NEW PORT RICHEY — The tape around her injured right hand didn’t stop Gulf’s Kayla Kivinski from getting to the free-throw line, a place where she continues to excel. Kivinski made nine straight foul shots, part of a 22-point game Friday night as the host Bucs defeated Fivay 65-45. With ...
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Fri. Dec. 14, 2012 at 10:07 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Nature Coast (8-1): Rohan Blackwood and the Sharks bounced back from a rough loss to Wiregrass Ranch with a 46-24 win over Eustis. 2. Wiregrass Ranch (4-2): The Bulls have slipped since a win over NCT, falling to strong Hillsborough County teams Chamberlain and Freedom. ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 11:05 a.m. | Matt Baker
North Suncoast basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Wiregrass Ranch (4-0): Rico Kerney and the Bulls have won convincingly (a rout of River Ridge) and won close games (a 65-63 victory over Nature Coast). Wiregrass’ high-powered offense will be hard to stop all season. 2. Nature Coast (5-1): ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 12:51 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — As Gulf installed a zone defense leading up to the first week of games, the ball found its way to a hole at the elbow, the weak spot for the defenders. Who, a coach asked, would slide over and fill the void? The answer was obvious. ...
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Tue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 11:03 a.m. | Matt Baker
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week Female Hot Shot: Kayla Kivinski, Gulf Sport: Basketball Skinny: With a first-year coach (Clare Ennis) and the loss of two standout transfers, Gulf figured to be in for a slow start to the season. Kivinski made ...
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Mon. Nov. 19, 2012 at 2:53 p.m. | Times Staff
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Oct. 10 through Friday, Nov. 16. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every ...
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Sat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 2:32 a.m. | Times Staff
Standout basketball player Kadejah Saunders has transferred from Gulf to Tarpon Springs for her senior season, Spongers coach Stephanie Walden confirmed. Saunders was an all-North Suncoast first-team selection as a junior. She averaged 16.8 points for the Bucs, who were 28-3 last season and advanced to the region final. Tarpon ...
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 1:37 p.m. | Rodney Page
Anclote’s Chris Gregory Schulman and Gulf’s Lexy Schulman, two of Pasco County’s top athletes, are moving to South Carolina, according to their father, Paul Schulman, who accepted a job as an ROTC teacher. “It’s a little sudden and bittersweet, especially for Lexy because she’s been around a lot of the ...
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Mon. July 02, 2012 at 10:28 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Gulf has promoted Clare Ennis to the Buccaneers’ head girls basketball coach, the school announced Monday. Ennis was an assistant last season under Mike Quarto, the Times’ all-Suncoast coach of the year who resigned to pursue an administrative position. Ennis inherits a Gulf team expected to be among the best ...
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Mon. May 21, 2012 at 2:20 p.m. | Matt Baker
One of Tampa Bay’s top girls basketball coaches has resigned. Gulf’s Mike Quarto is stepping down as head coach to pursue an administrative role, Quarto said Sunday afternoon, shortly after he told his players at the team’s season-ending banquet. “The last two years, I’ve been thinking about moving into administration,” ...
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Sun. April 29, 2012 at 1:05 p.m. | Matt Baker
Player of the year: G Bre Crum, Sr., Sickles Entering the season, teams knew that to stop Sickles, they’d have to stop Bre Crum. Without graduated All-American Amber Henson, now at Duke, Crum was aware she would get every opponent’s full attention. “I knew that people were going to start ...
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Sat. April 07, 2012 at 10:13 a.m. | Times Staff
Girls Player of the year: G/F Kayla Kivinski, So., Gulf Why we picked her: With 86 percent of its offense and 71 percent of its rebounding gone, Gulf knew it would have to find new sources of productivity to have a shot at another strong playoff run. “I think everyone ...
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Sat. March 31, 2012 at 2:44 p.m. | Matt Baker
ST. JOHNS — Gulf’s 18-game unbeaten run came to an end Saturday night in a 56-39 defeat to host Bartram Trail (22-6) in a Class 5A region final. Bartram Trail’s swarming full-court pressure rattled Gulf into a slew of first-quarter turnovers, leaving the Buccaneers stuck in a deep hole the ...
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Sat. Feb. 18, 2012 at 9:47 p.m. | Clayton Freeman
Girls basketball region finals Both games at 7 Saturday night Class 5A, Gulf (28-2) at Bartram Trail (21-6): The Buccaneers reloaded this season and find themselves in the region finals for the second time in school history. Sophomore Kayla Kivinski (18.2 points, 9.2 rebounds per game) is a player of ...
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Fri. Feb. 17, 2012 at 1:40 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — Gulf’s dominance over Pasco continued as the Buccaneers cruised to a 64-47 victory Tuesday, advancing to the Class 5A region final. Kadejah Saunders led the way with 15 points, four rebounds and three steals while Lexy Shulman added 14 points and six steals. Gulf coach Mike ...
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Tue. Feb. 14, 2012 at 10:27 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos