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Hillsborough boys basketball preview
As you might have noticed, the college basketball season recently commenced, including a game on an aircraft carrier. Around here, we'd settle for a heliport. With football playoffs in full swing and no classes for public schools this week, the boys hoops season is tipping off with only modest buzz. ...
Read moreSun. Nov. 20, 2011 at 4:23 p.m. | Joey Knight
All-Suncoast girls and boys basketball
Boys player of the year Quincy Ford, Sr., F, Gibbs Opponents have learned not to challenge Quincy Ford. Ford, a 6-foot-8 forward, forms a veritable wall as the Gladiators’ last line of defense. The few times opponents dare to enter the lane, they are greeted by long arms that usually ...
Read moreSat. April 02, 2011 at 1:48 a.m. | Times Staff
Basketball: Bogie's Taylor shines with 36 in all-star game; Hillsborough boys win in a rout
ST. PETERSBURG — The Pinellas-Hillsborough County girls game took on a playoff atmosphere at Eckerd College on Friday as the contest went into overtime for the first time in its 12-year history. In the end, Boca Ciega's Tamara Taylor scored four of her game-high 36 in the second overtime as ...
Read moreFri. March 18, 2011 at 9:06 p.m. | Chris Girandola
5A region basketball: Chamberlain 48, Sickles 45
TAMPA — Though a tardy arrival, adversity still shoehorned its way into a raucous Chamberlain gymnasium throng of roughly 800 Tuesday night.It didn't stick around long. The resilient hosts sent it — and a hearty legion of Sickles fans — on a quiet, crestfallen exit shortly thereafter.Trailing by seven in ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 22, 2011 at 8:54 p.m. | Joey Knight
5A region basketball: Sickles 72, Punta Gorda Charlotte 59
Evidently, the Sickles Gryphons didn't squander every morsel of their postseason magic last year.Behind East Tennessee State signee Rashawn Rembert's season-high 31 points, the Gryphons (22-6) rallied from a six-point second-half deficit Thursday for a 72-59 first-round playoff stunner at Punta Gorda Charlotte. The Tarpons (26-2), ranked fifth in 5A, ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 17, 2011 at 9:30 p.m. | Times Staff
5A-9 district basketball: Chamberlain 45, Sickles 43
TAMPA — Throughout the season, Chamberlain coach Christopher Snyder talks about determination, want and desire. The Chiefs also have Hart.Reggie Hart single-handedly ended Sickles' five-year district reign Friday night, converting a steal into a buzzer-beating layup as Chamberlain won the Class 5A, District 9 championship 45-43.Eric Storts scored 26 for ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 11, 2011 at 8:46 p.m. | Don Jensen
5A-9 district basketball: Chamberlain fends off King to earn Sickles rematch
TAMPA — Chamberlain coach Christopher Snyder won't have to say much to get his team up for Sickles on Friday in the Class 5A, District 9 championship. If top-seeded Chamberlain's tougher-than-expected 71-59 victory against King on Wednesday doesn't get the Chiefs' attention, Snyder can point out what happened 28 days ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 09, 2011 at 8:21 p.m. | Don Jensen
Boys basketball: Sickles exacts revenge with rout of Chamberlain
TAMPA — His team's lack of defensive fire in last month's five-point loss to Chamberlain left Sickles coach Renaldo Garcia so inflamed, he questioned the Gryphons' cardiovascular content."He said that our heart was pumping Kool-Aid," senior forward Rashawn Rembert said. "We didn't take that very lightly."Consider the Kool-Aid spiked.Whatever was ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 14, 2011 at 9:34 p.m. | Joey Knight
Bright House Tournament: Frazier's 3-point touch fuels Plant
CLEARWATER — In Tuesday’s Bright House Networks Tournament championship game, Michael Frazier constantly battled dogged defenders intent on denying him an open look at the basket. It took guts, guile, maybe even a screen or two from a teammate, before he could get the ball in his hands. Once Frazier ...
Read moreWed. Dec. 22, 2010 at 12:43 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Bright House Tournament: Plant's Frazier scores 40 against Clearwater
CLEARWATER — Plant’s Michael Frazier has transformed into one of the most prolific scorers the bay area. The Florida recruit, who is ranked the 10th-best shooting guard in the country, can turn games into a solo act. But he has not been able to guide the Panthers to the playoffs ...
Read moreTue. Dec. 21, 2010 at 12:23 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Boys basketball: Chamberlain 62, Sickles 57
TAMPA — Aggressive was the best word to describe Chamberlain's effort Friday as the Chiefs beat host Sickles 62-57 to remain undefeated.From the opening tip, the Chiefs, who were without one of their starters, made it clear their plan was to be aggressive on both ends of the floor, especially ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 10, 2010 at 8:34 p.m. | Mike McCollum
Basketball: Nature Coast 48, Sickles 44
TAMPA — Nature Coast improved to 4-0 after holding on for a 48-44 victory over tournament host Sickles at the Thanksgiving Shootout on Saturday night.The game was close throughout, with the largest lead being seven points for the Sharks in the first half.The Gryphons battled back in the second half, ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 27, 2010 at 7:55 p.m. | Mike McCollum
Hillsborough boys basketball preview
For those of us on the prep sports beat, the mild temperatures arrived with a mild quandary: How do we awaken readers to the dawn of another basketball season with football playoffs in full swing? Our solution: Incorporate some March Madness into mid November, previewing the local boys teams in ...
Read moreSun. Nov. 21, 2010 at 8:46 p.m. | Joey Knight
6 Gryphons sign letters of intent
A half-dozen Sickles seniors -- including three football players -- formally signed with colleges today at a brief after-school ceremony in the library. The most notable was boys basketball standout Jordan Davis, who became the second Hillsborough County player in six days to sign a Division I letter of intent, ...
Read moreWed. April 21, 2010 at 2:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
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TBBCA awards: Alonso's Coffey has Heart of a Champion
TAMPA — He couldn't touch the scoring averages, all-conference recognition or rebounds per game of the 28 other players honored Wednesday by the Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Association. But for one moving night, Michael Coffey led them all in applause. An Alonso senior who evolved into the Ravens' top practice ...
Read moreWed. March 31, 2010 at 8:29 p.m. | Joey Knight