Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — Bloomingdale junior Andrew LeBlanc felt the southerly gusts, saw the rain being blown horizontally, peered at the gray northeast Florida sky, and knew it was the Bulls’ day. “I felt pretty good,” the junior 4x800-meter relay anchor said, “because I knew it would be a tactical ...
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Sat. May 04, 2013 at 10:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
Bloomingdale receiver Adam Posateri has signed with Graceland University in Iowa, according to Bulls coach John Booth. As a senior, the 5-foot-10 and 185-pound Posateri caught 42 passes for 505 yards and four touchdowns as the Bulls turned over the offense to freshman quarterback Isaiah McIntrye. He totaled 109 passes, ...
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Tue. April 30, 2013 at 9:04 p.m. | Joel Anderson
The Florida High School Athletic Association named 24 student-athletes to its 2013 academic all-state team, and four Tampa Bay athletes made the cut. Shorecrest’s Jeremy Reiskind was a four-year player on the soccer team and also earned letters in football, track and field and bowling. He has a 3.98 grade ...
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Wed. April 17, 2013 at 12:13 p.m. | Rodney Page
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 ...
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Tue. April 16, 2013 at 10:39 p.m. | Andy Warrener
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 ...
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Wed. April 10, 2013 at 11:38 a.m. | Joey Knight
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (18-2): Chargers came one bad inning from winning Bartow Home of Champions tourney 2. Chamberlain (16-6): Chiefs crushed Durant, which didn’t pitch Paige Davis, in Bartow tournament 3. Durant (14-8): Cougars dropped three in Bartow but have won seven district games ...
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Wed. April 03, 2013 at 11:14 a.m. | Joey Knight
LITHIA — After watching her team’s swoon hit its nadir with Tuesday’s five-inning embarrassment at Durant, Bloomingdale coach Melissa Gentile chose to make a mute point with the Bulls. At Wednesday’s practice, fungo and fundamentals were in. Phonics were out. “(Wednesday) was a completely silent practice,” Gentile said. “Our pregame ...
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Thu. March 28, 2013 at 9:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball super seven 1. Jesuit (12-0): The nation’s No. 1 team according to MaxPreps.com and PerfectGame.org, the Tigers have won all 12 of their games by a combined score of 131-12. 2. Steinbrenner (11-1): After their first loss of the season, to Strawberry Crest in the Saladino Tournament, the Warriors ...
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Thu. March 21, 2013 at 2:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — The Class 8A, District 7 game between Bloomingdale and Plant was postponed in the sixth inning Tuesday after a small fire ignited at the base of one of the outfield lights. Officials said the remainder of the game will be played Wednesday starting at 4 p.m. Two of ...
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Tue. March 19, 2013 at 10:55 p.m. | Joel Anderson
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Male Hot Shot: Jamal Wilson, Sr., Bloomingdale Sport: Baseball Skinny: Willson earned MVP of the Saladino Tournament after leading the Bulls to their first title since 1995. He went 12-for-19 with three RBIs and threw 4 ...
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Mon. March 18, 2013 at 5:58 p.m. | Times Staff
Player of the year M/F Shaddy Douidar, Sr., Tampa Prep Why we picked him: An inconspicuous midfield distributor as an underclassman, Douidar enjoyed one of the most astounding breakthrough seasons of any local player in recent memory. A setup guy for 2012 Class A Player of the Year Jordan Hayes, ...
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Sat. March 16, 2013 at 8:12 p.m. | Times Staff
BRANDON — Jamal Wilson had already burst into a full sprint toward first base when he heard one of his coaches scream “Run!” The Jefferson catcher had flubbed a pop-up at home plate behind Wilson, who made it in safely before a throw could even be made to the first ...
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Fri. March 15, 2013 at 11:47 p.m. | Joel Anderson
BRANDON — Logan Crouse needed to escape one final jam, with runners at first and third and Bloomingdale only two outs from victory Thursday. The 6-foot-5 sophomore admitted to being nervous earlier against Durant and it showed late: Crouse allowed a leadoff single in the seventh inning and later sailed ...
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Thu. March 14, 2013 at 11:33 p.m. | Joel Anderson
BRANDON — The tying run was on base, Durant was on the verge of an improbable collapse and Hillsborough’s seventh-inning hero from Monday was coming to the plate. But there would be no late-game heroics for Jesus Vega or the Terriers this time. Vega grounded into a double play and ...
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Thu. March 14, 2013 at 12:27 a.m. | Joel Anderson
At Riverview Scores • Hillsborough 6, Lennard 3 • Plant 8, Sickles 3 • Leto 15, Blake 6 • Bloomingdale 6, Riverview 0 Pitchers of the day Bloomingdale right-hander Cody Crouse held Riverview scoreless through six innings in the evening’s win-or-go-home game to determine the champion of Pool E. Crouse ...
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Tue. March 12, 2013 at 11:14 p.m. | Bryan Burns