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Column: Expecting the best at state baseball
TAMPA — The question, as it often is with state high school baseball semifinals, is whether to throw your ace in the semifinal or save him for a potential title game matchup. Over the years, that question seems to get answered mostly like this: ace. Get there. Then worry about ...
Read moreMon. May 13, 2013 at 7:32 p.m. | John C. Cotey
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for May 4-10
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Caroline Whiteside, Sr., Freedom Sport: Softball Skinny: Whiteside, whose real first name is Sunday, typically batted second this season to move leadoff hitter Maddy Hall over. But with two out and the ...
Read moreMon. May 13, 2013 at 5:19 p.m. | Times Staff
Region baseball roundup: Durant books first trip to state
DURANT — For the plan to work, Chaz Fowler had to keep the game within striking distance and Durant needed to punish Orlando Timber Creek for pitching around Tyler Danish. So much of the Cougars’ winning formula revolved around Danish on Friday night, from getting him to the mound to ...
Read moreSat. May 11, 2013 at 12:18 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Region baseball semifinals roundup: Danish leads Durant shutout with 14 Ks
EAST LAKE — Never mind what may have been said over social media, or from the aluminum bleachers, or from the fences along the foul lines, or even in those fleeting moments between fastballs. Here’s what was said when the game was all over, when Tyler Danish had done what ...
Read moreWed. May 08, 2013 at 12:01 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Region baseball quarterfinals roundup: King ace keeps his focus
TAMPA — King senior right-hander Brett Morales admits that it sometimes takes him an inning or two to get comfortable on the mound. Once Morales locks in, however, he’s usually unshakable. On Thursday, even a 30-minute lightning delay couldn’t break Morales’ concentration. The Florida signee threw a three-hitter in King’s ...
Read moreFri. May 03, 2013 at 12:37 a.m. | Bryan Burns
District baseball roundup: King relies on its depth
TAMPA — After only a handful of pitches, it was clear Brandon Caples did not — and would not — have his best stuff. The King senior, who came into the game with an 8-0 record and 1.25 ERA, was obviously not his usual self in the District 6A-11 championship ...
Read moreFri. April 26, 2013 at 12:15 a.m. | Joel Anderson
District baseball roundup: Wharton's late-season surge takes out Alonso
VALRICO — Before the district tournament started Monday, Wharton coach Scott Hoffman noticed a funny little quirk about the bracket. It looked awfully familiar. The Wildcats were poised to face the same teams they had last year, when they won the District 8A-7 championship and made it to the region ...
Read moreTue. April 23, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Final regular-season baseball super 7, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Thursday 1. Jesuit (22-2): No longer the nation’s top-ranked team, Jesuit will have to settle for being No. 1 in the county following its first losses of the season in the final week of the regular season. 2. King (19-3): Surrendered more than two runs ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 3:58 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis roundup: Disappointing end to King's impressive season
Near the end, as the muscles in his legs finally clenched in agony and the cramps swept over him, King freshman Vignesh Bhethanabotla called out for a trainer. Bhethanabotla, the Lions’ No. 3 player, was on the verge of defeat in his second-round team singles match Monday. And in the ...
Read moreMon. April 15, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Region tennis roundup: State again awaits Plant girls
TAMPA — There were about a half-dozen slices of white birthday cake set atop the park bench. A celebratory sushi dinner awaited the girls when their intra-squad doubles match was over. Everyone was all smiles, seemingly just another day at the park for the defending Class 4A state champions. “It’s ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 9:55 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Baseball super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (21-0): One of the state’s toughest stretches awaits Tigers near the end of the regular season, including Seminole (15-6), Sarasota (16-5) and nationally-ranked Venice (18-2). 2. Steinbrenner (18-1): Hard not to look ahead to the Warriors’ regular-season finale against Jefferson on Thursday. ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 4:22 p.m. | Joel Anderson
King baseball coach suspended three weeks
King baseball coach Jim Macaluso has been suspended three weeks by the Florida High School Athletic Association following his ejection from a game Saturday. Macaluso was removed from the game against Bloomingdale after confronting an official about a play at second base in the third inning, according to an officials’ ...
Read moreWed. April 10, 2013 at 12:45 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Region tennis roundup: King boys face few challenges
TEMPLE TERRACE — The challenge for the King boys wasn’t so much to defeat region semifinal opponent Winter Haven on Tuesday. After a couple of games on the Lightfoot Recreation Center hard courts, the Lions were clearly playing at a higher level. The focus for King then became: who can ...
Read moreTue. April 09, 2013 at 9:45 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Baseball: King finishes off sweep of district foes
DOVER — King and Strawberry Crest played their regular-season district finale Friday night, with the Lions playing for a 10-game sweep of 6A-11 and the Chargers hoping to hang onto their No. 2 seed. Both teams sent their No. 2 pitchers to the mound, King’s Brandon Caples and Strawberry Crest’s ...
Read moreFri. April 05, 2013 at 10:32 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Baseball: Hillsborough super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (18-0): Won first two games of the Easter Tournament by a combined score of 12-1, proving the Tigers can dominate out-of-state opponents, too. 2. Steinbrenner (15-1): Cole Gordon leads the county with six homers, including the game winner in a big district ...
Read moreThu. April 04, 2013 at 12:16 p.m. | Joel Anderson