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  • HomeTeam Huddle: Allen's career on rise at Dunedin

    HomeTeam Huddle: Allen's career on rise at Dunedin DUNEDIN In three years of crushing heads, Dunedin’s Brenton Allen has followed a remarkably ascendent career path. • Since becoming a starting middle linebacker, he has developed into the Falcons’ most important defensive presence, a 6-foot-2, 220-pound bruiser with the tiptoe finesse of a ballerina. Allen can stop the run ...
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    Tue. May 21, 2013 at 8:10 p.m. | Times Staff

  • Pinellas track stars continue to dazzle at Golden South meet

    The Lakewood track trio of Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin and Tim Holmes added Gibbs’ Trayvon Bromell to form an all-star 4x100-meter relay at the Golden South meet. The foursome ran past an impressive field to win the event in 40.29 seconds, the fastest time in the nation this year. Bromell ...
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    Sat. May 18, 2013 at 9:29 p.m. | Bob Putnam

  • Recruiting roundup: Four more linemen you should know

    Recruiting roundup: Four more linemen you should know TAMPA — While big names like East Lake’s Mason Cole, Lakewood’s Isaiah Wynn and St. Petersburg Catholic’s Reilly Gibbons head up a class of offensive linemen that might be Tampa Bay’s best ever, the river of talent across the line of scrimmage this year is a deep one, running from ...
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    Sat. May 11, 2013 at 3:11 p.m. | John C. Cotey

    • Recruit: Jake Fruhmorgen
      Florida State University, University of Miami, Vanderbilt University
  • HomeTeam Huddle: It's all adding up at Gibbs

    HomeTeam Huddle: It's all adding up at Gibbs Gibbs had some defections in the offseason, most notably safety Albert Laskett and quarterback Patric Jones. But during the first full week of spring practices, new coach Rick Kravitz said more than 50 players have participated. Track athletes Jacquez President and Maurice Hall have joined the team after last week’s ...
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    Thu. May 09, 2013 at 10:06 p.m. | Times Staff

  • Lakewood's Alexis Ungro commits to Miami Dade College

    Lakewood point guard Alexis Ungro has committed to Miami Dade College, according to Spartans coach Necole Tunsil. Ungro transferred to Lakewood from Boca Ciega as a junior and has been a two-year starter for the Spartans. She averaged 11 points and six assists as a senior and helped lead Lakewood ...
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    Wed. May 08, 2013 at 10:00 p.m. | Rodney Page

  • HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for April 27-May 3

    HomeTeam Hot Shots    A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Chaise Cook-Martin, Sr., Boca Ciega Sport: Track Skinny: For three years, Cook-Martin waited to claim gold in the triple jump, her signature event. After clearing 38 feet, 4 inches in Friday’s Class ...
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    Mon. May 06, 2013 at 6:21 p.m. | Times Staff

  • FABC all-state girls basketball teams has several local players

    The Florida Association of Basketball Coaches released its 2013 all-state teams for Classes A-8A. Several players from the Tampa Bay area are on this year’s team. Here is a breakdown: Class 3A Tesha Hanson, Sr., Seffner Christian Peyton Walker, So., Seffner Christian Carley Plentovich, Fr., Calvary Christian Savannah Plentovich, Fr., ...
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    Fri. May 03, 2013 at 11:52 a.m. | Rodney Page

  • Region baseball quarterfinals roundup: A pitch-perfect East Lake win

    Region baseball quarterfinals roundup: A pitch-perfect East Lake win EAST LAKE — East Lake’s Troy Strominger had seen curveballs and off-speed pitches all night, and hadn’t fared too well against them, going 0-for-3 with three strikeouts. But the last one he saw? He liked that one just fine. Strominger solidly drove a full-count curveball into left field to score ...
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    Fri. May 03, 2013 at 12:29 a.m. | John C. Cotey

  • Lakewood's Tim Holmes signs with Baylor

    For weeks, Lakewood hurdler Tim Holmes did his best to keep his college decision a secret. But his wardrobe gave it away as soon as he walked into the school’s cafeteria Wednesday morning for his signing ceremony. Holmes was sporting a Baylor T-shirt and hat. His entire family also had ...
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    Wed. May 01, 2013 at 12:07 p.m. | Bob Putnam

  • Spring football primer: Year of the Lineman

    Spring football primer: Year of the Lineman When we went looking for the stars of 2013, we zipped right past the pretty-boy quarterbacks, the speedy running backs, the hard-hitting linebackers and the fancy-footed wide receivers and defensive backs. This year, they’ll be taking a back seat to those referred to, lovingly, by their coaches as the big ...
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    Tue. April 30, 2013 at 8:34 p.m. | John C. Cotey

  • Column: Deandre Boykins gives Spartans an unlikely spark

    Column: Deandre Boykins gives Spartans an unlikely spark JACKSONVILLE He didn’t run track last season because his left ankle hurt. He didn’t run the first meet this year because his right ankle hurt. His right knee started to bother him during the season — especially at the district meet. At the region meet, his left hamstring felt like ...
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    Sat. April 27, 2013 at 11:49 p.m. | John C. Cotey

  • 2A state track: Sweet ending this time for Lakewood

    2A state track: Sweet ending this time for Lakewood Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — To win Pinellas County’s first boys track team title in 43 years, Lakewood High had to get past the painful memories from last year, when a dropped baton in the 4x100 relay ultimately cost the Spartans. Shaquem and Shaquill Griffin, the twins who are the unquestioned ...
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    Sat. April 27, 2013 at 11:40 p.m. | Bob Putnam

  • Video: Miami Washington holds off Lakewood in 4x100

    Lakewood may have finished second in the 4x100 relay at the Class 2A state meet in Jacksonville, but the Spartans still ran the seventh fastest time in the nation. Lakewood ran a 41.01, just behind Miami Washington's 40.86, which is fourth in the country.
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    Sat. April 27, 2013 at 7:48 p.m. | John C. Cotey

  • District baseball roundup: Countryside throws its own party

    PINELLAS PARK — It was prom night at Countryside on Friday, but its baseball team couldn’t go to the biggest party of the school year. It was busy playing Seminole in the Class 7A, District 10 final, and judging by the party on the Pinellas Park pitcher’s mound, the Cougars ...
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    Fri. April 26, 2013 at 11:25 p.m. | Rodney Page

  • Lakewood's Tianah Alvarado picks Mississippi

    Lakewood forward Tianah Alvarado has committed to the University of Mississippi. Alvarado, who helped lead the Spartans to the Class 5A state final, visited Mississippi last Sunday through Tuesday. “It feels good to get the decision made," Alvarado said. “I just felt very comfortable there. Coach (Matt Insell) turned around ...
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    Fri. April 26, 2013 at 4:35 p.m. | Rodney Page

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