Girls Runner of the year: Alex Eaton, Jr., Shorecrest The girls cross country scene was supposed to be a wide-open race with several county girls vying to emerge as the best after the graduation of Northside Christian’s Katelyn Greenleaf, a four-time Times runner of the year. Eaton made sure it ...
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Sat. Dec. 15, 2012 at 12:57 p.m. | Bob Putnam
ST. PETERSBURG — Shorecrest coach Daryl Blume has played his rotation like an accordion, compressing it sometimes and widening it at others in search of a middle ground with his veteran placeholders and younger players. The Chargers’ ultimate aspiration is to get back to the Class 3A state final four. ...
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Fri. Dec. 14, 2012 at 11:21 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Boca Ciega (6-0): The last undefeated team in the county knocked off St. Petersburg in first test of the season. 2. St. Petersburg (4-2): Bounced back from loss to the Pirates to beat Countryside this week in big district game. 3. Lakewood (7-1): It’s not ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 12:28 p.m. | Times Staff
Boy, the hoopsters were hitting last night. Lots of big games, and one little game from someone who usually turns in big games. Here's your second-to-last Morning Meanderings of the year. But we will be out at Freedom's girls game Thursday against Steinbrenner. Look us up. PLAYER OF THE NIGHT ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 11:10 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Boys basketball St. Petersburg Catholic 45, Admiral Farragut 43: Michael Fridella scored a team-high 15 as the Barons built a 36-30 lead through three quarters and withstood a Blue Jackets rally in the fourth. Shorecrest 51, IRC 48: The Chargers had a big second quarter, outscoring the Golden Eagles 14-9. ...
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Wed. Dec. 12, 2012 at 12:23 a.m. | Times Staff
Pinellas basketball super 7 Records through Wednesday Boys 1. St. Petersburg (2-1): Bounced back from a weekend loss to Haines City to knock off rival Seminole in a big Class 7A, District 10 game. 2. Boca Ciega (3-0): Strong start to season gets a test with a game tonight against ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 3:13 p.m. | Times Staff
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine. You know the drill: johncotey@gmail.com, and follow me at @JohnnyHomeTeam Here's some notes, observations and a look at Friday's slate ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
Girls basketball IRC 40, Northside 33: Just two games removed from getting beat by 48 against Seffner Christian, IRC earned its second straight win. Center Rachel Boyette, who was sick against Seffner, scored 10. Autumn Frost also scored 10 and Caroline Shelton added eight. The Mustangs were led by 12 ...
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Wed. Dec. 05, 2012 at 12:33 a.m. | Times Staff
I'm so excited about the Pasco-Robinson football game tonight, I didn't know what to do with myself this morning, so I started writing. And writing. And writing some more. So, uh, welcome to the biggest darned Morning Meanderings of the season. Maybe it's a good thing everyone doesn't call in ...
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:39 a.m. | John C. Cotey
By my count, there were like 150 basketball games played last night. Busiest night of the season so far. Here's the best of the best of the best: GAME OF THE NIGHT Looks like we covered the best games: Here'S Berkeley Prep's big win over Lakewood. Tranisha Harmon had 10 ...
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Wed. Nov. 28, 2012 at 10:36 a.m. | John C. Cotey
This is shaping up as one of the most volatile high school boys basketball seasons the county has ever had, with few clues as to how it will end. As many as seven teams seem capable of making a run to the state final four. Which team has the best ...
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Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 at 12:40 p.m. | Bob Putnam
TALLAHASSEE — In accordance with her teammates, Shorecrest junior Alex Eaton arrived at Saturday's Class A cross country championships with a yellow bow in her hair and mint-green polish on her fingernails.She exited with one more bright accessory: a medal.Competing in her fourth state meet, the St. Petersburg High transfer ...
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Sat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 8:24 p.m. | Joey Knight
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover, then we turn the voting over to our readers. These nominations span Saturday, Oct. 10 through Friday, Nov. 16. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every ...
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Sat. Nov. 17, 2012 at 2:32 a.m. | Times Staff
ST. PETERSBURG — With no other county opponent able to match their depth or speed, the Shorecrest girls have administered a thrashing to every cross country team in Pinellas they have faced. The Chargers have constantly invented challenges to keep them interested in a season that has been filled with ...
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Wed. Nov. 14, 2012 at 7:10 p.m. | Bob Putnam
ORLANDO — The medal was silver, but the smile on Shore-crest’s Jack Stein showed it meant much more than that. Stein was unable to successfully defend his diving title in the 3-meter springboard, finishing second Saturday at the Class A state swim meet with 497.95 points. “Really, I’m just happy ...
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Sat. Nov. 10, 2012 at 9:04 p.m. | Bob Putnam