Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 12 through Friday, Jan. 18. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what made ...
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Sat. Jan. 19, 2013 at 12:50 p.m. | Times Staff
Records through Wednesday’s games Girls 1. Freedom (18-2): Sophomore guard Taylor Emery (21.4 points) is expected to return Friday against Steinbrenner after suffering a concussion Jan. 5. A win clinches the district title. 2. Seffner Christian (19-2): Crusaders cruised to a lopsided victory over then-undefeated Academy at the Lakes, and ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 5:04 p.m. | Times Staff
LUTZ — Senior Berlin Waters rescued top-seeded Wiregrass Ranch, scoring both goals including the winner 4:05 into sudden death as the Bulls beat Sickles 2-1 Wednesday night. Host Steinbrenner had a much easier time in the second 4A-8 semifinal defeating Gaither 6-1. Credit Sickles for making Wiregrass Ranch’s night a ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 12:51 a.m. | Darek Sharp
TAMPA -- Irony horned in on the Headmasters' Challenge Cup presentation Saturday afternoon. Moments before host Berkeley Prep formally seized the trophy, Tampa Prep had seized the Buccaneers' thunder. It was the signature event of this daylong sports festival between the rival private schools that especially had the Terrapins smiling. ...
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Sat. Jan. 12, 2013 at 7:16 p.m. | Joey Knight
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Freedom (16-2): Patriots acquitted themselves well in a pair of holiday tournaments, advancing to the finals of the Queen of Palms Invitational in Fort Myers. Still undefeated against local foes. 2. Seffner Christian (16-2): Rebounded from first two losses of the season with a 60-2 ...
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Thu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 12:41 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball Berkeley Prep 79, Sarasota Booker 41. At Sarasota, the Buccaneers got a career-high 16 points from freshman Jacob Mathis and 14 from junior Craig Bowman in their Class 4A, District 9 opener. Tampa Prep 71, Dunedin 29. At Tampa Prep, 11 Terrapins scored — led by 6-foot-8 senior ...
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Wed. Jan. 09, 2013 at 11:13 p.m. | Joey Knight
Berkeley Prep outsider hitter Sidney Brown, the Tampa Bay Times' all-Suncoast and all-Hillsborough County Player of the Year, has been recognized as one of the nation's top 50 junior recruits by Prep Volleyball. Brown was one of the area's leaders in kills at 5.2 per game, and was second on ...
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Wed. Jan. 09, 2013 at 12:45 p.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — The host Buccaneers and Orlando Lake Highland Prep served up a dramatic ending to the Berkeley Prep Invitational boys basketball event Saturday night.The Bucs led by nine at the half, had their lead cut to two before the fourth quarter, lost the lead and then missed a potentially ...
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Sat. Jan. 05, 2013 at 8:53 p.m. | Andy Warrener
TAMPA — The Friday night lineup at the Berkeley Prep Invitational featured last season’s Class 4A state finalists. The host Buccaneers locked up with reigning 4A state champion Fort Lauderdale Pine Crest in the late game. The Bucs took a 15-point lead into halftime, then held on for a 52-43 ...
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Fri. Jan. 04, 2013 at 11:32 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Player of the year: OH Sidney Brown, Jr., Berkeley Prep It was Berkeley Prep’s third match of the 2010 season and Academy of the Holy Names wasn’t supposed to put up much resistance. So then-Bucs head coach Randy Dagostino left assistant John Coup in charge and spent the night celebrating ...
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Tue. Dec. 25, 2012 at 5:50 p.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — Berkeley Prep knew the Strawberry Crest boys basketball team likes to play an uptempo game, but the Bucs decided to set the pace against the Chargers even faster. As a result, Berkeley Prep routed Strawberry Crest 75-49 in Saturday's final of the Bright House tournament hosted by Clearwater ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 8:39 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Offensive Player of the Year: QB Will Worth, Sr., Newsome Why we picked him: Considering no county player was more vital to his team, Worth also was a bona fide defensive player of the year candidate. We chose him for offense in part because of his staggering playoff performance. The ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:29 a.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — Whether he was slashing, leaping or flinging shots from 20 feet, Justin Gray could hardly miss Friday night. The one time he did, the Berkeley Prep junior smiled, which said everything that needed to be said about the Bright House Tournament semifinal against Gainesville.Berkeley Prep scored a lot, ...
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Fri. Dec. 21, 2012 at 9:23 p.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — After playing away from the basket for much of the first half, Berkeley Prep coach Bobby Reinhart wanted his players to move closer.On defense, he wanted his small guys with quick feet to cut off driving lanes. On offense, he wanted his players to bulldoze toward easy, inside ...
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Thu. Dec. 20, 2012 at 9:39 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Player of the Year Sidney Brown, Jr., OH, Berkeley Prep Why we picked her: Brown ably filled the shoes of Jordan Burgess and Mackenzie Dagostino, two of the most decorated players in Hillsborough and Berkeley Prep history. She was the undisputed leader of the Bucs’ run to the Class 4A ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 5:51 p.m. | Joel Anderson