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
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
With the Florida High School Athletic Association taking a closer look at the eligibility of Countryside quarterback Christian Strong, it's possible that bad news is coming. On Friday, Countryside (2-0) hosts Clearwater (1-1) and Pinellas Park (2-0) plays Northeast (1-1). If the Cougars have to forfeit those two district wins, ...
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Tue. Oct. 16, 2012 at 11:30 a.m. | John C. Cotey
ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Catholic outscored host Northeast 23-7 in the second half to win a 37-28 shootout.The Crusaders (6-1, 1-1) had 14 unanswered points to open the second half. Heath Grady's 23-yard field goal put Tampa Catholic ahead for good in the fourth.Ryan Davis hit his running back Donterio ...
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Fri. Oct. 12, 2012 at 8:52 p.m. | Max Martinez
Countryside senior lineman Zach Rosinski and Northeast lineman Josh Bayers have been cleared to play Friday night by the Florida High School Athletic Association. Both players were originally suspended for six games after an incident on Friday in Countryside's 49-0 win. In the referee's report, both were accused of throwing ...
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Thu. Oct. 11, 2012 at 11:20 a.m. | Rodney Page
I don’t want to say I’m on a roll, but I. AM. ON. A. ROLL. For the third straight week, I went 10-1 on my picks, and for a change, I nailed the Upset Pick of the Week, making my record 11-1. So to summarize: Tons of facts, numbers, trends, ...
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Wed. Oct. 10, 2012 at 12:32 p.m. | John C. Cotey
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week Male Hot Shot: Dan Barber, Mitchell Sport: Football Skinny: Mustangs coach Scott Schmitz loves Barber, calling him a football player’s football player. The 5-foot-8, 170-pound senior back runs, catches and blocks in Mitchell’s wing-T system. He ...
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Mon. Oct. 08, 2012 at 5:15 p.m. | Times Staff
Countryside senior Zach Rosinski and Northeast junior Josh Bayers have been suspended by the Florida High School Athletic Association for six weeks due to a fight in Friday night’s game. Both players were ejected near the end of Countryside’s 49-0 win for throwing punches, according to the referee’s report. The ...
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Mon. Oct. 08, 2012 at 5:01 p.m. | Rodney Page
The Friday Night Rewind crew hit Northeast-Countryside, Sickles-Armwood and Nature Coast-Sunlake.
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Sat. Oct. 06, 2012 at 5:10 a.m. | Times Staff
CLEARWATER — Countryside had lost a game this season, and Northeast hadn’t, and as a result, coming into their district showdown Friday night it was fair to ask if maybe things were changing. Fair. And a little silly, as it turned out. Behind its signature power rushing and a defense ...
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Sat. Oct. 06, 2012 at 1:14 a.m. | John C. Cotey
We have reached the midway point of the high school football season, and if the second half is anything like the first, it should be an exciting ending. We take a look back and a little look ahead: Offensive standout Juwan Brown, QB, Largo: Brown has been able to show ...
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Thu. Oct. 04, 2012 at 3:11 p.m. | Times Staff
We're halfway home to the playoffs. Here's this week's Grab Bag, compiled by me, John C. Cotey, aftter digging my nose into stats provided by coaches to MaxPreps and HomeTeam. So if you want to get in here, your stats will need to be in one of these places. You ...
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Wed. Oct. 03, 2012 at 1:28 p.m. | John C. Cotey
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week Male Hot Shot: Ryan Davis, Northeast Sport: Football Skinny: The sophomore quarterback had a wild night Friday against Tarpon Springs. After throwing two interceptions to end the first half, he completed his next 13 passes and ...
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Mon. Oct. 01, 2012 at 12:29 p.m. | Times Staff
Northeast football coach Mike Jalazo has been named the Tampa Bay Buccaneers Coach of the Week after his team's come-from-behind 41-37 win over Tarpon Springs last Friday. Jalazo said he was informed by the Buccaneers on Monday and will go to One Buc Place on Tuesday to meet coach Greg ...
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Mon. Oct. 01, 2012 at 11:23 a.m. | Rodney Page
Super 71. Largo (5-0, 1-0): Piled up 534 yards of offense in a dominating performance against East Lake.2. Countryside (4-1, 1-0): It took a while, but the Cougars pulled through against upset-minded Palm Harbor University.3. Lakewood (4-0, 3-0): Hard to tell what's more impressive: the Spartans' 184 points scored or ...
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Sat. Sept. 29, 2012 at 7:06 p.m. | Times Staff