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Holiday basketball: First true tests of season await bay area's best
TAMPA — When district foes Freedom and Steinbrenner met recently in a girls basketball game, Freedom won 44-37 — the Patriots’ first test of the season. But was it enough of one? Coach Laurie Pacholke doesn’t think so. She expects to see the Warriors two more times, and while she ...
Read moreMon. Dec. 17, 2012 at 3:00 p.m. | John C. Cotey
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Dec. 8-14
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 14. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what ...
Read moreSat. Dec. 15, 2012 at 9:18 a.m. | Times Staff
Basketball: Pinellas boys & girls super 7
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Boca Ciega (6-0): The last undefeated team in the county knocked off St. Petersburg in first test of the season. 2. St. Petersburg (4-2): Bounced back from loss to the Pirates to beat Countryside this week in big district game. 3. Lakewood (7-1): It’s not ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 12:28 p.m. | Times Staff
Girls basketball: Lakewood's experience shines through against Bogie
ST. PETERSBURG — Boca Ciega may be the team of the future, but Lakewood proved Wednesday night that it is the team of the present. Using a stifling fullcourt press, the senior-laden Spartans defeated the young Pirates 51-39. Lakewood (11-1) caused 23 Boca Ciega turnovers in the first Class 5A-12 ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:56 p.m. | Rodney Page
Basketball: Pinellas boys and girls super 7
Pinellas basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. St. Petersburg (2-1): Bounced back from a weekend loss to Haines City to knock off rival Seminole in a big Class 7A, District 10 game. 2. Boca Ciega (3-0): Strong start to season gets a test with a game tonight against ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. | Times Staff
Well-traveled Swinton finds home for talent at Lakewood
Deja Swinton first caught the attention of local basketball junkies when she was an eighth-grader at Northside Christian. She averaged 11.7 points in helping the Mustangs to a 25-5 record. Last season, Swinton transferred to St. Petersburg in order to enroll in the school’s construction engineering program. She was the ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 05, 2012 at 8:56 p.m. | Rodney Page
Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Sam Flagg, and you too, Darnell Lovett
I'm so excited about the Pasco-Robinson football game tonight, I didn't know what to do with myself this morning, so I started writing. And writing. And writing some more. So, uh, welcome to the biggest darned Morning Meanderings of the season. Maybe it's a good thing everyone doesn't call in ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:39 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Pinellas girls basketball preview
Any discussion about Pinellas County girls basketball this season begins and ends with Lakewood. The Spartans are loaded (again), have a chance at a state championship (again) and are beating area opponents by 50-plus points (again). But there are plenty of other teams out there who have exciting players and ...
Read moreTue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 1:50 p.m. | Rodney Page
Lakewood's Drayton, Alvarado both sign
Surrounded by teammates, family and friends, Lakewood’s Kasey Drayton and Tianah Alvarado made their colleges choices official by signing their letters of intent to play basketball. Drayton, who averaged 15 points per game last season and led the Spartans to the state final four, signed with Alabama-Birmingham. Alvarado, who missed ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 14, 2012 at 4:24 p.m. | Bob Putnam
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Recruit: Tianah Alvarado
Seton Hall
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Recruit: Tianah Alvarado
Lakewood girls basketball team gets key transfers
Former Northside Christian and St. Petersburg basketball player Deja Swinton is now at Lakewood. Swinton, a sophomore, transferred prior to the start of the school year. As an eighth-grader she helped lead Northside to a 25-5 record. Last season she was St. Petersburg's starting point guard. Swinton (5-foot-8) will play ...
Read moreTue. Oct. 09, 2012 at 2:08 p.m. | Rodney Page
Lakewood hoopsters Alvarado, Drayton make verbal commitments
Lakewood shooting guard Tianah Alvarado has orally committed to Seton Hall after taking a visit to the school this past weekend. Teammate Kasey Drayton, a power forward, orally committed to Alabama-Birmingham. Alvarado missed most of last season due to a knee injury. She recovered to play summer league ball. "They ...
Read moreMon. Oct. 08, 2012 at 5:20 p.m. | Rodney Page
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Recruit: Tianah Alvarado
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Recruit: Kasey Drayton
University of Alabama-Birmingham
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Recruit: Tianah Alvarado
Basketball: Lakewood's Alvarado back in her comfort zone
As Lakewood made its run to the Class 5A state semifinal in Lakeland this past season, Tianah Alvarado could hardly watch. She was supposed to be out there with her teammates, playing guard next to Alexis Ungro and setting picks for Shineice Beamon and Kasey Drayton. Instead, she was at ...
Read moreThu. June 28, 2012 at 3:20 p.m. | Rodney Page
Times' all-Suncoast girls basketball
Player of the year: G Bre Crum, Sr., Sickles Entering the season, teams knew that to stop Sickles, they’d have to stop Bre Crum. Without graduated All-American Amber Henson, now at Duke, Crum was aware she would get every opponent’s full attention. “I knew that people were going to start ...
Read moreSat. April 07, 2012 at 10:13 a.m. | Times Staff
Times' all-Pinellas County girls and boys basketball teams
Girls Player of the year: G Kristine Fuller, Sr., Palm Harbor University Why we picked her: There was no way not to pick Fuller. She averaged 22.2 points per game, shot 77 percent from the free-throw line and averaged 7.9 rebounds as a senior. With Fuller leading the way, PHU ...
Read moreSat. March 31, 2012 at 2:45 p.m. | Times Staff
Girls basketball: Boca Ciega senior leads Home stars to victory<br /><br />
ST. PETERSBURG — In a showcase of the best senior girls basketball players from across Pinellas County, the Home Team All-Stars, coach by Palm Harbor University's Darian Dublin, defeated Northeast coach Will White's Guest Team All-Stars 77-64 on Saturday night.The Home Team, which led throughout, featured the game's MVP, Boca ...
Read moreSat. March 10, 2012 at 8:34 p.m. | Anthony Salveggi