CLEARWATER — Canterbury has been known to pull off an upset of softball teams in higher classifications. Seminole made sure it was not a victim of one. The Warhawks rallied from an early deficit Friday to beat the Class A defending state champion Crusaders 4-2 in the opening round of ...
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Sat. March 10, 2012 at 12:43 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Palm Harbor University (6-1): Offense keeps pounding out hits, pitching and defense keeps shutting teams out. 2. East Lake (9-1): Strong start will get tested at PHU tournament this weekend. 3. Canterbury (6-2): After rallying to beat St. Petersburg last week, Crusaders get ...
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Wed. March 07, 2012 at 8:57 p.m. | Bob Putnam
If there is one thing lacking in Pinellas County softball, it is tournaments. There are none during spring break and few during the rest of the season. The Palm Harbor Invitational, which starts Friday at the Eddie C. Moore Complex in Clearwater, is the biggest one in the county, featuring ...
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Wed. March 07, 2012 at 7:37 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Times’ super seven Records through Tuesday 1. Palm Harbor University (5-1): Preseason favorite has not disappointed with a solid start that includes 10-3 win over Countryside. 2. East Lake (5-1): Despite graduating so many starters, the Eagles have stayed among the elite. 3. Canterbury (4-1): In the past three games ...
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Wed. Feb. 29, 2012 at 6:22 p.m. | Bob Putnam
ST. PETERSBURG — For four innings Friday it looked as if St. Petersburg Catholic was going to have to scratch and claw through another game. But the bats came alive in a six-run fifth inning and the Barons coasted to an 11-1 six-inning win over Shorecrest. SPC (4-1) had 11 ...
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Sat. Feb. 25, 2012 at 12:39 a.m. | Rodney Page
It was been seven seasons since Palm Harbor University went undefeated and captured its second straight state title in softball. The Hurricanes have not exactly faded from view. They have advanced to the playoffs five of the past six seasons, but have not made the state semifinals during that span. ...
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Tue. Feb. 07, 2012 at 5:58 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Carly Van Auken, who starred at Osceola and later for the State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota, has signed with Kennesaw (Ga.) State. Van Auken, a quick-footed middle infielder, batted. 350, stole seven bases and had 17 extra-base hits at State College of Florida Manatee-Sarasota last season. At Osceola, Van Auken was ...
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Tue. July 12, 2011 at 2:03 p.m. | Bryan Burns
SEMINOLE — Osceola prided itself on defense this season. In the Class 4A, District 10 semifinals against Lakewood Ranch on Wednesday, the Warriors’ defense let them down as they committed three errors en route to a 5-2 loss to end their season. “You can’t make those errors,” Warriors coach Calvin ...
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Wed. April 20, 2011 at 11:21 p.m. | Nathan Cowan
SEMINOLE — East Lake coach Mike Estes doesn't look at the lofty rankings and doesn't think much of them either. The Eagles are the No. 3 team in ESPN's Fab 50, but he feels there's much more to carry out before his team can celebrate."There isn't much talk around practice ...
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Wed. March 23, 2011 at 8:39 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
SEMINOLE — There was a familiar theme to this Osceola victory, the ninth this season. Kaitlyn Romaine was effective on the mound, the defense was dominating, and there were just enough hits to manufacture the necessary runs. It has been that way all year, and that is the reason the ...
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Thu. March 10, 2011 at 11:32 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Class 4A, District 10Osceola strands runners, falls to Braden RiverOsceola had plenty of base runners in its 4A-10 district semifinal at Braden River on Wednesday, but the Warriors couldn't bring them home in a 9-2 defeat.Osceola finishes its season 10-16."We just could not get a timely hit tonight," Osceola coach ...
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Wed. April 21, 2010 at 8:25 p.m. | Bryan Burns
SEMINOLE — Palm Harbor University used a formula that has worked all season: get great pitching and score a lot. Against Osceola on Wednesday, Emily Hazzard, Madison O'Brien and Megan Copeland led a Hurricanes offense that pounded out 18 hits while Taylor Sabol did the work on the mound in ...
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Wed. April 07, 2010 at 7:41 p.m. | Times Correspondent
CLEARWATER — The sun had crept below the horizon. The overhead stadium lights illuminated the field. And yet Sickles pitcher Chelsea Oglevie had no thoughts of taking off her sunglasses. Oglevie cruised through East Lake's acclaimed hitters in the afternoon and wasn't about to disrupt her flow just because the ...
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Fri. March 26, 2010 at 6:50 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Times’ Super 71. East Lake (11-1): Maintains top spot after surviving 17-inning marathon against Pinellas Park.2. Pinellas Park (11-2): Gets rematch with East Lake in the Palm Harbor University spring tournament next weekend.3. Seminole (7-3): Broke open a 3-all tie with Osceola on Wednesday with seven runs in the fifth ...
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Thu. March 18, 2010 at 9:53 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Six weeks into the season, the last remaining undefeated team in the county is not preseason favorite East Lake. Nor Pinellas Park, Palm Harbor University or even Class A power Canterbury. Try Northside Christian. Behind first-year coach John Anderson, an assistant on former coach Steve Fisher's staff, the Mustangs are ...
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Wed. March 17, 2010 at 6:33 p.m. | Bryan Burns