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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 ...
Read moreFri. June 14, 2013 at 10:36 a.m. | Times Staff
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 ...
Read moreWed. June 12, 2013 at 11:43 a.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreSat. June 08, 2013 at 3:40 p.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreThu. May 30, 2013 at 4:49 p.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreTue. 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 ...
Read moreThu. 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 ...
Read moreSat. 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
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 ...
Read moreFri. May 03, 2013 at 10:13 p.m. | Joey Knight
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 ...
Read moreThu. 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 ...
Read moreThu. May 02, 2013 at 8:37 a.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreWed. May 01, 2013 at 9:49 p.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreTue. April 30, 2013 at 5:34 p.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreSat. 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 ...
Read moreThu. April 25, 2013 at 9:47 p.m. | Matt Baker
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 ...
Read moreThu. April 25, 2013 at 2:13 p.m. | Joey Knight