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Boys basketball roundup: Spongers run out of time
TRINITY — In a pair of frantic finishes Wednesday, top seeds Mitchell and Land O’Lakes earned victories in the District 6A-10 semifinals and will meet for the title Friday. Host Mitchell almost blew a 17-point lead to River Ridge, which got a career-high 32 from Mikey James, but held on ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 12:47 a.m. | Darek Sharp
District girls basketball roundup: No holes in St. Petersburg's game
ST. PETERSBURG — If St. Petersburg plays the way it did Friday night against Clearwater in the Class 7A-10 district final, expect the Green Devils to stick around a while in the postseason. Using a menacing defense and a potent offense, St. Petersburg jumped on the Tornadoes early and never ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 01, 2013 at 11:47 p.m. | Rodney Page
Pinellas: boys basketball super 7
Our final Pinellas boys rankings of the regular season. 1. Largo (18-5): In the past two weeks, the Packers have beaten state-ranked Wharton, Boca Ciega and Seminole, and secured a spot in Friday’s PCAC title game. 2. Gibbs (19-4): Bounced back from loss to St. Petersburg and beat Boca Ciega ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 2:20 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Girls district basketball roundup: Green Devils rely on defense
ST. PETERSBURG — Clearwater and St. Petersburg will play for the Class 7A-10 district championship, but both teams advanced to the final in different ways. St. Petersburg started slowly but eventually wore out Countryside 57-17. Clearwater sputtered for most of its game against Northeast but got hot in the third ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:54 p.m. | Rodney Page
Boys basketball roundup: Second-chance points fuel Largo
SEMINOLE — In the final home game of the regular season, Seminole paid homage to its seven seniors who helped resurrect the boys basketball program with a playoff appearance and the school’s first postseason win last season. The Warhawks and their seniors also had a chance for another rarity Tuesday ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 12:33 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Boys basketball: Lakewood loses lead but reclaims it to edge Bogie
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega and Lakewood entered Friday’s game searching for answers to their recent woes. The Pirates have been plagued by slow starts. The Spartans have had trouble holding onto leads. So a pattern was set. True to form, Lakewood jumped out to a double-digit lead. Then as ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 25, 2013 at 11:57 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Pinellas boys & girls basketball super 7
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Lakewood (18-3): Losing Kasey Drayton (thumb injury) for the season doesn’t help, but the Spartans still have enough talent to make a playoff run. 2. Clearwater (22-3): Tornadoes rebounded from a loss to Lake Worth by beating Palm Harbor University. PCAC final against Lakewood on ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 2:09 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball: Gibbs beats Bogie, forces three-way tie in district
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega did everything wrong, and Gibbs did just about everything right. Now there’s a three-way tie atop the Class 5A, District 12 standings. With a chance to cement a No. 1 seed, the Pirates fell behind quickly, and permanently as it turned out, with Gibbs in ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 10:36 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Basketball: Pinellas girls & boys super 7
Records through Monday Girls 1. Lakewood (17-3): Spartans host the Breast Cancer Shootout this weekend, which features some of the better teams in the state. 2. Clearwater (20-2): Tests against Lake Worth in the Lakewood tournament and Palm Harbor University await. 3. Boca Ciega (17-6): Pirates come out of exams ...
Read moreTue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 5:15 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Jan. 5-11
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. 5 through Friday, Jan. 11. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 12, 2013 at 4:29 p.m. | Times Staff
Basketball: Pinellas girls and boys super 7
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Lakewood (17-3): Beat Boca Ciega for the second time this season Tuesday and got Deja Swinton back from injury. 2. Clearwater (20-2): Won two games at the Queen of Palms tournament in Fort Myers over the winter break and beat St. Petersburg on Wednesday. 3. ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 1:34 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball: Bogie digs out of hole again, tops Lakewood in OT
GULFPORT — Longtime Boca Ciega coach Randy Shuman had a simple explanation for his team’s run-n-gun, come-from-behind 82-80 overtime thriller against Lakewood on Tuesday. “That’s Lakewood-Bogie,” Shuman said. “When these two teams play each other, that’s pretty much what you get.” What players and fans got was a Class 5A, ...
Read moreTue. Jan. 08, 2013 at 9:50 p.m. | Rodney Page
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Dec. 22-Jan. 4
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Dec. 22 through Friday, Jan. 4. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 05, 2013 at 8:51 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball: Tampa Prep beats Boca Ciega to win Northeast tourney
ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Prep coach Joe Fenlon hoped his team's hot shooting and stifling defense would continue in the final of the Northeast Christmas Invitational on Saturday night. Boca Ciega coach Randy Shuman hoped his team's habit of starting slowly would end.Only Fenlon got his wish.The Terrapins blitzed the ...
Read moreSat. Dec. 29, 2012 at 9:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
Boys basketball: Tampa Prep, Boca Ciega reach Northeast Christmas Invitational final
ST. PETERSBURG — Lakewood coach Anthony Lawrence had one final plea as his team broke the huddle to start the second half of its Northeast Christmas Invitational semifinal game Friday night against Boca Ciega: "Don't let Dallas get going."Dallas is Pirates guard Dallas Moore, and while the Spartans were trying ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 28, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. | Rodney Page