If I got asked one thing more than anything elsethis offseason, it was this: when is the Grab Bag coming back? My answer was always the same: I know, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight? So here it is, Season 2, Episode I of your predictions, projections and for many of you excited to be ...
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Wed. Aug. 29, 2012 at 1:12 p.m. | John C. Cotey
PINELLAS PARK — After banging heads for two quarters with some strong physical play, Dunedin and Pinellas Park finally put together a scoring drive apiece in the fourth quarter to finish Friday night stalemated at 6-6 in their preseason classic. While the junior varsity squads provided most of the excitement ...
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Sat. Aug. 25, 2012 at 1:18 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at a football district a day. Today: Class 5A, District 8. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record Jesuit (11-2, 8-0) Robinson (9-3, 7-1) Lakewood (6-4, 5-3) Spoto (6-4, 5-3) Dunedin (4-6, 3-5) Blake (4-6, 3-5) Gibbs ...
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Thu. July 26, 2012 at 2:16 p.m. | Times Staff
Remember the spring football primer? Well, spring's over. Let's see how I did. Spring’s top 10 teams How I had it back on May 1: 1. Armwood; 2. Plant; 3. East Lake; 4. Countryside; 5. Lakewood; 6. Pasco; 7. Hillsborough; 8. Gaither; 9. Tampa Bay Tech; 10. Jesuit How I would rank them now: 1. Plant: Yep, I'm ...
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Fri. June 01, 2012 at 8:49 p.m. | John C. Cotey
At Dunedin Scores: Seminole 8, Northeast 6 Dunedin 13, Northeast 8 Seminole 7, Dunedin 6 Spring game-breakers: Seminole’s defense came through, holding two high-powered offenses to a combined 12 points. Both scores came late in each half and the Warhawks stopped two-point conversions in both games. … Seminole relied on ...
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Thu. May 24, 2012 at 11:54 p.m. | Bob Putnam
After most of the private schools played last week, the Pinellas County public schools get their turn with spring games or jamborees Thursday or Friday. (Lakewood and Pinellas Park are the lone teams playing next week) Here’s a quick primer on the teams, players and positions to follow as spring ...
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Wed. May 23, 2012 at 6:14 p.m. | Bob Putnam
LARGO — Pinellas Park coach Kenny Crawford has more than 70 players out for spring football, but his eyes will mostly be on three of them. With the graduation of quarterback Brandon Hames, the Patriots don’t have a leading candidate to start in the fall. Taron Williams, a transfer from ...
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Mon. May 14, 2012 at 3:20 p.m. | Times Staff
DUNEDIN — Dunedin High football coach Max Smith walked around school with just about the prettiest thing any of his football players had ever seen tucked under his arm. Boys and girls, they stared. Teachers, they gawked. Smith, he just smiled. Where he went, it went. His classroom, the weight ...
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Sun. May 13, 2012 at 4:12 p.m. | John C. Cotey
The Sunshine Football Officials Association held eight-team controlled scrimmages at three Clearwater schools Saturday to provide training for officials. So every participating team got in extra spring work, running at least 24 plays on offense and 24 plays on defense. Here are our observations from each site: At Countryside 1. River ...
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Sat. May 12, 2012 at 9:34 p.m. | Times Staff
LARGO — Derrick Doss, a 5-foot-9, 195 pound junior, does a little of everything for Largo. He returns kickoffs. He plays linebacker. He even runs the ball occasionally. Doss might have to run the ball even more with the loss of Jarvis Stewart, who is no longer at the school. ...
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Mon. May 07, 2012 at 7:07 p.m. | Times Staff
Tramaine Batten spent his first year in big school playing little league football.He spent his second blocking for seniors.He spent his third bursting onto the scene at Dunedin.His fourth?"I just can't wait," Batten said. "Senior season, I'm going all out."Batten developed into one of Tampa Bay's top running backs last ...
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Sat. May 05, 2012 at 4:25 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Are you ready for some …wait, wait. Let me try again. Spring is in the …no, no no. Scratch all that. Let’s go with: Football! Nice, simple and to the exclamation point. High school practice starts Tuesday and we’ve got big arms, like the one East Lake quarterback Pete DiNovo ...
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Mon. April 30, 2012 at 7:43 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Dunedin defensive back Doug Forman signed with Arizona Western, Falcons coach Max Smith said. Forman, who played mostly as a safety, was an all-conference and all-county selection and played in the senior all-star game. This past season he helped the Falcons go 4-6, a significant improvement after they won a ...
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Mon. March 19, 2012 at 12:14 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Tramaine Batten, Dunedin (5-foot-10, 190 pounds) The latest: Batten ‘s recruiting has picked up the past week. Two days after getting offered by Toledo, Batten picked up one from UMass. Dunedin coach Max Smith said Batten also is getting interest from Purdue. Offers: Toledo, UMass Last season: Batten had a ...
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Tue. Feb. 28, 2012 at 4:49 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Dunedin running back Tramaine Batten was offered by Toledo on Thursday, Falcons coach Max Smith said. Last season, the junior made a name for himself by rushing for 1,150 yards and scoring 10 touchdowns. Toledo was the first school to offer Batten, but more should come in the next few ...
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Thu. Feb. 23, 2012 at 3:25 p.m. | Bob Putnam