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Cox third in Miss Softball voting
East Bay right-handed pitcher Kayla Cox, who posted a 0.19 ERA while leading the Indians to the Class 5A state title, finished third in voting for the 2010 Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Softball award. Dunnellon pitcher/third baseman Kasey Fagan, who posted staggering offensive (.574, eight home runs) and pitching (26-1, ...
Read moreThu. June 17, 2010 at 6:15 p.m. | Joey Knight
Times' All-Suncoast softball team
Player of the YearMadison O’Brien, Sr., Palm Harbor UniversityGifted in every facet of the game, the senior shortstop put together a season to remember for the Hurricanes. O’Brien, a four-year starter, guided PHU to the PCAC title game and its second straight district title. O’Brien possess a dangerous bat, has ...
Read moreFri. June 11, 2010 at 8:38 p.m. | Times Staff
Cox, Rodriguez earn state honors
A week after her high school graduation, East Bay right-handed ace Kayla Cox still is collecting postseason accolades. Cox and Indians coach Glenn Rodriguez have been named the state's Class 5A player and coach of the year, respectively, in a voting conducted by the Florida Dairy Farmers. As a result, Cox is ...
Read moreFri. June 11, 2010 at 12:48 p.m. | Joey Knight
Class 5A state softball: East Bay beats Niceville 2-0 for state title
photo gallery CLERMONT — Minutes after the biggest win of his life, veteran East Bay coach Glenn Rodriguez was saturated from his shirt to his tear ducts. Nervous perspiration, a celebratory ice water shower and the sight of his ailing dad were the culprits. C.R. Rodriguez, a widower hindered by ...
Read moreThu. May 13, 2010 at 8:42 p.m. | Joey Knight
State softball: East Bay advances to Class 5A final
CLERMONT — Much to her annoyance, East Bay senior Kayla Cox's turbocharged right arm has a glaring tendency to overshadow teammates even as it overpowers hitters. But on a bright, breezy Wednesday afternoon, in a stadium nestled in a crevice on a Clermont hillside, Cox gladly shared the season's biggest ...
Read moreWed. May 12, 2010 at 6:29 p.m. | Joey Knight
A Caisse for a state title? Make that two Caisses
East Bay's burial of Bartow's state tournament aspirations last week was, to a degree, a twin killing. Indians sophomore siblings Allysa (left) and Nina Caisse, East Bay's No. 2 and 3 hitters, went a combined 3-for-4 with a run scored in a 2-0 triumph. Additionally, Allysa -- the older of ...
Read moreTue. May 11, 2010 at 10:38 a.m. | Joey Knight
East Bay ace takes refuge in the game
GIBSONTON — The circle in which Kayla Cox operates represents both confinement and catharsis. Measuring 16 feet in diameter, it’s a boundary for sure, but plenty spacious enough for the East Bay High senior to fling her pitches and purge her mind. In this orbital realm, Cox can mesmerize and ...
Read moreMon. May 10, 2010 at 2:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
5A softball: Ace helps East Bay overpower Bartow
GIBSONTON — In the game of her life, against a seasoned lineup capable of slap-hitting you silly or stroking fastballs out of the park, Kayla Cox never even had to pitch out of a jam. Pitching out of her mind was sufficient. With a berth in the Class 5A state ...
Read moreTue. May 04, 2010 at 7:10 p.m. | Joey Knight
Cotey: The magnificent seven softball pitchers of the bay area
More than any other sport, softball relies on one player. The Ace. You can't win without her. Pitchers control the game, the fate of their teams and the bats of their opponents. That's why Tuesday night, seven bay area teams have a chance to move on to the state semifinals. ...
Read moreSun. May 02, 2010 at 7:56 p.m. | John C. Cotey
5A softball: Defense, Cox lift East Bay over Plant City
GIBSONTON — Just as it has all season, East Bay relied on strong defense and the right arm of pitcher Kayla Cox to defeat Plant City 2-0 in Friday's Class 5A region semifinals. Cox scattered four hits and worked out of several jams to record the shutout. She walked the ...
Read moreFri. April 30, 2010 at 3:55 p.m. | Times Correspondent
5A softball: East Bay's Cox dominates Springstead in 6-0 win
GIBSONTON — East Bay ace Kayla Cox came within one out of a no-hitter Tuesday night in leading the host Indians to a 6-0 win over Springstead in a Class 5A region quarterfinal. Cox (14-1-1) allowed a two-out single in the top of the seventh inning with Shannon Cataldo hitting ...
Read moreTue. April 27, 2010 at 7:43 p.m. | Times Correspondent
5A-8 softball: Timely bunt boosts East Bay over Plant City
From the third base coach’s box, East Bay’s Glenn Rodriguez issued a sign Friday night that can make a coach look like a genius or a joke. Nina Caisse took the sign, executed a drag bunt, and made Rodriguez look like Joe Torre. Caisse’s two-out, fifth-inning bunt scored sister Allysa ...
Read moreFri. April 23, 2010 at 11:08 p.m. | Joey Knight
5A-8 softball: East Bay rallies, meets Plant City in championship
PLANT CITY — Give East Bay ace Kayla Cox a one-run lead, and it typically stands up like a Marine during inspection. But in the season's biggest game Wednesday, the Indians needed their rally caps as much as Cox's rise ball.Trailing by a run, the top-seeded Indians (18-7-1) staged a ...
Read moreWed. April 21, 2010 at 8:20 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough County top teams, softball leaders
Softball Super 71. Plant (19-4): Panthers dropped two of three in Kissimmee, but shined Tuesday in 7-0 romp of Bloomingdale2. Chamberlain (14-4): Chiefs suffered one-run losses to Miami Gulliver and Jacksonville Bolles in Kissimmee3. East Bay (16-7): Eleven Indians had hits in Tuesday’s 26-0 shellacking of Armwood4. Sickles (18-4): With ...
Read moreThu. April 08, 2010 at 11:09 a.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough softball leaders, top teams
Times’ Super Seven1. Chamberlain (13-2): Chiefs’ win streak at 13 after Amber Fullwood’s one-hitter Wednesday at Freedom2. Plant (16-2): Panthers prevail in Spring Fling despite missing a handful of key players in final3. East Bay (15-7): Catcher-turned-pitcher C.C. Rock may have delivered gutsiest performance of Spring Fling4. Newsome (14-4): In ...
Read moreThu. April 01, 2010 at 5:15 p.m. | Joey Knight