NEW PORT RICHEY — River Ridge was bound to score against Hudson. The Royal Knights relentlessly took 25 shots, 14 on goal, but keeper Lisa Jadick stymied River Ridge repeatedly. After tempering frustrations and finding patience, River Ridge’s Sarah Olin finally broke through, scoring in the 60th minute to give ...
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Wed. Jan. 18, 2012 at 9:47 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
WESLEY CHAPEL — In order to duplicate a record-setting run in 2010-11 that saw the Wiregrass Ranch girls soccer team win its first district title and first playoff game in back-to-back weeks followed by an appearance in the region final, the Bulls expected an uphill battle having to navigate a ...
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Wed. Jan. 11, 2012 at 5:17 p.m. | Bryan Burns
LAND O’LAKES — Mitchell earned a 1-0 victory over Land O’Lakes on Friday night the same way it has picked up most of its 17 wins this season. Defense. “If you don’t get scored on, then all you need is one goal or two goals, and you’re fine,” Mustangs coach ...
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Fri. Jan. 06, 2012 at 10:12 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — Freshman forward Amanda Hayes scored two goals in the final 16 minutes to rally Mitchell to a 2-1 victory over rival River Ridge on Thursday night.The battle between arguably the two best teams in Pasco County lived up to expectations as the Mustangs won a tight ...
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Thu. Dec. 08, 2011 at 9:00 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
TRINITY — Freshman forward Amanda Hayes scored two second-half goals, propelling Mitchell past rival Hudson 2-0 Tuesday night.Mitchell came out aggressively in the first half, earning 10 shots on goal, but Hudson goalkeeper Brittney Wilkins made eight saves, helping to hold the game scoreless at the half.In the 20th minute, ...
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Tue. Nov. 29, 2011 at 9:03 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
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
More than 100 students, teachers, school administrators and family members gathered in Mitchell's cafeteria to witness football star Ricky Trinidad and soccer standouts Arielle Anahory, Breana Pullara and Auburn Cherry make their college plans official. After watching a lengthy highlight reel of jaw-dropping runs from his prep career and listening ...
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Wed. Feb. 02, 2011 at 3:36 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Mitchell senior soccer players Auburn Cherry and Breana Pullara will join teammate Arielle Anahory in a 2:15 p.m. signing ceremony at the school on Wednesday. Cherry earned a partial athletic scholarship to attend Florida Southern and will sign with the Moccasins. Cherry, a defender on the Mustangs' district-title-winning squad, is also receiving ...
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Mon. Jan. 31, 2011 at 4:45 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TRINITY — There was no getting by River Ridge goalkeeper Lisa Jadick on Thursday night.Shot after shot, save after save became the mantra in the Knights' Class 4A region quarterfinal versus Mitchell. When nothing could be decided through two scoreless halves and two energy-filled overtime sessions, Jadick took center stage ...
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Thu. Jan. 27, 2011 at 9:02 p.m. | Andy Villamarzo
Arielle Anahory will sign with Eckerd College in a ceremony at Mitchell High at 2 p.m. on Feb. 2. Anahory, a senior forward for the Mustangs' girls soccer team, finished the regular season with a team-high 25 goals to go along with seven assists. Behind Anahory's scoring prowess, Mitchell (21-2-1) ...
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Wed. Jan. 26, 2011 at 2:39 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Girls soccer region quarterfinals All games 7 p.m. Thursday unless noted. Class 5A, Plant City (14-5-1) at Springstead (10-5-2) Springstead hopes to pick up its first playoff victory in school history. The Eagles, who won the district tournament for the second year in a row after holding on for a ...
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Mon. Jan. 24, 2011 at 2:59 p.m. | Bryan Burns
NEW PORT RICHEY — Immediately after wrapping up its first district title since the 2007-08 season, the Mitchell girls soccer team formed a circle in front of its bench and dropped to one knee. The Mustangs screamed with delight after their 2-0 shutout of second-seeded Gulf. They laughed about the ...
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Fri. Jan. 21, 2011 at 11:21 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TRINITY — It has been a long time since the Gulf girls soccer team has been to the state playoffs. Thursday night the Buccaneers punched their ticket to the Class 4A playoffs for the first time since 1996 by knocking out Hudson 2-0 in a 4A-7 semifinals matchup at Mustang ...
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Thu. Jan. 20, 2011 at 11:13 p.m. | Andy Villamarzo
The Class 4A, District 7 girls soccer semifinals scheduled for today have been postponed until Thursday due to the death this morning of a Mitchell High School student. Mitchell sophomore Cierra Mamonoff, 15, was killed around 9:40 a.m. when she tried to cross Little Road near Kish Blvd. on foot ...
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Wed. Jan. 19, 2011 at 3:01 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TRINITY — For almost as long as there has been girls soccer at Mitchell High, the Mustangs have fielded one of the area's premier goal-scoring threats.Lauren Shank scored 173 goals from 2003 to 2006 and owns the school record for career goals.When Shank graduated, Marisa Russo took over and scored ...
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Sat. Jan. 15, 2011 at 5:50 p.m. | Bryan Burns