Lakewood missed regionals last season for the first time since 2004, but for coach Sean O’Flannery, his own personal streak — including his previous stop at Northeast — dated to 2001. Tuesday night, however, both the coach and his team clinched a return to the postseason with a 25-13, 25-8, ...
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Tue. Oct. 25, 2011 at 11:17 p.m. | Times Staff
Indian Rocks Christian volleyball coach Mark Foster won the 200th game of his high school coaching career over the weekend. And it was memorable for more than one reason. Foster reached victory No. 200 after his Golden Eagles defeated state and national power Plant in a two-game, 30-28, 25-23 sweep Saturday morning in the ...
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Mon. Sept. 19, 2011 at 11:00 a.m. | Bryan Burns
TAMPA — The start to the 2011 season for Indian Rocks Christian has been, well, perfect. Entering their match at Academy of the Holy Names, the Golden Eagles hadn’t dropped a game all year, going 18-for-18 in four regular-season matches and two preseason tilts. On Tuesday, the Golden Eagles made ...
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Tue. Sept. 13, 2011 at 10:30 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TARPON SPRINGS — Last season, Mike Estes sat with the rest of the spectators on a cold, metal riser, an anonymous face amid a sea of them, watching as his daughter, Brittnay, and her East Lake teammates first won a district title, then a region title and finally the school’s ...
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Sat. Aug. 27, 2011 at 4:58 p.m. | Bryan Burns
All-Suncoast volleyball Player of the year Jordan Burgess, Jr., OH, Berkeley Prep As remarkably focused as Burgess is on the volleyball court, she’s uncontrollably giggly in front of the camera. For her Player of the Year photo shoot, she struggled to keep a straight face under the bright studio lights. ...
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Thu. Dec. 23, 2010 at 9:44 a.m. | Times Staff
Times’ all-Pinellas County volleyball Player of the year Lauran Eschenroeder, MH, Sr., East Lake Why we picked her: At various points of this most successful Eagles season, the Player of the Year could have been just about anyone. Brianna McComeskey took over matches, just like Brittnay Estes did, just like ...
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Wed. Dec. 22, 2010 at 4:14 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — Tampa Prep coach Mike Flynn practices pressure situations, like the one his Terrapins faced against Indian Rocks Christian on Tuesday night. That attention to detail paid off for the Terrapins (12-15), who scored eight of the final nine points for a 25-23, 21-25, 22-25, 25-19, 15-13 victory over ...
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Tue. Nov. 09, 2010 at 11:21 p.m. | Don Jensen
After watching her Bloomingdale volleyball team get dismantled by Palm Harbor University last week, coach Danielle Leffler stopped just short of predicting the Hurricanes would finally — finally! — get past Plant. “I think they can beat Plant,” Leffler said, but she didn’t say will beat Plant. Either way, having ...
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Mon. Nov. 08, 2010 at 5:21 p.m. | John C. Cotey
LAKELAND -- For the third year in a row, Indian Rocks Christian ended Lakeland Christian’s season 25-10, 25-12, 25-7 in a Class 2A region quarterfinal Tuesday night. The Eagles (23-6) will play Tampa Prep in the region semifinals next week. The Terps topped the Golden Eagles last week for the ...
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Tue. Nov. 02, 2010 at 9:13 p.m. | The Ledger
Class 6A Bloomingdale (18-6) at Palm Harbor University (19-7), 7 tonight: The Hurricanes won a third straight district title and made it look easy. The Bulls, who have lost to Plant three times this season, are a solid bunch. But they were handled by Lakewood in straight sets in ...
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Tue. Nov. 02, 2010 at 12:19 a.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — To say that Tampa Prep and Indian Rocks Christian know each other well would be an understatement. Most seasons, they meet four times. And as much at Tampa Prep has recently dominated the rivalry, most matches have been closer that the score indicates, with momentum swinging on a ...
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Fri. Oct. 29, 2010 at 11:14 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
TAMPA — Doubt never crept onto Carol Chalu Court Tuesday night. The brisk three-game district semifinal triumphs earned by Tampa Prep and Indian Rocks Christian mostly possessed the feel of voter registration or a garden-club initiation. Which is to say, they were formalities. The top-seeded Terrapins (9-15) and second-seeded Golden ...
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Tue. Oct. 26, 2010 at 10:17 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — After having taken its lumps against larger schools during the first three weeks of the season, Tampa Prep entered district play Tuesday night at home against rival Indian Rocks Christian. But in their first set against the Golden Eagles, the Terrapins — a Class 2A state finalist last ...
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Tue. Sept. 21, 2010 at 11:46 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Indian Rocks Christian placed second out of 16 teams at the OVA Showcase volleyball tournament in Orlando over the weekend. The Golden Eagles rolled through three pool games without dropping a set to advance to the Elite Division semifinals, where they defeated Class 6A Spruce Creek, a region semifinalist last ...
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Mon. Sept. 13, 2010 at 6:56 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TARPON SPRINGS — East Lake completed one of the more successful volleyball seasons in school history in 2009. The Eagles finished with a 23-5 record. East Lake won a district title, ending a string of six straight seasons without one. It advanced to the region semifinals for the eighth time ...
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Sat. Aug. 28, 2010 at 6:23 p.m. | Bryan Burns