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HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for March 2-8
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Morgan Tolle, Jr., River Ridge Sport: Softball Skinny: The James Madison commit is one of Tampa Bay’s leaders with a .651 batting average and compiled one of the best stretches in her career ...
Read moreMon. March 11, 2013 at 5:37 p.m. | Times Staff
Sweet 16: Some of the other top performances from the 83rd West Coast Invitational
I didn't get to every good thing about last night's West Coast Invitational, or should we call it the West Cold Invitational, so here's a few performances that merit additional mentions: 1. One last shoutout for the Gibbs 4x100 team, because that's always a big event, especially between the Gladiators ...
Read moreThu. March 07, 2013 at 10:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Column: 'That Deal' proving he's the real thing
ST. PETERSBURG — If Trayvon Bromell needs a nickname, he might want to consider “That Deal.” Wednesday at the West Coast Invitational at Lakewood, the Gibbs star sprinter was referred to as “that deal” a handful of times that I heard, and likely dozens of other times that I didn’t. ...
Read moreThu. March 07, 2013 at 12:03 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Gibbs names football coaching finalists
Gibbs has whittled its list of football coaching applicants to 10 finalists and will start interviews next week, athletic director Javan Turner said. The finalists include former USF defensive coordinator Rick Kravitz, Largo defensive coordinator Jeremy Frioud and Gladiators defensive coordinator Robert Tirado. The Gladiators have been looking for a ...
Read moreMon. March 04, 2013 at 6:15 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Basketball: One last look at Pinellas' 2012-13 season
Basketball season winds down this week with the boys state tournament in Lakeland, but the season officially ended last week for Pinellas County teams. We’ll select all-county and all-area teams in the weeks to come, but for now we thought it would be fun to look back on some of ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 26, 2013 at 6:26 p.m. | Times Staff
Track and field: Lakewood boys 4x400 team delivers shivers
ST. PETERSBURG — Through 16 events, Lakewood’s boys electrified the crowd at the St. Petersburg Championship meet by sprinting or leaping past their competitors. But the Spartans might have outdone themselves in the 17th and final event, the 4x400 relay. Lakewood’s four runners — Shaquill Griffin, Rodney Adams, Shaquem Griffin ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 23, 2013 at 12:07 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Gibbs wins first baseball game since 2010
SEMINOLE – Gibbs’ long, frustrating losing streak is over. The Gladiators jumped all over Keswick Christian pitching Thursday for 14 hits and held on to the lead in an 18-11 win. It is the school’s first win since April 1, 2010, against Pensacola Pine Forest and snapped a 49-game losing ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 21, 2013 at 9:05 p.m. | Rodney Page
Gibbs releases list of football candidates
Largo defensive coordinator Jeremy Frioud, Gibbs defensive coordinator Robert Tirado and former USF defensive coordinator Rick Kravitz were among 93 applicants for the Gibbs football job. The Gladiators have been without a coach the past month after Antonio Knox resigned to focus on family concerns. Athletic director Javan Turner said ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 21, 2013 at 9:19 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Region boys basketball roundup: Just call Burney clutch now for St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG — Terrell Burney couldn’t buy a shot early in the season, but he wouldn’t stop taking them, which landed him on the bench. “I threw some numbers at him,” coach Chris Blackwell said. Like this: 4-for-34. “Yeah,” Burney said Tuesday, “I wasn’t shooting very well.” But Burney shot ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 19, 2013 at 9:47 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Boys basketball: Gibbs making best of turbulent season
ST. PETERSBURG — Scrawled in shorthand, Gibbs’ season looks something like this: optimism, a stunning upset, recovery, player suspensions, player expulsions, recovery, more optimism. The optimism rarely wanes with the Gladiators, who are indefatigably cheerful. The suspensions and adversity rarely wane, either. In the past month, Shaquille Speights was suspended ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 18, 2013 at 8:40 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Boys region basketball: St. Petersburg pushes around Wiregrass
ST. PETERSBURG — For the first eight minutes of Thursday’s Class 7A region quarterfinal, it looked as if Wiregrass Ranch’s undersized shooters were going to be able to hang with St. Petersburg. The Bulls trailed by three and knocked down four 3-pointers. But in the second quarter the Green Devils ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 14, 2013 at 10:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
Column: Boys basketball playoffs packed with sky-high expectations
Ask around and you’ll hear about how this is Jesuit High School’s year. The boys basketball team is loaded with battled-tested seniors big and small, steered by a terrific point guard in Devin Harris, its desire forged by last year’s 41-point loss in the region final. In 27 games, the ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 6:52 p.m. | John C. Cotey
District boys basketball roundup: Packers make final push
LARGO — Nothing summed up Largo’s Class 6A, District 12 final against Palmetto on Friday night like the third quarter. Tied at halftime, the Tigers scored the first seven points after the break. Then Largo went on a 12-0 run, followed by a 12-0 run by Palmetto. No matter what ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 09, 2013 at 12:21 a.m. | Rodney Page
Boys basketball roundup: Spongers run out of time
TRINITY — In a pair of frantic finishes Wednesday, top seeds Mitchell and Land O’Lakes earned victories in the District 6A-10 semifinals and will meet for the title Friday. Host Mitchell almost blew a 17-point lead to River Ridge, which got a career-high 32 from Mikey James, but held on ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 12:47 a.m. | Darek Sharp
Pinellas: boys basketball super 7
Our final Pinellas boys rankings of the regular season. 1. Largo (18-5): In the past two weeks, the Packers have beaten state-ranked Wharton, Boca Ciega and Seminole, and secured a spot in Friday’s PCAC title game. 2. Gibbs (19-4): Bounced back from loss to St. Petersburg and beat Boca Ciega ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 2:20 p.m. | Bob Putnam