Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 5 through Friday, Jan. 11. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what ...
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Sat. Jan. 12, 2013 at 4:29 p.m. | Times Staff
Records through Thursday Girls 1. Pasco (12-0): The speedy Pirates keep finding ways to win — like Thursday’s buzzer beater over River Ridge. Brianca Roberts, Allahon Marbra and Ashley Webster remain three of the county’s top juniors. 2. Academy at the Lakes (16-0): Consider the Wildcats 1A. Their only flaw ...
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Fri. Jan. 11, 2013 at 2:43 p.m. | Matt Baker
Notable turnaround Gulf’s boys basketball team struggled in its last two matchups against Hudson — a 25-point loss to the Cobras last season and a 12-point loss in November. But the Buccaneers showed signs of improvement Tuesday under first-year coach Travis Priddy, earning a 65-59 victory. Derrick Procter was a ...
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Tue. Dec. 18, 2012 at 11:02 p.m. | Matt Baker
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Nature Coast (8-1): Rohan Blackwood and the Sharks bounced back from a rough loss to Wiregrass Ranch with a 46-24 win over Eustis. 2. Wiregrass Ranch (4-2): The Bulls have slipped since a win over NCT, falling to strong Hillsborough County teams Chamberlain and Freedom. ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 11:05 a.m. | Matt Baker
North Suncoast basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Wiregrass Ranch (4-0): Rico Kerney and the Bulls have won convincingly (a rout of River Ridge) and won close games (a 65-63 victory over Nature Coast). Wiregrass’ high-powered offense will be hard to stop all season. 2. Nature Coast (5-1): ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 12:51 p.m. | Matt Baker
By my count, there were like 150 basketball games played last night. Busiest night of the season so far. Here's the best of the best of the best: GAME OF THE NIGHT Looks like we covered the best games: Here'S Berkeley Prep's big win over Lakewood. Tranisha Harmon had 10 ...
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Wed. Nov. 28, 2012 at 10:36 a.m. | John C. Cotey
HUDSON — For an entire offseason, Pasco coach Troy Moore harped on his team about focusing on district play and finally overtaking Gulf. With a dominant 63-36 win over Fivay on Tuesday to kick off their Class 5A, District 8 schedule, the Pirates seem as zeroed in as ever. No ...
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Tue. Nov. 27, 2012 at 10:28 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
NEW PORT RICHEY — As Gulf installed a zone defense leading up to the first week of games, the ball found its way to a hole at the elbow, the weak spot for the defenders. Who, a coach asked, would slide over and fill the void? The answer was obvious. ...
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Tue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 11:03 a.m. | Matt Baker
Player of the year: G Bre Crum, Sr., Sickles Entering the season, teams knew that to stop Sickles, they’d have to stop Bre Crum. Without graduated All-American Amber Henson, now at Duke, Crum was aware she would get every opponent’s full attention. “I knew that people were going to start ...
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Sat. April 07, 2012 at 10:13 a.m. | Times Staff
Girls Player of the year: G/F Kayla Kivinski, So., Gulf Why we picked her: With 86 percent of its offense and 71 percent of its rebounding gone, Gulf knew it would have to find new sources of productivity to have a shot at another strong playoff run. “I think everyone ...
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Sat. March 31, 2012 at 2:44 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — Gulf’s dominance over Pasco continued as the Buccaneers cruised to a 64-47 victory Tuesday, advancing to the Class 5A region final. Kadejah Saunders led the way with 15 points, four rebounds and three steals while Lexy Shulman added 14 points and six steals. Gulf coach Mike ...
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Tue. Feb. 14, 2012 at 10:27 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
Girls region basketball 6A, Winter Haven 56, Mitchell 17: The Mustangs’ season ended Thursday in a 39-point loss to the defending state runnerup. It was the fewest points Mitchell scored all season and the most lopsided defeat since a 39-point loss to Olympia in November. The Mustangs earned back-to-back trips ...
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Thu. Feb. 09, 2012 at 11:15 p.m. | Matt Baker
BROOKSVILLE — A year ago a young, rebuilding Pasco team would have folded after giving up 13 straight points to fall behind in a playoff game. Thursday night at Nature Coast, the Pirates showed just how far they have come. Pasco overcame a five-minute scoring drought midway through the game ...
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Thu. Feb. 09, 2012 at 10:11 p.m. | Matt Baker
The Florida High Athletic Coaches Association has announced its girls basketball awards for District 10. They are: District 3A-10 Player of the Year: Andrea Niggebrugge, Sr., Bishop McLaughlin District 5A-10 Player of the Year: Kayla Kivinski, So., Gulf District 6A-10 Player of the Year: Vashoula Kostogiannes, Sr., River Ridge District ...
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Tue. Feb. 07, 2012 at 3:22 p.m. | Matt Baker
HOLIDAY — Kayla Kivinski and Gulf started slowly Saturday night against Pasco. But when the sophomore star ignited in the third quarter, so did the Buccaneers.Kivinski scored 14 of her game-high 23 in the third quarter to help Gulf break open the game and earn the Class 5A, District 8 ...
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Sat. Feb. 04, 2012 at 8:16 p.m. | Matt Baker