DUNEDIN — Dunedin coach Tom Hilbert does not like to think of his team as young. “It’s more of a new team,” Hilbert said. But it still produces the same results. Much like every other season, the Falcons pounced on an opponent in the first round of their annual spring ...
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Tue. March 27, 2012 at 12:26 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Times’ Super Seven Records through Wednesday 1. Seminole (12-3): Back to the top for the Warhawks, who handled Countryside on Tuesday and beat West Boca Raton. 2. Tarpon Springs (11-3): Eight straight wins for the Spongers through Wednesday. They can pitch and hit. 3. Osceola (11-2): Three straight wins after ...
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Thu. March 22, 2012 at 6:02 p.m. | Rodney Page
Times’ Super Seven Records through Wednesday 1. Countryside (11-1): All right, Cougars, you’re for real. They have won nine straight since a 3-0 loss to East Lake. 2. Seminole (8-3): Warhawks will get to earn the top spot back in a meeting with the Cougars on Tuesday. 3. Osceola (9-2): ...
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Thu. March 15, 2012 at 6:20 p.m. | Times Staff
Times’ Super Seven Records through Wednesday 1. Seminole (6-1): In the bragging rights game against Osceola, the Warhawks won 4-2 with good pitching and timely hitting. 2. Osceola (8-1): The Warriors are fundamentally sound and dangerous at the plate. 3. Countryside (8-1): Cougars had won six straight entering Thursday’s game ...
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Thu. March 08, 2012 at 5:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
You would think they’d be jumping for joy. Or at least quietly giving each other fist bumps. The “District of Doom” — Class 5A, District 11 — has been reshuffled. Tarpon Springs, East Lake, Dunedin, Seminole and Clearwater no longer have to fight each other for a playoff berth. The ...
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Mon. Feb. 13, 2012 at 10:21 p.m. | Rodney Page
Former Pinellas Park infielder Cody Arnold (Class of 2010) signed with Clearwater Christian this past week. Arnold was one of the county's leading hitters and was named first-team, all-conference and second-team all-county his senior season. Clearwater Christian has two other Pinellas County players on the roster, former Northside Christian stars ...
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Wed. Aug. 10, 2011 at 5:46 p.m. | Bob Putnam
PINELLAS PARK — Pinellas Park’s unprecedented run through the playoffs ended Friday night with a 12-6 loss to Bradenton Manatee in the Class 5A region final. Patriots senior Donny Norris, who pitched a complete game, struggled but was not about to give up easily. “(Manatee’s) a good hitting team and ...
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Fri. May 13, 2011 at 10:48 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
At no point this past offseason was Pinellas Park at the center of the county baseball discussion. This was a season that was supposed to belong to Dunedin and Seminole, the county’s top teams who were primed to go deep into the playoffs and meet in the region finals for ...
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Thu. May 12, 2011 at 9:34 p.m. | Bob Putnam
For months we thought that Friday’s region semifinal would be Dunedin vs. Seminole. Big bats and live arms and the two best teams in Pinellas County turning in another terrific, thrilling and taut duel in a high-stakes playoff game that would probably lead to a spot at the state tournament. ...
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Sat. May 07, 2011 at 12:15 a.m. | John C. Cotey
PINELLAS PARK — The freshman pitched an outstanding game of shutout ball. But it was his second successful pickoff of the game that extended Pinellas Park’s season. Brandon Grigsby’s seventh-inning throw to second base nailed Troy Strominger, giving Pinellas Park the 2-0 victory over East Lake in Friday’s Class 5A ...
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Fri. May 06, 2011 at 11:52 p.m. | Anthony Salveggi
PINELLAS PARK — In the home half of the ninth Tyree Graves drove in the winning run, lifting Pinellas Park over Tarpon Springs 4-3 Tuesday in the 5A region quarterfinal. Pinellas Park (12-14) jumped out in front early, scoring three runs in the bottom of the first, including two off ...
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Wed. May 04, 2011 at 12:22 a.m. | Anthony Salveggi
There is nothing anyone can say to make Osceola feel better about last year’s Class 4A region quarterfinal. It’s no use noting the Warriors were in the playoffs for the second straight season and rallied to tie powerful Jesuit. That’s because Osceola lost 4-3 in the seventh inning when ace ...
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Mon. May 02, 2011 at 9:01 p.m. | Bob Putnam
PINELLAS PARK — Pinellas Park duplicated last year’s feat with its second consecutive Class 5A-12 district title as freshman right-hander Brandon Grigsby tossed a one-hit complete game Friday to lead the Patriots to a 4-1 victory over Largo. The Patriots defeated the Packers in last season’s district championship. “I’m excited ...
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Sat. April 30, 2011 at 12:08 a.m. | Chris Girandola
PINELLAS PARK — Largo starter Mike LaGrange stood on the mound in the fifth inning holding a 15-1 lead over Northeast and was determined not to let either of the two runners on base score. With only one more out to record for a mercy-rule win and the game well ...
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Thu. April 28, 2011 at 12:22 a.m. | Chris Girandola
DUNEDIN — After beating public school teams at a tournament in Fort Lauderdale two weeks ago, Canterbury was trying to do the same thing at the Dunedin Spring Invitational.Playing Tarpon Springs in the opening round Tuesday, the Crusaders jumped out to a 4-0 lead by the bottom of the fifth ...
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Tue. March 29, 2011 at 9:20 p.m. | Bob Putnam