TRINITY — After falling behind by two goals in each of its two previous matchups with Gulf, River Ridge knew it needed a quick start to have a shot at upsetting the Class 3A, District 8 No. 2 seed. So the Royal Knights put their speed up front and reaped ...
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Thu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:52 p.m. | Matt Baker
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Nature Coast (18-3): An eight-game win streak — including two quality wins over Hernando and a two-point escape against Eustis — have Rohan Blackwood and the Sharks back at No. 1. 2. Wesley Chapel (18-4): Erik Thomas and the Wildcats bounced back from a tough ...
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Thu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 1:06 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — Pasco prefers an up-tempo style, but that wasn’t happening Tuesday. In a matchup of the top public school teams in the county, Gulf slowed the pace as much as possible. But it was not nearly enough to disrupt the Pirates’ bid for an undefeated regular season ...
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Tue. Jan. 22, 2013 at 9:53 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Gulf spent almost two months looking for its next head football coach before finding him nine miles south. The Buccaneers hired East Lake assistant Jason Messamore as head coach, Gulf athletic director Travis DeWalt said Tuesday evening. The school chose Messamore over Chamberlain’s Ken Davis and Clearwater’s Mike Lube after ...
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Tue. Jan. 22, 2013 at 7:11 p.m. | Matt Baker
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Pasco (14-0): Brianca Roberts and the Pirates keep cruising. Pasco has won all but one of its games by double figures. 2. Academy at the Lakes (16-2): The Wildcats are no longer perfect, but Tatiana Manuel, Andrea Mauger and the rest of AATL have no ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 6:02 p.m. | Matt Baker
Gulf and Ridgewood remain eligible for the playoffs under sanctions doled out by the Florida High School Athletic Association on Wednesday evening. Both schools were put on restrictive probation, which often includes “the additional consequence of restriction from participation in championship competition…” the FHSAA wrote in its letter to both ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 10:16 a.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — The boys basketball programs at Gulf and Ridgewood have been put on probation after a brawl Friday that sparked a criminal investigation. The rival programs were given reprimands and placed on administrative and restrictive probation through the end of the 2013-14 school year under sanctions announced ...
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Wed. Jan. 16, 2013 at 8:56 p.m. | Matt Baker
Gulf has named its three finalists for the school’s head football coaching position. Ken Davis (Chamberlain), Mike Lube (Clearwater) and Jason Messamore (East Lake) are all still being considered by the Buccaneers, athletic director Travis DeWalt said Wednesday in an email. “All three candidates possess extensive experience and interviewed extremely ...
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Wed. Jan. 16, 2013 at 2:51 p.m. | Matt Baker
Thirteen boys basketball players have been indefinitely suspended after a brawl in the stands ended with a call to the police after Friday night’s game between Gulf and Ridgewood. Nine players from Ridgewood and four from Gulf will be sidelined, pending a final ruling from the Florida High School Athletic ...
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Tue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 2:46 p.m. | Matt Baker
Gulf is getting closer to naming its next head football coach. Buccaneers athletic director Travis DeWalt said the school plans to narrow its choice of candidates to three by the end of the week. “We are still working through the process,” DeWalt said in an email. Last week, the school ...
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Tue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 2:12 p.m. | Matt Baker
Pasco County school officials are reviewing a brawl that began in the stands and ended with police being called to Gulf after Friday’s boys basketball game against Ridgewood. “It was not good,” Gulf principal Kimberly Davis said Monday afternoon. “Any type of altercation like that involving our fans is not ...
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Mon. Jan. 14, 2013 at 11:20 a.m. | Matt Baker
Records through Thursday Girls 1. Pasco (12-0): The speedy Pirates keep finding ways to win — like Thursday’s buzzer beater over River Ridge. Brianca Roberts, Allahon Marbra and Ashley Webster remain three of the county’s top juniors. 2. Academy at the Lakes (16-0): Consider the Wildcats 1A. Their only flaw ...
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Fri. Jan. 11, 2013 at 2:43 p.m. | Matt Baker
Gulf has identified its top eight candidates for its head football coaching position, the school announced Monday. The school will begin interviews this week. Eight of the candidates include: Bruno Buonsanto (Gulf weightlifting coach) Peter DiNovo (youth coach and father of East Lake QB/UCF commit Pete DiNovo) Michael Lube (former ...
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Mon. Jan. 07, 2013 at 12:22 p.m. | Matt Baker
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Dec. 22 through Friday, Jan. 4. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what ...
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Sat. Jan. 05, 2013 at 8:51 p.m. | Times Staff
Offensive player of the year: ATH Janarion Grant, Sr., Pasco Grant, a three-way standout, watched his Pirates dominate the first six games of the year as he sat out with a hand injury. “When I came back, that’s when all eyes were on me,” Grant said. “I had to put ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:28 a.m. | Matt Baker