Posts by Steve Lee
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District baseball roundup: Ridgewood finally puts away Pasco
ZEPHYRHILLS — In his first season since replacing coaching legend Larry Beets, Julius Matos guided Ridgewood to its first district championship since his predecessor won three straight in 2003-05. Fittingly, Matos credited Beets, who won 565 games in 28 seasons, after the Rams’ 16-6 win over Pasco in Friday’s Class ...
Read moreFri. April 27, 2012 at 10:44 p.m. | Steve Lee
District softball: Rivalry a bit one-sided in favor of Pasco this time
DADE CITY — The oldest and fiercest rivalry on the east side of the county did not exactly live up to its billing in Wednesday’s Class 5A, District 8 semifinal. Host Pasco and Zephyrhills were coming off 15-0 wins over lesser opponents, had split their two-game regular-season series and the ...
Read moreWed. April 18, 2012 at 11:22 p.m. | Steve Lee
Baseball: Hit batter gives Wiregrass Ranch 5-4 win over Sunlake
WESLEY CHAPEL — In a game filled with free passes and miscues, the third hit batter made the difference in Thursday's semifinal of the Pasco County Spring Break Tourney.Sunlake's Wayne Ketterer plunked Mike Campoamor with the bases loaded and no outs in the bottom of the seventh inning to give ...
Read moreThu. April 05, 2012 at 7:51 p.m. | Steve Lee
Track: Land O'Lakes boys, Wiregrass girls earn SAC crowns
HOLIDAY — Running on his home track, Anclote’s Argishti Gazari was a triple winner in Thursday’s Sunshine Athletic Conference championships. The senior won the 800-, 1,600- and 3,200-meter races. Still, those victories were not enough to ward off Land O’Lakes, which tallied 159.5 points to claim the boys title over ...
Read moreThu. March 29, 2012 at 11:05 p.m. | Steve Lee
Softball: Pasco turns missed sign into timely offense
DADE CITY — Twice Amber Caudill missed the bunt-and-run sign from Pasco coach Lisa Herndon. It’s a good thing, otherwise she would not have come up with the clutch hit in a 4-1 win Tuesday over Class 5A, District 8 rival Zephyrhills. Caudill’s two-run double on a full count with ...
Read moreTue. March 27, 2012 at 10:32 p.m. | Steve Lee
Softball: Perfect Bloomingdale wins Spring Fling
RIVERVIEW — While Savanna Aversa attended a friend's wedding early Saturday evening, her Bloomingdale teammates clinched the title at the 16th annual Jon Sinclair Memorial Spring Fling tournament at Riverview.Even though the Bulls senior second baseman did not play in the final game — a 6-4 win over Newsome that ...
Read moreSat. March 24, 2012 at 7:24 p.m. | Steve Lee
Baseball: Wiregrass earns upper hand with district win over Gaither
WESLEY CHAPEL — Gaither has been in many more district races than Wiregrass Ranch, a sixth-year school. But it was the Cowboys’ anxiety that led to an uncharacteristic four errors in Tuesday’s pivotal Class 7A, District 9 matchup. Host Wiregrass Ranch scored an unearned run in the bottom of the ...
Read moreTue. March 20, 2012 at 10:13 p.m. | Steve Lee
Softball: Fivay slugger ends drought at right time
ZEPHYRHILLS — Jill McElderry had not had a hit in four at-bats and was up in the top of the eighth inning with the bases loaded and two out in a 4-4 tie Tuesday at Zephyrhills. During a timeout, Fivay coach Greg Bollinger gave his starting pitcher and cleanup hitter ...
Read moreWed. March 14, 2012 at 12:50 a.m. | Steve Lee
Softball: Pasco's Mills strikes out 14 in win
DADE CITY — Vanessa Mills nearly doubled her season strikeout total Wednesday, fanning 14 Sunlake batters in host Pasco’s 6-3 win. Mills, who entered the Sunshine Athletic Conference matchup with 15 strikeouts, improved to 2-0. Despite allowing two home runs, she scattered six hits and had six of her strikeouts ...
Read moreWed. March 07, 2012 at 11:16 p.m. | Steve Lee
Baseball: Zephyrhills rallies with six runs in sixth
DADE CITY — Bitter district rivals Pasco and Zephyrhills squared off Friday in a slugfest that lasted 31/2 hours and featured 10 pitchers. The Bulldogs outlasted the host Pirates, rallying from four runs down with six runs in the sixth inning for a 10-7 win. “Pasco’s the premier team in ...
Read moreSat. March 03, 2012 at 12:14 a.m. | Steve Lee
Softball: Pennington, Lane lead way for Pasco
DADE CITY — Emily Pennington pitched a two-hitter Tuesday, helping host Pasco extend its season-opening unbeaten streak to four games with a 4-1 win over Gulf. The junior right-hander also went 2-for-3 with an RBI, driving in the last run after Jordan Lane opened the bottom of the sixth inning ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 28, 2012 at 10:36 p.m. | Steve Lee
Softball: Sunlake topples former rival in eight innings
LAND O’LAKES — Although Sunlake and Zephyrhills are no longer in the same district, Sunlake’s Courtney Durbin cannot forget last season’s 4A-8 opener when her top-seeded Seahawks were upset by the No. 8 Bulldogs. That memory served Durbin and the Seahawks well Friday. In the first extra-inning game of the ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 24, 2012 at 10:36 p.m. | Steve Lee
Region boys basketball: Freshman steps up, scores 40 for AATL
LAND O’LAKES — Academy at the Lakes extended its breakout season Tuesday thanks, in part, to a career game from its best player. Freshman Ethan Haslam, who entered the Class 2A region semifinal averaging 18 points, scored a career-high 40 in leading the host Wildcats to a 69-61 win over ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 21, 2012 at 10:00 p.m. | Steve Lee
Region boys basketball: Land O'Lakes' defense wins first half, offense comes alive in second
LAND O’LAKES — A relentless defense that limited Lake Gibson to just 10 first-half points led host Land O’Lakes to a 53-30 win in Thursday’s Class 6A region quarterfinal. The Gators (22-6) had their own offensive shortcomings, evident by a 17-10 halftime lead. But Land O’Lakes found its offense with ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 16, 2012 at 10:08 p.m. | Steve Lee
Region wrestling: No surprises as Brandon prevails for 23rd straight title
BRANDON — When Plant City’s Cody Chaney and Brandon’s Jacob Haydock square off in the 170-pound division, two things are certain. A tournament title is at stake and every outcome is decided by a few points. Haydock, who won a state title last season in Oklahoma, eked out a 1-0 ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 11, 2012 at 10:02 p.m. | Steve Lee