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District softball roundup: No. 5 seed Wharton surprises Bloomingdale
DURANT — Class 8A, District 7 made another case for toughest district in the county Tuesday as fifth-seeded Wharton shocked second-seeded Bloomingdale 3-2 in the first district semifinal. Then sixth-seeded Alonso took defending state champion Durant the distance in a hard-fought, 1-0 Cougars victory. The Wildcats and Cougars will play ...
Read moreTue. April 16, 2013 at 10:39 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Hillsborough: Softball super seven, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (20-2): Chargers won seven of their 10 district games by 10-run rule 2. Durant (16-8): Cougars, 2-0 winners Tuesday vs. Chamberlain, are team no one wants to play 3. Chamberlain (17-7): Chiefs coach Bobby Diez livid over his team’s offensive execution ...
Read moreWed. April 10, 2013 at 11:38 a.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: Durant's Taylor shows she belongs with two-run homer
TAMPA — Durant junior Madi Taylor spent the first varsity start of her life assuring herself of a second. Taylor’s first hit of 2013 was a two-run home run to leftfield in the top of the fifth inning, highlighting the reigning Class 8A state champions’ 5-1 victory Tuesday against Alonso. ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 26, 2013 at 11:03 p.m. | Joey Knight
Times' all-Suncoast softball teams
Player of the Year: Bianka Bell, Sr., Chamberlain Put a 34-inch Easton Synergy in Bell’s hands, and the term “softball” never seemed more contradictory. The line-drive homers, the scorching grounders capable of ripping off a shortstop’s glove, the laser-type comebackers to the circle — try ascertaining what’s soft about any ...
Read moreWed. June 13, 2012 at 2:05 p.m. | Times Staff
Times' all-Hillsborough County softball teams
Player of the year: Bianka Bell, Sr., Chamberlain Why we picked her: Arguably the most powerful hitter in Hillsborough County fast-pitch history, Bell was a leadoff hit — or homer — waiting to happen for the Class 7A state champs. The younger sister of two SEC players, she hit .720 ...
Read moreFri. June 01, 2012 at 11:47 a.m. | Joey Knight
Region softball roundup: Durant keeps coming back
PLANT CITY — Twice in the past two games, logic has all but administered the last rites to Durant’s softball team. Thing is, the alleged burials have been supplanted by a birth of sorts. From the womb of amazement, the Cardiac Cougars have been spawned. For the second time in ...
Read moreWed. April 25, 2012 at 12:18 a.m. | Joey Knight
District softball roundup: Chamberlain ace keeps her cool
LUTZ — When opposing runners get into scoring position, Chamberlain pitcher Rachel Dwyer keeps the positive thoughts. “Just because someone’s on (base) doesn’t mean they have to score,” she said. The junior right-hander escaped a pair of mid-game jams and went the distance on a three-hitter as No. 1 seed ...
Read moreThu. April 19, 2012 at 11:47 p.m. | Don Jensen
District softball: Durant ousts Wharton in extra innings
TAMPA — For one surreal stroll around the bases Tuesday night, the throbbing in Durant sophomore Kelli Tidwell's left knee vanished, soothed by one potent, pain-killing shot.Over the fence in right-centerfield.Tidwell, who has missed roughly 75 percent of the season with meniscus damage, hit a one-out solo home run in ...
Read moreTue. April 17, 2012 at 8:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
District softball: Super sophomores power Alonso's infield
TAMPA — Sophomore slumps generally don’t apply to high school softball, where one is far more likely to encounter sophomore surpluses. Whip through some area rosters and you’re sure to find a litany of talented 10th-graders, many of whom mastered a rise ball before mastering fractions. Which brings us to ...
Read moreSat. April 14, 2012 at 3:23 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough County: Softball statistics, super 7
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Chamberlain (20-4): Chiefs dangling from top spot after dropping three of past five 2. Alonso (17-5): Erika “Shutdown” Shick’s latest gem: a one-hitter at Chamberlain 3. Plant City (16-3): Raiders could enter district tourney on six-game win streak 4. Durant (16-4): Cougars bounce ...
Read moreWed. April 11, 2012 at 11:49 a.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough: Softball statistics and super 7
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Chamberlain (18-1): No glaring holes in Chiefs’ batting order 2. Plant City (15-3): Raiders, arguably area’s fastest team, have lost only once in county 3. Alonso (15-4): Red-hot Ravens have topped Durant, Bloomingdale, Plant in succession 4. Durant (15-4): Cougars, losers of three ...
Read moreWed. April 04, 2012 at 11:54 a.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough County: Friday's highlights
HomeTeam Hotshots Standout performances from Friday night Brittany Johnson, Sickles. The Gryphons senior crammed three weeks’ worth of hitting (two triples, home run, six RBIs) into as many innings in Sickles’ 16-0 romp of King. A new rule stops a game if a team leads by 15 or more runs ...
Read moreSat. March 31, 2012 at 12:25 a.m. | Times Staff
Hillsborough: Softball stats, super 7
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Chamberlain (17-1): As you read this, Bianka Bell just got another extra-base hit 2. Durant (15-2): For now, Cougars hold at No. 2 despite Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Bloomingdale 3. Plant City (11-4): Raiders fell to a pair of East Coast powers in ...
Read moreWed. March 28, 2012 at 12:10 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough: Softball super 7, stats
Times’ softball super 7 Records through Tuesday 1. Chamberlain (15-1): Chiefs re-assume top spot after winning Bartow Home of Champions tourney 2. Durant (13-1): Loss to Chamberlain in finals of Bartow tourney is Cougars’ lone blemish 3. Plant City (8-2): Raiders showed mettle in rallying past Riverview on road Tuesday ...
Read moreWed. March 21, 2012 at 3:55 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough: Softball Super 7, statistics
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Durant (9-0): Perfect record will be challenged mightily this weekend at Bartow tourney 2. Chamberlain (11-1): Chiefs also headed to Bartow, where they lost two in the preseason 3. Plant City (7-2): Raiders have only themselves to blame for last week’s loss at ...
Read moreWed. March 14, 2012 at 6:44 p.m. | Joey Knight