Canterbury's first home football game, Sept. 7 against Cambridge Christian, has been moved to St. Petersburg Catholic. The move was necessary due to renovations to Canterbury's field. The renovations were supposed to be completed by the start of the season, but according to athletic director Dave Smith, work was delayed ...
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Thu. Aug. 30, 2012 at 9:15 a.m. | Rodney Page
Friday’s preseason games took its toll on some area teams. Dixie Hollins lost three quarterbacks to injury in its game against Clearwater Central Catholic, but the Rebels should have two of those players back for this week’s opener against Northeast. Senior starter Drew Boylson left with concussion symptoms, but Rebels ...
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Mon. Aug. 27, 2012 at 12:17 p.m. | Rodney Page
Host Canterbury led 14-10 at halftime but failed to hold the lead. P.J. Franklin scored both of the Crusaders touchdowns, one on a 25-yard fumble recovery and one on a 6-yard run. Franklin finished with 13 carries for 95 yards.
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 8:03 p.m. | Times Staff
Former Canterbury standout Brent O'Neal has left the Citadel and is transferring to Florida Tech, Crusaders coach Bill Jones said. “I think he got up there and was not quite ready for the regimen,” Jones said. “It wasn’t that he couldn’t handle it. I just don’t think it was the ...
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Wed. Aug. 01, 2012 at 5:28 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Former Shorecrest head football coach and current Canterbury assistant coach Phil Hayford was recently selected to enter the Florida Athletic Coaches Association Hall of Fame. Hayford will be officially inducted on Jan. 12. Hayford was at Shorecrest for 33 years and compiled a 191-132 record. He ranks second in Pinellas County for ...
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Thu. July 26, 2012 at 11:05 a.m. | Rodney Page
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at a football district a day. First up: Class 2A, District 5. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record Canterbury (10-2, 7-1) Admiral Farragut (12-2, 7-1) Indian Rocks Christian (7-4, 5-3) Carrollwood Day (6-4, 4-4) Cambridge Christian ...
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Mon. July 23, 2012 at 12:07 p.m. | Times Staff
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
LARGO — Indian Rocks Christian graduates 15 players from its senior class, including nearly every skill player. Quarterback Casey Woods, who threw 30 touchdowns last season, is gone. So is Woods’ favorite target, Sean Culkin, who had 18 touchdown receptions. “We lose pretty much everyone who handled the ball last ...
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Wed. May 16, 2012 at 7:12 p.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — They broke ground on Clearwater Central Catholic’s new 5-acre athletic complex Thursday afternoon, with players, coaches and administrators taking turns heaving shovelfuls of dirt into the air from the 50-yard line. After the 3 p.m. ceremony, the bulldozers had their turn as construction began in earnest. The $1.368 ...
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Thu. May 10, 2012 at 9:12 p.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — The good news for Canterbury this spring is that most of the offensive line is back and there appear to be some good candidates to fill running back Brent O’Neal’s shoes. P.J. Franklin was a capable backup to O’Neal last season and is looking good this spring. ...
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Wed. May 09, 2012 at 9:44 p.m. | Times Staff
Phil Hayford, whose 33-year reign as football coach at Shorecrest ended this past season, has found another job just a few miles away from his old one. On Tuesday, Hayford agreed to become the defensive coordinator at Canterbury, joining coach Bill Jones. Hayford plans to step down at Shorecrest at ...
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Tue. March 27, 2012 at 3:06 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Canterbury’s Brent O’Neal decided on attending the Citadel about a month ago, and he didn’t waver from that decision. The school’s all-time leading rusher signed with the Bulldogs during a ceremony Wednesday morning at the school’s theater. "It’s a big stress relief,’’ O’Neal said. "I didn’t sleep a whole lot ...
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Wed. Feb. 01, 2012 at 8:44 a.m. | Rodney Page
Canterbury running back Brent O'Neal committed to the Citadel on Sunday, Crusaders coach Bill Jones said. O'Neal will sign Feb.1. Last week, O'Neal narrowed his list to three schools: Citadel, Navy and Presbyterian. He visited the Citadel this weekend and made his decision before taking any other trips. "Brent just ...
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Sun. Jan. 22, 2012 at 12:02 p.m. | Bob Putnam
TAMPA — If any of the 300 or so frigid souls who turned out for Saturday night’s Blue-Grey National All-Star Classic were college scouts, they either were in the hot chocolate line or incognito. No matter to Tommy Eveld. On this night at Raymond James Stadium, Jesuit’s 6-foot-5 senior quarterback ...
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Sun. Jan. 15, 2012 at 12:08 a.m. | Joey Knight
Canterbury’s Brent O’Neal is playing in the Blue-Grey all-star game Saturday and could get noticed by more colleges. For now, though, he has narrowed his list of schools to three: Citadel, Navy and Presbyterian. O’Neal is taking visits to the Citadel and Presbyterian in the next three weeks, Crusaders coach ...
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Tue. Jan. 10, 2012 at 6:53 p.m. | Bob Putnam