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Boys basketball: Nature Coast D smothers district foe Eustis
BROOKSVILLE — Against a Eustis club that made the playoffs last year and is considered a final four contender this winter, Nature Coast knew it would need a stifling defense to have a shot at a victory. And Friday night, the Sharks came through with one of the best defensive ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 07, 2012 at 10:55 p.m. | Matt Baker
Basketball: North Suncoast boys and girls super 7
North Suncoast basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Wiregrass Ranch (4-0): Rico Kerney and the Bulls have won convincingly (a rout of River Ridge) and won close games (a 65-63 victory over Nature Coast). Wiregrass’ high-powered offense will be hard to stop all season. 2. Nature Coast (5-1): ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 12:51 p.m. | Matt Baker
Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Anton Crutcher, and your Dunk of the Night
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine. You know the drill: johncotey@gmail.com, and follow me at @JohnnyHomeTeam Here's some notes, observations and a look at Friday's slate ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Boys basketball: Nature Coast finds rhythm in second half
BROOKSVILLE — After losing a tough game to Wiregrass Ranch on Thursday night, Nature Coast looked to bounce back Friday at home against a talented Mitchell squad. The Mustangs had the Sharks on the ropes before Nature Coast stormed back for an 83-67 victory. “After (the Wiregrass Ranch game), I ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:03 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
Morning Meanderings: Good morning, Sam Flagg, and you too, Darnell Lovett
I'm so excited about the Pasco-Robinson football game tonight, I didn't know what to do with myself this morning, so I started writing. And writing. And writing some more. So, uh, welcome to the biggest darned Morning Meanderings of the season. Maybe it's a good thing everyone doesn't call in ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:39 a.m. | John C. Cotey
North Suncoast boys hoops preview
Last season featured a handful of North Suncoast boys basketball highlights, including Nature Coast’s run to the state semifinals and the rise of upstart Academy at the Lakes. So, as the season opens this week, what’s in store for this winter? Six questions to be answered Can anyone reach the ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 21, 2012 at 10:31 a.m. | Matt Baker
Nature Coast's Caleb Martin signs with juco
Recent Nature Coast grad Caleb Martin signed with Georgia Highlands College in Rome, Ga. this week. Martin (6-foot-7), a small forward for the basketball team that reached the state semifinals last season with a 29-2 record, has good touch from the perimeter. He averaged 6.3 points and 5.7 rebounds while ...
Read moreTue. July 31, 2012 at 4:51 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
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Recruit: Caleb Martin
Georgia Highlands
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Recruit: Caleb Martin
Times' all-Suncoast boys basketball
Player of the year: C Tyler Bergantino, Sr., Nature Coast Tyler Bergantino’s love of superheroes shouldn’t surprise anyone who watched him rescue Nature Coast this season. If any teammate let an opponent drive past him, Bergantino was there waiting, ready to swat the shot away and save a basket. “He ...
Read moreSat. April 07, 2012 at 10:16 a.m. | Times Staff
Times' all-North Suncoast girls and boys basketball teams
Girls Player of the year: G/F Kayla Kivinski, So., Gulf Why we picked her: With 86 percent of its offense and 71 percent of its rebounding gone, Gulf knew it would have to find new sources of productivity to have a shot at another strong playoff run. “I think everyone ...
Read moreSat. March 31, 2012 at 2:44 p.m. | Matt Baker
UMass offers NCT ATH Rohan Blackwood - for football
One of ESPN’s top 100 basketball sophomores in the country has his first college offer – in football. Nature Coast sophomore ATH Rohan Blackwood has received a verbal offer from UMass, Sharks assistant Rob Kazmier said Monday morning. Blackwood, a 6-foot-5, 195-pounder, is among Hernando County’s best athletes. At receiver, ...
Read moreMon. March 05, 2012 at 10:54 a.m. | Matt Baker
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Recruit: Rohan Blackwood
University of Massachusetts
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Recruit: Rohan Blackwood
Rebuilding in Nature Coast's immediate future
The 25-point state semifinal defeat wasn’t even 30 minutes behind him when Nature Coast senior Blake Lowman began to move on. He wouldn’t dwell on the 74-49 Class 5A loss to Jacksonville Terry Parker on Thursday night. He preferred to think about the long journey that he and the Sharks ...
Read moreFri. March 02, 2012 at 2:04 p.m. | Matt Baker
Column: Nature Coast's Bergantino only got better with age
LAKELAND — It began, for me anyway, in a corridor outside a basketball court following a dominating performance by Tyler Bergantino. He was 14 years old, weighed about 250 pounds, and quite honestly I had no idea what I was doing there covering an eighth-grade basketball game, even if young ...
Read moreThu. March 01, 2012 at 11:16 p.m. | John C. Cotey
5A boys basketball: Nature Coast's run ends against speedy foe
LAKELAND — The seconds were ticking down, and Nature Coast’s 74-49 loss to Jacksonville Terry Parker was inevitable. The Class 5A state semifinal was all but over, and so were the Sharks’ high school careers. That’s when Blake Lowman found Tyler Bergantino at midcourt of the Lakeland Center, the arena ...
Read moreThu. March 01, 2012 at 10:14 p.m. | Matt Baker
Live blog: 5A boys basketball, Nature Coast vs. Jacksonville Terry Parker
Join us for live coverage of Thursday's Class 5A state semifinal matchup between Nature Coast and Jacksonville Terry Parker, 6 p.m. The Sharks (29-1) have been one of the North Suncoast's top teams the past few years. Is this the year Tyler Bergantino and Co. bring home a state title? ...
Read moreThu. March 01, 2012 at 11:23 a.m. | Times Staff
One goal down, new one on tap as Nature Coast enters state semifinals
BROOKSVILLE — As Nature Coast joined hands at midcourt to start practice for Thursday’s Class 5A state semifinal, star center Tyler Bergantino spoke up. “Let’s go,” Bergantino yelled at his teammates. “This is it.” After years of close calls, this is it for the Sharks (29-1). They’ve achieved their long-awaited ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 29, 2012 at 4:04 p.m. | Matt Baker