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  • Wiregrass GK Wetherby commits to Navy

    Wiregrass Ranch junior goalkeeper Dayton Wetherby has committed to play soccer at Navy, Bulls coach Erin Dodd said in an email Wednesday morning. Wetherby posted 11 shutouts and allowed only 11 goals all season for Wiregrass Ranch (17-5). She recorded 78 saves and allowed just over half a goal per ...
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    Wed. Feb. 22, 2012 at 9:46 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • Wiregrass' Boateng looking at New Mexico school (Wednesday update)

    Wiregrass Ranch lineman Edmond Boateng has postponed his college decision, Bulls coach Jeremy Shobe said Wednesday morning. Boateng, a 6-foot-4, 230-pound senior also has an offer for a full scholarship at Division I-AA program Arkansas-Pine Bluff and is receiving interest from Butler (Kan.) Community College. He also has an offer ...
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    Tue. Feb. 21, 2012 at 9:47 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Region boys basketball: Ingram changes tone for Nature Coast in win over Hudson

    BROOKSVILLE — Nature Coast needed a spark from point guard Donovan Ingram early in Tuesday’s Class 5A region semifinal against Hudson. Once the Sharks got it, they were unstoppable. Ingram’s penetration led a big run to close the first quarter, and Nature Coast dominated the rest of the way to ...
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    Tue. Feb. 21, 2012 at 9:41 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • State girls basketball: FAMU cuts short AATL's first trip to Class 2A semifinals

    State girls basketball: FAMU cuts short AATL's first trip to Class 2A semifinals LAKELAND — After Academy at the Lakes rallied from 23 down in the third quarter to make it a nine-point game with six minutes left, Florida A&M High pulled ahead the same way it had all game. Forward LaKaris Salter hit back-to-back shots and blocked another to end the Wildcats’ ...
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    Tue. Feb. 21, 2012 at 4:30 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • LOL's Williams signs with Phoenix juco

    Land O’Lakes LB Shadow Williams has signed with Phoenix Community College, Gators coach Brian Wachtel said Tuesday morning. Williams was one of the North Suncoast’s top defensive players over the last two years. Despite missing time with a hand injury, the 6-foot, 221-pound Williams recorded 62 tackles, three sacks and ...
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    Tue. Feb. 21, 2012 at 9:37 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • North Suncoast region boys basketball capsules

    North Suncoast region boys basketball capsules Boys basketball region semifinals All game Tuesday night at 7 Class 6A, Land O’Lakes (22-6) at Winter Haven (19-7) Winner meets: Sickles/Palmetto winner in the region final Saturday How they advanced: Land O’Lakes’ stingy defense held Lake Gibson to 10 first-half points, and the Gators cruised to a 53-30 win ...
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    Mon. Feb. 20, 2012 at 12:39 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Boys soccer: Land O'Lakes falls in 3A state final

    Boys soccer: Land O'Lakes falls in 3A state final TAMPA — On an overcast Saturday afternoon, Land O’Lakes coach Mark Pearson accepted the Class 3A runnerup trophy with a silver medal around his neck and a solemn look on his face. “I’ve had a runnerup trophy,” Pearson said. What he and the Gators don’t yet have is a state ...
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    Sat. Feb. 18, 2012 at 12:55 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Class 3A boys soccer state final capsule

    Class 3A boys soccer state final capsule Land O’Lakes (22-3-2) vs. Plantation American Heritage (27-3-3) When/where: 11:05 a.m. Satruday at USF soccer complex Admission: $9 per session; parking is $5. TV: BHSN Skinny: The Gators have long been a North Suncoast juggernaut under coach Mark Pearson, but they can cement themselves as a state power with their ...
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    Fri. Feb. 17, 2012 at 2:06 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • North Suncoast girls basketball region final capsules

    Girls basketball region finals Both games at 7 Saturday night Class 5A, Gulf (28-2) at Bartram Trail (21-6): The Buccaneers reloaded this season and find themselves in the region finals for the second time in school history. Sophomore Kayla Kivinski (18.2 points, 9.2 rebounds per game) is a player of ...
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    Fri. Feb. 17, 2012 at 1:40 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Region boys basketball: Academy at the Lakes will take 'ugly' win

    Academy at the Lakes overcame a five-point deficit midway through the fourth quarter Thursday to squeak by Lake Wales Vanguard 49-48 in the Class 2A region quarterfinals. “We’ll take an ugly one,” coach Tom Haslam said. “That’s okay.” And it was ugly. The Wildcats (16-9) trailed for much of the ...
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    Thu. Feb. 16, 2012 at 9:40 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Region boys basketball: Winter Haven manhandles Mitchell

    WINTER HAVEN — Midway through Mitchell’s nine-minute field-goal drought in Thursday night’s 71-29 loss to Winter Haven in the Class 6A region quarterfinals, the Mustangs air-balled a shot and missed the putback. Winter Haven responded with an alley-oop layup. That’s how the night went for Mitchell (20-8), which saw its ...
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    Thu. Feb. 16, 2012 at 9:22 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Darren Hambrick picks up second offer

    Darren Hambrick, LB, Hernando (6-2, 215 pounds The latest: Hambrick picked up his second Division I offer Thursday when Western Kentucky extended a scholarship to him. Offers: Western Kentucky, Kent State. Last season: Hambrick was one of the Leopards’ leaders with 81 tackles and 5.5 sacks. He also had a fumble ...
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    Thu. Feb. 16, 2012 at 11:21 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • More details emerge in Land O'Lakes false address incident

    A football player used a booster’s personal business address as his home address to enroll at Land O’Lakes, according to documents released by the Florida High School Athletic Association on Thursday. “Upon further review by the school, we determined that the address being used was at a local business, owned ...
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    Thu. Feb. 16, 2012 at 11:17 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • Wiregrass' McCaffrey named FACA All-Star

    Wiregrass Ranch’s Kelly McCaffrey has been selected to play in the Florida Athletic Coaches Association’s girls basketball all-star game next month, Bulls coach John Gant said Thursday morning. McCaffrey was one of the North Suncoast’s leading scorers, averaging 19.2 points per game this season. The 5-foot-9 senior guard also averaged ...
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    Thu. Feb. 16, 2012 at 4:51 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • Land O'Lakes forfeits 23 football games

    Land O'Lakes forfeits 23 football games Land O’Lakes’ football team must forfeit every game from its last two seasons after a coach and a booster helped a player use a false address to enroll at the school, the Florida High School Athletic Association announced Wednesday. The FHSAA ruled that the football player and his younger sister ...
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    Wed. Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:22 p.m. | Matt Baker

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