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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
Region tennis roundup: Plant girls back on path to success
TAMPA — Only a week from the state finals last year, Plant girls coach Margaret Drumsta got a phone call from her then-starting freshman Erica Oosterhout. In a bit of incredibly bad timing, Oosterhout had torn a ligament in her left knee during a soccer tournament and would be out ...
Read moreTue. April 09, 2013 at 10:46 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Plant's Andrew Beck opts for 'home' team, picks Texas
TAMPA — The photo is from about seven years ago, when Mack Brown was coming off a season that ended with a national title and Andrew Beck was a brawny 10-year-old with a buzz cut. Brown stared ahead at the camera with a wan smile and both hands on his ...
Read moreTue. April 09, 2013 at 10:15 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Andrew Beck
Texas Christian University, University of Texas
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Recruit: Andrew Beck
Baseball: Jesuit continues dominance with Easter Tournament title
TAMPA — Jesuit right-hander Jordan Parnell quickly tallied the first three outs, turning things over to an offense that averages 12 runs per game. Then the Tigers’ first four batters each got a hit against Knoxville (Tenn.) Catholic starter Austin Kearney, three of them doubles. By the time the first ...
Read moreFri. April 05, 2013 at 11:56 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Ohio continues push into bay area, offers two Durant players
Ohio University has extended the first scholarship offers for a pair of Durant defenders, defensive end Dontriel Perry and defensive lineman Chris Powell, according to coach Mike Gottman. Perry and Powell, both juniors, were important contributors for a Cougars defense that surrendered little more than nine points per game in ...
Read moreFri. April 05, 2013 at 7:37 a.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Chris Powell
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Recruit: Dontriel Perry
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Recruit: Chris Powell
Baseball: Gaither's Permuy to retire at end of next season
Gaither baseball coach Frank Permuy, the program’s only head coach since the school opened in 1984, has announced he will retire at the end of the 2014 season. Permuy said he will step down after his 31st season at Gaither, putting a close to one of the most prolific coaching ...
Read moreThu. April 04, 2013 at 11:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Revised Jesuit Easter Tournament schedule
The Jesuit Easter Baseball Tournament canceled all of its games Thursday because of rain storms that forced the postponement of sports events all around the county. Jesuit athletic director Terry Rupp released the revised schedule, with All Hallows and St. Francis, both of New York, playing at 9 a.m. Friday. ...
Read moreThu. April 04, 2013 at 5:43 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: Hillsborough super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (18-0): Won first two games of the Easter Tournament by a combined score of 12-1, proving the Tigers can dominate out-of-state opponents, too. 2. Steinbrenner (15-1): Cole Gordon leads the county with six homers, including the game winner in a big district ...
Read moreThu. April 04, 2013 at 12:16 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: Newsome gets just enough offense vs. Danish, Durant
LITHIA — When they heard the familiar crack of bat meeting 90-something mph fastball, Scott Dubrule made a dash for first base and Jarred Rondeau took off for home. With the teams locked in a scoreless tie in the bottom of the fifth inning, Newsome needed to seize on this ...
Read moreTue. April 02, 2013 at 11:23 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Basketball: Times' all-Suncoast girls basketball teams
Girls Player of the Year: F Faith Woodard, Sr. Freedom They would spend hours in the quiet of the Bloomingdale High gymnasium, Erica Woodard and her younger, smaller and precociously ambitious shadow. “Faith was my little Mini-Me,” Erica explained. As Erica went through her workouts, stopping every now and ...
Read moreSat. March 30, 2013 at 3:34 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: Hillsborough super seven, statistics
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday 1. Jesuit (16-0): Tigers are cruising into their Jesuit Baseball Easter Tournament next week, defeating opponents by an average of 12-1. 2. Steinbrenner (14-1): Remains undefeated in District 7A-9, notching wins over Wiregrass Ranch and Gaither this week. 3. Durant (13-4): Right-hander Tyler Danish ...
Read moreFri. March 29, 2013 at 6:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Baseball: No denying Jesuit's talent — or desire
TAMPA — Kennie Taylor is a 155-pound sophomore, the smallest and youngest regular on what is generally regarded as the nation’s best high school baseball team. Though diminutive relative to his teammates, Taylor’s exceptional speed and precocious talent earned him a spot at the top of Jesuit’s lineup earlier in ...
Read moreFri. March 29, 2013 at 5:43 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Tampa Prep coach Cindy Schofield to be inducted into FSU Hall of Fame
Tampa Prep girls soccer coach Cindy Schofield will be inducted into the Florida State University Athletics Hall of Fame in September. Schofield, who played for the Seminoles from 1999-2002, was the first two-time all-Atlantic Coast Conference selection in Florida State history. She set more than 31 school records, including becoming ...
Read moreFri. March 29, 2013 at 5:05 p.m. | Joel Anderson