Times’ Super Seven Records through Wednesday 1. Seminole (6-1): In the bragging rights game against Osceola, the Warhawks won 4-2 with good pitching and timely hitting. 2. Osceola (8-1): The Warriors are fundamentally sound and dangerous at the plate. 3. Countryside (8-1): Cougars had won six straight entering Thursday’s game ...
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Thu. March 08, 2012 at 5:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
Baseball: Times’ super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Osceola (6-0): Won the Lee Byers Invitational and won at Tampa Catholic for a good early-season start. 2. Seminole (4-1): Take away one bad inning against Tarpon Springs and the Warhawks are undefeated. They can hit the ball all over the yard. ...
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Thu. March 01, 2012 at 3:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
You would think they’d be jumping for joy. Or at least quietly giving each other fist bumps. The “District of Doom” — Class 5A, District 11 — has been reshuffled. Tarpon Springs, East Lake, Dunedin, Seminole and Clearwater no longer have to fight each other for a playoff berth. The ...
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Mon. Feb. 13, 2012 at 10:21 p.m. | Rodney Page
Dixie Hollins senior Ray Lanners committed to Methodist University in Fayetteville, N.C., over the weekend. Lanners was a first-team all-south county selection as a junior, hitting .286 with nine doubles, two home runs, and 22 RBIs. Lanners will play for coach Tom Austin, one of only nine coaches in Division III ...
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Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 at 8:56 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Because of the thunderstorms that hit Pinellas County on Wednesday night, only the early game between Berkeley Prep and Dixie Hollins was played at the Georgiadis Memorial Tournament at Seminole. The Buccaneers used a seven-run fifth inning to beat the Rebels 10-7. Trent Thompson was the winning pitcher for the ...
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Wed. March 30, 2011 at 11:00 p.m. | Nathan Cowan
Baseball Super 71. Dunedin (20-3): After falling one spot, the Falcons move back to the top after beating Osceola and Sarasota last week.2. Seminole (19-3): Playing well leading up to the postseason with wins over East Lake and Sarasota in the past two weeks.3. Osceola (20-4): Stay at the top ...
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Thu. April 22, 2010 at 6:50 p.m. | Bob Putnam
At times this season, the Pinellas Park softball team has had a hard time scoring runs. Of course, when USF signee Sara Nevins is your starting pitcher, sometimes it doesn't matter. The Patriots scored a single run in the first, and Nevins made it stand up over seven innings in ...
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Thu. April 08, 2010 at 8:58 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Baseball Super 71. Dunedin (15-2): Rallied in remarkable fashion, scoring seven runs in the seventh to beat East Lake in the championship game of its tournament.2. Osceola (15-2): Won own spring tournament thanks to a dominant performance by pitcher Taylor Layner.3. Seminole (13-4): Played well last week, advancing to final ...
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Thu. April 08, 2010 at 4:37 p.m. | Bob Putnam
LARGO — Taylor Layner thinks the current Osceola team is as good or better than last year's squad that won a district championship and advanced to the region semifinals. Thursday in the championship game of the Osceola Spring Invitational, Layner took the hill and backed up his prediction. The left-hander ...
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Thu. April 01, 2010 at 8:49 p.m. | Bryan Burns
LARGO — Osceola knew it would take a monumental effort to advance past Tates Creek of Lexington, Ky., and into today's championship game at the Osceola Spring Invitational. Tates Creek sent ace Trevor Gott to the mound. He signed with the University of Kentucky this year and throws a fastball ...
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Wed. March 31, 2010 at 9:25 p.m. | Bryan Burns
LARGO — Northeast and Osceola continued steamrolling toward a potential matchup in the championship game of the Osceola Spring Invitational with blowout wins. Only a pair of out-of-town teams stand in the way of a replay of their game two weeks ago, when Taylor Layner struck out 17 in a ...
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Tue. March 30, 2010 at 9:19 p.m. | Bryan Burns
LARGO — It has become a theme for Dixie Hollins this season: open up a sizable advantage, watch it disappear by game's end. Coach Jeff Schellhause hoped his team's fortunes would reverse in the Rebels opening-round game of the Osceola Spring Invitational against Haymarket (Va.) Battlefield. Instead, the Rebels, unable ...
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Mon. March 29, 2010 at 8:30 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Times’ Super 71. Dunedin (9-2): The Falcons can assert themselves as the district frontrunners with a win against Seminole tonight. 2. Seminole (11-2): After surviving so many close games, the Warhawks finally lost one Wednesday night to Lakewood.3. Clearwater Central Catholic (6-2): The Marauders rallied to beat St. Petersburg Catholic ...
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Thu. March 25, 2010 at 4:56 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Baseball in this county has become a kid's game, dominated by freshmen, sophomores and a strong junior class. Virtually extinct is the talented senior leader who can hoist a team with playoff aspirations onto his shoulders. But there are a few programs that possess that rare commodity. Here are a ...
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Wed. March 24, 2010 at 7:18 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Adam Lewis drove home the go-ahead run in the eighth inning Tuesday to lead Osceola to a 5-3 road win over Dixie Hollins.With the game tied at 2, Lewis singled to break the deadlock. Evan Hock, who went 2-for-4, followed with a double to bring home two more insurance runs for ...
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Wed. March 24, 2010 at 1:32 a.m. | Bryan Burns