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HomeTeam Huddle: Notable vacancies in Hillsborough backfields
Where did all the yards go? • All but one of the county’s seven 1,000-yard rushers in 2012 will graduate and move on to college programs, leaving frustrated defensive coordinators and would-be tacklers in their wake. • Now, the game-day burden falls on their old coaches to figure out a ...
Read moreWed. May 08, 2013 at 10:23 p.m. | Times Staff
Plant OL gets first offer from Washington State
Plant offensive lineman Jake Fruhmorgen has received his first college scholarship offer, from Washington State, according to Panthers coach Robert Weiner. Fruhmorgen, a rising junior, is the son of former Alabama and NFL offensive lineman John Fruhmorgen. A 1983 graduate of Jesuit, John Fruhmorgen is also a member of the ...
Read moreMon. May 06, 2013 at 3:23 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Jake Fruhmorgen
Washington State University
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Recruit: Jake Fruhmorgen
4A track: Bloomingdale relay runs smartest
Photo gallery JACKSONVILLE — Bloomingdale junior Andrew LeBlanc felt the southerly gusts, saw the rain being blown horizontally, peered at the gray northeast Florida sky, and knew it was the Bulls’ day. “I felt pretty good,” the junior 4x800-meter relay anchor said, “because I knew it would be a tactical ...
Read moreSat. May 04, 2013 at 10:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
Plant WR Walker picks Averett
Plant receiver K.J. Walker announced Tuesday that he has committed to Averett University in Virginia. Walker plans to officially sign with Averett on May 8. The 6-foot-1, 180-pound Walker caught three passes for 44 yards and a touchdown for the Panthers as a senior. Averett is a private school of ...
Read moreTue. April 30, 2013 at 9:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: KJ Walker
Averett University
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Recruit: KJ Walker
Spring football primer: Year of the Lineman
When we went looking for the stars of 2013, we zipped right past the pretty-boy quarterbacks, the speedy running backs, the hard-hitting linebackers and the fancy-footed wide receivers and defensive backs. This year, they’ll be taking a back seat to those referred to, lovingly, by their coaches as the big ...
Read moreTue. April 30, 2013 at 8:34 p.m. | John C. Cotey
District baseball roundup: Wharton's late-season surge takes out Alonso
VALRICO — Before the district tournament started Monday, Wharton coach Scott Hoffman noticed a funny little quirk about the bracket. It looked awfully familiar. The Wildcats were poised to face the same teams they had last year, when they won the District 8A-7 championship and made it to the region ...
Read moreTue. April 23, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Winners for April 13-19
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Gabby Rodriguez, So., Plant Sport: Tennis Skinny: Even when another state championship looked like a delusion, Rodriguez never gave in to hopelessness and fatigue. Her resilience in the face of long odds helped ...
Read moreMon. April 22, 2013 at 4:06 p.m. | Times Staff
State tennis: Plant's top doubles team ends partnership with one more title
If there’s an easier way to win a state championship, Plant doubles partners Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez never figured it out. In their final high school match together, Martin and Rodriguez defeated Parkland Douglas’ Kellyn Abbanat and Kaela Bynoe 7-5, 7-6 (8-6) in the Class 4A overall doubles final ...
Read moreFri. April 19, 2013 at 4:16 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis: Tested, but triumphant Plant girls nab third straight title
ALTAMONTE SPRINGS — In the shade just outside of the court, with only one set left in their season, Plant doubles partners Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez found themselves on the brink of total exhaustion. Martin was sprawled on the concrete, getting her cramping hamstrings stretched by an on-site trainer ...
Read moreThu. April 18, 2013 at 11:14 p.m. | Joel Anderson
District track roundup: Steinbrenner boys go the distance
TAMPA — Stomach virus and all, Hillsborough sprinting and soaring dynamo Jeremiah Green still ruled the day at the Class 3A, District 8 meet. But the Steinbrenner Warriors ruled the dusk. Following an afternoon of record-tying heat, the Warriors dominated the distance events in the evening’s running finals to capture ...
Read moreWed. April 17, 2013 at 11:40 p.m. | Joey Knight
State tennis: Another title on tap for Plant girls
Plant's girls are poised to win their third consecutive Class 4A championship after Blair Martin and Gabby Rodriguez qualified for the team singles finals and both doubles teams advanced Wednesday. The Panthers were tied for first place with at least one team at the end of the first day of ...
Read moreWed. April 17, 2013 at 11:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
State tennis: Plant brings fullcourt press back to finals a sixth straight time
TAMPA — No matter the pain or inconvenience, Erica Oosterhout was determined to accompany her Plant teammates to the state finals. Oosterhout had torn the anterior cruciate ligament in her left knee during a soccer tournament the week before the finals, a lamentable bit of timing for the then-freshman and ...
Read moreMon. April 15, 2013 at 8:21 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Recruiting roundup: PHU's Tyler Kaminski stands by team
Palm Harbor University’s offseason has been filled with football players changing schools. Shane Dixon, the team’s leading receiver, bolted for IMG Academy. Starting fullback Connor Dorris transferred to Clearwater Central Catholic. Backup quarterback Brevet Killett left for Gibbs. But starting quarterback Tyler Kaminski has stayed. It would have been easy ...
Read moreSat. April 13, 2013 at 3:02 p.m. | Bob Putnam
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Recruit: Tyler Kaminski
Fairmont State
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Recruit: Tyler Kaminski
Region tennis roundup: State again awaits Plant girls
TAMPA — There were about a half-dozen slices of white birthday cake set atop the park bench. A celebratory sushi dinner awaited the girls when their intra-squad doubles match was over. Everyone was all smiles, seemingly just another day at the park for the defending Class 4A state champions. “It’s ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 9:55 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Baseball super seven, stats
Baseball super seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (21-0): One of the state’s toughest stretches awaits Tigers near the end of the regular season, including Seminole (15-6), Sarasota (16-5) and nationally-ranked Venice (18-2). 2. Steinbrenner (18-1): Hard not to look ahead to the Warriors’ regular-season finale against Jefferson on Thursday. ...
Read moreThu. April 11, 2013 at 4:22 p.m. | Joel Anderson