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HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for April 27-May 3
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Chaise Cook-Martin, Sr., Boca Ciega Sport: Track Skinny: For three years, Cook-Martin waited to claim gold in the triple jump, her signature event. After clearing 38 feet, 4 inches in Friday’s Class ...
Read moreMon. May 06, 2013 at 6:21 p.m. | Times Staff
Region baseball: The arms behind the aces
With only one high school playoff game last week, area baseball coaches didn’t have much of a decision to make. They just handed the ball to their top pitchers and let them do their thing. This is the week coaches earn their paychecks. Do they throw their ace in Tuesday’s ...
Read moreMon. May 06, 2013 at 4:57 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for April 27-May 3
HomeTeam Hot Shots Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, April 27 through Friday, May 3. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up ...
Read moreSat. May 04, 2013 at 12:35 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Huddle: Q&A with Armwood's Sean Callahan
A brief Q&A with Armwood coach Sean Callahan, whose program appears free of Florida High School Athletic Association scrutiny for the first time since the fall of 2011: A lot of people are unsure of what to make of Armwood entering 2013. What’s Armwood going to be? I think we’re ...
Read moreFri. May 03, 2013 at 8:36 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Huddle: Shorecrest focuses on running game
ST. PETERSBURG — Shorecrest got its first outdoor workout of the spring Thursday, even though it was without head coach Dave Moore. Moore is out of town through the weekend, so defensive coordinator Bill Dugan took charge of a group of about 30 players. After a two-year hiatus, the Chargers ...
Read moreThu. May 02, 2013 at 7:40 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Huddle: QB question lingers at Jesuit
TAMPA — All three of Jesuit’s starting quarterback candidates made a splash on Day One, if only by planting their feet on the waterlogged Alumni Field synthetic turf. Clearer skies must prevail before offensive coordinator Chris Taylor gets a read on who his guy will be in 2013, but for ...
Read moreWed. May 01, 2013 at 10:35 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Huddle: Rain doesn't deter some Pinellas teams
EAST LAKE — In a steady drizzle, the 2013 East Lake Eagles gathered together for the first time, at a football practice in spring with an eye on a season still three months away. And from sideline to sideline, the new and old parts made an attempt to meld as ...
Read moreWed. May 01, 2013 at 7:49 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for April 20-26
HomeTeam Hot Shots Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, April 20 through Friday, April 26. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up ...
Read moreSat. April 27, 2013 at 11:45 a.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for April 13-19
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Gabby Rodriguez, So., Plant Sport: Tennis Skinny: Even when another state championship looked like a delusion, Rodriguez never gave in to hopelessness and fatigue. Her resilience in the face of long odds helped ...
Read moreMon. April 22, 2013 at 4:06 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for April 13-19
HomeTeam Hot Shots Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, April 13 through Friday, April 19. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up ...
Read moreSat. April 20, 2013 at 3:29 p.m. | Times Staff
State tennis: Crown again eludes Wiregrass Ranch's Makarome
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — Of all the times for a calf strain, this week was probably the worst for Wiregrass Ranch sophomore Star Makarome. She tweaked her right calf during a practice, the sort of injury that probably wouldn’t have cost her a match during any part of the regular season. ...
Read moreThu. April 18, 2013 at 9:40 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for April 6-12
HomeTeam Hot Shots Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, April 6 through Friday, April 12. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up ...
Read moreSat. April 13, 2013 at 2:54 p.m. | Times Staff
Big wins for Calvary baseball, PHU softball
CLEARWATER — Calvary Christian dealt Clearwater Central Catholic its first Class 3A, District 9 baseball loss thanks to a fifth-inning comeback and solid pitching from starter Nate Reed for a 6-5 victory. The Warriors (17-4, 9-2) jumped out to a 3-0 lead in the first inning but gave up five ...
Read moreTue. April 09, 2013 at 11:17 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for March 30-April 5
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Jackie Fitz-Randolph, So., Carrollwood Day Sport: Tennis Skinny: Described off the court as a “quiet, sweet, frail type” by coach John Most, Fitz-Randolph’s steely, resilient alter ego surfaced at Friday’s Class A, District ...
Read moreMon. April 08, 2013 at 3:45 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for March 30-April 5
HomeTeam Hot Shots Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, March 30 through Friday, April 5. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up ...
Read moreSat. April 06, 2013 at 11:14 a.m. | Times Staff