HUDSON — Six days after Fivay left Ridgewood’s gym with a listless loss, the Falcons returned the favor. Fivay rebounded from its first district defeat of the season and early-match miscues to beat Ridgewood 15-25, 25-15, 25-22, 25-18 Tuesday on the Falcons’ senior night. The rivals end the district regular ...
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Tue. Oct. 09, 2012 at 11:35 p.m. | Matt Baker
North Suncoast Super 7 1. Mitchell (13-4): The Mustangs can’t quite get past Tarpon Springs, which has two five-set victories over Mitchell, but they’ve got the North Suncoast figured out just fine. 2. Fivay (15-3): The Falcons’ past three matches are brutal with games against Ridgewood, Mitchell and River Ridge. ...
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Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 at 11:15 a.m. | Matt Baker
HUDSON — While two out-of-area teams battled for the championship at the Fivay Invitational on Saturday, the host Falcons rebounded from a rare loss to win the consolation final with a sweep of Springstead.Fivay suffered only its third loss in 18 matches this season in dropping a semifinal against Lakeland ...
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Sat. Sept. 29, 2012 at 6:01 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
Volleyball: North Suncoast Super 7 1. Mitchell (11-3): Two defeats in last week’s Tampa Catholic tournament don’t dampen the Mustangs’ season. Senior Jessika Hester looks like the county’s top player so far. 2. Fivay (11-2): Tuesday’s back-and-forth, five-game victory over Anclote was an important win for the Falcons, who remain ...
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Wed. Sept. 26, 2012 at 1:32 p.m. | Matt Baker
Volleyball Fivay def. Anclote (18-25, 26-24, 25-7, 16-25, 15-8): The Falcons withstood an assault from Anclote to eke out a five-game victory. The win lifts Fivay to an 11-2 record and is a nice recovery from a five-game loss to Wiregrass Ranch last week. Tuesday’s triumph was the first five-game ...
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Tue. Sept. 25, 2012 at 11:07 p.m. | Matt Baker
Volleyball North Suncoast Super 7 1. Mitchell (5-1): The Mustangs are loaded, composed and balanced behind Jessika Hester and Lyndsey Lane. Tuesday’s win over River Ridge showed how good Mitchell can be. 2. Fivay (9-1): A runnerup finish at an Orlando tournament bodes well for the Falcons. Briannah Nemetz is ...
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Wed. Sept. 19, 2012 at 2:33 p.m. | Matt Baker
Fivay returned home with a runner-up finish in the 16-team Orlando Volleyball Academy showcase tournament over the weekend. The Falcons earned wins over Belleview, Auburndale, Tavares and Titusville before falling to Satellite (25-23, 21-25, 15-13) in the final. It was the first loss of the season for Fivay (9-1). Sophomore ...
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Mon. Sept. 17, 2012 at 10:12 a.m. | Matt Baker
Volleyball North Suncoast super 7 1. Springstead (4-0): A new coach (Noemi Rivera) hasn’t changed the Eagles’ success. Talent like Bryanna Leonard (25 assists against Central on Tuesday) helps, too. 2. Fivay (3-0): The Falcons haven’t dropped a game since the regular season began, and Toni Imbimbo should be one ...
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Wed. Sept. 12, 2012 at 4:02 p.m. | Matt Baker
Player of the year Courtney Liddle, Sr., OH, Nature Coast Why we picked her: Liddle earns the award for the second year in a row after a dominant senior season. The Florida Dairy Farmers’ Class 5A Player of the Year racked up 462 kills and 124 service aces to help ...
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Thu. Dec. 22, 2011 at 10:23 a.m. | Matt Baker
HUDSON — Fivay had a bad taste in its mouth after getting bounced from the Falcon Classic, its own tournament, a few days ago. The Falcons got back on track Tuesday night with a key Class 5A, District 8 victory in four games over Zephyrhills, 25-17, 20-25, 26-24, 25-19. Fivay ...
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Tue. Oct. 04, 2011 at 11:40 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
All-North Suncoast volleyball Player of the Year Courtney Liddle, Jr., OH, Nature Coast Why we picked her: Quite simply, Liddle could take over a match like no other player on the North Suncoast. The energetic junior was the area’s top attacker by a sizable margin after averaging 6.1 kills a ...
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Wed. Dec. 22, 2010 at 11:23 a.m. | Bryan Burns
With the postseason less than two weeks away — district tournaments begin Oct. 25 — parity reigns on the North Suncoast, where no team has established itself as the area’s clear cut No. 1. Initially, Land O’Lakes, which won its first 13 matches, was the premier team, until the Gators ...
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Wed. Oct. 13, 2010 at 4:44 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Linda McQuade will return to the volleyball sideline this fall as Fivay's coach. McQuade was hired in February as the school's athletic director. Since the 1990s she wore both hats at Hudson before stepping away from volleyball in 2009. McQuade guided the Cobras to 12 playoff berths since 1995, including ...
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Mon. May 17, 2010 at 12:45 p.m. | Izzy Gould