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Midweek Grab Bag: Filled with midseason goodies
We're halfway home to the playoffs. Here's this week's Grab Bag, compiled by me, John C. Cotey, aftter digging my nose into stats provided by coaches to MaxPreps and HomeTeam. So if you want to get in here, your stats will need to be in one of these places. You ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 03, 2012 at 1:28 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Football: Nature Coast 34, River Ridge 21
photo gallery NEW PORT RICHEY — Matthew Breida powered Nature Coast to a 34-21 win on Friday night against River Ridge with 253 rushing yards and two touchdowns. With the score tied at 7 in the second quarter, Breida’s 93-yard touchdown run gave the Sharks (3-2) the lead for good. ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 29, 2012 at 1:06 a.m. | Chad Wise
Football: Mitchell 46, River Ridge 3
photo gallery TRINITY — Trey Drury threw three touchdowns and led Mitchell to a 46-3 win against River Ridge at home Friday night. The Royal Knights (1-2) started well with Brian Clinkscale’s 60-yard opening kickoff return, but had to settle for a field goal against a stingy Mustangs defense. Mitchell ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 22, 2012 at 12:57 a.m. | Chad Wise
Expectations weigh heavily on River Ridge
After three weeks and a handful of surprises in Class 6A, District 6, one thing has become pretty clear: There is no clear-cut favorite. Hernando, the consensus pick to win the district, hasn’t won a game. Nature Coast has won once. Land O’Lakes was stomped 49-7 by Pasco. River Ridge ...
Read moreThu. Sept. 20, 2012 at 3:03 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Midweek Grab Bag: Fun football factoids by the millions
How many numbers and names can you fit into one Grab Bag? A million! Go ahead, prove me wrong. ONE MILLION! Dandy Dozen 1. Clearwater Central Catholic at Palm Harbor U.: This is a reversal of the "little school hoping to take down the big school for a signature win" ...
Read moreWed. Sept. 19, 2012 at 12:35 p.m. | John C. Cotey
North Suncoast: Week 2 Sunday Morning QB
North Suncoast Super 7 1. Pasco (1-0): The Pirates regain the top spot, bouncing back from a preseason loss to Hernando to demolish Land O'Lakes. 2. Springstead (2-0): It's early, but the Eagles have been one of Tampa Bay's most impressive teams. Can they keep it up? 3. Mitchell (2-0): Ditto. 4. Sunlake ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 08, 2012 at 7:27 p.m. | Matt Baker
Football: River Ridge 17, Ridgewood 14
NEW PORT RICHEY — The neighborhood rivalry between the River Ridge Knights and visiting Ridgewood Rams was a hard-fought defensive matchup. The score was tied in the final minutes and River Ridge got the win on a 16-yard field goal by James Garland to prevail 17-14. Both teams struggled offensively ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 8:49 p.m. | Samuel Henninger
Midweek Grab Bag: Here to feed the football minds of millions
Grab Bag time! Read this, and tell me how the GB wasn’t nominated last year for a Pulitzer, or an Emmy, or something. I dare you. This isn’t a plastic sandwich bag, folks. Put on a bib, grab a salad fork and sit your butt down so we can get ...
Read moreWed. Sept. 05, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Sunday Morning Quarterback: North Suncoast edition
North Suncoast Super 7 1. Hernando (0-1): The Leopards’ brutal non-district schedule will pay off in the long run. 2. Pasco (0-0): With a healthy Janarion Grant, the Pirates could still be the North Suncoast’s top team. 3. Sunlake (1-0): Aside from Grant, ATH Eddie Burgos might be Pasco County’s ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 5:18 p.m. | Matt Baker
Football: Fivay 35, River Ridge 28
NEW PORT RICHEY — For a program in its infancy, Fivay played like an experienced bunch Friday night. The Falcons’ back-and-forth game against River Ridge came down to three plays of 1 yard each. And Fivay made all three of them to come away with a season-opening 35-28 win in ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 12:53 a.m. | Matt Baker
Two River Ridge linemen picked for Blue-Grey all-star game
River Ridge offensive linemen Hayden Krautner and Kevin Harris have been selected to the Blue-Grey Classic high school football all-star game, Royal Knights coach Ryan Benjamin said Friday in a text message. Krautner (6-foot-3, 300 pounds) and Harris (6-foot-1, 265 pounds) are anchors on a line that’s expected to be ...
Read moreFri. Aug. 31, 2012 at 3:37 p.m. | Matt Baker
Big-game breakdown: Fivay at River Ridge
We conclude our four-part football series — something old, something new, something borrowed — with something blue. The regular season kicks off with three big matchups in our coverage area — and all three just happen to boast at least one team that’ll be clad in blue. Fivay at River ...
Read moreThu. Aug. 30, 2012 at 3:23 p.m. | Matt Baker
Midweek Grab Bag: It's back and better than ever
If I got asked one thing more than anything elsethis offseason, it was this: when is the Grab Bag coming back? My answer was always the same: I know, riiiiiiiiiiiiiiiight? So here it is, Season 2, Episode I of your predictions, projections and for many of you excited to be ...
Read moreWed. Aug. 29, 2012 at 1:12 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Preseason football: River Ridge 67, Gulf 13
NEW PORT RICHEY — River Ridge's duo of quarterback Joshua Maisel and wide receiver George Cordova proved to be too much offense for visiting Gulf on Friday night.Maisel finished the night 8-for-12 passing for 179 yards and two touchdowns, both to Cordova, who ended his night with four catches totaling ...
Read moreFri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 8:37 p.m. | Tim Porson
Endurance key for River Ridge's two-way linemen
As River Ridge coach Ryan Benjamin reflected on his team’s first practice of the fall, his first statement focused on his Royal Knights passing their conditioning tests. There’s a reason for that. River Ridge has plenty of size, but its big bodies will have to play both ways this season. ...
Read moreMon. Aug. 06, 2012 at 1:58 p.m. | Matt Baker