Offensive Player of the Year: QB Will Worth, Sr., Newsome Why we picked him: Considering no county player was more vital to his team, Worth also was a bona fide defensive player of the year candidate. We chose him for offense in part because of his staggering playoff performance. The ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:29 a.m. | Times Staff
Player of the Year Sidney Brown, Jr., OH, Berkeley Prep Why we picked her: Brown ably filled the shoes of Jordan Burgess and Mackenzie Dagostino, two of the most decorated players in Hillsborough and Berkeley Prep history. She was the undisputed leader of the Bucs’ run to the Class 4A ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 5:51 p.m. | Joel Anderson
The one week in which Tampa Prep is prohibited from playing or practicing (due to final exams) has been the season's most hectic for coach Joe Fenlon. Some scheduling "mix-ups" had Fenlon scrambling at the 11th hour to fill two bracket spots in the 11th annual eight-team City of Tampa ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 1:49 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Bet a stocking stuffer on Chamberlain and Freedom meeting in the Class 7A, District 9 tournament final in early February. Then put another down on the outcome being determined on the final possession. Nip and tuck converged yet again Tuesday night in New Tampa, with the Patriots (9-1, ...
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Tue. Dec. 18, 2012 at 10:48 p.m. | Joey Knight
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. Jesuit (7-0): Unchallenged Tigers winning by average margin of 34.4 points 2. Tampa Prep (8-0): Six-foot-9 frosh Juwan Durham averaging nearly double double (17.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg) 3. Wharton (7-0): Best Wildcats team since Butler alum Shawn Vanzant’s senior year (2006-07) 4. Berkeley Prep (9-0): ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 11:48 a.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA -- From the stuffiness to the soft spots on the floor to the somber lighting, Chamberlain's antiquated gym had a Boston Garden feel to it Monday night. Fittingly, Wharton (6-0) and Chamberlain (5-1) engaged in some Garden-variety physicality. "It was unbelievably physical, intense," Wildcats coach Tommy Tonelli said. Limiting ...
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Mon. Dec. 10, 2012 at 10:06 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — With the rest of Class 7A, District 9 already in the loss column, the battle between unbeatens Wiregrass Ranch and Chamberlain took on added significance. The winner would grab the top spot in the district standings along with the inside track for the end-of-the-season district tournament’s No. 1 ...
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Fri. Dec. 07, 2012 at 10:03 p.m. | Bryan Burns
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine. You know the drill: johncotey@gmail.com, and follow me at @JohnnyHomeTeam Here's some notes, observations and a look at Friday's slate ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
I'm so excited about the Pasco-Robinson football game tonight, I didn't know what to do with myself this morning, so I started writing. And writing. And writing some more. So, uh, welcome to the biggest darned Morning Meanderings of the season. Maybe it's a good thing everyone doesn't call in ...
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:39 a.m. | John C. Cotey
The final four Hillsborough County’s preseason top four, listed with 2011-12 record 1. Jesuit (27-2): Four starters return from veteran coach Neal Goldman’s best team, which finished a game shy of the program’s first final four berth since 1984. If there’s a deficiency on this roster, we haven’t seen it. ...
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Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 at 10:15 a.m. | Joey Knight
Roughly two dozen relatives, teammates, coaches and administrators convened in a Chamberlain High conference room Wednesday morning to recognize a fourth-generation Rattler and first-generation Ivy Leaguer. Chiefs seniors Amber Fullwood and Lindsey Hagberg, both vital in their team's Class 7A state title run last spring, signed with Florida A&M and ...
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Wed. Nov. 14, 2012 at 12:06 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Doing basically prep work for its playoff opener next week against Osceola, Hillsborough rolled up 300-plus yards of offense and played solid defense. It won despite almost 100 yards of penalties and three touchdowns called back due to them.Dwayne Lawson went 11-of-18 for 169 yards and a touchdown ...
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Fri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 9:22 p.m. | Rod Gipson
LUTZ — Kendall Pearcey accounted for 227 yards and four touchdowns, including the winner with 1:15 remaining, as Steinbrenner knocked Chamberlain out of the Class 7A, District 7 playoff picture.The senior, in his final home game, ran it in from the 4 to cap a 75-yard, 12-play drive as the ...
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Fri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 8:22 p.m. | Don Jensen
TAMPA — The afternoon gusts whip hard against the 31 bodies — including JV call-ups — practicing for Chamberlain on this chilly Tuesday. On the home bench, the team’s top rusher and primary Division-I prospect shrouds himself in a blanket as he soaks his sore left ankle in a bucket ...
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Thu. Nov. 01, 2012 at 4:39 p.m. | Joey Knight