At St. Petersburg Catholic Score: St. Petersburg Catholic 42, Indian Rocks Christian 14 Spring game-breakers: Relying on a big, veteran offensive line, St. Petersburg Catholic rolled up big yards on the ground Friday, rushing for 322 yards. The benefactors were Jaquan Fuller and Tony Jones, who each rushed for 100 ...
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Fri. May 17, 2013 at 11:24 p.m. | Bob Putnam
LARGO Donavan Hale still is learning the intricacies of playing quarterback at Largo. • But his athleticism and decision-making already are drawing rave reviews in practice, so much that he could make a seamless transition in taking over the starting position from Juwan Brown, who is graduating. With the same ...
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Wed. May 15, 2013 at 8:31 p.m. | Times Staff
Indian Rocks Christian senior pitcher/infielder Matt Kulaga committed to Shorter University in Rome, Ga., according to coach Adam Moravick. Kulaga was a four-year starter for the Eagles. This season he hit .257 with two home runs, 13 RBIs and five doubles. Shorter University is a Division II school that plays ...
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Fri. May 10, 2013 at 12:32 p.m. | Rodney Page
PINELLAS PARK — In two previous meetings against St. Petersburg, Seminole took the lead against the Green Devils only to blow both games late. Wednesday night’s Class 7A, District 10 semifinal looked like it would follow the same script. Seminole took an early two-run lead, then gave the lead back ...
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Wed. April 24, 2013 at 11:54 p.m. | Rodney Page
Indian Rocks Christian 6-foot-3 senior center Rachel Boyette has committed to Amherst College in Amherst, Mass., according to her AAU coach Jim Appelt. Boyette scored more than 1,000 points in her career at Indian Rocks Christian. She chose Amherst over Brown, Hamilton and Brandeis College. Amherst College was 30-3 last ...
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Tue. April 09, 2013 at 9:50 p.m. | Rodney Page
Baseball super seven Results through Wednesday 1. East Lake (8-1): Eagles bounced back from a loss to Jesuit by beating district foe North Port. A rival game against Dunedin was rained out Tuesday. 2. Seminole (9-2): Tough loss to Winter Haven was followed up by a win over Lake Wales ...
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Thu. March 14, 2013 at 6:32 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — Another high school baseball season has begun and the usual suspects are the teams to watch. Seminole is especially loaded. East Lake has pitching depth and unlike last season, the Eagles are hitting. Countryside, Osceola, Clearwater Central Catholic, Tarpon Springs, Calvary Christian, Dunedin and Indian Rocks Christian ...
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Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 at 2:30 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — Tuesday night’s Class 5A region semifinal between Lakewood and Boca Ciega was survival of the fittest. The Pirates were playing without Kenya Joseph and lost senior guard Destiny Brown to a right ankle sprain early in the second quarter. The Spartans’ Alexis Ungro, Kyah Woody and Deja ...
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Tue. Feb. 12, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
TAMPA — Robinson freshman Autumn Carson had the 3-point shot lined up and the ball out of her hand before the fourth quarter-clock hit zero. Moments earlier, Carson swished a 3 with 23 seconds left to cap a fourth-quarter rally that saw the Knights make up a seven-point deficit in ...
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Thu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 10:07 p.m. | Bryan Burns
ST. PETERSBURG — If St. Petersburg plays the way it did Friday night against Clearwater in the Class 7A-10 district final, expect the Green Devils to stick around a while in the postseason. Using a menacing defense and a potent offense, St. Petersburg jumped on the Tornadoes early and never ...
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Fri. Feb. 01, 2013 at 11:47 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — Calvary Christian and Indian Rocks Christian, the top seeds in Class 3A-9, advanced to tonight’s district final in convincing fashion. The Warriors had no trouble with No. 4 seed Northside Christian, winning 48-19. In the second game the Golden Eagles defeated No. 3 seed St. Petersburg Catholic ...
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Thu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 10:04 p.m. | Rodney Page
SEMINOLE — Seminole coach Rick Masi grew more and more frustrated as his team found creative ways not to score the past few weeks. No matter how hard the Warhawks tried, shots seemed to find their way over crossbars or into goalies’ hands. Then the Class 4A, District 10 tournament ...
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Fri. Jan. 25, 2013 at 11:28 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — Within the first 13 minutes of Thursday’s Class 5A, District 8 semifinal, St. Petersburg’s Roman Baez and Jeffrey Holecek each scored to give their team what seemed to be a comfortable lead against rival Palm Harbor University. Green Devils coach Rui Farias knew better. Twice in the ...
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Thu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:56 p.m. | Bob Putnam
EAST LAKE — With 22 minutes left in East Lake’s Class 5A, District 8 semifinal against Sarasota Riverview, Eagles coach Sergei Stopek could finally breathe a sigh of relief. That’s when his team took a three-goal lead and he could start thinking about the district final. East Lake broke it ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — For the past two months, Shorecrest has been at the top of the Class 3A, District 9 standings thanks to its ability to pull out close games. But there some wild upsets this past week. The Chargers were victim to one of them, losing to St. Petersburg ...
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Mon. Jan. 14, 2013 at 11:20 p.m. | Bob Putnam