SHADY HILLS — Bishop McLaughlin kept things close Friday but Seffner Christian earned a 21-13 victory.Seffner struck first on an interception return for a touchdown. Then the Hurricanes put together a drive in which quarterback RJ Perciavalle ran for 43 yards and threw a 25-yard touchdown to Alex Stafford. The ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 8:52 p.m. | Chris Mills
SHADY HILLS — Like last week's preseason shutout against St. Petersburg Catholic, Bishop McLaughlin struggled to get its offense going Friday in a 43-10 loss to Cambridge.After a scoreless first quarter due to multiple turnovers by both teams, Lancers running back Brandon Park scored on a 2-yard run. Park, along ...
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Fri. Aug. 31, 2012 at 8:40 p.m. | Chris Mills
SPRING HILL — Micheal Burns stands in front of his new team, with blue and gold lockers in front of him and a dry-erase marker in his hand. “Listen up,” he says. Bishop McLaughlin’s football team doesn’t just listen to the one-time, short-time head coach at Blake. The Hurricanes join ...
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Wed. Aug. 29, 2012 at 7:48 p.m. | Matt Baker
St. Petersburg Catholic running back Ryan Green had an 85-yard touchdown run on the Barons’ first play from scrimmage and the rout was on for the visiting Barons. Green ended with 177 yards rushing on three carries. "He was a man among boys," Bishop McLaughlin coach Derrick Alexander said. Green ...
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 8:02 p.m. | Times Staff
Bishop McLaughlin’s 2012 football season got off to a slow start. The baseball team’s postseason run forced its football team to end spring practice early because of a lack of numbers. But when the Hurricanes began practice Monday, second-year coach Derrick Alexander liked what he saw – a high-powered offense ...
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Tue. Aug. 07, 2012 at 3:33 p.m. | Matt Baker
Player of the Year: INF/P Collin Woody, Sr., Wharton Entering the 2012 season, Collin Woody had only thrown 6.2 innings for Wharton. Coach Scott Hoffman, though, promised Woody this was his year. “We knew he could throw last year,” Hoffman said. “I kind of held the reins back on him ...
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Thu. June 14, 2012 at 3:06 p.m. | Times Staff
BROOKSVILLE - Last season Central coach Mike Einspahr spent all spring and most of the fall trying to develop then-quarterback Cole Teater and install his offense with a group of young players. Then Teater went down with a back injury that sidelined him much of the season. The list of ...
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Fri. May 04, 2012 at 5:49 p.m. | Times Staff
Co-players of the year ATH Trey Dudley-Giles, Sr., Pasco Dudley-Giles was a do-it-all, three-way star who helped the Pirates advance to the Class 5A state semifinals. The 6-foot, 190-pound speedster finished with 23 touchdowns and almost 1,700 all-purpose yards. He rushed for 186 yards and two scores as a running ...
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Fri. Dec. 23, 2011 at 12:04 p.m. | Matt Baker
Bishop McLaughlin's turnaround season ended Friday night in a 55-38 loss at Seven Rivers Christian in the first round of the Sunshine State Athletic Conference playoffs."At the end of the day, we had opportunities," first-year Bishop McLaughlin coach Derrick Alexander said. "We could have made some stops to win the ...
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Fri. Nov. 11, 2011 at 9:10 p.m. | Matt Baker
What we learned1. There's no quit in Land O'Lakes: After River Ridge took a 20-0 lead Friday night, Land O'Lakes could have collapsed. After all, the Gators' 14-year playoff streak is over. But Land O'Lakes rallied with 21 unanswered points to steal the victory and prevent the Royal Knights' first ...
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Sat. Nov. 05, 2011 at 4:08 p.m. | Matt Baker
The Hurricanes rallied from a one-point halftime deficit to score 22 unanswered points in the second half Friday and earn a trip to the playoffs in the Sunshine State Athletic Conference."We turned this thing around," first-year coach Derrick Alexander said of a team that lost its first five games but ...
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Fri. Nov. 04, 2011 at 8:33 p.m. | Matt Baker
5 things we learned:Sunlake is no longer a little brother: Or as Seahawks coach Bill Browning put it, "There's a new sheriff in town." Their 21-10 win over Land O'Lakes likely snapped the Gators' 14-year postseason streak — and might have sealed the Seahawks' first trip to the playoffs. Land ...
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Sat. Oct. 22, 2011 at 4:44 p.m. | Matt Baker
SHADY HILLS — Led by quarterback R.J. Perciavalle, Bishop McLaughlin edged Shorecrest 28-21 Friday.Two minutes into the second quarter and trailing 7-0, Bishop McLaughlin's offense started to heat up.Perciavalle threw over the middle to Austin Meyers, who leaped over the defender and came down with the reception for first and ...
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Fri. Oct. 21, 2011 at 8:27 p.m. | Tim Porson
The Hurricanes rushed for more than 300 yards and flew to the ball on defense to earn their first win of the season with a 38-point road victory against host Vanguard."I'm very happy to get that first win," first-year coach Derrick Alexander said. "You don't even understand."Senior running back Jordan ...
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Fri. Oct. 14, 2011 at 8:40 p.m. | Matt Baker
What we learned1. Cameron Stoltz is legit. Critics could say the Sunlake quarterback put up great numbers against weak competition. They can't say that now. Sure, the 6-foot senior threw his first two interceptions of the year Friday, but he also rushed for a touchdown and rebounded with a 60-yard ...
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Sat. Oct. 08, 2011 at 3:27 p.m. | Matt Baker