Cowboys, Warriors to resume play MondayLUTZ — Gaither and host Steinbrenner will resume their Class 7A, District 7 game at 7 p.m. Monday after it was stopped by lightning and rain Friday night.The officials sent both teams off the field because of lightning with 2:14 remaining in the first quarter. ...
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Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 6:57 p.m. | Don Jensen
The Grab Bag is compiled by me, John C. Cotey, digging my nose into stats provided by coaches to MaxPreps and HomeTeam. So if you want to get in here, your stats will need to be in one of these places. You can always reach me at cotey@tampabay.com or on ...
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Wed. Sept. 26, 2012 at 12:37 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — It was Homecoming night at Gaither on Friday night, and the Cowboys didn't disappoint their home fans, defeating Wiregrass Ranch 30-7.After a slow start for both teams, Gaither struck first near the end of the first quarter on a 4-yard touchdown pass by Alex McGough to Marcus Brown. ...
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Fri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 8:06 p.m. | Mike McCollum
PLANT CITY — With the game on the line, Plant City coach Wayne Ward gambled and put the ball in the hands of a freshman. Tavares Chase responded with a 5-yard touchdown run, and Plant City overcame an 11-point fourth quarter deficit to defeat Gaither, 23-21.With the Raiders trailing 21-17, ...
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. | Travis Puterbaugh
TAMPA — A week after a squeaker of a win, Gaither scored on the first play and breezed to a 69-0 win at home against Leto.Running back Vu Le opened the game with a 65-yard touchdown run and the Cowboys (2-0) never looked back, racing out to a 21-0 in ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 9:05 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Grab Bag time! Read this, and tell me how the GB wasn’t nominated last year for a Pulitzer, or an Emmy, or something. I dare you. This isn’t a plastic sandwich bag, folks. Put on a bib, grab a salad fork and sit your butt down so we can get ...
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Wed. Sept. 05, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Times’ Super 7 1. Armwood (1-0) In a re-loading sense, Hawks are Hillsborough County’s version of Alabama. 2. Plant (1-0) Unlike past years, Panthers defense will carry torch ‘til offense catches up. 3. Robinson (1-0) Truth be told, Knights probably should’ve scored even more against Jefferson 4. Sickles (1-0) We ...
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Sun. Sept. 02, 2012 at 3:38 a.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Gaither's Alex McGough engineered a winning drive with less than two minutes remaining and Vu Le went the final yard in a 24-21 victory, the Cowboys' first at Alonso since 2006. Alonso had taken a 21-17 lead on Ish Witter's 5-yard touchdown run and the extra point by ...
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Sat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 8:55 p.m. | Andy Warrener
If I got asked one thing more than anything elsethis offseason, it was this: when is the Grab Bag coming back? My answer was always the same: I know, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight? So here it is, Season 2, Episode I of your predictions, projections and for many of you excited to be ...
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Wed. Aug. 29, 2012 at 1:12 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — August humidity converged with November ferocity on Friday night in Citrus Park. Forget the “preseason” label etched on the program. Gaither-Sickles had postseason written all over it. Flubs and flags notwithstanding, this 2012 kickoff darned near was a classic. “They might as well count the game,” Gryphons coach ...
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Sat. Aug. 25, 2012 at 12:43 a.m. | Joey Knight
The teams have changed. Some coaches, too. Players have come, transferred or graduated. But no matter how you break it down, how many practices you watch, how many stats you grind, the argument for the top high school football team in Tampa Bay is the same as every year since ...
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Mon. Aug. 20, 2012 at 5:53 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Nine local prep football players have earned their own distinctive version of All-Madden immortality. The contingent was among 40 players chosen for the 2012 IMG All-Madden Team as a result of its peformance at last month's invitation-only All-Madden Mini-Camp on the IMG campus in Bradenton. The team was chosen from ...
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Mon. Aug. 13, 2012 at 7:16 p.m. | Joey Knight
Summer vacation is over for Tampa Bay football players. You do remember the time off, right? I think it was June 15-June 16. Am I right? Good times. While the time between the end of the 2011 season and the start of the 2012 season isn’t filled with a lot ...
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Fri. Aug. 03, 2012 at 6:54 p.m. | John C. Cotey
We’re breaking down a football district a day — from 2A to 8A. Today: Class 7A, District 7. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record 1. Tampa Bay Tech (9-3, 5-0) 2. Gaither (9-4, 4-1) 3. Steinbrenner (7-3, 3-2) 4. Freedom (2-8, 2-3) 5. Chamberlain (1-9, 1-4) ...
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Wed. Aug. 01, 2012 at 12:44 p.m. | Times Staff
While the current Tampa Bay Buccaneers were kicking off their preseason drills a few miles east Friday, several ex-Bucs were putting dozens of the area’s top offensive skill players through their own morning mini-camp. Ten days before state high schools can officially begin fall football practice, the group assembled at ...
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Fri. July 27, 2012 at 3:17 p.m. | Joey Knight