EAST LAKE — The first goal did not come until the late in the first half. In the second half, they came in bunches. East Lake, a team with state title aspirations, was smooth and inventive throughout its Class 5A, District 11 final as its players repeatedly cut through Seminole's ...
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Fri. Jan. 28, 2011 at 9:46 p.m. | Bob Putnam
EAST LAKE — In the Class 5A, District 11 semifinals, one game featured a team that was unstoppable while the other was a defensive battle.In the first game, East Lake quickly took care of Tarpon Springs, building a 5-1 lead by halftime en route to an 8-2 win.The scoring began ...
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Thu. Jan. 27, 2011 at 10:32 p.m. | Lauren Burg
CLEARWATER — When asked if it seemed Countryside had the "it" factor to compete for the state title after a 3-0 victory over East Lake on Tuesday, Cougars coach Dave Sica bristled at the notion."I don't even want to think about our next game, let alone the playoffs," he said. ...
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Tue. Nov. 30, 2010 at 10:05 p.m. | Chris Girandola
TARPON SPRINGS — When it comes to soccer in northern Pinellas County, there’s no such thing as rebuilding. Just reloading. The boys and girls teams of Palm Harbor University and East Lake demonstrated that in early-season contests on Thursday. On the girls side, the Hurricanes, who were playing without injured ...
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Fri. Nov. 12, 2010 at 12:11 a.m. | Chris Girandola
A number of bay area winter sports teams have been named Academic Team Champions by the Florida High School Athletic Association for earning the highest collective GPA in their respective sports and classifications. Leading the way locally was Berkeley Prep, which won titles in four sports. Winning teams receive a ...
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Tue. March 23, 2010 at 4:10 p.m. | Joey Knight
Player of the yearF Ben Sweat, Sr., Palm Harbor University Why we picked him: Sweat not only paced the Class 6A state finalist Hurricanes with 22 goals and 11 assists, but in the season’s most critical moments, the talented senior hoisted the ’Canes on his broad shoulders and buried opponents ...
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Wed. March 10, 2010 at 7:02 p.m. | Bryan Burns
EAST LAKE — What's that saying, if at first you don't succeed, try, try again? For Seminole, it was try, try, try, try again, at least when the East Lake Eagles were the opponent. Four times this season, the Warhawks came up empty against East Lake, save for a come-from-behind, ...
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Tue. Feb. 09, 2010 at 10:03 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Tonight's region semifinals are all about rematches. Three of the four games feature teams in the same district, so not only did they play in the district final 11 days ago, they also hooked up at least once in the regular season. Seminole and East Lake are the most familiar, ...
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Mon. Feb. 08, 2010 at 5:16 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TARPON SPRINGS — East Lake coach Sergei Stopek gave his players plenty of rest this week in preparation for its Class 5A region matchup with Pinellas Park. His philosophy paid off as the Eagles dominated every facet of the game in a 5-0 victory on Thursday night. The Eagles offense ...
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Thu. Feb. 04, 2010 at 9:26 p.m. | Times Correspondent
CLEARWATER — Having just wrapped up its second district title in three seasons, the East Lake Eagles had one more goal Friday night: Dousing coach Sergei Stopek with the customary Gatorade shower. Stopek, however, had other plans, moving out of the way at the last possible second as the bucket ...
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Fri. Jan. 29, 2010 at 8:34 p.m. | Bryan Burns
CLEARWATER — The top seeds both advanced in Wednesday's Class 5A-11 district semifinals, but both winning coaches walked off the field with closer battles than they expected. No. 2 Seminole led No. 3 Dunedin by only a 1-0 margin at halftime before finally getting some offense to finish with a ...
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Wed. Jan. 27, 2010 at 9:33 p.m. | Times Correspondent
Times columnist John C. Cotey takes on some of the hot high school happenings in his weekly Top 10. 1. Flash The time it takes you to finish reading this sentence is the time it took Springstead's 103-pound wrestler Richie Bliss to … (pin his opponent Friday at the Tony ...
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Sat. Jan. 23, 2010 at 6:08 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Note: We will run final stats for the girls after the postseason. BoysRecords through Tuesday1. East Lake (14-1-2): Eagles are on an eight-game win streak heading into the PCAC championship and district tournament.2. Seminole (12-7-2): Despite losing to IRC, Warhawks remain No. 2 based on head-to-head wins over Countryside and ...
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Wed. Jan. 20, 2010 at 4:04 p.m. | Bryan Burns
North County champion East Lake will battle South County winner Pinellas Park on Friday for the Pinellas County Athletic Conference championship. East Lake (14-1-2) has fared well recently against county teams. The Eagles haven't lost to a Pinellas County school in two seasons. Pinellas Park (8-1-2) is a surprise entrant, but the ...
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Tue. Jan. 19, 2010 at 2:27 p.m. | Bryan Burns
GirlsRecords through Tuesday1. Palm Harbor University (15-0-1): Sophomore midfielder Paige Lombard has recorded an assist in every game but one for the Hurricanes.2. Seminole (13-2-2): Warhawks earned the top seed for the district (5A-11) tournament and were declared PCAC North County champions.3. Countryside (12-3): Cougars bounce back from consecutive losses ...
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Wed. Jan. 13, 2010 at 4:30 p.m. | Bryan Burns