Girls Player of the Year: F Faith Woodard, Sr. Freedom They would spend hours in the quiet of the Bloomingdale High gymnasium, Erica Woodard and her younger, smaller and precociously ambitious shadow. “Faith was my little Mini-Me,” Erica explained. As Erica went through her workouts, stopping every now and ...
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Sat. March 30, 2013 at 3:34 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Boys Player of the Year: G/F Reggie Hart, Sr., Chamberlain The area’s most electrifying offensive player hasn’t always been able to slash or slice his way through traffic. And it nearly killed him. At age 6, Hart and older brother Rod were playing chase outside their Tulsa, Okla., home when ...
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Sat. March 30, 2013 at 3:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys player of the year G Dallas Moore, Sr., Boca Ciega Why we picked him: No one has grown more in height or stature in the past four years. After starting out as an undersized outside shooter, Moore morphed into an all-around scoring threat, especially after growing 4 inches before ...
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Sat. March 23, 2013 at 5:41 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys player of the year G Dallas Moore, Sr., Boca Ciega Why we picked him: No one has grown more in height or stature in the past four years. After starting out as an undersized outside shooter, Moore morphed into an all-around scoring threat, especially after growing 4 inches before ...
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Sat. March 23, 2013 at 5:41 p.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — If Trayvon Bromell needs a nickname, he might want to consider “That Deal.” Wednesday at the West Coast Invitational at Lakewood, the Gibbs star sprinter was referred to as “that deal” a handful of times that I heard, and likely dozens of other times that I didn’t. ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 12:03 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Basketball season winds down this week with the boys state tournament in Lakeland, but the season officially ended last week for Pinellas County teams. We’ll select all-county and all-area teams in the weeks to come, but for now we thought it would be fun to look back on some of ...
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Tue. Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:26 p.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — For the first eight minutes of Thursday’s Class 7A region quarterfinal, it looked as if Wiregrass Ranch’s undersized shooters were going to be able to hang with St. Petersburg. The Bulls trailed by three and knocked down four 3-pointers. But in the second quarter the Green Devils ...
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Thu. Feb. 14, 2013 at 10:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
GULFPORT — The short, skinny kid stood at the edge of the playground. He waited forever to play. Nine bigger players were chosen for the two sides. There was no 10th. Not unless someone asked Dallas if he wanted to play. Dallas Moore was the last one chosen in pickup ...
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Wed. Feb. 13, 2013 at 10:25 p.m. | Bob Putnam
ST. PETERSBURG — Tuesday night’s Class 5A region semifinal between Lakewood and Boca Ciega was survival of the fittest. The Pirates were playing without Kenya Joseph and lost senior guard Destiny Brown to a right ankle sprain early in the second quarter. The Spartans’ Alexis Ungro, Kyah Woody and Deja ...
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Tue. Feb. 12, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
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 ...
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Mon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 6:52 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Boca Ciega has Lakewood right where it wants it. Never mind the fact that the Pirates haven’t beaten the Spartans in three tries this season. In fact, they haven’t beaten them since Feb. 6, 2009. And never mind that Tuesday's Class 5A region semifinal will be at Lakewood, a gym ...
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Mon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 4:30 p.m. | Rodney Page
A gorgeous Sunday afternoon just begged for some football, and while not the real stuff, a 7-on-7 scrimmage between Unsigned Preps and the Next Level Nighthawks at Ferrell Middle School seemed a worthy way to catch some rays. Unsigned Preps has a nice little squad, and Next Level was clearly ...
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Mon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 2:04 p.m. | John C. Cotey
LARGO — Nothing summed up Largo’s Class 6A, District 12 final against Palmetto on Friday night like the third quarter. Tied at halftime, the Tigers scored the first seven points after the break. Then Largo went on a 12-0 run, followed by a 12-0 run by Palmetto. No matter what ...
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Sat. Feb. 09, 2013 at 12:21 a.m. | Rodney Page
TAMPA — Robinson freshman Autumn Carson had the 3-point shot lined up and the ball out of her hand before the fourth quarter-clock hit zero. Moments earlier, Carson swished a 3 with 23 seconds left to cap a fourth-quarter rally that saw the Knights make up a seven-point deficit in ...
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Thu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 10:07 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Boca Ciega had three football players sign national letters of intent on Wednesday. Wide receiver/defensive back Demarius Brinson signed with Youngstown State, tight end/linebacker Jason Macon signed as a preferred walk-on at South Florida and offensive/defensive lineman Brandon Dillard signed as a preferred walk-on at Florida A&M.
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Thu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 11:18 a.m. | Rodney Page