Records through Monday Girls 1. Lakewood (17-3): Spartans host the Breast Cancer Shootout this weekend, which features some of the better teams in the state. 2. Clearwater (20-2): Tests against Lake Worth in the Lakewood tournament and Palm Harbor University await. 3. Boca Ciega (17-6): Pirates come out of exams ...
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Tue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 5:15 p.m. | Times Staff
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Lakewood (17-3): Beat Boca Ciega for the second time this season Tuesday and got Deja Swinton back from injury. 2. Clearwater (20-2): Won two games at the Queen of Palms tournament in Fort Myers over the winter break and beat St. Petersburg on Wednesday. 3. ...
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Thu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 1:34 p.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — They were all moving downcourt. Ten players, five of them defeated, five of them as spry as rabbits. So it was not surprising that after Countryside guards went to the rim and missed, it was a Gibbs player who left the floor like a rocket to grab the ...
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Sat. Jan. 05, 2013 at 12:07 a.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — During a 25-game high school season, the basketball immune system can be quite weak. When a team is playing poorly, its miscues can spread and carry over from game to game. The same is often true when a team is winning and seemingly doing everything right. Those spurts ...
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Thu. Jan. 03, 2013 at 11:30 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Boca Ciega (6-0): The last undefeated team in the county knocked off St. Petersburg in first test of the season. 2. St. Petersburg (4-2): Bounced back from loss to the Pirates to beat Countryside this week in big district game. 3. Lakewood (7-1): It’s not ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 12:28 p.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — The energy had bubbled up and over. Anthony Lawrence Jr. had kept his emotions sealed for an unnerving 34 minutes of basketball before they spilled out in the frantic final two minutes of regulation and overtime Friday night. Lawrence needed redemption for Lakewood and himself. For most ...
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Sat. Dec. 08, 2012 at 12:27 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Pinellas basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. St. Petersburg (2-1): Bounced back from a weekend loss to Haines City to knock off rival Seminole in a big Class 7A, District 10 game. 2. Boca Ciega (3-0): Strong start to season gets a test with a game tonight against ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. | Times Staff
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine. You know the drill: johncotey@gmail.com, and follow me at @JohnnyHomeTeam Here's some notes, observations and a look at Friday's slate ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
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 ...
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Wed. Nov. 28, 2012 at 10:36 a.m. | John C. Cotey
This is shaping up as one of the most volatile high school boys basketball seasons the county has ever had, with few clues as to how it will end. As many as seven teams seem capable of making a run to the state final four. Which team has the best ...
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Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 at 12:40 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Gibbs basketball players Javonta Pearson and Marquel Walton each signed with colleges this past week, Gladiators coach Larry Murphy said. Pearson, who averaged 7.0 points and 5.0 rebounds per game and helped Gibbs win the conference title, is headed to Tuskegee University. Walton, who graduated in 2011 and started on ...
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Fri. May 18, 2012 at 5:09 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Player of the year: C Tyler Bergantino, Sr., Nature Coast Tyler Bergantino’s love of superheroes shouldn’t surprise anyone who watched him rescue Nature Coast this season. If any teammate let an opponent drive past him, Bergantino was there waiting, ready to swat the shot away and save a basket. “He ...
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Sat. April 07, 2012 at 10:16 a.m. | Times Staff
Girls Player of the year: G Kristine Fuller, Sr., Palm Harbor University Why we picked her: There was no way not to pick Fuller. She averaged 22.2 points per game, shot 77 percent from the free-throw line and averaged 7.9 rebounds as a senior. With Fuller leading the way, PHU ...
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Sat. March 31, 2012 at 2:45 p.m. | Times Staff
The Pinellas County Athletic Conference boys and girls basketball teams, as selected by public school coaches: Boys North County First team: Jeremy Mogged, Sr., East Lake; Matt Cassity, Jr., Seminole; Ryan Vince, Sr., Countryside; Donavan Hale, Fr., Largo; Noah Weller, Jr., Seminole; Blake Grimm, Sr., East Lake Second team: Steven ...
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Thu. March 22, 2012 at 8:41 p.m. | Times Staff
LARGO — High school all-star basketball games are typically an offensive exhibition. Friday’s game between Pinellas County’s best public school senior players did not disappoint. As soon as the game tipped off, there was a series of high-flying dunks, clever passes and intentional goaltending plays. After all, all-star games are ...
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Fri. March 16, 2012 at 11:49 p.m. | Bob Putnam