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Wharton's Drew Vanderbrook signs with junior college
Wharton low-post reserve Drew Vanderbrook signed Thursday with Indian River State College, a two-year program in Fort Pierce. A 6-foot-8 Freedom transfer, Vanderbrook said he chose IRSC over a handful of other junior colleges and Division III programs. He becomes the second member of Wharton's Class 8A final four team ...
Read moreThu. May 16, 2013 at 3:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Drew Vanderbrook
Indian River State College
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Recruit: Drew Vanderbrook
Durant's Paige Davis signs with juco program
Durant senior ace Paige Davis, who helped lead the "Cardiac Cougars" to the Class 8A state title in 2012, formally signed her paperwork Wednesday with South Florida State College, a two-year program in Avon Park. The Tampa Bay Times' All-Suncoast Pitcher of the Year in '12, Davis leaned more on ...
Read moreThu. May 16, 2013 at 8:46 a.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Paige Davis
South Florida State College
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Recruit: Paige Davis
Lin-sanity overtakes Tiger Palace
The fervor over the Jesuit basketball team's state championship season reached a new level of euphoria Tuesday afternoon. Lin-sanity. Beneath a shroud of secrecy, Houston Rockets PG Jeremy Lin made a 90-minute cameo Tuesday at the Tiger Palace, where he engaged in a pickup game with the seniors from Jesuit's ...
Read moreWed. May 15, 2013 at 11:23 a.m. | Joey Knight
Offers mounting for Chiefs' Anthony Davis
Chamberlain rising senior DE Anthony Davis said Tuesday he has received a scholarship offer from Middle Tennessee, bringing his offer total to the double-digit stratosphere. Currently deemed a three-star recruit by Rivals.com, Davis (5-foot-11, 215 pounds) said he also has been offered by Houston, Massachusetts, Minnesota, Texas Tech, Toledo, Tulane, ...
Read moreTue. May 14, 2013 at 8:40 p.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Anthony Davis
Middle Tennessee, Texas Tech, Toledo, University of Massachusetts, University of Minnesota, University of South Florida, West Virginia University
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Recruit: Anthony Davis
HomeTeam Huddle: Here's how things figure at Strawberry Crest
A numerical snapshot of spring drills at Strawberry Crest 1 Former head coach on second-year coach John Kelly’s staff. Jeremy Shobe, who compiled an 11-30 mark in four years at Wiregrass Ranch and led the Bulls to the program’s first playoff berth, is coaching linebackers. 2 Formal offers — from ...
Read moreMon. May 13, 2013 at 7:40 p.m. | Joey Knight
State softball: Freedom finds no answer for Aquinas pitching in 7A final loss
VERO BEACH — They’re staging the state prep softball finals on the grounds once known as Dodgertown, where no less an immortal than Sandy Koufax once worked his arm into shape each March. At times Thursday night, it seemed he still was working. A mesmerizing southpaw ended the greatest season ...
Read moreThu. May 09, 2013 at 10:17 p.m. | Joey Knight
Holy Names hurdler Ryann McEnany bound for UF
Academy of the Holy names state hurdling medalist Ryann McEnany confirmed to the Tampa Bay Times on Tuesday evening she has committed to the University of Florida. McEnany, who earned two medals at the Class 2A state meet -- one in hurdles, one for a relay -- said she expects ...
Read moreWed. May 08, 2013 at 7:13 p.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Ryann McEnany
University of Florida
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Recruit: Ryann McEnany
State softball: A Patriots primer
Their historic trek has occurred mostly under the radar. For 2 1/2 months, the Freedom Patriots quietly compiled an 18-3 regular-season mark before a resounding run — equal parts clutch and cacophonous — through the region playoffs. To be sure, we’ve learned much about the mettle of this team in the ...
Read moreTue. May 07, 2013 at 6:35 p.m. | Joey Knight
Gators offer Tampa Prep's Juwan Durham
Billy Donovan has become the latest in-state college coach to offer Tampa Prep freshman Juwan Durham a scholarship. Terrapins coach Joe Fenlon confirmed Monday evening Durham, a 6-foot-9 low-post standout, has received an offer from the University of Florida. FSU and USF previously offered Durham, as have "many" out-of-state coaches, ...
Read moreMon. May 06, 2013 at 9:24 p.m. | Joey Knight
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Recruit: Juwan Durham
Florida State University, University of Florida, University of South Florida
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Recruit: Juwan Durham
4A track: Bloomingdale relay runs smartest
Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — Bloomingdale junior Andrew LeBlanc felt the southerly gusts, saw the rain being blown horizontally, peered at the gray northeast Florida sky, and knew it was the Bulls’ day. “I felt pretty good,” the junior 4x800-meter relay anchor said, “because I knew it would be a tactical ...
Read moreSat. May 04, 2013 at 10:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
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