ST. PETERSBURG — Within the first 13 minutes of Thursday’s Class 5A, District 8 semifinal, St. Petersburg’s Roman Baez and Jeffrey Holecek each scored to give their team what seemed to be a comfortable lead against rival Palm Harbor University. Green Devils coach Rui Farias knew better. Twice in the ...
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Thu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:56 p.m. | Bob Putnam
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 ...
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Thu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 2:09 p.m. | Times Staff
EAST LAKE — With 22 minutes left in East Lake’s Class 5A, District 8 semifinal against Sarasota Riverview, Eagles coach Sergei Stopek could finally breathe a sigh of relief. That’s when his team took a three-goal lead and he could start thinking about the district final. East Lake broke it ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
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 ...
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Tue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 5:15 p.m. | Times Staff
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. ...
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Thu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 1:34 p.m. | Times Staff
LARGO — Calvary Christian was hoping for a second straight night of last-second heroics, but it was Harmony that made the key shot Saturday at the Indian Rocks Christian Holiday tournament.Tied at 38 with 52 seconds left, Harmony's Ragen Dotson buried a 3-pointer and was fouled by the Warriors' Rachel ...
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Sat. Jan. 05, 2013 at 8:52 p.m. | Rodney Page
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
LARGO — Given the choice, Kasey Howard would have passed the ball. Or dribbled it. Maybe even called a timeout. But with time winding down and Calvary Christian trailing by three points, Howard had no choice but to shoot. Standing just behind the 3-point line with two seconds left in ...
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Fri. Jan. 04, 2013 at 11:59 p.m. | Rodney Page
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
Calvary Christian senior guard Caroline Andreassen broke the 1,000 point barrier for her high school career when she scored 15 points Tuesday against Indian Rocks Christian. Andreassen is a four-year starter for the Warriors and is averaging eight points per game this season. Calvary Christian is 11-2 this season prior ...
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Thu. Dec. 20, 2012 at 9:43 a.m. | Rodney Page
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
CLEARWATER — On the basketball court, Savannah Plentovich knows where her identical twin, Carley, is at all times. Not only does she know where Carley is, she knows where she is going to be. “(Carley) can be on the opposite side of the court and I know she’s going to ...
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Tue. Dec. 18, 2012 at 2:07 p.m. | Rodney Page
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week Female Hot Shot: Savannah Plentovich, Calvary Christian Sport: Basketball Skinny: Plentovich had a big week against two good teams. Against Class 8A East Lake, she scored a team-high 20 in a 54-35 win. And against ...
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Mon. Dec. 17, 2012 at 6:15 p.m. | Times Staff
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. 8 through Friday, Dec. 14. 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. Dec. 15, 2012 at 9:18 a.m. | Times Staff
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