LITHIA — The Spring Fling is getting more surreal by the year for Brandon ace Kayla Goff. Twelve months after standing throw-to-throw with East Bay right-hander Kayla Cox for a 13-inning triumph in this very tournament despite Cox's 31 strikeouts, Goff again was at her best. And fate again was ...
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Fri. March 26, 2010 at 8:24 p.m. | Joey Knight
Times’ Super 71. Chamberlain (11-2): Chiefs, on an 11-game win streak, catapult three spots after defeating Plant and Gaither on consecutive nights2. Plant (12-2): Panthers get a tough opening-round draw — Bradenton’s Lakewood Ranch — in Spring Fling3. Newsome (10-3): Wolves, averaging six runs a contest, enter Spring Fling on ...
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Thu. March 25, 2010 at 2:02 p.m. | Joey Knight
As untouchable as East Bay right-hander Kayla Cox has seemed this season, veteran coach Glenn Rodriguez knew the Indians' periodic lack of offensive support for the North Carolina State signee could come back to haunt them. Following an anemic effort Friday in a 1-0 victory against Durant, when Cox struck ...
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Tue. March 23, 2010 at 10:29 a.m. | Joey Knight
GIBSONTON — Flustered by a feeble offensive effort Friday evening against district nemesis Durant, East Bay coach Glenn Rodriguez stressed the lack of productivity eventually will catch up to his club. But not until someone catches up to Indians ace Kayla Cox. In the most dominant seven-inning effort of her ...
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Fri. March 19, 2010 at 8:12 p.m. | Joey Knight
Times’ Super 71. Plant (8-1): Panthers have won their five district games by a combined score of 35-52. East Bay (8-4): Coach Glenn Rodriguez wants it known: His defense behind Kayla Cox is pretty good, too.3. Newsome (7-3): Wolves coming off impressive wins over Riverview and Plant City.4. Chamberlain (7-2): ...
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Thu. March 18, 2010 at 11:53 a.m. | Joey Knight
PLANT CITY — From her spot in the third-base coaches box, Heidi Kouveras made the evening's most brisk dash for home Tuesday night. No sooner than East Bay ace Kayla Cox ended the game with her ninth strikeout for a 3-0 Indians win, Kouveras was gone. Fed up by another ...
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Tue. March 16, 2010 at 7:38 p.m. | Joey Knight
Thanks to Friday's swath of precipitation, our live coverage of local baseball and softball action has been mired in a rain delay. Initially, we planned to bring you reports from Newsome-Plant City softball as well as Riverview-Plant and Bloomingdale-Brandon baseball. Since those games were put on hold, we pre-empt our ...
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Fri. March 12, 2010 at 5:33 p.m. | Times Staff
Times’ Super 71. Plant (7-1): Behind pitchers Miranda Clark and Rose Yanger, Panthers have shut out past three foes.2. East Bay (7-4): Indians are 5-0 in county’s best district behind Kayla Cox, who has yet to surrender an earned run.3. Newsome (6-3): Dropped two of last three entering tonight’s game ...
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Thu. March 11, 2010 at 2:06 p.m. | Joey Knight
LITHIA — The formula for East Bay is simple: play tight defense, scratch out a run or two and let Kayla Cox handle the rest. Friday night the plan worked to perfection.Aliceson Holliday delivered a late two-run single, East Bay was flawless in the field and Cox punched out 16 ...
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Fri. March 05, 2010 at 11:55 p.m. | Times Correspondent
GIBSONTON — Host East Bay snapped a five-game winless skid Wednesday and drew first blood in the Class 5A, District 8 race with a 2-0 shutout of rival Newsome. "It gives us an upper hand," East Bay coach Glenn Rodriguez said. "They've got a good ball club." Kayla Cox pitched ...
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Wed. Feb. 17, 2010 at 8:42 p.m. | Times Correspondent
When Class 5A, District 8 was realigned for softball, it was as if the planets had been aligned for east Hillsborough fast-pitch junkies. Unbeknownst to the FHSAA honchos who re-sorted the districts (something done every two years when schools report their student populations), a super league was created. Durant, East ...
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Sun. Feb. 07, 2010 at 3:31 p.m. | Joey Knight