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State volleyball: East Lake becomes first Pinellas team to clinch back-to-back crowns
KISSIMMEE — Overcoming the illness of one of its best hitters, the burden of massive expectations and two of its less dominant performances of the season, East Lake’s volleyball team went about its way and made history Saturday afternoon by becoming the first team in Pinellas County history to repeat ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 19, 2011 at 2:19 p.m. | John C. Cotey
8A volleyball semifinal: East Lake one match from repeating as state champ
KISSIMMEE — As the East Lake players walked to the court at Silver Spurs Arena for the second game of Friday’s Class 8A semifinal against Deland, they were still gripped by the ghastly memory of what happened in the first. For the first time in the postseason, the Eagles dropped ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 18, 2011 at 3:07 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Region volleyball roundup: East Lake gets back to state with ease
EAST LAKE — Rachel Reed’s primary job is to run the offense, handle the passes, and set her teammates. But what makes Reed so darned good is this: if that’s not working, there’s so much else she can do. Saturday afternoon, Reed used her blocking and net play to nudge ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 12, 2011 at 10:40 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Region volleyball semifinals: East Lake completes season sweep of Palm Harbor University
EAST LAKE — Palm Harbor University engaged in some wishful thinking entering Tuesday’s Class 8A region semifinal against rival East Lake. Maybe the Hurricanes would be confident after knocking off five-time defending state champion Plant in the region quarterfinals. Maybe PHU could not only extend Tuesday’s match to five games, ...
Read moreTue. Nov. 08, 2011 at 11:54 p.m. | Times Staff
Cotey: The Hot List, Week 10
You can read it, put your coffee on it to keep it warm, clip it out and use it to fry eggs on, but just don't touch. It's hot! Every weekend, Times preps columnist John C.Cotey will you bring the Hot List, telling you what's trending most in the world ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 05, 2011 at 5:52 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Region volleyball roundup: Palm Harbor University finally gets past nemesis Plant
TAMPA — The last five times Palm Harbor University faced Plant in the postseason, the Panthers ended the Hurricanes’ season in easy fashion. The Hurricanes never took a set from Plant — and in four of those matches the Panthers used the win as a stepping stone to a state ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 02, 2011 at 11:12 p.m. | Times Staff
Pinellas district volleyball roundup: Marauders dig deep in dispatching IRC
LARGO — If Clearwater Central Catholic was going to knock off top-seeded Indian Rocks Christian in the Class 3A, District 9 final Thursday night, it was going to take one of the Marauders’ best efforts of the season. According to coach Stephen Shepherd, that’s exactly the kind of effort his ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 28, 2011 at 12:32 a.m. | Times Staff
Pinellas district volleyball roundup: Lakewood gets back to regionals
Lakewood missed regionals last season for the first time since 2004, but for coach Sean O’Flannery, his own personal streak — including his previous stop at Northeast — dated to 2001. Tuesday night, however, both the coach and his team clinched a return to the postseason with a 25-13, 25-8, ...
Read moreTue. Oct. 25, 2011 at 11:17 p.m. | Times Staff
Cotey: The Hot List, Week 8
You can read it, put your coffee on it to keep it warm, clip it out and use it to fry eggs on, but just don't touch. It's hot! Every weekend, Times preps columnist John C.Cotey will you bring the Hot List, telling you what's trending most in the world ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 22, 2011 at 4:22 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Volleyball: East Lake expects nothing less than second state crown
The easy part is over for East Lake volleyball coach Mike Estes. The hard part begins this week. District volleyball tournaments tip off this week in Pinellas County, and teams like Canterbury, Clearwater Central Catholic, Indian Rocks Christian and even Palm Harbor University — they’ll have to get by the ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 22, 2011 at 4:17 p.m. | John C. Cotey
East Lake's Wegner commits to Tulane
East Lake senior outside hitter Jackie Wegner has committed to play volleyball next year at Tulane. But it won't be the traditional inside volleyball. Wegner will play sand volleyball, which is a new NCAA Division I and II sport beginning in 2012. Wegner is an integral part of the Eagles ...
Read moreThu. Oct. 20, 2011 at 12:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
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Recruit: Jackie Wegner
PCAC volleyball: East Lake beats Palm Harbor U. to capture title
EAST LAKE — With a regular-season district title behind it and the district tournament still to come, it would have been easy for East Lake to look past Wednesday's PCAC championship. After all, the Eagles have their sights set on a state title, not a county title.But East Lake was ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 19, 2011 at 8:31 p.m. | Rodney Page
Volleyball: East Lake makes itself at home, sweeps host PHU
PALM HARBOR — East Lake’s senior class has accomplished quite a bit in 3 1/2 seasons. The Eagles’ seniors have made four straight postseason appearances. They’ve been a part of two district championship teams and one region title-winning squad. Last season, the Eagles reached the pinnacle of volleyball after capturing ...
Read moreTue. Sept. 27, 2011 at 11:29 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Volleyball: East Lake overwhelms Tarpon
EAST LAKE — Upset-minded Tarpon Springs brought its undefeated record into crosstown rival East Lake’s gym Wednesday, hopeful that a victory over the Eagles in the opening match of the Pinellas County Athletic Conference Challenge would announce its arrival among the elite of Pinellas County. East Lake, though, wasn’t feeling ...
Read moreWed. Sept. 21, 2011 at 9:36 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Volleyball: Berkeley Prep goes the distance in win over East Lake
TAMPA — Berkeley Prep coach Randy Dagostino called it “a classic match.” The near-capacity crowd agreed, giving both nationally-ranked teams a standing ovation after the conclusion. Berkeley Prep lived on its offense. East Lake countered with defense. The former prevailed Friday night, when senior hitter Jordan Burgess sealed the Buccaneers’ ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 16, 2011 at 9:14 p.m. | Don Jensen