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HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Dec. 1-7
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Dec. 1 through Friday, Dec. 7. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every ...
Read moreSat. Dec. 08, 2012 at 1:55 a.m. | Times Staff
Girls basketball: Hillsborough super 7
Hillsborough basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Seffner Christian (7-0): The Crusaders have had few — if any — challenges en route to an undefeated start, winning their first seven games by an average of 46 points. They won their last game 74-5, shutting out Brooks-DeBartolo Collegiate in ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 6:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Morning Meanderings: Good morning Bailey Hooker and Faith Woodard, and we have video!
It was Milestone Monday in girls hoops last night, and here's your boys basketball nursing rhyme of the day: Jack and Bill went up against Marcus Hill, to fetch a possible victory. But Jack fell down when he got dunked on, and Bill came tumbling after. Keep reading. It will ...
Read moreTue. Dec. 04, 2012 at 10:53 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Justin Hollis
By my count, there were like 150 basketball games played last night. Busiest night of the season so far. Here's the best of the best of the best: GAME OF THE NIGHT Looks like we covered the best games: Here'S Berkeley Prep's big win over Lakewood. Tranisha Harmon had 10 ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 28, 2012 at 10:36 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Hillsborough girls basketball preview
When everyone was finally together and it was time for tipoff, Freedom coach Laurie Pacholke was as anxious as anyone in the gym to see how it would all unfold. The Patriots were billed as a virtual all-star team, a high school girls’ version of the Miami Heat: a rising ...
Read moreTue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 6:19 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Girls region basketball: Clearwater holds off Freedom
CLEARWATER — The celebration, if it could be called that, was muted: some fist pumps and a few lazy high-fives on the court. Even in the locker room, the conversation was brief after a fire alarm forced everyone to evacuate the gymnasium. Still, it was enough for the Tornadoes that ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 09, 2012 at 11:05 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Hillsborough roundup: Friday's live events
Girls district basketball 7A-9, Steinbrenner 51, Freedom 39: Having already clinched the third-year program’s first playoff berth, the Warriors added the first district crown to their list of accomplishments from this season. Junior Bailey Hooker led Steinbrenner with 16 points and added five blocks. 6A-11, Jefferson 52, Sickles 48: Down ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 04, 2012 at 12:36 a.m. | Times Staff
Girls district basketball: Steinbrenner fights to put away Chamberlain
LUTZ — Steinbrenner advanced to the 7A-9 district final for the first time in school history Wednesday night, narrowly holding off an emotional and persistent Chamberlain team, 56-48. The Warriors (21-2) got more of a challenge than they expected after cruising to victories over the Chiefs during the regular season. ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 01, 2012 at 11:12 p.m. | David Rice
Fort Myers tournament provides stiffest test for area girls hoops teams
When it comes to holiday tournaments, there are two choices for Tampa Bay girls basketball teams. Stick around town, play in a small-field tournament and sleep in their own beds every night. Or get the heck out of town, play against equal or better competition and sleep in a hotel ...
Read moreMon. Dec. 19, 2011 at 3:18 p.m. | Rodney Page
Girls basketball: Better free-throw shooting lifts Plant past Freedom
TAMPA — In the practices leading up to Wednesday's nondistrict game against Freedom, Plant coach Carrie Mahon focused on correcting her team's primary weakness: free-throw shooting.All that repetition paid off as the Panthers went 19-of-24 in a 59-55 win against the Patriots."We had been shooting below 50 percent (from the ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 14, 2011 at 9:25 p.m. | Laura Keeley
Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Asia, Ashley and Akacia!
It's Morning Meanderings, which means I'm cruising box scores and looking for highlights. If you want to help, and you know you do, email me at cotey@tampabay.com, or shoot me a text (727-580-3691), or hit me up on Twitter (@JohnnyHomeTeam) or Facebook. There's four items and a video that are ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 14, 2011 at 10:03 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Girls basketball: Wiregrass heats up in double overtime to hand Freedom first loss
WESLEY CHAPEL — Host Wiregrass Ranch swept Freedom in Tuesday night’s doubleheader with the girls winning a 56-53 double-overtime thriller, handing the Patriots their first loss of the season. “You can’t follow that,” Wiregrass Ranch boys coach Jeremy Calzone said. “You just do the best you can.” For the boys ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 14, 2011 at 12:26 a.m. | Steve Lee
Morning Meanderings is back. Hey there, Taylor Emery
So, who missed Morning Meanderings, your one-stop shop for what was hot, cold and interesting from the night before? Go ahead, don't be shy, put that hand up. Well, let's get to it, shall we? PLAYER OF THE NIGHT: Freedom's Taylor Emery, a 5-foot-9 freshman, has started her high school basketball ...
Read moreTue. Dec. 06, 2011 at 8:59 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Hillsborough: Girls basketball season preview
TAMPAAfter leading Sickles to its first state tournament appearance in program history, former Gryphons All-American center Amber Henson is now a freshman at Duke.But as this year's girls basketball season commences this week, Sickles is determined to build on last year's success with a young, promising group.Senior guard Bre Crum, ...
Read moreSun. Nov. 13, 2011 at 4:13 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
All-Suncoast girls and boys basketball
Boys player of the year Quincy Ford, Sr., F, Gibbs Opponents have learned not to challenge Quincy Ford. Ford, a 6-foot-8 forward, forms a veritable wall as the Gladiators’ last line of defense. The few times opponents dare to enter the lane, they are greeted by long arms that usually ...
Read moreSat. April 02, 2011 at 1:48 a.m. | Times Staff