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Basketball: Times' all-Pinellas County teams
Boys player of the year G Dallas Moore, Sr., Boca Ciega Why we picked him: No one has grown more in height or stature in the past four years. After starting out as an undersized outside shooter, Moore morphed into an all-around scoring threat, especially after growing 4 inches before ...
Read moreSat. March 23, 2013 at 5:41 p.m. | Times Staff
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
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
Boys basketball roundup: Second-chance points fuel Largo
SEMINOLE — In the final home game of the regular season, Seminole paid homage to its seven seniors who helped resurrect the boys basketball program with a playoff appearance and the school’s first postseason win last season. The Warhawks and their seniors also had a chance for another rarity Tuesday ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 12:33 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Hits keep coming for Gibbs' boys basketball team
Gibbs, the top-ranked boys basketball team in Pinellas County, is reeling after losing two of its top guards. Barry Brown, the team's second-leading scorer (13.9 points per game) was held out of Friday's loss to St. Petersburg by his family for personal reasons, according to coach Larry Murphy. Brown also ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 26, 2013 at 12:07 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Pinellas boys & girls basketball super 7
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Lakewood (18-3): Losing Kasey Drayton (thumb injury) for the season doesn’t help, but the Spartans still have enough talent to make a playoff run. 2. Clearwater (22-3): Tornadoes rebounded from a loss to Lake Worth by beating Palm Harbor University. PCAC final against Lakewood on ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 2:09 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball: No doubt from Davis as 3-pointer in OT lifts Gibbs
ST. PETERSBURG — Daniel Davis had the ball and looked up at the game clock. Two seconds left. The Gibbs guard knew the final shot was going to be his. Shoot the ball cleanly, he thought. Square your shoulders to the basket, he reminded himself. Believe in yourself. As soon ...
Read moreTue. Jan. 22, 2013 at 11:51 p.m. | Bob Putnam
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Jan. 12-18
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 12 through Friday, Jan. 18. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what made ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 19, 2013 at 12:50 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball: Gibbs beats Bogie, forces three-way tie in district
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega did everything wrong, and Gibbs did just about everything right. Now there’s a three-way tie atop the Class 5A, District 12 standings. With a chance to cement a No. 1 seed, the Pirates fell behind quickly, and permanently as it turned out, with Gibbs in ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 10:36 p.m. | John C. Cotey