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Softball: Hillsborough super 7, stats
Softball super seven Results through Wednesday 1. Wharton (7-1): Wildcats fell to 25th in MaxPreps national poll after 1-0 loss to Bloomingdale. 2. Chamberlain (7-2): Chiefs remain at No. 2 spot via quality wins (Crest, Bloomingdale, Plant). 3. Strawberry Crest (9-1): Wednesday’s 5-2 triumph vs. error-prone Durant was a statement ...
Read moreThu. March 07, 2013 at 3:45 p.m. | Joey Knight
Track: Freedom girls poised for greatness (with county honor roll)
TAMPA — One milestone has been secured, and others are within grasp. The prior girls track standards at Freedom appear poised for obscurity. By early accounts, coach Dwight Smith has dozens of girls capable of clearing them, hurdling them, overtaking them, even flinging them into oblivion. But no one to ...
Read moreWed. March 06, 2013 at 2:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: Firepower keys another Freedom win
TAMPA — While trying to flip the local softball hierarchy, the Freedom Patriots also are attempting to turn an old athletic adage on its end. Which is to say, they’re counting on offense to win a championship. Ten games into a potentially historic season, the approach is working. The latest ...
Read moreTue. March 05, 2013 at 9:49 p.m. | Joey Knight
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for Feb. 23-March 1
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Sandra Akachukwu, Sr., Freedom Sport: Track and field Skinny: The commencement of Akachukwu’s senior year mirrored the conclusion of her junior season. A Western Kentucky signee, Akachukwu was named top female athlete at ...
Read moreMon. March 04, 2013 at 2:53 p.m. | Joey Knight
Softball: New season, same end goal for Durant
TAMPA — A few leftover particles of the old Durant magic materialized Tuesday night. There was junior Madi Taylor, smashing a two-run home run in the first varsity start of her life and second at-bat of the season. There was veteran ace Paige Davis, whiffing an Alonso batter on an ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 27, 2013 at 2:02 p.m. | Joey Knight
State girls basketball: Freedom rally comes too late
LAKELAND — The shot sailed wide of the rim and Freedom’s boisterous contingent of fans could hardly wait to pounce on the rare miss. “Airball! Airball! Airball!” they chanted, directing their taunts at Gainesville Buchholz’s unflappable gunner, Jessica Thomas. Thomas cracked a smile, looked down at the floor and slowly ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 22, 2013 at 3:59 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State girls basketball: After three transfers, good becomes great at Freedom
TAMPA — The pieces were there for a deep playoff run: a rising sophomore who averaged nearly 20 points the season before, the head coach’s daughter at point guard and a roster teeming with more-experienced and versatile players. Freedom was almost certainly going to be better than the season before, ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 20, 2013 at 9:29 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Region girls basketball roundup: Faith Woodard keeps Freedom moving forward
SEBASTIAN — Freedom’s Faith Woodard played a strong game through 47-plus minutes Saturday night, but it was her performance in the final minute of regulation that lifted the Patriots to their biggest win to date. Woodard scored the go-ahead basket on a layup with 13 seconds to go, then snared ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 16, 2013 at 11:42 p.m. | Bill Whitehead
Girls region basketball roundup: Freedom rewards coach's trust
TAMPA — Somehow, Freedom survived one of its sloppiest 16-minute stretches of basketball and went into the locker room with a one-point lead. Yet there was no need for a stirring halftime speech from coach Laurie Pacholke. She was never worried and she could sense her players weren’t, either. The ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 12, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Column: Freedom's Emery enjoying view from outside
TAMPA — Taylor Emery spent the summer shooting balls in the park with her dad. They would shoot and shoot, and then the Freedom sophomore would shoot some more. She was looking to add something to a game that was already good enough, as a freshman, to produce 18 points ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 12, 2013 at 10:47 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Region girls basketball roundup: TBT on its heels early in loss
TAMPA — There was little surprise about Bartow’s blueprint, as it was the same one almost every other team tried against Tampa Bay Tech this season. The state-ranked Yellow Jackets came out in a fullcourt press to prevent the Titans from getting the ball to their imposing front line, a ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 9:20 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Boys basketball roundup: Alonso earns first postseason berth
VALRICO — Alonso parlayed its third winning season in school history with its first ever playoff berth by defeating Plant 57-52 in Wednesday’s Class 6A, District 7 semifinal at Bloomingdale. The No. 2 Ravens will play top seed Wharton, which cruised to a 69-44 win over Newsome, in Friday’s district ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 10:36 p.m. | Steve Lee
Nate Godwin ushers in class of six signees at Freedom
For his big day, Freedom's Nate Godwin checked in with another former USF Bull signee, Tchecoy Blount, to see what he should wear. Blount, who was the head coach at Freedom for Godwin's sophomore and junior seasons, suggested something dapper. Maybe a tie. In fact, Blount told Godwin, "when I ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 11:59 a.m. | John C. Cotey
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Recruit: Nate Godwin
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Recruit: Nate Godwin
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for Jan. 26-Feb. 1
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Male Hot Shot: Devin Harris, Jesuit Sport: Basketball Skinny: In a 48-hour span, Harris guided the No. 1-ranked Tigers (24-1) to two of their biggest wins of the season even as he brandished the lost art ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 04, 2013 at 4:34 p.m. | Times Staff
District girls basketball roundup: With dominant outing, Freedom widens the gap
TAMPA — When the outcome was no longer in doubt, Freedom coach Laurie Pacholke started pulling her starters from the floor one by one. She shared a long embrace with her daughter, senior guard Neena Pacholke. Faith Woodard joined them on the sideline, accompanied by the exuberant cheers of the ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 01, 2013 at 8:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson