HomeTeam Hotshots Standout performances from Tuesday night Vanessa Mills, Pasco: The senior softball pitcher allowed four hits in a 4-1 victory over rival Zephyrhills. The win avenges the Pirates’ 8-7 loss to the Bulldogs this month. David Dollbaum, Land O’Lakes: The freshman tennis player knocked off Leesburg in No. 2 ...
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Wed. March 28, 2012 at 12:15 a.m. | Matt Baker
DADE CITY — Twice Amber Caudill missed the bunt-and-run sign from Pasco coach Lisa Herndon. It’s a good thing, otherwise she would not have come up with the clutch hit in a 4-1 win Tuesday over Class 5A, District 8 rival Zephyrhills. Caudill’s two-run double on a full count with ...
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Tue. March 27, 2012 at 10:32 p.m. | Steve Lee
Times’ Super 7 Records through Tuesday 1. Pasco (12-1): Pirates keep rolling behind a pitching staff and defense that have only allowed more than three runs once. 2. Springstead (14-2): The Eagles showed their toughness with last week’s gritty 6-5 win over River Ridge. 3. Gulf (13-3): Buccaneers are on ...
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Wed. March 21, 2012 at 11:20 a.m. | Matt Baker
By the numbers 0 Runs allowed by Bishop McLaughlin in a 5-0 win over St. Thomas Aquinas. It was the Hurricanes’ first shutout since a season-opening win over Mitchell. 2 Triples by Zephyrhills softball in its 12-2 win over Anclote. Jessica Geiger and Briana Blanyar each had triples. 2 Triples ...
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Fri. March 16, 2012 at 11:45 p.m. | Matt Baker
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Pasco (8-1): Since a loss to Zephyrhills, the Pirates have won three in a row by a combined 28 runs. 2. Springstead (10-2): Pitcher Alexis Adams averages almost 10 strikeouts per game, and her 16 RBIs are tied for the team lead. 3. ...
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Wed. March 14, 2012 at 6:36 p.m. | Matt Baker
DADE CITY — Vanessa Mills nearly doubled her season strikeout total Wednesday, fanning 14 Sunlake batters in host Pasco’s 6-3 win. Mills, who entered the Sunshine Athletic Conference matchup with 15 strikeouts, improved to 2-0. Despite allowing two home runs, she scattered six hits and had six of her strikeouts ...
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Wed. March 07, 2012 at 11:16 p.m. | Steve Lee
Times’ Super Seven Records through Tuesday 1. Pasco (6-1): The loss to Zephyrhills was heartbreaking, but the Pirates fired back with a blowout win over Hudson. 2. Springstead (7-1): The Eagles’ hitting is hot, with two 12-run games in their past three contests. 3. Sunlake (8-1): The Seahawks’ four-game winning ...
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Wed. March 07, 2012 at 6:31 p.m. | Matt Baker
Times’ super 7 Records through Tuesday 1. River Ridge (7-1): Kenzi Maguire and the Royal Knights are perfect against North Suncoast foes with only a loss to Tarpon Springs. 2. Pasco (3-0): The Pirates are always strong but face a big test Friday against rival Zephyrhills. 3. Sunlake (8-1): A ...
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Wed. Feb. 29, 2012 at 2:35 p.m. | Matt Baker
DADE CITY — Emily Pennington pitched a two-hitter Tuesday, helping host Pasco extend its season-opening unbeaten streak to four games with a 4-1 win over Gulf. The junior right-hander also went 2-for-3 with an RBI, driving in the last run after Jordan Lane opened the bottom of the sixth inning ...
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Tue. Feb. 28, 2012 at 10:36 p.m. | Steve Lee
Pasco senior infielder Sarah Burchfield signed to play softball at the College of Central Florida today, Pirates athletic director Tom McHugh said. Burchfield batted .310 last season and knocked in 20 runs to help Pasco advance to the region final. She also scored 27 runs and was an honorable mention ...
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Wed. Jan. 18, 2012 at 5:50 p.m. | Matt Baker
Former Pasco pitcher Colena Lazar and her twin sister, Colesa, signed to play softball at Saint Leo University this morning, their father, David said. Colena turned down a scholarship at Florida Atlantic to play two years of junior college ball at Santa Fe College in Gainesville. She was an all-state ...
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Wed. July 13, 2011 at 9:55 a.m. | Matt Baker
Call them, simply, the season’s best performances. A 10 spot of the finest single-day athletic achievements that helped shape this school year’s North Suncoast athletic scene. These triumphs are the best of the best. Some led to state titles. Others brought their teams to never-before-seen heights. All combined to provide ...
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Tue. June 14, 2011 at 5:21 p.m. | Bryan Burns
DADE CITY — Pasco ace Courtney Brandt struck out her single-game high 21 batters in Tuesday’s Class 4A region final, but the senior lost the last game of her high school career. That record-setting effort was not enough to stave off playoff nemesis Harmony, which moves on to the state ...
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Tue. May 03, 2011 at 11:13 p.m. | Steve Lee
DADE CITY — There's not been much that Pasco senior right-handed pitcher Courtney Brandt hasn't been through during her four varsity seasons.Well, up until Friday night, when Pasco ground out a 2-0 victory over North Suncoast power River Ridge in a Class 4A region semifinal. So the Pirates (25-6) will ...
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Sat. April 30, 2011 at 5:56 p.m. | Andy Villamarzo
NEW PORT RICHEY — Some say one play can decide a team’s whole season. Never has the phrase been truer than in Friday’s Class 4A region semifinal between Pasco and River Ridge. A seemingly harmless line-drive flyball by Pirates outfielder Vanessa Mills raced toward Royal Knights’ centerfielder Kat Femino in ...
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Fri. April 29, 2011 at 10:37 p.m. | Andy Villamarzo