Gradually, the bay area's 2013 prep football schedule is coming into full view. And apparently, some of the fiercest rivalries are being relegated to a rear view. Among them: Jesuit-Plant. New Tigers coach Matt Thompson confirmed Tuesday he and Hillsborough County athletic director Lanness Robinson couldn't find a mutually feasible ...
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Tue. March 05, 2013 at 12:59 p.m. | Joey Knight
Plant quarterback Aaron Banks was conspicuously absent from the athletes who announced their college choices during the school’s national signing day ceremony. Banks had been expected to join 20 other aspiring college athletes at the event, including 10 football players, affirming his decision to orally commit to the University of ...
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Thu. Feb. 21, 2013 at 8:34 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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 ...
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Mon. Feb. 18, 2013 at 9:00 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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, ...
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Wed. Feb. 13, 2013 at 12:58 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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, ...
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Sat. Feb. 09, 2013 at 4:08 p.m. | Times Staff
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 ...
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Wed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 8:37 p.m. | Joel Anderson
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 ...
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Tue. Feb. 05, 2013 at 3:09 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Sunday afternoon Plant football said goodbye to the guy who took the Panthers from here to there, from local to national, from nothing to something else. Tuesday morning the Panthers were fortunate enough to replace him with pretty much the same guy, if you discount the small blemish on his ...
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Tue. Jan. 08, 2013 at 8:14 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — Less than 48 hours after Plant High School coach Robert Weiner’s announcement that he was taking an assistant’s gig at USF, the pall over the school remained palpable. Shortly after 8 a.m. Tuesday, in fact, Panthers secondary coach and social studies teacher Bo Puckett conveyed as much in ...
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Tue. Jan. 08, 2013 at 9:20 a.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Plant coach Robert Weiner summoned his players and staff Sunday evening to the Roland Acosta Field House, a short spiral from the field that likely will someday bear his name, to confirm what had sent a jolt through cyberspace hours before. He had just become arguably the most significant ...
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Sun. Jan. 06, 2013 at 2:41 p.m. | Joey Knight
Offensive Player of the Year: QB Pete DiNovo, Sr., East Lake It has been a whirlwind two weeks for Pete DiNovo. After competing in the Pinellas senior all-star game Dec. 12, DiNovo was in Orlando two days later for his official visit to the University of Central Florida, where he ...
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Mon. Dec. 24, 2012 at 5:32 p.m. | Times Staff
Offensive Player of the Year: QB Will Worth, Sr., Newsome Why we picked him: Considering no county player was more vital to his team, Worth also was a bona fide defensive player of the year candidate. We chose him for offense in part because of his staggering playoff performance. The ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:29 a.m. | Times Staff
High school football season is …ov…ov…ov… I can’t say it. Go ahead. You try. Feels weird, doesn’t it? Ov …ovvvvvva… But it is. Let’s face it, we’re spoiled. We’ve had Tampa Bay area teams playing for state titles since, like, forever. Or at least 2000. You have to go back ...
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Thu. Dec. 20, 2012 at 11:50 a.m. | John C. Cotey
After USF announced Sunday that it was firing coach Skip Holtz after three seasons, at least one bay area recruit said he was remaining firm in his commitment to the Bulls. Plant LB/DE Mitchell Wright said the move "definitely doesn't change what I think about USF or going there. I'm ...
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Sun. Dec. 02, 2012 at 4:44 p.m. | Joel Anderson
By the numbers1 Playoff victories in Newsome's first nine seasons of existence.2 Playoff victories for Newsome this season.14 Yards, the longest run for Tampa Catholic in its 10-7 loss to Clearwater Central Catholic. By comparison, CCC had seven runs longer than 14 yards.40 Playoff victories (including those later forfeited) for ...
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Sat. Nov. 24, 2012 at 4:53 p.m. | Joel Anderson