Since 1988, Pinellas County has had at least one girls soccer team advance to the state final four, and at least one team has reached the championship in its classification in six of the past seven seasons. But last season marked the first time the county did not bring home ...
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Sat. Oct. 29, 2011 at 7:20 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Clearwater Central Catholic senior Lindsey Cooper's senior soccer season may have ended a little prematurely, but it wasn't without some stellar highlights. Last week alone, Cooper, a University of Florida commit, scored 10 goals as CCC beat four opponents by a combined score of 23-2 -- a performance that nabbed ...
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Thu. Jan. 20, 2011 at 7:49 p.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — One team entered the district playoffs as a prohibitive favorite to win a state title. The other came in with a roster that included eight players who had been a part of a historic run toward a runnerup finish last season in the state championship. By the time ...
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Thu. Jan. 20, 2011 at 12:26 a.m. | Chris Girandola
Clearwater Central Catholic midfielder Lindsey Cooper will miss Wednesday night's district semifinal game against St. Petersburg Catholic after spraining her ankle and bruising a bone in her foot last week, Marauders coach Frank Seidl said. The injury occurred in a game against the Barons on Jan. 14. Seidl said the ...
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Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 at 2:35 p.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — Clearwater Central Catholic wanted to be known as the county's best team. It, admittedly, had its minds on Friday's home game against Seminole during Wednesday's 0-0 tie with Berkeley Prep.Against the Warhawks, the Marauders demonstrated why they are in the ESPN Rise Fab 50 poll, pulling out a ...
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Fri. Jan. 07, 2011 at 10:23 p.m. | Chris Girandola
ST. PETERSBURG — Clearwater Central Catholic did not expect Wednesday’s match against Berkeley Prep to go the way it did. Neither did the Buccaneers. For the Marauders, who have 15 returning juniors and seniors, including Florida-bound Lindsey Cooper, this was the season they would exact revenge on a team that ...
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Thu. Jan. 06, 2011 at 12:03 a.m. | Chris Girandola
CLEARWATER — Clearwater Central Catholic’s playoff appearance last year was short on matches and long on letdowns. The Marauders were bounced from the Class 3A region soccer semifinals by Berkeley Prep, the eventual state runnerup. This year, CCC wants its playoff-type experience to last a little longer than two games. ...
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Wed. Dec. 01, 2010 at 3:59 p.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — In the past two seasons, the Palm Harbor University girls have lost just once en route to consecutive state titles, an undefeated streak that stretched to 34 games. It took just two games this season for the Hurricanes to experience defeat. Clearwater Central Catholic knocked off the two-time ...
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Tue. Nov. 09, 2010 at 12:07 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Palm Harbor University coach John Planamenta knew this day would come.Seven starters who formed a solid nucleus on the Hurricanes' state championship teams in 2009 (Class 5A) and 2010 (6A) have graduated.The biggest loss is Catherine Brinkman, the St. Petersburg Times girls player of the year last season who scored ...
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Sun. Oct. 31, 2010 at 6:19 p.m. | Times Staff
Player of the yearF Catherine Brinkman, Sr., Palm Harbor University Why we picked her: Brinkman is the prototypical forward. When she has the ball near the net with a sliver of an opening, she finishes with clinical precision. The top scorer on the Hurricanes’ Class 6A state championship team – ...
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Wed. March 10, 2010 at 6:41 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Blake's Mike McFarland received a booklet in the mail from the Florida Gators, the team he inked with, shortly after national signing day. Fifty or so pages thick, it contained workout routines and diet suggestions. "They want me to put 10 to 15 pounds of solid muscle on before I ...
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Sat. Feb. 20, 2010 at 3:55 p.m. | Keith Niebuhr
This is a big week for many high school athletes, as they'll be honoring their oral commitments by putting pen to paper. Today is national signing day so please send us any photos from ceremonies throughout the bay area to hometeam@tampabay.com. Be sure to include the name, school and college ...
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Wed. Feb. 03, 2010 at 7:53 a.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — You wouldn't know it by the final score, but for 71 minutes of Tuesday night's Class 3A second-round match Berkeley Prep was in a fight for its life against Clearwater Central Catholic. One sequence of plays changed everything. First, the Buccaneers got a stop. Then Taylor Batye, after ...
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Tue. Feb. 02, 2010 at 9:27 p.m. | Keith Niebuhr
Class 5A East Lake (13-6-2) at Seminole (17-2-2) This matchup marks the fourth time the Eagles and Warhawks will meet this season. Seminole is 2-0-1 against East Lake, including a 3-1 victory less than two weeks ago for the district title, and enters as the favorite. The Warhawks are trying ...
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Mon. Feb. 01, 2010 at 5:01 p.m. | Bryan Burns
PSSSSSSST! Don't forget to check back today at 2 p.m. for our first-ever livestream of a football player making his college decision when Gibbs' Tim Jackson picks ...well, we can't tell you who, that would ruin all the fun. That, and, well, we're not really sure. TEAM OF THE NIGHT ...
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Fri. Jan. 29, 2010 at 9:34 a.m. | John C. Cotey