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4A track: St. Petersburg vaulter at best in less-than-ideal conditions
Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — As gusts of roughly 20 mph sent pellets of rain blowing horizontally across Hodges Stadium, St. Petersburg pole vaulter Cayman Ellis wondered if the atonement for which he had spent a year toiling would arrive. “All the time we were waiting, I thought they were going ...
Read moreSat. May 04, 2013 at 9:48 p.m. | Joey Knight
3A state track: Terriers' Green golden on a gray day
photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — He embarked on the Class 3A meet with a state record in his sights. He ended it with pellets of rain in his face. Hoping to make a splash in the final meet of his prolific prep career, Hillsborough senior Jeremiah Green did just that — ...
Read moreFri. May 03, 2013 at 10:21 p.m. | Joey Knight
3A state track: Springstead's Harris, River Ridge's Bales win fight to gain height
Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — It was a day made for ponchos, not personal records. One taste of Friday’s meteorological cocktail of gray skies, gusts and a ceaseless drizzle, and Springstead high jumper Bobby Harris knew his hopes of equaling his career best of 6 foot, 9 inches at the Class ...
Read moreFri. May 03, 2013 at 10:13 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region softball semifinals roundup: Freedom makes early lead hold up
The first postseason in Freedom softball history has been extended. First by the weather, and now by some timely offense. Caroline Whiteside’s bases-loaded walk in the second stood up as the winning RBI for the Patriots, who struck early and held on for a 4-2 win against reigning state champ ...
Read moreThu. May 02, 2013 at 7:11 p.m. | Joey Knight
Senior quintet does heavy lifting for Warriors track
Seedings indicate the Steinbrenner boys 4x800-meter relay team has a reasonable chance of finishing first at Friday's Class 3A state meet. Checking in first? That's a foregone certainty. Punctuality is a concept the Warriors have come to hold as dearly as a baton. When some stragglers showed up at an ...
Read moreThu. May 02, 2013 at 6:06 p.m. | Joey Knight
Track: Alonso's Taylor-Haynes is at ease in the fast lane
TAMPA — His rubberized straightaways often are preceded by rocky road. Each Friday during track season, Alonso senior William Taylor-Haynes and a buddy head to a local Target, buy a gallon of ice cream and pop the lid before hitting the parking lot. “I just eat it out of the ...
Read moreWed. May 01, 2013 at 8:12 p.m. | Joey Knight
Tampa Bay Christian opts out of FHSAA
The Florida High School Athletic Association's five-month probe of Tampa Bay Christian's boys basketball program has come to a screeching halt. And the school itself applied the brakes. By withdrawing from the FHSAA. Tampa-based attorney Peter Hobson, who has represented the school during the investigation, said the mounting costs and ...
Read moreWed. May 01, 2013 at 7:06 p.m. | Joey Knight
Seven Berkeley Prep athletes sign
Seven Berkeley Prep athletes representing five sports signed college paperwork Tuesday before dozens of peers, parents and well-wishers in a Straz Family Field House conference room. The school also recognized senior rowing standout Carli Willis, a recent state bronze medalist in women's single scull who will be signing with Duke. ...
Read moreTue. April 30, 2013 at 1:35 p.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Anderson Baldy
Washington and Lee University
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Recruit: Anderson Baldy
Hillsborough: Softball region semifinal capsules
Region softball semifinals 7 p.m. Tuesday unless noted Durant (20-8) at Palm Harbor University (24-4) First pitch: 4 p.m. At stake: Winner faces Orlando Timber Creek/Orlando East River winner in Friday’s Class 8A region finals Who’s hot for Durant: Everyone with a bat. The Cougars, hitting .363 as a team, ...
Read moreMon. April 29, 2013 at 3:37 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hundreds gather to remember former LOL coach John Benedetto
LUTZ — His Carrollwood Village backyard was a resplendent testament to his botanical side. John Benedetto, son of a Long Island gardener, cultivated roses and run-block schemes in equal profusion. “He could take an old swingset and turn it into a botanical miracle,” Al Claggett, who met Benedetto at the ...
Read moreSat. April 27, 2013 at 4:04 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region softball roundup: Chargers' Tyler endures pain for win
DOVER — The only thing higher than Sammy Tyler’s strikeout total Thursday was her pain threshold. Pitching with a partially torn left quad, the Strawberry Crest junior grimaced her way through a masterpiece: 12 strikeouts, two hits, no walks in a 5-0 victory against Palmetto in the Class 6A region ...
Read moreThu. April 25, 2013 at 11:37 p.m. | Joey Knight
3A-3 region track: Relay teams notch Hillsborough County's lone titles
At Punta Gorda, Strawberry Crest’s girls 4x100 relay team and the East Bay boys 4x400 squad captured the county’s lone 3A-3 region track titles. The Chargers foursome, led by seniors Brittany Barber and Yasmine Gardiner, placed third in the prelims (49.27 seconds) before recording a season-best time (48.58) in the ...
Read moreThu. April 25, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joey Knight
Several Knights to sign Monday
Nineteen Robinson athletes, including a dozen members of the the Knights' 11-2 football team, will sign college paperwork Monday morning, the school announced. Among them are QB Zain Gilmore, Jr., who will sign with Division I-AA Eastern Kentucky after receiving an offer late last week. Linemen Ted Kelly and Brooks ...
Read moreThu. April 25, 2013 at 5:13 p.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Zain Gilmore
Eastern Kentucky
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Recruit: Zain Gilmore
Claggett remembers Benedetto: 'He was magic'
His 68-year-old eyes gleam as the memory bubbles to the surface. His smile widens as it crashes upward, dripping with joy and irreverence after decades of submergence. Al Claggett can just see his best friend, John Benedetto, spinning a throng of second-graders on one of those manual merry-go-rounds — the ...
Read moreThu. April 25, 2013 at 2:13 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region track: Green Devils get fired up
TAMPA — For St. Petersburg senior Shantel Bentley, race time is rage time. “I always get really, really angry before running,” the Green Devils senior 4x100-meter relay star said. “I don’t know why, I just think of a lot of stuff and I’ll be like, ‘This (anger) is what has ...
Read moreWed. April 24, 2013 at 11:46 p.m. | Joey Knight