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
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
Boy, the hoopsters were hitting last night. Lots of big games, and one little game from someone who usually turns in big games. Here's your second-to-last Morning Meanderings of the year. But we will be out at Freedom's girls game Thursday against Steinbrenner. Look us up. PLAYER OF THE NIGHT ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Boys basketball St. Petersburg Catholic 45, Admiral Farragut 43: Michael Fridella scored a team-high 15 as the Barons built a 36-30 lead through three quarters and withstood a Blue Jackets rally in the fourth. Shorecrest 51, IRC 48: The Chargers had a big second quarter, outscoring the Golden Eagles 14-9. ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 12:23 a.m. | Times Staff
Girls basketball IRC 40, Northside 33: Just two games removed from getting beat by 48 against Seffner Christian, IRC earned its second straight win. Center Rachel Boyette, who was sick against Seffner, scored 10. Autumn Frost also scored 10 and Caroline Shelton added eight. The Mustangs were led by 12 ...
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Wed. Dec. 05, 2012 at 12:33 a.m. | Times Staff
INDIAN ROCKS — Seffner Christian coach Greg Fawbush and Indian Rocks Christian coach Phil Farver weren’t sure what to expect from their teams Tuesday night. It took all of 43 seconds to get their answer. The Crusaders jumped out to a seven-point lead thanks to a Sabrina Whiting 3-pointer and ...
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Tue. Nov. 27, 2012 at 9:05 p.m. | Rodney Page
Any discussion about Pinellas County girls basketball this season begins and ends with Lakewood. The Spartans are loaded (again), have a chance at a state championship (again) and are beating area opponents by 50-plus points (again). But there are plenty of other teams out there who have exciting players and ...
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Tue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. | Rodney Page
Indian Rocks Christian senior center Rachel Boyette received an offer from the University of West Florida, according to her AAU coach, Jim Appelt. Boyette also has offers from Davidson, Fairfield, Brandeis and several other Division III schools. As a junior, Boyette averaged 8.0 points and 6.8 rebounds in helping the ...
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Mon. Nov. 05, 2012 at 2:05 p.m. | Rodney Page
Indian Rocks Christian athlete Tori Trador has verbally committed to Nyack College (N.Y.) and will sign with the school on Wednesday. Trador will run cross country and play basketball for the Warriors. Trador was a Times all-county honorable mention selection in both cross country and basketball. She averaged 11.8 points per ...
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Mon. April 09, 2012 at 10:31 a.m. | Rodney Page
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 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
ST. PETERSBURG — St. Petersburg Catholic guard Brittney Dunbar and her six fellow seniors weren’t ready to end their high school careers. In their fourth game against Indian Rocks Christian, Dunbar scored 25 as the Barons came from behind Tuesday to win 51-45. “Dunbar came up big tonight,” Barons coach ...
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Wed. Feb. 15, 2012 at 12:39 a.m. | Nathan Cowan