Four months after resigning as Jesuit football coach, James Harrell has wedged his foot into the door at the college level. Harrell, 55, has been hired as outside linebackers coach at Kentucky Christian, a 5-year-old NAIA program in Grayson, Ky., Knights coach Gene Peterson confirmed. "It's a good little spot," ...
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Tue. March 26, 2013 at 2:59 p.m. | Joey Knight
LAKELAND — The 6-foot-4, 230-pound sophomore filed in with everyone else, dutifully checking in Saturday morning for the Rivals Camp. His arrival caused a stir among the recruiting analysts and camp organizers, who hadn’t seen him in person before but were immediately impressed by his precocious build. “He walks in ...
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Sat. March 23, 2013 at 9:15 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Boys player of the Year G/F Reggie Hart, Sr., Chamberlain Why we picked him: A year after averaging a county-best 28 points, Hart again somehow flourished when every soul in the gym knew the Chiefs’ offense revolved around him. Unassuming physically (6-foot-1, 178 pounds), he slashed, slithered and spotted up ...
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Sat. March 23, 2013 at 5:40 p.m. | Times Staff
Baseball super seven 1. Jesuit (12-0): The nation’s No. 1 team according to MaxPreps.com and PerfectGame.org, the Tigers have won all 12 of their games by a combined score of 131-12. 2. Steinbrenner (11-1): After their first loss of the season, to Strawberry Crest in the Saladino Tournament, the Warriors ...
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Thu. March 21, 2013 at 2:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Player of the year M/F Shaddy Douidar, Sr., Tampa Prep Why we picked him: An inconspicuous midfield distributor as an underclassman, Douidar enjoyed one of the most astounding breakthrough seasons of any local player in recent memory. A setup guy for 2012 Class A Player of the Year Jordan Hayes, ...
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Sat. March 16, 2013 at 8:12 p.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — East Lake rolled into Jesuit on Thursday night with an 8-0 record and impressive pitching and hitting statistics. The Tigers, ranked second nationally by MaxPreps, were not intimidated. Jesuit pounded out 15 hits, scored early and late and defeated the Eagles 12-2 in six innings. It was the ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 11:16 p.m. | Rodney Page
Baseball super seven 1. Jesuit (10-0): Including Thursday night’s matchup against Pinellas No. 1 East Lake, the Tigers have won their past five games by a combined score of 54-9. Spencer Trayner has been an early star, hitting .500 with 12 RBIs and a home run. He’s also won three ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Gradually, the bay area's 2013 prep football schedule is coming into full view. And apparently, some of the fiercest rivalries are being relegated to a rear view. Among them: Jesuit-Plant. New Tigers coach Matt Thompson confirmed Tuesday he and Hillsborough County athletic director Lanness Robinson couldn't find a mutually feasible ...
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Tue. March 05, 2013 at 12:59 p.m. | Joey Knight
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Sandra Akachukwu, Sr., Freedom Sport: Track and field Skinny: The commencement of Akachukwu’s senior year mirrored the conclusion of her junior season. A Western Kentucky signee, Akachukwu was named top female athlete at ...
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Mon. March 04, 2013 at 2:53 p.m. | Joey Knight
LAKELAND — Let’s start with the hair. The ladies, he says (jokingly, we presume), love it. But not all of them. “Hate it,’’ said Sheila Galvis, the MVP’s mom. Curly, floppy, unruly even. But untouchable. Samson had his mane. Joey Galvis has his mop. “Once we started the season, and ...
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Sat. March 02, 2013 at 8:57 p.m. | John C. Cotey
LAKELAND — On a history-making morning, they made hysteria first. Roughly 500 Jesuit High School students — two-thirds of the student body — traveled 40 minutes eastward on a raw, windy Saturday to go hoarse over their top-ranked basketball team. Collectively dubbed "The Blue Tide," they chanted and cheered, ...
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Sat. March 02, 2013 at 11:40 a.m. | Times Staff
Jesuit (30-1) is a hoping to lock up its first state title in 29 years on Saturday morning. And bring home the bay area's lone state hoops title this postseason. Local girls teams had little luck in Lakeland last week. The Tigers face Plantation American Heritage (24-6) at 10:05 a.m. ...
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Sat. March 02, 2013 at 9:43 a.m. | Times Staff
LAKELAND — Of all the concerted, clamorous roars emitted by Jesuit’s student body this week, two stood out. The first occurred during Monday morning’s convocation, when Fr. Richard Hermes announced classes were being canceled Friday so students could attend the Tigers’ state basketball semifinal in Lakeland. The other arrived with ...
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Fri. March 01, 2013 at 3:53 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — In little more than a decade at Alonso, Landy Faedo gradually built one of Hillsborough County’s powerhouse baseball programs. Faedo has guided the Ravens to two Class 6A state championships, four state tournament berths and five region playoff appearances over 12 years. That resume has grown only more ...
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Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 at 4:45 p.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — With the Nos. 2-, 7- and ninth-ranked teams waiting for Jesuit High School in the region boys basketball playoffs, coach Neal Goldman prepared his team by working extensively on late-game situations. Down by two. Up by two. Inbounding, free-throw shooting, final plays. The clock ticking down. He told ...
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Mon. Feb. 25, 2013 at 9:29 p.m. | John C. Cotey