The Chargers opened with a victory over their fiercest rival and matched their win total from a year ago. Shorecrest dictated the pace the game by relying on the running of Garrett Schulte, Alex Drexler and Ian Johnston-Schmidt. The Mustangs have struggled offensively and have scored just two points this ...
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Fri. Sept. 02, 2011 at 7:52 p.m. | Bob Putnam
The new football districts are pretty screwy (8A? Really?) and shake up some of the matchups we’ve come to know and love from the past few years. The next few weeks we’ll be taking a look at a district a day. First up: Class 2A, District 5 Teams Admiral Farragut, ...
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Wed. June 22, 2011 at 11:14 a.m. | Times Staff
Seven players who shined in last week’s private school spring games. 1. Ryan Green, St. Petersburg Catholic: The rising junior solidified his status as the county’s top returning running back by rushing for more than 200 yards and scoring three touchdowns, including runs of 76 and 79 yards. He should ...
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Mon. May 23, 2011 at 6:08 p.m. | Bob Putnam
At Northside ChristianScoreNorthside Christian 26, Central Florida Christian 22Spring game-breakers: Northside Christian's Patrick Tomlin is a highly regarded offensive tackle, but because of a small roster consisting of 18 spring players, the rising senior has had to play a massive role on the defensive side of the ball, too. With ...
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Sat. May 21, 2011 at 7:51 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
DUNEDIN — As you stand on Pinehurst and look out across the yellowing Dunedin practice field, you can almost hear the school’s famous bagpipes playing. Then you see them coming: red jerseys, white jerseys, jogging across the football field, around the weight room and on the way down a hill ...
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Thu. May 12, 2011 at 8:40 p.m. | John C. Cotey
All-Pinellas County football Offensive Player of the Year RB Rashad Lewis, Sr., St. Petersburg With the Green Devils’ top two leading rushers graduating, Lewis was pushed to the forefront of a powerful offensive attack. Though small at 160 pounds, he gobbled up yards behind St. Petersburg’s battering ram of an ...
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Fri. Dec. 24, 2010 at 4:13 p.m. | Bob Putnam
A handful of bay area locals have been selected to participate in the 56th Florida Athletic Coaches Association/Reebok North-South All Star Football Classic on December 22 at Fireman's Field in Sebring. Hillsborough County had the most representatives with four. DB Quinton Brown of Hillsborough, DB Nick Addison of Spoto, RB Hunter Joyer ...
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Thu. Dec. 16, 2010 at 5:50 p.m. | Bryan Burns
The Crusaders finished the season with two 1,000-yard rushers as James Goodwin ran for 148 yards and four touchdowns to join teammate Brent O'Neal in eclipsing that plateau. O'Neal ran for 71 yards. Jake Holsinger was 4-for-6 for 130 yards and two touchdowns. He also ran for another score and ...
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Fri. Nov. 12, 2010 at 10:05 p.m. | Bob Putnam
It didn’t take long for the Golden Eagles to take control in this non-district game. IRC (5-3, 1-2) jumped out to a 37-0 halftime lead as it clinched at least a .500 record for the season. JL Monson rushed for 116 yards on 12 carries and scored twice. Kyle Craichy ...
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Fri. Oct. 29, 2010 at 8:06 p.m. | Times Staff
Super seven1. St. Petersburg (7-0): The Green Devils are zeroing in on the school's first undefeated regular season since 1984.2. Countryside (8-0): Playing their most complete game of the year, the Cougars beat PHU 43-12.3. East Lake (6-1): The Eagles get the week off to prepare for the big district ...
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Sat. Oct. 23, 2010 at 5:56 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Jimmy Van Deilen scored on a 5-yard run with 30 seconds left to give the Mustangs their second win of the season. Van Deilen, the quarterback, used his legs to move the chains, gaining more than 100 yards on the ground. He scored on a short run in the first ...
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Fri. Oct. 22, 2010 at 9:39 p.m. | Times Staff
For the second time in the past three weeks, the Mustangs were shut out by one of the district frontrunners. Northside had to rely on the running of Jimmy Van Deilen and Jeremy Smith but it wasn’t enough to get on the scoreboard.
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Fri. Oct. 01, 2010 at 8:32 p.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — Mustangs captains Jimmy Van Deilen and Jeremy Smith combined for 208 rushing yards as Northside Christian got its first victory of the season and its second in a row over the Chargers, 14-3 Friday night.Van Deilen had 130 yards, and Smith 78."We just ran right at them," ...
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Fri. Sept. 24, 2010 at 9:43 p.m. | Times Correspondent
ST. PETERSBURG — Admiral Farragut coach Chris Miller sat quarterback Rayshawn Jenkins for the first quarter of Friday's game against Northside Christian after Jenkins faked a kneel down and ran for a long gain in the closing minutes of a lopsided win the previous week.The loss of Jenkins did not ...
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Fri. Sept. 17, 2010 at 8:44 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Two weeks, two wins, one big surprise: Hello there, Palm Harbor University. The Hurricanes are one of six teams in Pinellas County to start 2-0, but the only one that most fans are probably a little surprised by. Not so much because it’s PHU with its hardly sterling history, but ...
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Wed. Sept. 15, 2010 at 5:53 p.m. | John C. Cotey