Boy, the hoopsters were hitting last night. Lots of big games, and one little game from someone who usually turns in big games. Here's your second-to-last Morning Meanderings of the year. But we will be out at Freedom's girls game Thursday against Steinbrenner. Look us up. PLAYER OF THE NIGHT ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Boys Golfer of the Year: Jack Maguire, Sr., St. Petersburg Why we picked him: Two words: state champion. Maguire trailed by a stroke after the first day, then shot 4-under 68 on the second to win the Class 2A tournament by two shots at Deer Island Country Club in Tavares. ...
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Sat. Dec. 08, 2012 at 3:34 p.m. | Rodney Page
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 ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Hey there: quick note about Morning Meanderings for the unidoctrinated -- I occasionally put this together by drinking lots of coffee as I read over the morning boxscores on our website. I just do it because it keeps me in the know, to steal someone's advertising slogan, but also to ...
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Wed. Dec. 05, 2012 at 9:55 a.m. | John C. Cotey
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 ...
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:39 a.m. | John C. Cotey
BRADENTON — The Northeast Vikings knew that beating Bradenton Manatee would be a tall task. The Hurricanes, ranked No. 1 in the nation by multiple media outlets, including USA Today, reeled off 28 first-quarter points and cruised to a 65-12 victory Friday night in the Class 7A region quarterfinals. “That’s ...
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Sat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 12:59 a.m. | Nathan Cowan
An absolutely breathtaking north-central Florida morning became even more blissful once the coaches at Indian Rocks Christian and Seffner Christian scanned the results of the Class 1A, Region 2 championships. Both Golden Eagles teams, as well as the SCA boys, earned spots in next weekend's state meet with top-six region ...
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Fri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. | Joey Knight
Now that the fall sports season is starting to wind down, we take a look at the boys and girls soccer teams who will look for good results on the pitch. Girls Top three story lines 1. Changing of the guard: Last year, East Lake beat Palm Harbor University in ...
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Wed. Nov. 07, 2012 at 4:09 p.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — Spencer Rice's interception led to Jordan Leston hitting Devijion Smith for the winning touchdown with 20 seconds remaining, propelling Clearwater to a 34-27 upset win over Northeast, but the Vikings still are the district runnerup.Leston was 12-of-25 passing for 183 yards and three touchdowns and rushed for 67 ...
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Fri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 9:26 p.m. | Lauren Burg
LARGO — Seminole coach Michael Homme knew the Class 4A, District 5 girls race would be tightly contested with every place and point crucial. It became even tighter for the Warhawks when their No. 2 runner, Jasmine Whitney, was unable to race because she was attending a funeral. In the ...
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Wed. Oct. 31, 2012 at 11:29 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Super 71. Largo (8-0, 4-0): Clinched eighth straight district title and won 30th straight district game with dominating performance against Lakewood Ranch.2. Countryside (3-6, 2-2): Sure, the Cougars had to forfeit six games, but it's hard to knock them down in this ranking considering what they've done on the field.3. ...
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Sat. Oct. 27, 2012 at 4:43 p.m. | Times Staff
SEMINOLE — Northeast came into Friday's matchup with Seminole on a three-game losing streak. After a slow start the Vikings (7-2, 3-1) had things under control in a 35-0 victory.Keith Harrington broke off a 97-yard run to start the scoring in the second quarter. Minutes later the junior running back ...
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 9:46 p.m. | Phillip Haywood
LARGO — Countryside’s Paul McKenna usually takes a more conservative approach in races, preferring to stalk the front-runners before reeling them in. Wednesday, McKenna adopted more of a go-for-gusto philosophy, sprinting to the lead and trying to keep that frenetic pace as long as he could. It was a different ...
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Thu. Oct. 25, 2012 at 12:04 a.m. | Bob Putnam
ST. PETERSBURG — All week, Pinellas Park coach Kenny Crawford worried about how to stop Northeast’s spread offense. As it turned out, the Vikings stopped themselves. Northeast committed six turnovers, including three straight to start the game, and Pinellas Park rolled to a 35-14 win in a key Class 7A, ...
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Sat. Oct. 20, 2012 at 12:54 a.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — In one of the most anticipated girls races of the season, Shorecrest’s Alex Eaton and Northeast’s Amanda Spring sprinted out to the lead Thursday and stayed within one another at the St. Petersburg City Meet. Eaton stayed slightly ahead, only to have Spring on her heels — ...
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Thu. Oct. 18, 2012 at 8:39 p.m. | Bob Putnam