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Region softball roundup: Freedom's offense comes alive late
CLEARWATER — The stretch of zeroes on the scoreboard extended through six innings as Freedom and Countryside, teams known for offense, had trouble manufacturing runs in Wednesday’s Class 7A region quarterfinal. It appeared to be more of the same in the seventh as the Patriots led off the inning with ...
Read moreWed. April 24, 2013 at 11:08 p.m. | Bob Putnam
District baseball roundup: Wharton's late-season surge takes out Alonso
VALRICO — Before the district tournament started Monday, Wharton coach Scott Hoffman noticed a funny little quirk about the bracket. It looked awfully familiar. The Wildcats were poised to face the same teams they had last year, when they won the District 8A-7 championship and made it to the region ...
Read moreTue. April 23, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
District softball roundup: Past champions boost East Bay
GIBSONTON — If East Bay needed any motivation, the Indians didn’t have to look far. Perched behind the plate were a number of Indians from the 2010 state championship team, and their presence didn’t go unnoticed. “It’s an exciting thing knowing they were here for us,” catcher Madison Culver said. ...
Read moreThu. April 18, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | Brandon Wright
District track roundup: Steinbrenner boys go the distance
TAMPA — Stomach virus and all, Hillsborough sprinting and soaring dynamo Jeremiah Green still ruled the day at the Class 3A, District 8 meet. But the Steinbrenner Warriors ruled the dusk. Following an afternoon of record-tying heat, the Warriors dominated the distance events in the evening’s running finals to capture ...
Read moreWed. April 17, 2013 at 11:40 p.m. | Joey Knight
District softball: Freedom secures first region berth
TAMPA — Freedom had been down this road before. A season ago, the Patriots defeated Steinbrenner in both regular-season matchups but lost to the Warriors in the all-important district semifinal. On Wednesday, Freedom faced the exact same scenario, needing a victory over Steinbrenner to advance to the district final after ...
Read moreWed. April 17, 2013 at 9:49 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Freedom DB Romp commits to Berry
Freedom senior defensive back Zach Romp has committed to Berry College in Georgia, according to coach Todd Donohoe. Last fall, the 5-foot-9, 166-pound Romp had 37 tackles, two interceptions and defended six passes for the Patriots. Berry College is a private liberal arts college of about 1,900 students in northwest ...
Read moreFri. April 12, 2013 at 5:24 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Hillsborough: Softball super seven, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (20-2): Chargers won seven of their 10 district games by 10-run rule 2. Durant (16-8): Cougars, 2-0 winners Tuesday vs. Chamberlain, are team no one wants to play 3. Chamberlain (17-7): Chiefs coach Bobby Diez livid over his team’s offensive execution ...
Read moreWed. April 10, 2013 at 11:38 a.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: Hillsborough County super seven, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (18-2): Chargers came one bad inning from winning Bartow Home of Champions tourney 2. Chamberlain (16-6): Chiefs crushed Durant, which didn’t pitch Paige Davis, in Bartow tournament 3. Durant (14-8): Cougars dropped three in Bartow but have won seven district games ...
Read moreWed. April 03, 2013 at 11:14 a.m. | Joey Knight
Basketball: Times' all-Suncoast girls basketball teams
Girls Player of the Year: F Faith Woodard, Sr. Freedom They would spend hours in the quiet of the Bloomingdale High gymnasium, Erica Woodard and her younger, smaller and precociously ambitious shadow. “Faith was my little Mini-Me,” Erica explained. As Erica went through her workouts, stopping every now and ...
Read moreSat. March 30, 2013 at 3:34 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough County awards: Wharton's McGill, among others, feted
TAMPA — He was duped into the dark gray slacks, checkered sweater and tie. Wharton boys basketball co-captain C.J. McGill was told the Wildcats — Class 8A final four qualifiers — needed a player representative at a Thursday morning awards ceremony in the Hillsborough County school district’s downtown headquarters. “We ...
Read moreThu. March 28, 2013 at 1:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: Hillsborough County super 7, stats
Softball super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Strawberry Crest (14-1): Chargers face stiffest competition of season at this weekend’s Bartow tournament 2. Chamberlain (13-4): Tuesday’s huge 1-0 win at Freedom avenged one of Chiefs’ two in-county defeats 3. Durant (11-5): Not so sure Cougars, winners of three in a row, ...
Read moreWed. March 27, 2013 at 12:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: Chamberlain pushes way to top of district, creates tie
TAMPA — It was happening again. Chamberlain had a seventh-inning lead on Freedom, only the Patriots weren’t going away. But there would be no comeback Tuesday as the Chiefs held on for a dramatic 1-0 road victory. Freedom’s bid to tie, a hard-hit and sinking ball to center by Rachel ...
Read moreTue. March 26, 2013 at 10:29 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Basketball: Times' all-Hillsborough County teams
Boys player of the Year G/F Reggie Hart, Sr., Chamberlain Why we picked him: A year after averaging a county-best 28 points, Hart again somehow flourished when every soul in the gym knew the Chiefs’ offense revolved around him. Unassuming physically (6-foot-1, 178 pounds), he slashed, slithered and spotted up ...
Read moreSat. March 23, 2013 at 5:40 p.m. | Times Staff
Hillsborough: Softball stats, super seven
Softball super seven 1. Strawberry Crest (11-1): As a team, Chargers hitting .475 (12 homers) against modest schedule 2. Wharton (8-2): Wildcats could be without Michigan State signee Kassidy Kujawa (wrist) all season 3. Freedom (11-1): Pats show no spring-break rust in Tuesday’s 8-0 romp of Steinbrenner 4. Chamberlain (10-4): ...
Read moreWed. March 20, 2013 at 2:24 p.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball: Saladino at Brandon, Day 3
At Brandon Scores • Durant 3, King 1 • Armwood 5, Freedom 3 • Brandon 5, Newsome 1 Pitchers of the day In addition to Danish (see related story), Armwood right-hander Shawn Queen tossed his second complete game of the season, scattering five hits in a 100-pitch effort against Freedom. ...
Read moreTue. March 12, 2013 at 10:46 p.m. | Joey Knight