Pasco ATH Janarion Grant has orally committed to Rutgers, Grant confirmed Tuesday in a text message. The three-star recruit chose the Scarlet Knights because of the school's academics. He also held offers from USF, East Carolina, Houston and West Virginia, among others, and took an official visit to Rutgers ...
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Tue. Jan. 29, 2013 at 12:03 p.m. | Matt Baker
David Emmanuel, Pasco RB (6-foot, 180 pounds) The latest: Emmanuel said North Dakota State and Appalachian State are the two schools recruiting him most heavily with less than two weeks before signing day. He said Thursday that he plans to visit Appalachian State this weekend and North Dakota State next ...
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Fri. Jan. 25, 2013 at 1:09 p.m. | Matt Baker
Pasco senior ATH Janarion Grant has set up three official visits – but is still waiting to hear back from the new USF coaching staff. Grant, a three-star recruit and one of Tampa Bay’s most dynamic athletes, said Wednesday that he has visits set up for Houston, Rutgers and Kentucky. ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:30 a.m. | Matt Baker
St. Petersburg senior Sean Covington and Pasco sophomore Brandon Ray both earned first-team All-America honors by Kohl’s Kicking Camps. Covington was one of two first-team picks at punter for the recruiting class of 2013. The UCLA commit was a first-team all-Suncoast punter by the Times after averaging more than 46 ...
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Wed. Jan. 09, 2013 at 1:05 p.m. | Matt Baker
Former Pasco star Jamie Byrd is leaving TCU for a junior college. The former all-North Suncoast defensive back is transferring to Iowa Western Community College, Byrd said Monday night in a Twitter message to the Times. “New position coach came in last year,” Byrd said, “and me and ...
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Mon. Jan. 07, 2013 at 11:09 p.m. | Matt Baker
Offensive Player of the Year: QB Pete DiNovo, Sr., East Lake It has been a whirlwind two weeks for Pete DiNovo. After competing in the Pinellas senior all-star game Dec. 12, DiNovo was in Orlando two days later for his official visit to the University of Central Florida, where he ...
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Mon. Dec. 24, 2012 at 5:32 p.m. | Times Staff
Offensive player of the year: ATH Janarion Grant, Sr., Pasco Grant, a three-way standout, watched his Pirates dominate the first six games of the year as he sat out with a hand injury. “When I came back, that’s when all eyes were on me,” Grant said. “I had to put ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:28 a.m. | Matt Baker
Pasco ATH Janarion Grant is solidifying some recruiting plans. The 5-foot-9, 165-pound senior has set up an official visit for Oklahoma State on Jan. 18. The Cowboys are among the schools showing the most interest in him in the last month, Grant said. He also has set up a visit ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 4:56 p.m. | Matt Baker
When the state’s top two teams from Classes 5A, 6A, 7A and 8A meet today and Saturday in Orlando for the state championship games, Tampa Bay will be on the sidelines. No area teams qualified for the first time since 2000. If it’s a funny feeling to the rest of ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 7:25 p.m. | Matt Baker
Five things we learned Friday night1. No chinks in the armor: Robinson's 49-21 victory over Pasco showed it has no glaring holes that Tallahassee Godby, its state semifinal foe, can expose. We knew about the Knights' speed, assertiveness up front and opportunistic defense, but the kicking game caught us off ...
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Sat. Dec. 01, 2012 at 5:37 p.m. | Times Staff
The Friday Night Rewind crew hit the two local playoff football games Friday night: Pasco-Robinson and University-Clearwater Central Catholic. And the gang also got into a little hoops action this week. Bonus videos from Berkeley Prep-Lakewood and River Ridge-Wiregrass Ranch. Bonus videos:
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Sat. Dec. 01, 2012 at 5:53 a.m. | Times Staff
TAMPA — David Emmanuel was the first to come up limping. Then it was Joey Ivie. Janarion Grant got up slowly. And so it went, as Robinson battered and bruised Pasco on Friday night in a stunning demolition that left even the Knights a little surprised. Those who made the ...
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Sat. Dec. 01, 2012 at 12:57 a.m. | John C. Cotey
photo gallery TAMPA — Even as the stragglers into Jack Peters Field were making their way to the last remaining bleacher spots, the Robinson defense that had scored a state-record 13 touchdowns watched Pasco pull the trick. Ninety-nine seconds had elapsed in this Class 5A region final, Brandon Ray had ...
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Sat. Dec. 01, 2012 at 12:10 a.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Janarion Grant kept his head down on the end of the bench. The dreadlocks covered the eyes of one of the best players in North Suncoast history as the running clock ticked away in Friday’s Class 5A region final. With four minutes left, he slipped off his gloves ...
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:36 p.m. | Matt Baker
One community could be described as rural countryside, the other urban waterside. One has an antique district, the other an Air Force base. Yet Dade City and Port Tampa — home to Pasco and Robinson, respectively — bear one striking similarity: Each has one high school around which the community ...
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Thu. Nov. 29, 2012 at 3:32 p.m. | Times Staff