Hillsborough Super 7 1. Berkeley Prep (8-8): After another underwhelming performance in another major tournament, the Bucs hold on to the top spot by the narrowest of margins. If Berkeley Prep doesn’t fare better in the Tampa Bay Invitational, there will be some changes in next week’s rankings. 2. Wharton ...
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Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 at 12:40 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Volleyball: Hillsborough County Super 7 1. Berkeley Prep (7-4): The Bucs finished 11th in their own Berkeley Premier tournament, quite a tumble from their championship a year ago. But Berkeley remains the county’s best team, with all losses coming against tough out-of-area competition. 2. Wharton (12-0): The Wildcats keep on ...
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Wed. Sept. 26, 2012 at 2:57 p.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — The 20th Berkeley Prep Invitational volleyball tournament attracted not just the best teams in the Tampa Bay area, it attracted some of the best teams from Florida and beyond. All told, there were three defending Florida state champions and one two-time defending Georgia state champion in the field ...
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Sun. Sept. 23, 2012 at 10:18 a.m. | Andy Warrener
TAMPA — The derisive chant lasted only a few seconds and was limited to about a dozen boisterous Tampa Prep fans in the corner of the bleachers. “Overrated! Overrated! Overrated!” Those catcalls were for Berkeley Prep, which dropped its second game to the Terrapins after racing out to a dominant ...
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Wed. Sept. 19, 2012 at 12:15 a.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — In its spiffy new gym, under its not-so-new head coach, Berkeley Prep finally got back to its winning ways. The Buccaneers, three-time defending Class 4A champion, defeated Academy of the Holy Names 25-9, 19-25, 25-16, 25-18 Tuesday night for their first win of the season. Star junior outside ...
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Wed. Sept. 12, 2012 at 12:32 a.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — Change is inevitable at the high school level. Every four years, players come and go. Batches of wide-eyed freshmen enter as a group of tearful seniors depart, with some leaving behind bigger holes than others. In Berkeley Prep’s case, that hole looks more like a chasm. “You just ...
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Wed. Aug. 22, 2012 at 10:35 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Boys Student-Athlete of the Year: Neil MacInnes, Chamberlain Weighted/unweighted GPA: 7.3/3.98 Standardized test scores: 2000 SAT (680 math, 630 reading, 690 writing) Sports: Football, soccer, track and field College: Florida Proudest academic accomplishment: Earning valedictorian honors and extending a proud MacInnes tradition. “My brother (Andrew, Chamberlain Class of 2009) had ...
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Fri. June 15, 2012 at 10:26 p.m. | Times Staff
Berkeley Prep junior outside hitter Sidney Brown will head to Croatia this summer to participate in the eighth annual European Global Challenge as a member of the USA Volleyball youth team. Brown is the only player from Florida on the 12-person squad (six hail from California). The team will play approximately 10 ...
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Wed. June 06, 2012 at 9:27 p.m. | Laura Keeley
TAMPA — After leading Berkeley Prep to 15 state volleyball titles in 28 years, Randy Dagostino is retiring as girls coach to become more of a spectator. Mackenzie Dagostino, Randy’s daughter, is a senior at Berkeley who has signed to play with Maryland next season, and he wants to be ...
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Fri. April 13, 2012 at 11:48 a.m. | Laura Keeley
Prep Volleyball honored Berkeley Prep senior Mackenzie Dagostino with the Andi Collins Award, a recognition that goes to the nation’s best senior setter. Dagostino, a Maryland signee and daughter of Bucs head coach Randy Dagostino, helped lead Berkeley Prep to three straight state titles, including a Tampa Bay area record-tying ...
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Wed. April 11, 2012 at 4:09 p.m. | Laura Keeley
TAMPA — When Berkeley Prep senior outside hitter Jordan Burgess went to her history class Tuesday morning and saw TV cameras, she believed her teacher’s ruse that they were filming him. Instead, they were there for Burgess, capturing her shocked expression as she fulfilled one of her dreams and added yet ...
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Tue. Jan. 10, 2012 at 10:00 a.m. | Laura Keeley
The Times’ all-Suncoast team is comprised of the best volleyball players in our coverage area, which encompasses Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Player of the year: OH Jordan Burgess, Sr., Berkeley Prep Despite all the success the Berkeley Prep volleyball program has had over the years, the Buccaneers have ...
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Sun. Dec. 25, 2011 at 6:14 p.m. | Times Staff
Co-Players of the Year: OH Jordan Burgess, Sr., Berkeley Prep Plainly put, Burgess will leave Berkeley as one of the most decorated volleyball players in recent memory. After winning her third straight state title at Berkeley, she became the first repeat winner of the Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Volleyball award. ...
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Thu. Dec. 22, 2011 at 10:24 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Berkeley Prep senior outside hitter Jordan Burgess added another state honor to her resume on Wednesday. The Stanford-bound senior was named this year’s Gatorade Florida Volleyball Player of the Year. The 6-foot-1 Burgess won the same award last season and is now one of 51 finalists – one from each state and ...
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Wed. Dec. 14, 2011 at 8:54 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
TAMPA – Despite the bay-area record 15 state volleyball titles, all the players who have gone on to play collegiately and the 831 career wins under coach Randy Dagostino, Berkeley Prep outside hitter Jordan Burgess has offered Tampa Bay’s most prestigious volleyball program one first. Burgess was awarded this year’s Florida ...
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Mon. Dec. 05, 2011 at 11:41 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina