Bay Tech’s all-Deon backfield is going to be a handful — a couple handfuls, actually — in the fall. Thompson, the rising senior running back, started off the game with a 66-yard touchdown run ...
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    Thu. May 23, 2013 at 11:39 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: Underdog definitely gets its day vs. Jesuit

    State baseball: Underdog definitely gets its day vs. Jesuit FORT MYERS — The breakthrough seemed only a run away, especially after Daniel Portales delivered the tying single in the bottom of the fourth. Then Jesuit failed to score with the bases loaded. It happened again with runners at first and third base in the bottom of the fifth. In ...
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    Wed. May 22, 2013 at 11:53 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: Sting goes a little deeper this time for King

    State baseball: Sting goes a little deeper this time for King photo gallery FORT MYERS — Every one of Jim Macaluso’s 38 years at King has ended without a state championship. Most, in fact, ended in the district tournament and more than a dozen came to a close in regionals. Only three times in Macaluso’s storied career have the Lions come ...
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    Wed. May 22, 2013 at 7:01 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: King's Morales always possessed a special delivery

    State baseball: King's Morales always possessed a special delivery TAMPA — That powerful right arm has almost always dazzled coaches and scouts, from those toddler T-ball leagues to high school all-star showcases. To most everyone else, it seemed a certainty Brett Morales would someday use that arm to become a starting quarterback for a high school football team or ...
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    Tue. May 21, 2013 at 8:37 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Cambridge's Marsonek steps down; Texas coach takes his place

    Cambridge's Marsonek steps down; Texas coach takes his place Cambridge Christian, which has won three region championships in the past six years, announced Tuesday its hiring of Sam Blackmon as head coach after the recent resignation of Sam Marsonek. Blackmon most recently coached at East Texas Baptist University, an NCAA Division III school, from 2006-12. He was head coach ...
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    Tue. May 21, 2013 at 12:35 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: A frustrating first final for Durant

    State baseball: A frustrating first final for Durant photo gallery FORT MYERS — Down to a final out, trailing by five runs, the reality of the situation finally rushed over Tyler Danish. He fought back the tears, stepped into the batter’s box and gave a few futile swings. It was one of those rare moments this season when ...
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    Sat. May 18, 2013 at 11:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: Danish does what Danish does best for Durant

    State baseball: Danish does what Danish does best for Durant photo gallery FORT MYERS — Those scouting reports revealed only so much. Phoning up coaching friends elicited all of the predictable acclaim. And the statistics — essentially, lots of zeroes — only confirmed the extent of the challenge. But within a few innings Friday, Hialeah American coach Ricky Gutierrez came ...
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    Fri. May 17, 2013 at 4:36 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: With a star frontman, Durant finds way to harmonize

    State baseball: With a star frontman, Durant finds way to harmonize DURANT — On paper, and in the minds of many fans and opponents, Durant is the consummate one-man band: Tyler Danish and the Cougars. Danish leads the team in batting average (.415), RBIs (25) and home runs (a school-record eight). But the UF signee saves his best work for the ...
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    Wed. May 15, 2013 at 8:42 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • State baseball: Cambridge's early-season doubts now a distant memory

    State baseball: Cambridge's early-season doubts now a distant memory TAMPA — The first practice of the season has now become the stuff of legend, almost entirely because of how truly awful it was. Cambridge Christian welcomed about a dozen players to that February practice, hoping as many as five of them would be able to replace graduated starters. That ...
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    Tue. May 14, 2013 at 7:58 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Alonso WR/DE Davis nabs first offer from FAU

    Alonso receiver and defensive back Derius Davis has received his first college scholarship offer, to Florida Atlantic, he said via his Twitter account Monday. Davis, a rising senior, seemed primed for a big summer on the 7-on-7 circuit and autumn with the Ravens until suffering a severe knee injury last ...
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    Tue. May 14, 2013 at 9:47 a.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Cambridge Christian's Robertson, Park sign

    TAMPA — Two seniors at Cambridge Christian made their commitments official Monday when they signed with a pair of college sports programs. Robbie Robertson signed a letter of intent to play football at Stetson University, while Brandon Park has accepted an offer to play basketball at Berry College in Georgia. ...
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    Mon. May 13, 2013 at 5:40 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Region baseball roundup: Durant books first trip to state

    Region baseball roundup: Durant books first trip to state DURANT — For the plan to work, Chaz Fowler had to keep the game within striking distance and Durant needed to punish Orlando Timber Creek for pitching around Tyler Danish. So much of the Cougars’ winning formula revolved around Danish on Friday night, from getting him to the mound to ...
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    Sat. May 11, 2013 at 12:18 a.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Region baseball: Tampa Catholic hoping lesson in losses pays off

    Region baseball: Tampa Catholic hoping lesson in losses pays off TAMPA — Tampa Catholic’s first two games against the nation’s No. 1 team went poorly: two losses by a combined 26 runs. A third opportunity against the top-ranked team in the country ended in another defeat, but the Crusaders were heartened by their fortitude in a 3-1 loss. “We’ve already ...
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    Thu. May 09, 2013 at 11:29 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Five seniors add to Plant's college-bound contingent

    Five Plant seniors made their commitments official Wednesday, bringing the total of Panthers bound for college football programs in the fall to 15. The signees are: quarterback Kyle Groh (Ohio Wesleyan), defensive end Kareem Martin (Lindenwood University in Missouri), defensive lineman-linebacker Eliel Shines (Seton Hill in Pennsylvania), defensive lineman Gage ...
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    Wed. May 08, 2013 at 11:33 p.m. | Joel Anderson

  • Region baseball semifinals roundup: Danish leads Durant shutout with 14 Ks

    Region baseball semifinals roundup: Danish leads Durant shutout with 14 Ks EAST LAKE — Never mind what may have been said over social media, or from the aluminum bleachers, or from the fences along the foul lines, or even in those fleeting moments between fastballs. Here’s what was said when the game was all over, when Tyler Danish had done what ...
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    Wed. May 08, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. | Joel Anderson

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