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 ...
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Sat. Jan. 05, 2013 at 8:51 p.m. | Times Staff
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 ...
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Sat. Dec. 29, 2012 at 9:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
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 ...
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Fri. Dec. 28, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — There are times when Lakewood's fastbreak offense goes too fast, which causes rushed shots, errant passes and missed opportunities. So Spartans coach Anthony Lawrence Sr. stressed execution in practice over the past few days. It all came together against Seminole on Thursday in the first round of ...
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Thu. Dec. 27, 2012 at 9:13 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Player of the year: OH Sidney Brown, Jr., Berkeley Prep It was Berkeley Prep’s third match of the 2010 season and Academy of the Holy Names wasn’t supposed to put up much resistance. So then-Bucs head coach Randy Dagostino left assistant John Coup in charge and spent the night celebrating ...
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Tue. Dec. 25, 2012 at 5:50 p.m. | Times Staff
Offensive player of the year: Pete DiNovo, Sr., East Lake DiNovo had already established himself as an accomplished passer with impressive numbers the past two seasons. He continued to pile up the yards this season, and is now the most prolific passer in Pinellas County history. The 6-foot-3, 205-pounder has ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:35 a.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — Whether he was slashing, leaping or flinging shots from 20 feet, Justin Gray could hardly miss Friday night. The one time he did, the Berkeley Prep junior smiled, which said everything that needed to be said about the Bright House Tournament semifinal against Gainesville.Berkeley Prep scored a lot, ...
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Fri. Dec. 21, 2012 at 9:23 p.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — After playing away from the basket for much of the first half, Berkeley Prep coach Bobby Reinhart wanted his players to move closer.On defense, he wanted his small guys with quick feet to cut off driving lanes. On offense, he wanted his players to bulldoze toward easy, inside ...
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Thu. Dec. 20, 2012 at 9:39 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Player of the Year OH Ashlyn MacGregor, Sr., Tarpon Springs Why we picked her: No player had a bigger impact on her team than MacGregor. “With Ashlyn we won 23 games. Without her we might have won 10,” coach Patrick Sneed said. She had 466 kills in 89 games, 5.2 ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 5:08 p.m. | Rodney Page
GULFPORT — Michael Clark strings together important night-in and night-out numbers in every statistic that is kept, soaring through the climate-controlled air of various arenas and rebounding with flat-out abandon that can draw in the crowd. The junior leads Boca Ciega in scoring with a 13-point average. The box scores ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 8:54 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Boca Ciega (6-0): The last undefeated team in the county knocked off St. Petersburg in first test of the season. 2. St. Petersburg (4-2): Bounced back from loss to the Pirates to beat Countryside this week in big district game. 3. Lakewood (7-1): It’s not ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 12:28 p.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega may be the team of the future, but Lakewood proved Wednesday night that it is the team of the present. Using a stifling fullcourt press, the senior-laden Spartans defeated the young Pirates 51-39. Lakewood (11-1) caused 23 Boca Ciega turnovers in the first Class 5A-12 ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:56 p.m. | Rodney Page
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Dec. 1 through Friday, Dec. 7. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every ...
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Sat. Dec. 08, 2012 at 1:55 a.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega’s Caleb McCullough sank two free throws with three seconds remaining Friday to give the Pirates a thrilling 52-50 win over St. Petersburg. The Pirates (4-0) trailed for much of the game, but never by more than a few points. Good rebounding by St. Petersburg at ...
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Fri. Dec. 07, 2012 at 11:38 p.m. | Anthony Salveggi
Pinellas basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. St. Petersburg (2-1): Bounced back from a weekend loss to Haines City to knock off rival Seminole in a big Class 7A, District 10 game. 2. Boca Ciega (3-0): Strong start to season gets a test with a game tonight against ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. | Times Staff