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
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
Canterbury senior running back PJ Franklin received an offer from Stetson University, according to coach Bill Jones. Franklin led the Crusaders (4-6) with 1,180 yards and 19 touchdowns. Stetson renewed its football program in 2011 and will begin play in the Pioneer Football League next season. The school last played ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 9:58 a.m. | Rodney Page
Boy, the hoopsters were hitting last night. Lots of big games, and one little game from someone who usually turns in big games. Here's your second-to-last Morning Meanderings of the year. But we will be out at Freedom's girls game Thursday against Steinbrenner. Look us up. PLAYER OF THE NIGHT ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Canterbury (4-6) ends the regular season with three straight wins with a 33-19 victory over Imagine School of North Port. Senior quarterback Matt Wylie threw three touchdown passes, a 25-yarder to senior PJ Franklin and 50- and 30-yarders to senior Crosby Ellinger. Franklin also scored on a 65-yard run. “It ...
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Fri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 9:09 p.m. | Times Staff
Canterbury (3-6) held a slim 10-6 halftime lead before pulling away from Northside Christian for a 23-12 victory. The Crusaders' Sammy Faucette scored on a 30-yard pass from Matt Wylie and also scored on a 3-yard run. Crosby Ellinger had a 22-yard touchdown catch and Wylie also kicked a 22-yard ...
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Fri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 8:23 p.m. | Times Staff
PALM HARBOR — Palm Harbor University has won six straight matches, is playing its best volleyball of the season and seems to be peaking at the right time. Red-hot PHU is hardly a team anyone would want to meet right now. Unless you are East Lake. So with wins by ...
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Tue. Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:37 p.m. | John C. Cotey
The Crusaders won their second game of the season thanks to a strong running game and smothering defense. PJ Franklin started things off with a 70-yard run for a touchdown in the first quarter to eclipse the 1,000-yard barrier for the season. Sammy Faucette also had a touchdown run to ...
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 8:01 p.m. | Times Staff
EAST LAKE — Palm Harbor University senior middle hitter Logan Miller has waited four years to celebrate in East Lake’s gym. There have been so many past disappointments that she began to wonder if it would ever happen. Miller and her teammates finally got the chance Thursday night after an ...
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Thu. Oct. 25, 2012 at 11:30 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — For the first time in school history, Calvary Christian is going to regionals. The Warriors swept Indian Rocks Christian 25-22, 25-22, 25-21 to earn a spot in the 3A-9 final against Clearwater Central Catholic. Calvary also had never beaten Indian Rocks Christian (19-8). “This was a total ...
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Tue. Oct. 23, 2012 at 11:55 p.m. | Rodney Page
LARGO — Indian Rocks Christian picked up another key Class 2A, District 5 win Friday, beating Canterbury 41-15. Golden Eagles freshman sensation Zeke McGaughy led the way with 162 yards on 15 carries and a touchdown. In the first quarter, McGaughy dashed 74 yards to open scoring for the Golden ...
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Fri. Oct. 12, 2012 at 9:35 p.m. | Phillip Haywood
TAMPA — Carrollwood Day suited up for its homecoming game Friday against Canterbury short-handed. It hardly showed as the Patriots rolled over Canterbury (1-5, 1-4) 40-19 thanks to standout performances from Andy Embody and Max Frankel."I've been prepared all week, all year for something like this," Embody said.Embody caught only ...
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Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 6:45 p.m. | Andy Warrener
BRADENTON — It won't show up in any box score, and it won't generate oohs and ahs like a long touchdown run. But Peyton Spencer's lunging, shoelace-grabbing trip-up of Canterbury's PJ Franklin stopped the Crusaders tailback from a certain touchdown.It also kept Bradenton Christian up by two scores. That helped ...
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Fri. Sept. 28, 2012 at 9:55 p.m. | The Herald
ST. PETERSBURG — PJ Franklin led Canterbury with 17 carries for 137 yards and two touchdowns as the Crusaders beat Calvary Christian 24-12 on Friday night.Both teams played to a scoreless first quarter until Franklin scampered untouched for a 25-yard touchdown. On the ensuing possession Jeremy Wood hooked up with ...
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Fri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 9:50 p.m. | Phillip Haywood
A year after Canterbury ruined Admiral Farragut's hopes of a district championship, the Blue Jackets got some revenge with a 35-0 shutout win Friday. Running back Cortavious Givens, who suffered a season-ending knee injury in the Canterbury game last season, scored two touchdowns to lead AFA. Defensive back Will Anderson ...
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 9:17 p.m. | Times Staff