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Region boys basketball roundup: Berkeley takes control of rematch
TAMPA — For Berkeley Prep fans, the latest Buccaneers-Tampa Catholic sequel will go down as one of the most gratifying in the series’ recent history. For the Crusaders, it was Caddyshack II. The season’s fourth meeting of the private-school rivals came within a point of ending with a running clock. ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 19, 2013 at 9:27 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys region basketball: Johnson turns in complete game for Jesuit
TAMPA — Every time Boca Ciega made a run Thursday night, Jesuit had an answer: Travis Johnson. When things got close, he muscled his way inside for a basket. He made free throws to convert two three-point plays. He made a no-look pass to a teammate for an easy bucket. ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 14, 2013 at 9:17 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: Boys basketball playoffs packed with sky-high expectations
Ask around and you’ll hear about how this is Jesuit High School’s year. The boys basketball team is loaded with battled-tested seniors big and small, steered by a terrific point guard in Devin Harris, its desire forged by last year’s 41-point loss in the region final. In 27 games, the ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 6:52 p.m. | John C. Cotey
State boys soccer roundup: Frantic finish gives Steinbrenner title shot
LUTZ — Steinbrenner continued its shooting gallery playoff run by running up four goals Friday on Ocala Forest. Only this time it took two overtime periods and Forest matched Steinbrenner’s scoring frenzy step-for-step until the final three minutes of the second overtime, when senior captain Derek Gebhard cleaned up a ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 08, 2013 at 11:44 p.m. | Andy Warrener
District boys basketball roundup: Chamberlain duo can't be slowed
LUTZ — When sleep does come to Wiregrass Ranch coach Jeremy Calzone, and those visions of Chamberlain senior Reggie Hart materialize, a skinny sophomore named Rashawn Fredericks may be lurking in the nocturnal backdrop. A year after scoring 40 on the Bulls in the Class 7A, District 9 final, Hart ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 08, 2013 at 10:09 p.m. | Joey Knight
State soccer preview: Brightest at the controls
The four area boys soccer teams standing on the precipice of a state title have reached the outer rungs of their respective brackets with collaborative efforts. Few get this far without production from different players; the guy who steps up Thursday may not be the same one who stars Friday. ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 8:35 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys region soccer: Big second half buoys Berkeley Prep
TAMPA — On a crisp west Tampa night, Berkeley Prep coach Tim Cooper saw his scouting report on LaBelle come to glaring fruition. Clearly, the Cowboys were waiting for his team to come to them, poised to answer the Buccaneers’ offensive flurries with crisp counters. So at halftime, Cooper assembled ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 05, 2013 at 11:54 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region boys soccer roundup: Gebhard's hat trick lifts Steinbrenner past Lake Region
EAGLE LAKE — A crisp evening in the midsection of Polk County quickly segued into a chilly Saturday. By contrast, Steinbrenner’s offense stayed on crisp all night. Behind senior Derek Gebhard’s first hat trick of the season, the Warriors (17-2-3) earned the first region final berth in the program’s four-year ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 02, 2013 at 11:20 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough: boys basketball super 7
Our final Hillsborough boys rankings of the regular season. 1. Jesuit (23-1): Disclaimer of the season: Jesuit played at Tampa Catholic on Thursday 2. Tampa Prep (21-2): Terps’ seven-point loss Tuesday to TC was third defeat since start of 2011-12 season 3. Tampa Catholic (18-6): Entered Jesuit showdown with back-to-back ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:14 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough: Boys region soccer capsules
For Hillsborough County’s five remaining boys soccer teams, destiny operates on diesel fuel. The road to immortality will be traveled mostly by bus, through Pinellas and Polk counties, and across a sprawling stretch of State Road 70. In a quirky twist of bracketology, the entire quintet of teams will travel ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region boys soccer roundup: Zapata's hat trick puts Plant in cruise control
TAMPA — Luis Zapata recorded his first career hat trick as Plant shook off a sluggish start to smother St. Petersburg 4-0 in a 5A region quarterfinal Wednesday. “Part of the problem was we allowed them to do what they do best in the beginning,” first-year Plant coach John Feely ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:04 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Boys basketball: No-frills approach suits Jesuit fine
TAMPA — If Tuesday’s proceedings in Town ’N Country are any sign, the Jesuit Tigers have achieved their No. 1 ranking in Class 5A with nary a style point. The components devoid of glamour — free-throw shooting and defense — propelled the top-ranked Tigers (23-1) to a 56-44 victory against ...
Read moreTue. Jan. 29, 2013 at 11:15 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys district soccer roundup: Sickles escapes with PK win
TAMPA — Arelys Jiminez’s birthday gift formally arrived 35 minutes into Friday’s Class 4A, District 8 semifinals. The celebration, however, didn’t commence until more than an hour later. Jiminez’s son, Sickles senior Carlos Sifontes, scored the top-seeded Gryphons’ goal in the first half, then watched his team prevail in the ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 25, 2013 at 9:58 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough boys & girls basketball super 7
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Freedom (19-2): The Patriots won the District 7A-9 title by handing Steinbrenner only its second loss in the past 23 home games. 2. Seffner Christian (22-2): The Crusaders knocked off 6A-9 champ Kathleen and rolled to wins of 42 and 30 points over Tampa Catholic ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 5:32 p.m. | Times Staff
Hillsborough County roundup for Wednesday, Jan. 23
District boys soccer Class 2A, District 9 semifinals: At Tampa Catholic, top-seeded Berkeley Prep (12-10-2) got goals from four players, and a shutout from keeper Ben Milliken, in a 4-0 rout of No. 4-seeded Clearwater Central Catholic. Tyler Sacone, Connor Castro, Warren Backman and Will Sibson scored for Berkeley. In ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 12:32 a.m. | Joey Knight