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Three Plant stars, Tampa Catholic's Watson nab offers from USF
Four more juniors in the bay area have reported receiving scholarship offers from USF, including three from local powerhouse Plant High. The Bulls have extended offers to linebacker Andrew Beck, offensive lineman Ray Raulerson and cornerback Mazzi Wilkins of Plant and linebacker Tre Watson of Tampa Catholic. Beck also has ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 18, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Corey Martinez
University of South Florida
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Recruit: Corey Martinez
Plant's Andrew Beck gets offer from Miami Hurricanes
Plant linebacker Andrew Beck, who led the Panthers in tackles as a junior, has received a scholarship offer from the University of Miami, according to coach Robert Weiner. This is the first offer for the 6-foot-3, 235-pound Beck. (USF had offered him when Skip Holtz was still the coach.) Beck, ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:58 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Andrew Beck
University of Miami
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Recruit: Andrew Beck
Signing day 2013 wrap-up
Another national signing day is in the books. Let’s take one last look at how our local schools and athletes fared, and sneak a peek at 2014. Top 10 Tampa Bay high school classes 1. Armwood: Armwood had the best class last year, and while not as formidable or deep, ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 09, 2013 at 4:08 p.m. | Times Staff
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Recruit: Vernon Hargreaves
University of Florida
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Recruit: Vernon Hargreaves
Boys basketball roundup: Alonso earns first postseason berth
VALRICO — Alonso parlayed its third winning season in school history with its first ever playoff berth by defeating Plant 57-52 in Wednesday’s Class 6A, District 7 semifinal at Bloomingdale. The No. 2 Ravens will play top seed Wharton, which cruised to a 69-44 win over Newsome, in Friday’s district ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 10:36 p.m. | Steve Lee
Plant's Wes Bullock, bound for Old Dominion, writes his own success story
No matter what anyone else thought of him, Wes Bullock Jr. and his family were convinced of his talent for football. Bullock has almost always been the smallest player on the field, from his first days in Little League through his senior season at Plant High. As expected, his ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 8:37 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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Recruit: Wesley Bullock
Old Dominion
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Recruit: Wesley Bullock
Plant QB Colby Brown ready to take his turn in the local spotlight
DOVER - Colby Brown had neither the stature nor the statistics to merit much attention among the more highly-touted quarterbacks in his group. He left fledgling stardom at Orlando Olympia for a season of virtual anonymity at Plant, spending much of the past fall on the sideline behind college-bound senior ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 05, 2013 at 3:09 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Region boys soccer roundup: Gebhard's hat trick lifts Steinbrenner past Lake Region
EAGLE LAKE — A crisp evening in the midsection of Polk County quickly segued into a chilly Saturday. By contrast, Steinbrenner’s offense stayed on crisp all night. Behind senior Derek Gebhard’s first hat trick of the season, the Warriors (17-2-3) earned the first region final berth in the program’s four-year ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 02, 2013 at 11:20 p.m. | Joey Knight
District girls basketball roundup: With dominant outing, Freedom widens the gap
TAMPA — When the outcome was no longer in doubt, Freedom coach Laurie Pacholke started pulling her starters from the floor one by one. She shared a long embrace with her daughter, senior guard Neena Pacholke. Faith Woodard joined them on the sideline, accompanied by the exuberant cheers of the ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 01, 2013 at 8:32 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: Boys region soccer capsules
For Hillsborough County’s five remaining boys soccer teams, destiny operates on diesel fuel. The road to immortality will be traveled mostly by bus, through Pinellas and Polk counties, and across a sprawling stretch of State Road 70. In a quirky twist of bracketology, the entire quintet of teams will travel ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region boys soccer roundup: Zapata's hat trick puts Plant in cruise control
TAMPA — Luis Zapata recorded his first career hat trick as Plant shook off a sluggish start to smother St. Petersburg 4-0 in a 5A region quarterfinal Wednesday. “Part of the problem was we allowed them to do what they do best in the beginning,” first-year Plant coach John Feely ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:04 p.m. | Brandon Wright
Girls district basketball roundup: Plant's Tamargo on target from start vs. Alonso
TAMPA — Plant’s Christina Tamargo nailed her first shot, a 3-pointer from the right side of the floor. A little less than a minute later, Tamargo let fly from the top of the key. Three more points. Later in the first quarter, the 5-foot-8 senior drained another basket over the ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 10:18 p.m. | Joel Anderson
District boys soccer roundup: No quit in gritty Gryphons
TAMPA — Immediately after the celebratory photos and team rendition of the Sickles alma mater, conflicting accounts surfaced as to whether aching Gryphons goalkeeper Ryan Cooper asked to be removed from Saturday’s Class 4A, District 8 final. What is undisputed is this: Even as the slender sophomore’s right hip throbbed, ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 26, 2013 at 10:11 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys district soccer: Top-seeded Newsome escapes with PK win
RIVERVIEW — Wharton entered Thursday’s Class 5A, District 7 semifinal against Newsome with nothing to lose. The Wildcats were facing the district’s No. 1 seed in Newsome, a team that won 15 games during the regular season. Wharton, on the other hand, finished below .500 and had just four wins. ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:54 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Hillsborough County roundup for Wednesday, Jan. 23
District boys soccer Class 2A, District 9 semifinals: At Tampa Catholic, top-seeded Berkeley Prep (12-10-2) got goals from four players, and a shutout from keeper Ben Milliken, in a 4-0 rout of No. 4-seeded Clearwater Central Catholic. Tyler Sacone, Connor Castro, Warren Backman and Will Sibson scored for Berkeley. In ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 12:32 a.m. | Joey Knight
Girls region soccer roundup: PHU has Plant's number
TAMPA — Palm Harbor University keeps finding new ways to dash Plant’s postseason hopes. In the final seconds of their Class 5A region quarterfinal Wednesday, the Hurricanes came up with their most excruciating flourish yet in this increasingly lopsided playoff rivalry. Alexis Mouton scored the tying goal just before the ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 23, 2013 at 10:02 p.m. | Joel Anderson