Boys basketball Plant 51, Durant 49. At Plant, senior Alex Mitura’s 3-pointer with 7.5 seconds to play lifted the Panthers (8-10, 4-4) in this Class 8A, District 7 matchup. The Cougars failed to get a shot off on their final possession. Wiregrass Ranch 67, Freedom 46. At Wiregrass Ranch, the ...
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Fri. Jan. 11, 2013 at 11:37 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys basketball Plant 68, Durant 44: At Durant, the Panthers (4-3, 3-1) jumped out to a 22-2 lead and rolled from there in a Class 8A, District 7 clash. Junior forward Andrew Sanders had a double double (21 points, 15 rebounds) while senior Alex Mitura (20 points) had six 3-pointers. ...
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Tue. Dec. 11, 2012 at 11:04 p.m. | Joey Knight
LUTZ — Three to one. Four to two. Five to four. Quickly shaking off the effects of a two-hour trip across Tampa Bay, St. Petersburg improbably got off to a strong start against Steinbrenner in their region quarterfinal match. It didn’t last long; the bus ride turned out to be ...
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Wed. Oct. 31, 2012 at 10:10 p.m. | Joel Anderson
RIVERVIEW — In a sloppy Friday night meeting, Spoto defeated Lennard 13-3. With nine total penalties and two lost fumbles combined by both teams in the first quarter, Spoto (3-5, 3-4) found success and hit the scoreboard first in the second quarter behind a 1-yard rushing touchdown by Andrew Henry.As ...
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 9:14 p.m. | Michael Paonessa
TAMPA — Freedom wasted little time putting Wiregrass Ranch on its heels Tuesday night, scoring the first 12 points. Then it knocked the Bulls on their backs. Finally, it made sure they stayed right there. From start to finish, the Patriots were in control, winning the Class 7A, District 9 ...
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Tue. Oct. 23, 2012 at 11:12 p.m. | John C. Cotey
RUSKIN — Blake confined all of its scoring to the first half, keeping Lennard winless in an 18-0 victory Thursday night.Both teams combined for just three completed passes on 19 attempts, but junior quarterback Kristian Johnson made his count, including a 49-yard bomb to DeAndre James just before the end ...
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Thu. Oct. 18, 2012 at 7:55 p.m. | Michael Hinman
RUSKIN — Tracy Johnson completed just seven passes, but five for touchdowns, as Lakewood remained undefeated with a 65-0 win over Lennard on Friday.Johnson threw for 197 yards and split up four touchdowns between Jocqui Ellison and Marquez Valdes for the Spartans (6-0), who have allowed 1.5 points per game ...
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Fri. Oct. 12, 2012 at 7:59 p.m. | Michael Hinman
RUSKIN — Jesuit could not be stopped by rain, or by Lennard on either side of the ball. The Longhorns had zero total yards until the final play two plays when they broke runs for positive yardage.The Tigers (4-2, 4-1) shined on special teams. Travis Johnson ran 90 yards for ...
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Fri. Oct. 05, 2012 at 8:26 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
TAMPA — Other than a lightning delay of about 30 minutes, little could stop Chris Williams. The senior ran for 221 yards and three touchdowns to help the Bucs hold off pesky Lennard.Berkeley Prep (5-0) managed only one score in the second half but did enough defensively to stave off ...
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Fri. Sept. 28, 2012 at 8:39 p.m. | Rod Gipson
TAMPA — With just five minutes remaining in the first quarter Friday night, storms rolled in, postponing Lennard at Robinson. Robinson (4-0) led 7-0 at the time after a Zain Gilmore 47-yard completion to Martin Ruiz. The Knights picked up right where they left off Saturday morning, romping to ...
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Sat. Sept. 22, 2012 at 1:30 p.m. | Tim Porson
TAMPA — Middleton won for the first time in more than a year as the Tigers beat Lennard 17-12 on Friday night. The game marked Alonzo Ashwood's first win as head coach."This was my first victory but that's just our breakthrough," Ashwood said. "I kept telling them, 'Let's win one ...
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 8:47 p.m. | Miles Parks
ST. PETERSBURG — St. Petersburg won a sloppy battle of penalties and turnovers Friday in a 28-18 victory over Gibbs. After a scoreless first quarter, Lennard took a 6-0 lead when Nick Lasteres found Grant Farley for a 2-yard touchdown pass. The Longhorns' primary source of offense was Victor Williams, ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 9:31 p.m. | Christian Sandler
RUSKIN — Victor Williams opened with a 90-yard kickoff return for a touchdown, but East Bay was way too much for Lennard on Saturday night, beating its South County rival 43-9. Brandon Byrd led East Bay’s scoring effort with three touchdowns and finished with 78 yards on the ground. Chris ...
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Sun. Sept. 02, 2012 at 12:23 a.m. | Michael Hinman
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at a football district a day. Today: Class 5A, District 8. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record Jesuit (11-2, 8-0) Robinson (9-3, 7-1) Lakewood (6-4, 5-3) Spoto (6-4, 5-3) Dunedin (4-6, 3-5) Blake (4-6, 3-5) Gibbs ...
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Thu. July 26, 2012 at 2:16 p.m. | Times Staff
At East Bay Scores: Riverview 15, Lennard 14 East Bay 14, Spoto 7 Spring game-breakers: Riverview sophomore QB Chase Freeman ran the ball eight times, picking up 65 yards and the touchdown that brought his team within a point despite having only three weeks of practice in new coach Mike ...
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Thu. May 24, 2012 at 10:42 p.m. | David Rice