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  • All-Suncoast baseball team

    Player of the Year: Christian Arroyo, Sr., Hernando If MLB draft gurus were surprised Hernando shortstop Christian Arroyo flew off the board in the first round, few in Brooksville were.   •   “The kid’s definitely got it all going on,” Leopards teammate and USF signee Brandon Lawson said. Arroyo was the ...
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    Fri. June 14, 2013 at 10:36 a.m. | Times Staff

  • North Suncoast: Times' boys all-academic team

    North Suncoast: Times' boys all-academic team Scholar-Athlete of the Year: Connor Gilboy, Sunlake Weighted/unweighted GPA: 4.41/3.91 Standardized test score: 27 ACT Sports: Soccer, football, tennis, cross country College: Florida Proudest academic accomplishment: Gilboy earned all-academic honors from the Sunshine Athletic Conference after completing his first three years of high school with only one B. His senior ...
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    Wed. June 12, 2013 at 11:43 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • Baseball: Times' all-North Suncoast team

    Baseball: Times' all-North Suncoast team Pitcher of the year: Brandon Lawson, Sr., Hernando Why we picked him: Lawson had a statistically dominant season on the North Suncoast’s top team to edge Mitchell’s Cobi Johnson and a loaded group of pitchers for repeat honors. The 6-foot-2 right-hander posted a 0.27 ERA — one of the lowest ...
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    Sat. June 08, 2013 at 3:40 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Track: Times' all-North Suncoast teams

    Track: Times' all-North Suncoast teams Boys Athlete of the Year: Bobby Harris, Jr., Springstead Why we picked him: Harris was the North Suncoast’s only state champion. His performance at the Class 3A state meet wasn’t legendary — he cleared only 6 feet, 2 inches in the high jump — but the 2012 runnerup was battling ...
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    Thu. May 30, 2013 at 4:49 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Tennis: Times' all-North Suncoast teams

    Tennis: Times' all-North Suncoast teams Boys Player of the year: Courage Okungbowa, Sr., Wiregrass Ranch Why we picked him: Okungbowa was the No. 1 player on perhaps Tampa Bay’s most dominant team to earn the award a third consecutive season. “This year I felt I was really focused,” Okungbowa said. He led the Bulls to ...
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    Tue. May 28, 2013 at 1:55 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Spring football: Pasco 35, Land O’Lakes 15

    At Land O’Lakes Score: Pasco 35, Land O’Lakes 15 Spring game-breakers: In the first spring game of his high school career, Pasco sophomore WR/S Nate Craig showed why he has landed 16 college offers since the fall. He racked up 155 yards on four offensive touches, scoring on a 67-yard ...
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    Thu. May 23, 2013 at 10:56 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Region baseball roundup: Early pitching change boosts Wiregrass Ranch

    CLEARWATER — With the score tied at 2, Wiregrass Ranch coach Jeff Swymer made a tough decision to pull starter Zach Drury after just a third of an inning. But Drury’s lefty younger brother, Austin, took over and shut out Countryside the rest of the way as the Bulls continued ...
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    Sat. May 04, 2013 at 9:11 p.m. | Michael Hinman

  • 3A state track: Springstead's Harris, River Ridge's Bales win fight to gain height

    3A state track: Springstead's Harris, River Ridge's Bales win fight to gain height Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — It was a day made for ponchos, not personal records. One taste of Friday’s meteorological cocktail of gray skies, gusts and a ceaseless drizzle, and Springstead high jumper Bobby Harris knew his hopes of equaling his career best of 6 foot, 9 inches at the Class ...
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    Fri. May 03, 2013 at 10:13 p.m. | Joey Knight

  • HomeTeam Huddle: QB battles set to brew on North Suncoast

    HomeTeam Huddle: QB battles set to brew on North Suncoast Quarterbacks get the headlines, the pressure and the scrutiny — even in spring ball. The North Suncoast didn’t graduate any superstar passers, but it lost several veteran starters and ended last season with a few battles still brewing under center. Here’s a quick look at some of the quarterback situations ...
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    Thu. May 02, 2013 at 8:45 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Derrick Brooks to speak at Land O'Lakes hall of fame ceremony

    Former Bucs star Derrick Brooks will be the keynote speaker when Land O’Lakes inducts the first five members of its athletics hall of fame later this month. The school has not announced the honorees, but they will include three former players, one coach or administrator and one former athlete who ...
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    Thu. May 02, 2013 at 8:37 a.m. | Matt Baker

  • HomeTeam Huddle: A little shift in store at Springstead

    HomeTeam Huddle: A little shift in store at Springstead SPRING HILL — Less than 45 minutes into Springstead’s opening day of spring practice, three players fell atop coach Mike Garofano’s practice plans. “Get off my clipboard,” Garofano said. Now more than ever, Garofano needs those notes. Garofano spent more than a decade as an assistant under Bill Vonada before ...
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    Wed. May 01, 2013 at 9:49 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • North Suncoast: Baseball region quarterfinal capsules

    North Suncoast: Baseball region quarterfinal capsules Region baseball quarterfinals 7 p.m. unless noted Wiregrass Ranch (17-9) at Countryside (17-10), Thursday Winner gets: Steinbrenner/Seminole in Tuesday’s Class 7A region semifinal Skinny: The Bulls are in the playoffs for the first time in program history. Star pitcher and hitter Zach Drury (team-best 20 RBIs, 1.71 ERA) will try ...
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    Tue. April 30, 2013 at 5:34 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Hundreds gather to remember former LOL coach John Benedetto

    Hundreds gather to remember former LOL coach John Benedetto LUTZ — His Carrollwood Village backyard was a resplendent testament to his botanical side. John Benedetto, son of a Long Island gardener, cultivated roses and run-block schemes in equal profusion. “He could take an old swingset and turn it into a botanical miracle,” Al Claggett, who met Benedetto at the ...
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    Sat. April 27, 2013 at 4:04 p.m. | Joey Knight

  • District baseball roundup: Begg stars in Mitchell upset

    TRINITY — Mitchell’s first celebration at home plate came in the fourth inning, after Mustangs slugger Marcus Begg bashed a massive home run to extend his team’s lead in Thursday’s Class 6A, District 10 final. The second came an hour later, after pitcher Christopher McCormick launched his glove in the ...
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    Thu. April 25, 2013 at 9:47 p.m. | Matt Baker

  • Claggett remembers Benedetto: 'He was magic'

    Claggett remembers Benedetto: 'He was magic' His 68-year-old eyes gleam as the memory bubbles to the surface. His smile widens as it crashes upward, dripping with joy and irreverence after decades of submergence. Al Claggett can just see his best friend, John Benedetto, spinning a throng of second-graders on one of those manual merry-go-rounds — the ...
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    Thu. April 25, 2013 at 2:13 p.m. | Joey Knight

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