CLEARWATER This is Countryside quarterback Robby Hicks’ second year on varsity. The junior enters the spring atop the depth chart, but still has competition for the job. • Behind him is freshman Trent Chmelik, the Cougars’ junior varsity quarterback last year. • “Both of them will compete to be the ...
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Mon. May 06, 2013 at 6:40 p.m. | Bob Putnam
EAST LAKE — In a steady drizzle, the 2013 East Lake Eagles gathered together for the first time, at a football practice in spring with an eye on a season still three months away. And from sideline to sideline, the new and old parts made an attempt to meld as ...
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Wed. May 01, 2013 at 7:49 p.m. | Times Staff
Northeast junior quarterback Ryan Davis and senior running back Keith Harrington received scholarship offers from Wake Forest, according to coach Mike Jalazo. Both players have been adding to their growing list of offers. Harrington is also getting interest from Kentucky, Jalazo said. He has also heard from Arizona and Ball ...
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Wed. May 01, 2013 at 4:55 p.m. | Rodney Page
When we went looking for the stars of 2013, we zipped right past the pretty-boy quarterbacks, the speedy running backs, the hard-hitting linebackers and the fancy-footed wide receivers and defensive backs. This year, they’ll be taking a back seat to those referred to, lovingly, by their coaches as the big ...
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Tue. April 30, 2013 at 8:34 p.m. | John C. Cotey
ST. PETERSBURG — Some things were different at Wednesday’s Class 3A, District 10 meet. But mostly, things felt pretty much the same. Boca Ciega’s Chaise Cook-Martin won the long and triple jumps. Again. Gibbs’ Trayvon Bromell dominated the sprints and made a huge comeback on the anchor leg of the ...
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Thu. April 18, 2013 at 12:04 a.m. | John C. Cotey
For years, Northeast quarterback Ryan Davis tagged along to Florida State games to watch his older brother Chris Davis, a former standout at St. Petersburg Catholic who played for the Seminoles from 2003-06. This past weekend, Ryan returned to FSU for the first time as a recruit. The sophomore was ...
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Mon. April 15, 2013 at 2:33 p.m. | Bob Putnam
LARGO — The euphoria over Largo’s elusive boys district team title was over. On Tuesday, the Packers had to face a Sarasota team loaded with powerful players, including Spencer Arias, the son of Jimmy Arias, the former No. 6 player in the world. Largo, meanwhile, had a singles lineup that ...
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Tue. April 09, 2013 at 10:14 p.m. | Bob Putnam
CLEARWATER — Wednesday's Class 4A-7 district tournaments at McMullen Tennis Complex were a testament to depth. Palm Harbor University’s boys had players in six of the seven finals and collected 15 points, one more than East Lake, to earn the championship. On the girls side, East Lake was the deepest ...
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Wed. April 03, 2013 at 11:08 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — Mitchell had won 14 games before Wednesday’s matchup with Northeast in the Northeast Spring Break tournament final. The 15th was a 4-2 masterpiece that included 13 strikeouts by starter Cobi Johnson and 13 Mustang hits. And so far, it’s the most meaningful win in Mitchell’s 15-3 season. ...
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Wed. March 27, 2013 at 11:04 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — The last electrifying moment of Monday night came down to Northeast’s Drew Vimond, a player who has the flair for the dramatic. Vimond stepped to the plate in the bottom of the seventh inning with the game against Sunlake tied at 2. He saw a fastball come ...
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Mon. March 25, 2013 at 11:28 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Pinellas County public schools, and some private schools, are off next week for spring break, but the high school baseball teams will be busy, busy, busy. Eighteen public and private schools in the county will be playing in one of three tournaments at Dunedin, Seminole and Northeast. Dunedin tournament Where: ...
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Thu. March 21, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. | Rodney Page
I didn't get to every good thing about last night's West Coast Invitational, or should we call it the West Cold Invitational, so here's a few performances that merit additional mentions: 1. One last shoutout for the Gibbs 4x100 team, because that's always a big event, especially between the Gladiators ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 10:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
SEMINOLE — A day after getting shut out by Pinellas Park, Northeast took out its frustrations on Osceola with a convincing 13-3 win Wednesday. The Vikings pounded out 12 hits and took advantage of five Osceola errors. They scored at least one run in all but one inning. “It’s nice ...
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Wed. March 06, 2013 at 11:55 p.m. | Rodney Page
USF has offered scholarships to three of the bay area’s top recruits, hoping to build on new head coach’s Willie Taggart’s recent success at attracting local talent. Wharton quarterback Chase Litton, Alonso offensive tackle Gary Brown and Northeast quarterback-receiver Ryan Davis all reported receiving offers from the Bulls at the ...
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Sun. Feb. 17, 2013 at 1:29 p.m. | Joel Anderson
ST. PETERSBURG — Clearwater and St. Petersburg will play for the Class 7A-10 district championship, but both teams advanced to the final in different ways. St. Petersburg started slowly but eventually wore out Countryside 57-17. Clearwater sputtered for most of its game against Northeast but got hot in the third ...
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Wed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:54 p.m. | Rodney Page