Girls region soccer 3A, Eustis 5, River Ridge 1: The Royal Knights’ best season in school history ended Tuesday night with a tough loss at Eustis in the region finals. “I’m very proud of them,” coach Skip Glover said. “It’s one of those deals — we weren’t just happy to ...
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Tue. Jan. 31, 2012 at 11:13 p.m. | Matt Baker
Land O'Lakes midfielder Jake Frahm will sign with North Florida on Wednesday, his mother said Monday evening. Frahm, who has started for the Gators since his freshman year, chose UNF over Appalachian State, Saint Leo, FAU and others.
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Mon. Jan. 30, 2012 at 6:52 p.m. | Matt Baker
Girls region soccer River Ridge 2, Mitchell 1 (OT): River Ridge is headed to the Class 3A region championship. Finally. After failing in five previous second-round matchups, including each of the past three seasons, the Royal Knights broke through by defeating its nemesis. Junior Kendra Secrest took a pass from ...
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Fri. Jan. 27, 2012 at 11:54 p.m. | Times Staff
LAND O’LAKES — Land O’Lakes rallied from a halftime deficit for the first time all season in a 5-2 win over Wesley Chapel in Wednesday’s Class 3A, District 7 semifinal. Sunlake dominated Pasco 5-0 in the other semifinal, setting up Friday night’s championship game at 7. The Gators have won ...
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Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 at 11:22 p.m. | Steve Lee
Boys district soccer Class 4A, District 4: For the second straight season, Springstead has earned a region berth. “Everyone was excited,” Eagles coach Sal Calabrese said after top-seeded Springstead’s 2-1 win over host Ocala Vanguard in the semis, “but the boys have a job to do, and we’re not done ...
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Wed. Jan. 25, 2012 at 11:16 p.m. | Times Staff
LAND O’LAKES — The Land O’Lakes name has been a near-permanent fixture on the boys soccer postseason landscape since, well, the turn of the millennium. For eight straight seasons, or since 2003, Land O’Lakes has handled the pressure of the knockout stage by advancing out of the district tournament and ...
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Sat. Jan. 21, 2012 at 11:21 a.m. | Bryan Burns
LAND O’LAKES — Fourth-year Sunlake has not had much of a rivalry with neighboring Land O’Lakes, but that might change soon. The host Seahawks struck first Wednesday night and hung on for a 1-1 tie in a Class 3A, District 7 matchup. That marked their first tie with the Gators, ...
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Wed. Nov. 16, 2011 at 10:48 p.m. | Steve Lee
As the soccer season kicks off — the boys begin this week, and the girls started last week — here's a primer on some of the North Suncoast teams and players to watch this year:Girls soccerPlayers to watchHannah Foster, Gulf. The midfielder was a focal point in Gulf's offensive barrage ...
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Sat. Nov. 05, 2011 at 3:15 p.m. | Matt Baker
Fourteen bay area boys soccer players were selected for the Florida Athletic Coaches Association all-star soccer games this weekend at the Jervey Gantt Recreation Complex in Ocala. Comprising the majority of the West Team are: (F) Tevin Gage, Bloomingdale; (GK) Hunter Maricle, Countryside; (D) Andrew Hitt, Countryside; (M) Jagger Martinez, ...
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Thu. March 10, 2011 at 10:04 a.m. | Bryan Burns
All games 7 p.m. Thursday unless noted. Admission $6. Class 5A Durant (12-7-2) at Central (9-7-3): Central is back in the region quarterfinals for the second year in a row after defeating Springstead 2-1 in overtime on Friday. The Bears lost to Newsome 7-1 in their last playoff appearance a ...
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Mon. Jan. 31, 2011 at 10:03 p.m. | Bryan Burns
NEW PORT RICHEY — As Land O’Lakes posed for post-game pictures following its 2-1 defeat of Sunlake in the Class 4A, District 8 final, each Gators player held up four fingers on one hand and three on the other, signifying the consecutive district championships the Gators have collected. Title No. ...
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Fri. Jan. 28, 2011 at 11:13 p.m. | Bryan Burns
NEW PORT RICHEY — Land O'Lakes had to wait until the waning minutes of Thursday's match before it could bury Wiregrass Ranch 6-2 and move on to the 4A-8 final."I think we got up on them too soon," Gators coach Mark Pearson said. "We got up early in the game ...
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Thu. Jan. 27, 2011 at 9:17 p.m. | Chris Wagenheim
LAND O’LAKES — Touted as the best teams in the county, Land O’Lakes and Pasco lived up to that billing Wednesday in a seesaw battle. The Pirates led twice, including 2-1 at the half, before the host Gators rallied for a 3-2 win. By handing Pasco its first loss of ...
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Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 at 8:39 p.m. | Steve Lee
Land O'Lakes goalkeeper Kody Parker has signed a letter of intent to attend the University of Tampa on a soccer scholarship Gators head coach Mark Pearson announced today. During the 2009-10 season in which the Gators advanced to the Class 4A region semifinals, Parker allowed only 16 goals in 24 games ...
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Tue. Jan. 11, 2011 at 9:21 a.m. | Bryan Burns
NEW PORT RICHEY — The last time River Ridge and Land O'Lakes squared off, on Dec. 13, the Gators came away with an easy 6-0 victory.With both teams just getting back into it after the holiday break, the second time around didn't differ too much as Land O'Lakes stymied the ...
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Fri. Jan. 07, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. | Andy Villamarzo