Times' Super 71. Armwood (2-1): Hawks trounce TBT minus Alvin Bailey for a quarter and Caylon Holloway for the game.2. Plant (2-1): Panthers bounce back from New Orleans debacle about how we thought they would.3. Robinson (3-0): We were astounded at how much faster the Knights were than Jesuit.4. Wharton ...
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Sat. Sept. 15, 2012 at 6:01 p.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — Hillsborough coaches talked about adjustments at halftime. After that, the Terriers' offensive line work spoke volumes.Nigel Harris rushed for 103 yards and two touchdowns in the final two quarters, including the clinching 43-yarder with 2:12 left. "We made sure we not only did the correct blocking, but we ...
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Fri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 8:30 p.m. | Don Jensen
The Grab Bag is getting bigger and bigger, and you don't need to do any panning to find the nuggets here. The're everywhere. And do not EVER forget, people: Big bank take 'lil bank. P.S. Coaches, players, fans, parents, to reach the Grab Bag, and you should, email cotey@tampabay.com or ...
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Wed. Sept. 12, 2012 at 12:46 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Times' Super 7 1. Armwood (1-1): It's gut-check time for a program that never really has required that many. 2. Plant (1-1): The Panthers have been drubbed early in the past, and then gone on to greatness. 3. Robinson (2-0): The Knights must be the favorite entering Jesuit's Corral Memorial Stadium next week. ...
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Sat. Sept. 08, 2012 at 7:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
LITHIA — Deiondre Porter accounted for five touchdowns and the Dragons held off the Wolves."We knew we couldn't get complacent," said Porter, 17-of-27 for 285 yards and four scores and a 4-yard rushing score. "But they came out and hit us in the mouth."There were three touchdowns in 16 seconds ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 8:50 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Grab Bag time! Read this, and tell me how the GB wasn’t nominated last year for a Pulitzer, or an Emmy, or something. I dare you. This isn’t a plastic sandwich bag, folks. Put on a bib, grab a salad fork and sit your butt down so we can get ...
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Wed. Sept. 05, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. | John C. Cotey
LITHIA — Tampa Bay Tech took advantage of big plays on special teams and an opportunistic defense Saturday in a 34-10 victory over Newsome.The Titans forced four turnovers, none bigger than their second interception of Newsome quarterback Will Worth, which came with 53 seconds left in the first half as ...
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Sat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 9:15 p.m. | Travis Puterbaugh
If I got asked one thing more than anything elsethis offseason, it was this: when is the Grab Bag coming back? My answer was always the same: I know, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight? So here it is, Season 2, Episode I of your predictions, projections and for many of you excited to be ...
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Wed. Aug. 29, 2012 at 1:12 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — The game clock was the only thing to stop Newsome and Steinbrenner Friday night.The teams tied 34-all after combining for 851 yards and 33 first downs. The preseason game was moved to Chamberlain from Steinbrenner because of unplayable field conditions.Jon Marc Carrier scored four touchdowns for Steinbrenner, two ...
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 8:57 p.m. | Don Jensen
Newsome QB/LB Will Worth, No. 21 in our HomeTeam 100 (see Nos. 21-30 here), plays multiple positions because he knows he can handle them. 2011 stats: 66-for-132, 925 yards, nine TDs; 1020 yards rushing; 74 tackles The breakdown: Will Worth is, simply put and in the purest sense, a football ...
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Thu. Aug. 16, 2012 at 5:01 p.m. | John C. Cotey
We’re breaking down a football district a day — from 2A to 8A. Today: Class 7A, District 8. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record 1. Durant (7-4, 4-1) 2. Brandon (6-5, 4-1) 3. Plant City (7-3, 3-2) 4. Newsome (6-4, 3-2) 5. East Bay (4-6, 1-4) ...
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Thu. Aug. 02, 2012 at 12:33 p.m. | Joey Knight
At Brandon Scores: Brandon 3, Bloomingdale 0 Newsome 6, Bloomingdale 0 Newsome 15, Brandon 14 Spring game-breakers: Newsome quarterback Will Worth capped a back-and-forth quarter vs. Brandon by throwing a 7-yard touchdown pass to Austin Shear with nine seconds remaining and running in a two-point conversion for a one-point Newsome ...
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Thu. May 24, 2012 at 10:18 p.m. | Bryan Burns
TAMPA — In his inaugural spring at Chamberlain, D.J. Mayo is installing both a power run game and port authority. Which is to say, he’s bent on stifling the export of Chiefs talent to other schools. “The state of Chamberlain,” Mayo is fond of calling his new program, besieged by ...
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Wed. May 09, 2012 at 8:25 p.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — They are a paradox in powder-blue helmets on this arid afternoon. For a team that lost nearly all of its prominent offensive skill players from a year ago, the King Lions still have some swagger to them. Gone are the Ohio University-bound pass-catch tandem of QB Greg Windham ...
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Mon. May 07, 2012 at 10:30 p.m. | Times Staff
Newsome OL Keith Weeks will be a preferred walk-on at Florida State, assistant coach Justin Shive said in an email. Weeks, who will attend FSU this summer, was part of an offensive line that let the wing-T rack up almost 3,000 yards last season. The 6-foot-5, 268-pound senior was a ...
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Mon. April 02, 2012 at 10:22 a.m. | Laura Keeley