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Region football: Robinson 41, Port Orange Atlantic 8
TAMPA — Robinson narrowly missed out on one of its seasonlong goals last week. It wasn’t about to have another letdown. The Knights’ Carlos Duclos returned the opening kickoff 90 yards Friday and Robinson never looked back, going on to a 41-8 rout of Port Orange Atlantic in the opening ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 12:54 a.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Hillsborough 29, Chamberlain 7
TAMPA — Doing basically prep work for its playoff opener next week against Osceola, Hillsborough rolled up 300-plus yards of offense and played solid defense. It won despite almost 100 yards of penalties and three touchdowns called back due to them.Dwayne Lawson went 11-of-18 for 169 yards and a touchdown ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 9:22 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Robinson 42, Middleton 21
TAMPA — Robinson was not looking ahead. Led by Martin Ruiz, Robert Priester, Zain Gilmore and Carlos Duclos, it ran for 300-plus yards and four touchdowns to roll.Already the 5A-8 champion, Robinson stayed unbeaten (9-0) entering next week's showdown against neighborhood rival Plant.Three plays into Friday's contest, the rout was ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 7:50 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Hillsborough 46, King 7
TAMPA — Hillsborough’s drive to the Class 6A, District 8 championship was a smooth one Friday night as the Terriers used a second-quarter burst to post a 46-7 win at King. The win earned Hillsborough the district title and a first-round home playoff game. After a scoreless first quarter, Hillsborough ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 27, 2012 at 12:53 a.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Chamberlain 32, Wiregrass Ranch 3
TAMPA — With its quarterback on the sideline on crutches, Chamberlain was forced to rely on its running game even more than usual. Behind the running of Nick McNeal and Xavier Johnson, Chamberlain jumped out to a lead Thursday and was never really threatened in a 32-3 Class 7A, District ...
Read moreThu. Oct. 18, 2012 at 7:33 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Chamberlain 31, Freedom 16
TAMPA — Xavier Johnson ran for 160 yards and a touchdown and the Chamberlain defense turned dominant in the second half as the Chiefs came from behind to post a 31-16 win against Freedom.The win snapped a three-game losing streak for Chamberlain (2-3, 1-1), which picked up its first 7A, ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 9:42 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Berkeley 31, Lennard 19
TAMPA — Other than a lightning delay of about 30 minutes, little could stop Chris Williams. The senior ran for 221 yards and three touchdowns to help the Bucs hold off pesky Lennard.Berkeley Prep (5-0) managed only one score in the second half but did enough defensively to stave off ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 28, 2012 at 8:39 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Sickles 42, Kings 12
TAMPA — Sickles offense had its way early and late with King, opening Class 6A, District 8 play with a 42-12 win Friday at home. Sickles (2-1, 1-0) got 113 yards rushing and a touchdown from sophomore running back Ray Ray McCloud. Senior Nate Mills and his sophomore backup, Issac ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 8:47 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Wharton 37, Chamberlain 7
TAMPA — Quarterback Chase Litton threw for 153 of his 244 yards in the second half and three touchdowns to lead Wharton to a 37-7 win at Chamberlain. Litton, a junior, completed 14 of 25 passes, with two of his three scoring passes coming in the fourth quarter. As efficient ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 9:19 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Gaither 69, Leto 0
TAMPA — A week after a squeaker of a win, Gaither scored on the first play and breezed to a 69-0 win at home against Leto.Running back Vu Le opened the game with a 65-yard touchdown run and the Cowboys (2-0) never looked back, racing out to a 21-0 in ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 9:05 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Robinson 58, Jefferson 21
TAMPA — Robinson’s “Send Mike Depue-off-in-style” campaign got off to a great start Saturday night. Behind four rushing touchdowns and a defense that produced five interceptions, Robinson opened the season — DePue’s last — with a 58-21 thumping of Jefferson. DePue, in his ninth season as the Knights’ coach, is ...
Read moreSun. Sept. 02, 2012 at 12:38 a.m. | Rod Gipson
Preseason football: Alonso 31, Spoto 6
RIVERVIEW — The anticipated matchup between two of the county's better running backs gave way to one team's quarterback play Friday night.Alonso's Ish Witter and Spoto's Eric Moate showed flashes in spurts but Ravens quarterback Brandon Hawkins stood out in a 31-6 preseason victory. Witter produced 42 yards and scored ...
Read moreFri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 7:24 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Boys basketball: Tampa Prep's Fenlon gets win No. 600
TAMPA — Longtime Tampa Prep boys basketball coach Joe Fenlon said he didn’t count victories much when he was first starting out. Admittedly, he didn’t have that many to count then. Twenty-nine years later, he has had plenty of wins to count and a lot of help counting them. Thursday ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 05, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Durant's Nick Fabrizio leads East to win at Hillsborough County All-Star Game
TAMPA — Durant's Nick Fabrizio threw for a touchdown and ran for two to lead the East squad to a 26-13 victory in the Hillsborough County All-Star Game Saturday night at Raymond James Stadium.Fabrizio, who was named the East's MVP, had to lead a comeback. The West scored on the ...
Read moreSat. Dec. 10, 2011 at 7:39 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Berkeley Prep 41, Frostproof 6
TAMPA — Running back Nelson Agholor ran for 182 of his 270 yards in the first half Friday as Berkeley Prep built a huge lead and cruised to a 41-6 win against Frostproof in a Class 3A region semifinal.Berkeley Prep (11-0) had little trouble from the onset, scoring just five ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 18, 2011 at 8:59 p.m. | Rod Gipson