Calvary Christian will hold a ground-breaking ceremony on Friday at 6:30 p.m. for its new baseball field. The field will be located just south of the school's relatively new football, soccer and track and field complex on campus. The entire playing surface will be synthetic turf, including the infield, base ...
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Tue. Oct. 16, 2012 at 11:06 a.m. | Rodney Page
Calvary Christian baseball players Matt Piatt and Luis Lopez have committed to play at Polk State College, according to coach Greg Olsen. As a junior, Piatt hit .400 with 30 RBIs, both team highs. He was also 3-3 with a 2.55 ERA in 35.2 innings pitched. Polk State, a junior college ...
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Thu. Sept. 20, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | Rodney Page
Player of the Year: INF/P Collin Woody, Sr., Wharton Entering the 2012 season, Collin Woody had only thrown 6.2 innings for Wharton. Coach Scott Hoffman, though, promised Woody this was his year. “We knew he could throw last year,” Hoffman said. “I kind of held the reins back on him ...
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Thu. June 14, 2012 at 3:06 p.m. | Times Staff
The Florida Athletic Coaches Association has announced its all-state baseball teams, with several locals making the cut. Class 2A: Canterbury's Harrison Hall and Cambridge's Zach Hessinger Class 3A: Bishop McLaughlin's Ty Cooler, Calvary Christian's Matt Piatt, Shorecrest's Jason Kiracofe and Marc Brakeman, St. Petersburg Catholic's Corey Baptist, Jacob McFadden, Max ...
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Thu. June 14, 2012 at 12:06 p.m. | Times Staff
Player of the year: Brett Phillips, Sr., Seminole Why we picked him: Earlier this season, Phillips pointed out to Seminole’s centerfield, his home away from home the past four years. He noted the area between the signs in left- and right-centerfield. That’s his patch of land and any ball hit ...
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Fri. June 08, 2012 at 6:24 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — The Hillsborough senior All-Stars scored three runs in the top of the 14th inning Thursday to defeat Pinellas 8-5 in the Senior All-Star Classic at Tropicana Field. Alonso’s Ryan Valdes broke the tie with an RBI double off Canterbury’s Harrison Hall. Wharton’s Collin Woody greeted Countryside reliever ...
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Thu. May 31, 2012 at 11:05 p.m. | Rodney Page
CLEARWATER — Palm Harbor University’s Wade Reddick is the perfect example of the kind of player at the Pinellas County Senior All-Star game Wednesday night at Jack Russell Stadium: an undersized player on an underappreciated team with one last chance to show he can play at a high level. Reddick ...
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Wed. May 30, 2012 at 11:56 p.m. | Rodney Page
Calvary Christian had five athletes sign their college letters of intent during a ceremony at school on Thursday. Logan Thiel and Jessica Maggio will run track at Arkansas State. Softball standout Emilee Rogers is going to Milligan College in Tennessee. Two baseball players, Dakota Hofmann and Zach Wolfe, are headed ...
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Fri. May 11, 2012 at 2:51 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Calvary Christian anticipates breaking ground on a $1.5 million baseball stadium in August. The complex, which will be the only baseball field with an artificial playing surface in the area, is expected to be completed by the start of the 2013 season, Calvary administrator David Kilgore said. The stadium project ...
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Thu. May 10, 2012 at 4:16 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Calvary Christian baseball player Matt Piatt was named the Class 3A, District 14 Player of the Year by the Florida Athletic Coaches Association. Piatt, a junior outfielder and pitcher, hit .400 with 30 RBIs and two home runs to help the Warriors to their first region semifinal. He had a ...
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Wed. May 09, 2012 at 1:38 p.m. | Rodney Page
SEMINOLE — There were times when Jordan Doyle was off his game. The Seminole pitcher allowed two hits. He walked a few batters. And he hit another. But when the Warhawks needed a big pitch, Doyle would reach back and throw one that disappeared below an unsuspecting hitter’s bat. Pretty ...
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Wed. May 02, 2012 at 10:04 p.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — Through four innings of Friday’s Class 7A, District 10 final at Countryside, it appeared David could actually slay Goliath. But in the fifth inning, reality set in. Not only did top-seeded Seminole spoil Clearwater starter Colin Lonsberry’s perfect game, it put up eight runs on eight hits and ...
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Sat. April 28, 2012 at 12:03 a.m. | Rodney Page
CLEARWATER — Top seed Seminole managed to avoid an upset in its Class 7A, District 10 semifinal game against Northeast. Second seed Countryside wasn’t so lucky. The Warhawks blew a five-run lead in the sixth inning Wednesday but came back with a run in the bottom of the seventh to ...
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Thu. April 26, 2012 at 12:41 a.m. | Rodney Page
PALM HARBOR — Sarasota Riverview’s Sean Labsan brought Palm Harbor University’s season to an abrupt end Tuesday. Not only did Labsan hit the first grand slam of his life, he threw a no-hitter to single-handedly help the Rams to a 10-0 win in the Class 8A, District 8 semifinal. Riverview ...
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Tue. April 24, 2012 at 11:02 p.m. | Rodney Page
Times’ Super Seven Records through Wednesday 1. Seminole (20-3): Warhawks have won 12 straight heading into Friday night’s game against East Lake. 2. Tarpon Springs (18-4): Spongers haven’t lost since the final of the Dunedin Spring Tournament. 3. Osceola (18-5): Warriors are leaking a little oil, with two losses in ...
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Thu. April 12, 2012 at 4:15 p.m. | Rodney Page