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Class 5A state soccer semifinal: Newsome 3, Seminole 1 (with video)
photo gallery TAMPA — Newsome High senior forward Liz Haumschild buzzed in front of the goal all game, and as time began to tick away on the Wolves’ undefeated season, she couldn’t help but think about all the scoring opportunities that floated awry. For nearly 77 minutes Friday afternoon at ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 11, 2011 at 8:19 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Girls Soccer: Newsome jumps to No. 2 in ESPN Rise rankings
After toppling George Jenkins on Friday to advance to the Class 5A state tournament, the Newsome girls soccer team has moved up two spots to No. 2 in this week's ESPN Rise Powerade Fab 50 national rankings. The Wolves (24-0) were ranked fourth last week, but their 2-1 region final ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 08, 2011 at 10:08 a.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
5A region soccer: Newsome 2, George Jenkins 1
LITHIA — Newsome made no secret that its entire season hinged on beating Lakeland George Jenkins. For three straight years, the Wolves' season ended at the hands of the Eagles in the region tournament.From the infancy of this season, players would tell themselves during end-of-practice conditioning sessions, "This is how ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 04, 2011 at 9:58 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
5A region soccer: Newsome 6, Springstead 0
LITHIA — The disparity in playoff pedigree between Newsome and Springstead could not have been more dramatic entering Tuesday's Class 5A region semifinal.Newsome has made the playoffs every season of its eight-year existence and has never failed to win at least two postseason matches.Springstead, on the other hand, won its ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 01, 2011 at 8:43 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Hillsborough girls region soccer capsules
All games at 7 p.m. unless noted Class 6A Palm Harbor U. (18-2) at Wharton (15-9): The Wildcats have won 11 straight, including their past two games on penalty kicks. Will their magic run out against a Palm Harbor University team that hasn’t lost since early December but pulled out ...
Read moreMon. Jan. 31, 2011 at 10:17 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
5A region soccer: Newsome 8, Ocala Forest 0
LITHIA — Consider Newsome officially crossed off Ocala Forest's Christmas card list.For the second year in a row, Newsome shellacked visiting Forest in the 5A region quarterfinals, this time defeating the Wildcats by the 8-0 mercy rule on a chilly Thursday night."Everybody pushes everybody on this team," midfielder Karina Gutsche ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 27, 2011 at 7:56 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Hillsborough girls region soccer capsules
All games Thursday at 7 p.m. Admission is $6. Class 6A, St. Petersburg (13-5) at Wharton (14-9) The Wildcats have won 10 straight since starting the season 4-9, and the biggest reason might be junior goalkeeper Heather Montgomery, who has allowed just one goal during the streak and had 41 ...
Read moreMon. Jan. 24, 2011 at 9:51 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
5A-8 district soccer final: Newsome 8, Plant City 0
LITHIA — Nationally-ranked Newsome needed just 45 minutes to dispatch Plant City on Friday, defeating the Raiders by the 8-0 mercy rule to capture the Class 5A-8 district title."We're taking this thing one game at a time right now," said Newsome coach Kelly Townsend, whose team will host Ocala Forest ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 21, 2011 at 7:54 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Girls 5A-8 soccer semis: Plant City makes way back to postseason
LITHIA — It took a decade, but Plant City is back in the postseason. The Raiders broke open a tight match with a pair of second-half goals to defeat East Bay 2-0 to advance to next week’s playoffs for the first time since 2000. “We got off to a slow ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 19, 2011 at 11:10 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Girls soccer: Newsome shuts out Gaither to cap perfect regular season
TAMPA — Once Newsome's brief celebration, which included dousing coach Kelly Townsend with a cooler of freezing water on a bitter Friday night, was complete, Hillsborough County's top team quickly turned the page.The Wolves completed their first perfect regular season in school history with a 3-0 win over Gaither on ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 14, 2011 at 9:52 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Fast start suits Newsome in 4-0 win
LITHIA — Newsome coach Kelly Townsend said her team has been a notoriously slow starter this season, but in Monday night’s finger-numbing cold, it played like it was all too eager to get indoors. The Wolves scored all of their goals in the first 30 minutes, running out to a ...
Read moreMon. Dec. 06, 2010 at 11:32 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Hillsborough girls soccer preview
LITHIA — When their legs are tired and breaths short, Newsome's girls soccer players think back to February."We say to ourselves, 'This is the fourth quarter against George Jenkins, the last five minutes,' " said senior midfielder Karina Gutsche, referring to the Wolves' 4-2 Class 5A region final loss. "We're ...
Read moreSun. Oct. 31, 2010 at 4:46 p.m. | Times Staff
Times' all Hillsborough County girls soccer
Player of the yearMF Amber Famiglietti, Sr., Berkeley Prep Why we picked her: A lot of teams play what’s commonly referred to as “kickball,” their offense based on playing chase to long looping passes above the midfield. But on a Berkeley Prep team with plenty of weapons, Famiglietti was the ...
Read moreWed. March 10, 2010 at 6:37 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
5A girls soccer: State power George Jenkins takes out Newsome once again
LAKELAND — For most of the Newsome players on the frozen field of George Jenkins on Saturday evening, this was the first time the Class 5A powerhouse stood in their way of making the state tournament.Most watched from the bench during last year's loss, and in the beginning of this ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 06, 2010 at 6:33 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
(UPDATE -- 3:26 p.m.) Girls soccer: Newsome's game postponed
Newsome's Class 5A region final at Lakeland George Jenkins, scheduled for Friday at 7 p.m., has been postponed because of the heavy showers anticipated to pound the bay area. The game. which was originally scheduled to be played Saturday at 1 p.m., will now be moved back to 5 p.m. on ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 05, 2010 at 2:45 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina