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Three Wharton football players set to sign
Three players from Wharton will soon sign with college football programs, according to Wildcats coach David Mitchell. Chief among the trio is Rocky Enos, a Times' all-Suncoast linebacker who plans to attend Webber International in Babson Park. Other Wildcats set to sign are offensive lineman Arieon Caldwell (Methodist University in ...
Read moreWed. April 24, 2013 at 6:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Keith Hopkins
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Recruit: Rocky Enos
Webber International
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Recruit: Keith Hopkins
District baseball roundup: Wharton's late-season surge takes out Alonso
VALRICO — Before the district tournament started Monday, Wharton coach Scott Hoffman noticed a funny little quirk about the bracket. It looked awfully familiar. The Wildcats were poised to face the same teams they had last year, when they won the District 8A-7 championship and made it to the region ...
Read moreTue. April 23, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Recruiting roundup: Jesuit's Vincent Jackson finds Saban's tricks a treat
TAMPA – To fans of college football, the tale of Nick Saban’s customary reception to University of Alabama recruits has become the stuff of legend. As the story goes, Saban – usually wearing a suit and crimson-colored tie in most retellings – invites the recruit into his office, offers him ...
Read moreSat. April 20, 2013 at 3:45 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Nate Craig
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Recruit: Vincent Jackson
University of Alabama
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Recruit: Nate Craig
District baseball: Leto bringing pride back to program
TAMPA — If granted an attentive audience, J.J. Pizzio will waste little time before launching into the case for Leto. The Falcons’ baseball coach points to athletic facilities — including a lush green infield — that rival all but a few in the county. He runs through a list of ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 11:23 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis: Plant's top doubles team ends partnership with one more title
If there’s an easier way to win a state championship, Plant doubles partners Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez never figured it out. In their final high school match together, Martin and Rodriguez defeated Parkland Douglas’ Kellyn Abbanat and Kaela Bynoe 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) in the Class 4A overall doubles final ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 4:16 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Final regular-season baseball super 7, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday 1. Jesuit (22-2): No longer the nation’s top-ranked team, Jesuit will have to settle for being No. 1 in the county following its first losses of the season in the final week of the regular season. 2. King (19-3): Surrendered more than two runs ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 3:58 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis: Tested, but triumphant Plant girls nab third straight title
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — In the shade just outside of the court, with only one set left in their season, Plant doubles partners Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez found themselves on the brink of total exhaustion. Martin was sprawled on the concrete, getting her cramping hamstrings stretched by an on-site trainer ...
Read moreThu. April 18, 2013 at 11:14 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Fate steps in for Tampa Catholic's Christian Freeman
TAMPA — One of the hardest days was Feb. 6, when two of his teammates and thousands of athletes around the country signed their letters of intent to accept college athletic scholarships. Christian Freeman still went to Tampa Catholic’s signing day ceremony that afternoon, stifling his disappointment long enough to ...
Read moreThu. April 18, 2013 at 12:13 a.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Christian Freeman
Southeastern University
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Recruit: Christian Freeman
State tennis: Another title on tap for Plant girls
Plant's girls are poised to win their third consecutive Class 4A championship after Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez qualified for the team singles finals and both doubles teams advanced Wednesday. The Panthers were tied for first place with at least one team at the end of the first day of ...
Read moreWed. April 17, 2013 at 11:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis roundup: Disappointing end to King's impressive season
Near the end, as the muscles in his legs finally clenched in agony and the cramps swept over him, King freshman Vignesh Bhethanabotla called out for a trainer. Bhethanabotla, the Lions’ No. 3 player, was on the verge of defeat in his second-round team singles match Monday. And in the ...
Read moreMon. April 15, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis: Plant brings fullcourt press back to finals a sixth straight time
TAMPA — No matter the pain or inconvenience, Erica Oosterhout was determined to accompany her Plant teammates to the state finals. Oosterhout had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during a soccer tournament the week before the finals, a lamentable bit of timing for the then-freshman and ...
Read moreMon. April 15, 2013 at 8:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Freedom DB Romp commits to Berry
Freedom senior defensive back Zach Romp has committed to Berry College in Georgia, according to coach Todd Donohoe. Last fall, the 5-foot-9, 166-pound Romp had 37 tackles, two interceptions and defended six passes for the Patriots. Berry College is a private liberal arts college of about 1,900 students in northwest ...
Read moreFri. April 12, 2013 at 5:24 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Zach Romp
Berry College
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Recruit: Zach Romp
Region tennis roundup: State again awaits Plant girls
TAMPA — There were about a half-dozen slices of white birthday cake set atop the park bench. A celebratory sushi dinner awaited the girls when their intra-squad doubles match was over. Everyone was all smiles, seemingly just another day at the park for the defending Class 4A state champions. “It’s ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 9:55 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Baseball super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (21-0): One of the state’s toughest stretches awaits Tigers near the end of the regular season, including Seminole (15-6), Sarasota (16-5) and nationally-ranked Venice (18-2). 2. Steinbrenner (18-1): Hard not to look ahead to the Warriors’ regular-season finale against Jefferson on Thursday. ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 4:22 p.m. | Joel Anderson
King baseball coach suspended three weeks
King baseball coach Jim Macaluso has been suspended three weeks by the Florida High School Athletic Association following his ejection from a game Saturday. Macaluso was removed from the game against Bloomingdale after confronting an official about a play at second base in the third inning, according to an officials’ ...
Read moreWed. April 10, 2013 at 12:45 p.m. | Joel Anderson