LUTZ — When opposing runners get into scoring position, Chamberlain pitcher Rachel Dwyer keeps the positive thoughts. “Just because someone’s on (base) doesn’t mean they have to score,” she said. The junior right-hander escaped a pair of mid-game jams and went the distance on a three-hitter as No. 1 seed ...
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Thu. April 19, 2012 at 11:47 p.m. | Don Jensen
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Chamberlain (18-1): No glaring holes in Chiefs’ batting order 2. Plant City (15-3): Raiders, arguably area’s fastest team, have lost only once in county 3. Alonso (15-4): Red-hot Ravens have topped Durant, Bloomingdale, Plant in succession 4. Durant (15-4): Cougars, losers of three ...
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Wed. April 04, 2012 at 11:54 a.m. | Joey Knight
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Chamberlain (17-1): As you read this, Bianka Bell just got another extra-base hit 2. Durant (15-2): For now, Cougars hold at No. 2 despite Tuesday’s 2-0 loss to Bloomingdale 3. Plant City (11-4): Raiders fell to a pair of East Coast powers in ...
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Wed. March 28, 2012 at 12:10 p.m. | Joey Knight
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Durant (9-0): Perfect record will be challenged mightily this weekend at Bartow tourney 2. Chamberlain (11-1): Chiefs also headed to Bartow, where they lost two in the preseason 3. Plant City (7-2): Raiders have only themselves to blame for last week’s loss at ...
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Wed. March 14, 2012 at 6:44 p.m. | Joey Knight
At Riverview Scores Plant 4, Freedom 3 East Bay 8, Blake 3 Lennard 9, Armwood 4 Newsome 1, Riverview 0 Pitchers of the day Riverview starting pitcher Dylan Drawdy was on the unfortunate end of a 1-0 score line. The senior right-hander went the distance against Newsome, giving up one ...
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Tue. March 13, 2012 at 10:05 p.m. | Bryan Burns
At Riverview Scores Plant 2, East Bay 1 Freedom 13, Blake 0 (5 innings) Newsome 12, Lennard 3 Riverview 7, Armwood 2 Pitchers of the day Plant starter Matt Vaka allowed only one run on three hits through five innings and had two singles in the Panthers’ narrow win against ...
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Mon. March 12, 2012 at 10:14 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Durant (8-0): Cougars’ game Thursday at Plant City will be toughest test yet 2. Chamberlain (10-1): Chiefs, who needed nine innings to beat Jefferson, sputtering on offense lately 3. Plant City (7-1): Raiders hitting .392 as a team entering Thursday’s showdown with Durant ...
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Wed. March 07, 2012 at 5:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball Grand ending turns grim March Madness wielded a Louisville Slugger in Land O’Lakes on Friday. Down by seven runs entering the seventh, Cambridge Christian’s baseball team rallied to tie the score before falling 11-10 in nine innings to Land O’Lakes. Senior Jake Purcell’s seventh-inning grand slam tied the score ...
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Sat. March 03, 2012 at 12:19 a.m. | Joey Knight
Times’ super 7 Records through Tuesday’s games 1. Chamberlain (7-0): Chiefs averaging nearly 12 runs a game and hitting better than .450 as a team 2. Durant (6-0): Cougars remained perfect with Tuesday’s nine-inning, 5-4 win vs. Alonso 3. Sickles (7-0): Are Gryphons for real? Next three games (Strawberry Crest, ...
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Wed. Feb. 29, 2012 at 2:15 p.m. | Joey Knight
Because it had to forfeit 12 victories for unknowingly using an ineligible player, Steinbrenner’s No. 6 seed in the Class 4A, District 8 tournament was highly misleading. Gaither’s passion and prolific offense were not. In an emotional, physical contest Thursday, the No. 2-seeded Cowboys (16-4-1) got two goals from senior ...
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Thu. Jan. 26, 2012 at 11:44 p.m. | Joey Knight
RUSKIN — Robinson, undefeated in regular-season district play, is well aware of the fact that the Class 3A, District 9 title is its to lose. “This is our time,” said coach Billy Helms, whose team lost in the district semifinals last year. “If we don’t win this, we’ll go catawampus. ...
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Thu. Jan. 19, 2012 at 11:33 p.m. | Laura Keeley
Take one job off the long list of vacancies in Hillsborough County. Keith Chattin, the offensive line coach at Gainesville Buchholz, has been hired as the new head coach at Lennard, athletic director John Guarisco said. Chattin was chosen after a panel interview with three other finalists: Dedrick Mayo, Joshua ...
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Mon. Jan. 16, 2012 at 8:53 p.m. | Laura Keeley
With Gerold Dickens resigning from Strawberry Crest on Wednesday, there are now six Hillsborough County high schools looking for new head football coaches. Riverview hopes to choose between two finalists soon, said athletic director Kevin Massena. The Sharks are replacing Bruce Gifford, who had the position for three seasons before resigning Sept. ...
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Thu. Jan. 05, 2012 at 3:23 p.m. | Laura Keeley
Offensive player of the year Alvin Bailey, Jr., Armwood Why we picked him: Two reasons: 1) No one around was more priceless to his team, and 2) he may just have completed the greatest individual playoff performance in county history. A receiver/punt returner at the season’s outset, Bailey became the ...
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Fri. Dec. 23, 2011 at 12:03 p.m. | Times Staff
The open head football coach position at Lennard has drawn 23 applicants, including Phil Hayford, who led Shorecrest Prep to 13 playoff appearances in his 33 years at the school before he was forced out this fall, and Jeff Schaum, the current coach at Lakeland Victory Christian, which has made ...
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Fri. Dec. 16, 2011 at 2:56 p.m. | Laura Keeley