Keswick Christian moved quickly to find a head football coach, hiring former standout quarterback Blake Englehardt. Englehardt, a three-year starter for the Crusaders (2003-05), becomes just the second coach in the program’s 16-year existence. He replaces Rick Sanson, who left in March to pursue other teaching opportunities. “Blake was the ...
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Thu. April 11, 2013 at 12:00 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Keswick Christian football coach Rick Sanson, who has led the program since its inception in 1998, said he is leaving the school as an advance placement history teacher and will no longer be coaching football. “This was a decision that was strictly academic and had nothing to do with football,” ...
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Sat. March 23, 2013 at 5:43 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Both county teams were eliminated in the Class 8A, District 8 semifinals Tuesday. East Lake, the No. 2 seed, lost to North Port 75-66. It was a tough loss for the Eagles, who beat North Port by more than 20 points in the last meeting. But East Lake had trouble ...
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Wed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 12:12 a.m. | Bob Putnam
East Lake, the No. 4 seed, led at halftime but got outscored 24-9 in the third quarter in the Class 8A-8 district semifinal Tuesday, falling 66-57 to North Port. The Eagles (11-15) were led by Emily Dine, who scored 32. Amber Jennings chipped in with 12. “We just had one ...
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Wed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 12:41 a.m. | Rodney Page
Keswick Christian struggled to stay in its Class 2A, District 5 finale, falling 26-7 to Bradenton Christian. The lone highlight for the Crusaders came in the third quarter when Taylor Angell ran 41 yards for a touchdown. The score was set up by a nice block from Adam Foster. That ...
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Fri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 8:24 p.m. | Times Staff
The Crusaders won their second game of the season thanks to a strong running game and smothering defense. PJ Franklin started things off with a 70-yard run for a touchdown in the first quarter to eclipse the 1,000-yard barrier for the season. Sammy Faucette also had a touchdown run to ...
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 8:01 p.m. | Times Staff
The Warriors bounced back from last week’s loss to Admiral Farragut in a big way, building a 41-20 halftime lead and cruising to a 67-26 victory Friday. Calvary had several big plays, including touchdown runs of 52 yards by Derek Barnes, 37 yards by Allen Barnes and 73 yards by ...
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Fri. Oct. 19, 2012 at 8:03 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Keswick Christian volleyball coach Karrmayne King reached another milestone Tuesday night when she won her 400th game at the school. The Crusaders defeated St. Petersburg Catholic to give King her 400th win. King has been at Keswick Christian for 28 years as the girls basketball and volleyball coach and athletic ...
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Thu. Oct. 18, 2012 at 11:25 a.m. | Rodney Page
TAMPA — Neither defense had much success, but Cambridge got the stop that mattered, forcing a Keswick incompletion with 30 seconds left to seal a 30-26 win. Cambridge (4-3, 3-3) got the go-ahead touchdown on a trick play with four minutes left. Running back Brandon Park appeared to be coming ...
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Thu. Oct. 11, 2012 at 9:02 p.m. | Joe Polito
ST. PETERSBURG — With senior Adam Foster leading the way, Keswick Christian constructed a winning drive late in the fourth quarter to knock off Northside Christian 35-28 and earn its first win of the season Friday night. Foster made his mark on both sides of the ball for the Crusaders ...
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Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 9:48 p.m. | Christian Sandler
Blue Jackets quarterback Colby Robinson threw five touchdown passes, three to Brad Hyman-Muhammad and two to Napoleon Maxwell. AFA improves to 4-0, 2-0 while Keswick falls to 0-4, 0-3.
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Fri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 8:01 p.m. | Times Staff
It took a while, but Indian Rocks Christian was able to break away from host Keswick Christian in a 28-14 victory, thanks to defense and special teams. Tied at 7 at the half, the Golden Eagles scored on an interception return for a touchdown and a blocked punt recovered in ...
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 9:18 p.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — Carrollwood Day lost a 30-27 heartbreaker to district foe Keswick Christian last year. The Patriots took out a year's worth of frustration on the Crusaders on Friday to the tune of 48-0.CDS fed Robert Davis the first three handoffs and he took them 80 yards for a touchdown. ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 5:56 p.m. | Andy Warrener
ST. PETERSBURG — Keland White nabbed the would-be touchdown near his own 5-yard line Friday night. He cut to the middle, then to the outside as Keswick tacklers fell to his feet. Ninety-five yards later and he was strolling into the end zone. Again.White accounted for six touchdowns in Landmark ...
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Fri. Aug. 31, 2012 at 8:58 p.m. | Miles Parks
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at a football district a day. First up: Class 2A, District 5. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record Canterbury (10-2, 7-1) Admiral Farragut (12-2, 7-1) Indian Rocks Christian (7-4, 5-3) Carrollwood Day (6-4, 4-4) Cambridge Christian ...
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Mon. July 23, 2012 at 12:07 p.m. | Times Staff