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Girls soccer: Osceola stays undefeated
SEMINOLE — The game had been over for just a few moments, and the players were leaving the field in golf carts when the murmuring finally reached full pitch. For weeks, Osceola’s girls soccer team had existed in a blissful bubble, insulated by a district devoid of most of the ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 05, 2012 at 11:02 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Morning Meanderings: Good morning Bailey Hooker and Faith Woodard, and we have video!
It was Milestone Monday in girls hoops last night, and here's your boys basketball nursing rhyme of the day: Jack and Bill went up against Marcus Hill, to fetch a possible victory. But Jack fell down when he got dunked on, and Bill came tumbling after. Keep reading. It will ...
Read moreTue. Dec. 04, 2012 at 10:53 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Region football: Hillsborough 42, Osceola 7
TAMPA — Osceola, playing in the postseason for the first time since 2006, knew it would be a tall order to beat Hillsborough. The tallest player on the field made sure that didn’t happen. The Terriers rolled to a 42-7 victory Friday night in the Class 6A quarterfinals as 6-foot-5 ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 1:01 a.m. | Don Jensen
Running back depth gives Osceola an edge
SEMINOLE — This is the time of year when the workhorse running back takes over, the guy with the strength, speed and indefatigability to lower his head and charge forward while gorging on yards. The Osceola Warriors do not have that one guy who handles the vast majority of the ...
Read moreMon. Nov. 12, 2012 at 8:35 p.m. | Bob Putnam
State swimming: Osceola's Wittman reaches her goals
ORLANDO — There is an unspoken rule in sports that a true competitor should want to win everything. Alexandria Wittman, a junior at Osceola, looks at it differently. It was not a medal she was chasing, or rather not the gold-plated hardware, but instead a sense of goals achieved, potential ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 12:36 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Pinellas: Boys and girls soccer preview
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 ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 07, 2012 at 4:09 p.m. | Times Staff
Pinellas: Boys and girls soccer preview
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 ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 07, 2012 at 4:09 p.m. | Times Staff
Cotey: An early look at the football postseason
At this point last season, the high school football playoffs were decided and the biggest question heading into the final week of the season wasn’t which Tampa Bay team would win a state title, but how many would win. The answer turned out to be two, later changed to one. ...
Read moreMon. Nov. 05, 2012 at 4:43 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Pinellas: Sunday morning quarterback
Five things looking ahead to the playoffs1. Pinellas Park needed to win to get into the playoffs. Northeast did not. Good thing. The Patriots beat Seminole while the Vikings slipped up against 3-6 Clearwater. Northeast has to play at Bradenton Manatee in the first round of the playoffs in what ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 03, 2012 at 5:54 p.m. | Times Staff
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Chock full of champions
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Oct. 27 through Friday, Nov. 2. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 03, 2012 at 2:55 a.m. | Times Staff
Football: Osceola 29, Bradenton Lakewood Ranch 20
BRADENTON — Two seasons ago, Osceola went winless. Last season, the Warriors were knocked out of playoff contention by Bradenton Lakewood Ranch. Friday, sitting in the same position, the Warriors reached the playoffs for the first time since 2006 with a 29-20 win."This is all the hard work paying off," ...
Read moreFri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 9:19 p.m. | Nathan Cowan
District cross country: Depth key for Seminole girls
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 ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 31, 2012 at 11:29 p.m. | Bob Putnam
State golf: St. Petersburg's Jack Maguire wins Class 2A stitle
TAVARES — A mere 24 hours after a frigid opening round of the Class 2A state tournament, St. Petersburg senior Jack Maguire returned to Deer Island Country Club bedecked in khaki shorts and a black Green Devils golf shirt. “I don’t like wearing sleeves and layers and stuff,” said Maguire, ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 31, 2012 at 3:57 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region volleyball: No stopping Palm Harbor University
PALM HARBOR — Palm Harbor University has won six straight matches, is playing its best volleyball of the season and seems to be peaking at the right time. Red-hot PHU is hardly a team anyone would want to meet right now. Unless you are East Lake. So with wins by ...
Read moreTue. Oct. 30, 2012 at 11:37 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Pinellas: Sunday morning quarterback
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. ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 27, 2012 at 4:43 p.m. | Times Staff