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Preseason football: King 21, Middleton 7
TAMPA — Middleton junior Amp Carswell took the opening kickoff 80 yards for a touchdown Friday night, but it would be the last time the Tigers would see the end zone. King's defense and special teams led a 21-7 victory.The Lions answered the opening kickoff with one of their own ...
Read moreFri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 8:00 p.m. | Andy Warrener
Ex-Middleton star O.J. Murdock dies
TAMPA — Fort Hays State receivers coach Al McCray arose Monday morning to discover a text message as cryptic as it was courteous. O.J. Murdock had sent it at 3:30 a.m. “It was like, ‘Coach, I appreciate everything you’ve done for me and my family,’ ” recalled McCray, a former longtime ...
Read moreMon. July 30, 2012 at 10:36 a.m. | Times Staff
District deconstruction: Class 5A, District 8
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 ...
Read moreThu. July 26, 2012 at 2:16 p.m. | Times Staff
Football: Spring jamboree at Blake
At Blake Scores: Chamberlain 30, Blake 6 Hillsborough 15, Middleton 0 Spring game-breakers: Chamberlain running back Xavier Johnson ran for three touchdowns and had 73 of the Chiefs’ 153 rushing yards. Johnson scored on runs of 4, 2 and 4 yards. Chamberlain’s other TD came on a 14-yard pass from ...
Read moreThu. May 24, 2012 at 11:33 p.m. | Don Jensen
Cotey: Spring football primer
Are you ready for some …wait, wait. Let me try again. Spring is in the …no, no no. Scratch all that. Let’s go with: Football! Nice, simple and to the exclamation point. High school practice starts Tuesday and we’ve got big arms, like the one East Lake quarterback Pete DiNovo ...
Read moreMon. April 30, 2012 at 7:43 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Times' 2011 all-Hillsborough County football team
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 ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 23, 2011 at 12:03 p.m. | Times Staff
Football: Steinbrenner 43, Middleton 0
LUTZ — Steinbrenner rolled on senior night, defeating Middleton 43-0 Thursday.With an early passing game there for the Warriors, quarterback Curtis Fitch threw for touchdowns of 26 and 33 yards in the first quarter to help send Steinbrenner into halftime with a 23-0 lead.Running the ball was the motto for ...
Read moreThu. Nov. 10, 2011 at 10:19 p.m. | Michael Paonessa
Football: Robinson 44, Middleton 0
TAMPA — Robinson (8-1, 7-1) came in averaging 32.5 points per game, while Middleton (0-10, 0-9) averaged 9.6. On Friday, Robinson upped its average and Middleton, well, didn't.Robinson's Vidal Woodruff, Martin Ruiz and Byron Pringle wreaked havoc in a 44-0 victory. Woodruff went 11-for-17 for 167 passing yards and two ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 04, 2011 at 9:33 p.m. | Paul Driscoll
Football: Dunedin 29, Middleton 20
TAMPA — Dunedin came out victorious Friday night, defeating Middleton 29-20.Despite tallying fewer total yards than their opponent, the Falcons' strong running game led by junior Tremaine Batten proved to be the deciding factor. Batten found the end zone three times on his 15 carries for 128 yards. "The line ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 28, 2011 at 8:59 p.m. | Michael Paonessa
Football: Gibbs 20, Middleton 17
ST. PETERSBURG —After a nearly two-hour delay spent waiting for an officiating crew to arrive, the Gibbs Gladiators managed to outlast Middleton High 20-17 for their first home win of the season. The theme of the night was the big play as neither team executed particularly well on either side ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 22, 2011 at 1:50 a.m. | Rob Bibelhauser
Football: Blake 41, Middleton 19
TAMPA — Blake (2-4) scored 22 points in the third quarter to break open a tie game and defeat Middleton (0-6) 41-19 Thursday in a Class 5A-8 matchup.Blake junior quarterback Zain Gilmore threw two touchdown passes and ran for another as the Yellow Jackets kept the Tigers winless. Gilmore hit ...
Read moreThu. Oct. 06, 2011 at 8:38 p.m. | Patti McDonald
Football: Lakewood 15, Middleton 12
TAMPA — Lakewood overcame three turnovers as the Spartans outlasted Middleton 15-12 Friday night in the Tigers' first home game of the season.Lakewood's Tracy Johnson threw two touchdowns, including a 39-yard pass to Terrell Jones on a tipped ball.But Middleton struck back on the next drive as Amp Carswell darted ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 30, 2011 at 9:13 p.m. | Mike McCollum
Football: Spoto 20, Middleton 6
RIVERVIEW — Spoto (1-2, 1-1) regained its first victory of the season, 20-6 over Middleton on Friday, after having to forfeit an earlier win over Riverview, for using an ineligible player. Spoto and Middleton (0-4, 0-3) wanted to use their abundance of speedy athletes, but only the Spartans hit on ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 23, 2011 at 9:11 p.m. | Mark Chisholm
All signs point to Middleton's Richard Benjamin playing vs. Spoto
TAMPA – During Middleton’s walk-through Thursday afternoon, Tigers three-way standout Richard Benjamin showed no effects of the scary knee injury he sustained a week ago. Benjamin, one of the bay area’s top Class of 2013 recruits, returned kicks and lined up at receiver without a brace on his left knee. ...
Read moreThu. Sept. 22, 2011 at 6:48 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Middleton standout Benjamin expected to miss one week
Middleton junior wide receiver Richard Benjamin, who was carted off the field Friday night in what many feared was a serious right knee injury, appears to be ready for a quick return to the lineup. Benjamin only received a deep bruise to his knee and leg, coach Alonzo Ashwood said. A visit ...
Read moreWed. Sept. 21, 2011 at 12:34 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina