Gulf and Ridgewood remain eligible for the playoffs under sanctions doled out by the Florida High School Athletic Association on Wednesday evening. Both schools were put on restrictive probation, which often includes “the additional consequence of restriction from participation in championship competition…” the FHSAA wrote in its letter to both ...
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Thu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 10:16 a.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — The boys basketball programs at Gulf and Ridgewood have been put on probation after a brawl Friday that sparked a criminal investigation. The rival programs were given reprimands and placed on administrative and restrictive probation through the end of the 2013-14 school year under sanctions announced ...
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Wed. Jan. 16, 2013 at 8:56 p.m. | Matt Baker
Thirteen boys basketball players have been indefinitely suspended after a brawl in the stands ended with a call to the police after Friday night’s game between Gulf and Ridgewood. Nine players from Ridgewood and four from Gulf will be sidelined, pending a final ruling from the Florida High School Athletic ...
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Tue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 2:46 p.m. | Matt Baker
Pasco County school officials are reviewing a brawl that began in the stands and ended with police being called to Gulf after Friday’s boys basketball game against Ridgewood. “It was not good,” Gulf principal Kimberly Davis said Monday afternoon. “Any type of altercation like that involving our fans is not ...
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Mon. Jan. 14, 2013 at 11:20 a.m. | Matt Baker
Records through Thursday Girls 1. Pasco (12-0): The speedy Pirates keep finding ways to win — like Thursday’s buzzer beater over River Ridge. Brianca Roberts, Allahon Marbra and Ashley Webster remain three of the county’s top juniors. 2. Academy at the Lakes (16-0): Consider the Wildcats 1A. Their only flaw ...
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Fri. Jan. 11, 2013 at 2:43 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — With Sunshine Athletic Conference supremacy on the line, Ridgewood was hoping to upset Wiregrass Ranch on Thursday night, but the short-handed Bulls had other ideas. Despite a halftime lead and a career night from point guard Brandon Green, the Rams fell 65-64, victims of a tip-in ...
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Thu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 11:02 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
NEW PORT RICHEY — Mitchell rallied from nine points down early in the fourth quarter for a pulse-pounding 67-64 win over Ridgewood on Friday night. “That was good to get the ol’ adrenaline back going after a week off,” Mitchell coach Jared St. Charles said. Despite being on the wrong ...
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Fri. Jan. 04, 2013 at 11:06 p.m. | Darek Sharp
Player of the year: OH Sidney Brown, Jr., Berkeley Prep It was Berkeley Prep’s third match of the 2010 season and Academy of the Holy Names wasn’t supposed to put up much resistance. So then-Bucs head coach Randy Dagostino left assistant John Coup in charge and spent the night celebrating ...
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Tue. Dec. 25, 2012 at 5:50 p.m. | Times Staff
Offensive player of the year: ATH Janarion Grant, Sr., Pasco Grant, a three-way standout, watched his Pirates dominate the first six games of the year as he sat out with a hand injury. “When I came back, that’s when all eyes were on me,” Grant said. “I had to put ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 11:28 a.m. | Matt Baker
Player of the Year Toni Imbimbo, Sr., Libero, Fivay Why we picked her: Imbimbo, a first-team all-North Suncoast pick last fall, was the best player on one of Pasco County’s top teams. Her 472 digs ranked among the most in the county, and her leadership and defense helped a growing ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 12:35 p.m. | Matt Baker
Notable turnaround Gulf’s boys basketball team struggled in its last two matchups against Hudson — a 25-point loss to the Cobras last season and a 12-point loss in November. But the Buccaneers showed signs of improvement Tuesday under first-year coach Travis Priddy, earning a 65-59 victory. Derrick Procter was a ...
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Tue. Dec. 18, 2012 at 11:02 p.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — Anclote coach Jason Szymanski’s face was dripping with sweat and his voice was scratchy, not from Tuesday’s down-to-the-wire, comeback victory but from the flu bug he has been battling. That’s why Sharks athletic director Heidi Michaels told him to stay home today. “You can take a ...
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Tue. Dec. 18, 2012 at 10:18 p.m. | Matt Baker
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Nature Coast (8-1): Rohan Blackwood and the Sharks bounced back from a rough loss to Wiregrass Ranch with a 46-24 win over Eustis. 2. Wiregrass Ranch (4-2): The Bulls have slipped since a win over NCT, falling to strong Hillsborough County teams Chamberlain and Freedom. ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 11:05 a.m. | Matt Baker
NEW PORT RICHEY — Thursday night’s game between Ridgewood and Hudson resembled a boxing match more than a basketball game. With 52 fouls called, including two technicals and a flagrant-2, the Rams were able to overcome a bruising style to topple its Class 5A, District 8 rival 69-46. The message ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:57 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
North Suncoast basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Wiregrass Ranch (4-0): Rico Kerney and the Bulls have won convincingly (a rout of River Ridge) and won close games (a 65-63 victory over Nature Coast). Wiregrass’ high-powered offense will be hard to stop all season. 2. Nature Coast (5-1): ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 12:51 p.m. | Matt Baker