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Boys district soccer roundup: Sickles escapes with PK win
TAMPA — Arelys Jiminez’s birthday gift formally arrived 35 minutes into Friday’s Class 4A, District 8 semifinals. The celebration, however, didn’t commence until more than an hour later. Jiminez’s son, Sickles senior Carlos Sifontes, scored the top-seeded Gryphons’ goal in the first half, then watched his team prevail in the ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 25, 2013 at 9:58 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys district soccer: Top-seeded Newsome escapes with PK win
RIVERVIEW — Wharton entered Thursday’s Class 5A, District 7 semifinal against Newsome with nothing to lose. The Wildcats were facing the district’s No. 1 seed in Newsome, a team that won 15 games during the regular season. Wharton, on the other hand, finished below .500 and had just four wins. ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:54 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Girls district soccer roundup: Newsome stays patient for victory
PLANT — The ball sailed into the scrum of players in front of the Wharton goal and Karli Gutsche muscled her way into position. She then worked herself free of a defender and timed her leap to meet the ball with her head. As the scene unfolded, Newsome coach Kelly ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:03 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Times' all-Hillsborough volleyball team
Player of the Year Sidney Brown, Jr., OH, Berkeley Prep Why we picked her: Brown ably filled the shoes of Jordan Burgess and Mackenzie Dagostino, two of the most decorated players in Hillsborough and Berkeley Prep history. She was the undisputed leader of the Bucs’ run to the Class 4A ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 5:51 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Times' Hillsborough County girls and boys golf teams
Boys Golfer of the Year: Jimmy Stanger, Sr., Gaither Why we picked him: A University of Virginia signee, Stanger came within five strokes of the postseason trifecta — district, region and state titles. He won the first two, both at Temple Terrace Golf & Country Club, before finishing third (1-over-par ...
Read moreSat. Dec. 08, 2012 at 3:50 p.m. | Joey Knight
Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Anton Crutcher, and your Dunk of the Night
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine. You know the drill: johncotey@gmail.com, and follow me at @JohnnyHomeTeam Here's some notes, observations and a look at Friday's slate ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
King pitcher Brett Morales signs with Florida Gators
Growing up with a father for a Florida Gators fan, Brett Morales never had doubts about where he wanted to go for college. Morales, however, wasn’t so sure he was ready to play ball at that level until last season. “That’s when I started to get a bit of recognition,” ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 14, 2012 at 1:57 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Brett Morales
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Recruit: Brett Morales
Football: Durant 31, King 0
DURANT — Durant made history with a 31-0 victory over King as the Cougars improved to 10-0 and posted their first undefeated regular season in school history."Something we've never done here," coach Mike Gottman said. "I got chills talking about it and now doing something no Durant team has done ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 9:24 p.m. | Travis Puterbaugh
Football: Armwood 19, King 8
SEFFNER — Armwood overcame a late fourth-quarter deficit and narrowly avoided an upset in a 19-8 victory over King.In the first half, the only score was Nick Feely's field goal with 28 seconds left for a 3-0 Hawks lead.The second half was more exciting. After Feely extended the lead to ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 8:45 p.m. | Travis Puterbaugh
Football: Hillsborough 46, King 7
TAMPA — Hillsborough’s drive to the Class 6A, District 8 championship was a smooth one Friday night as the Terriers used a second-quarter burst to post a 46-7 win at King. The win earned Hillsborough the district title and a first-round home playoff game. After a scoreless first quarter, Hillsborough ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 27, 2012 at 12:53 a.m. | Rod Gipson
Volleyball: Berkeley Prep wraps up regular season at No. 1
Volleyball Hillsborough Super 7 1. Berkeley Prep (11-11): The Bucs maintain their spot at the top heading into the Class 4A, Distrit 9 tournament, where they’ll be the No. 1 seed. They’ll close the regular season Friday with a non-district rematch against rival Tampa Prep, which they beat last month. ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 17, 2012 at 11:23 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough County district golf roundup
TEMPLE TERRACE — Brilliance may have avoided Jimmy Stanger on a warm, partly cloudy morning at Temple Terrace Golf and Country Club, but savviness and survival instincts didn’t. On a day when he didn’t set the fairways ablaze, the homeschooled Gaither senior still set the standard for the 11-team field ...
Read moreMon. Oct. 15, 2012 at 9:50 p.m. | Joey Knight
Football: Jefferson 41, King 8
TAMPA — After squandering 21-point leads each of the last two weeks, Jefferson unintentionally altered its modus operandi on its homecoming night. Instead of drawing blood early, the Dragons (2-4, 1-2) smelled it late. Trailing 8-6 with barely two minutes to play in the third quarter, the Dragons abruptly transformed ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 13, 2012 at 1:07 a.m. | Joey Knight
Volleyball: Berkeley Prep holds off Wharton for county top spot (with stats)
Volleyball Hillsborough Super 7 1. Berkeley Prep (11-11): Continuing a season-long pattern, the Bucs handled local opponents — Steinbrenner and Clearwater Central Catholic — with ease but struggled against out-of-town opponents in last weekend’s prestigious Tampa Bay Invitational tournament. 2. Wharton (17-0): The Wildcats have rolled through a four-game stretch ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 10, 2012 at 2:28 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Midweek Grab Bag: It's all here. Really. All of it.
I don’t want to say I’m on a roll, but I. AM. ON. A. ROLL. For the third straight week, I went 10-1 on my picks, and for a change, I nailed the Upset Pick of the Week, making my record 11-1. So to summarize: Tons of facts, numbers, trends, ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 10, 2012 at 12:32 p.m. | John C. Cotey