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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: Sickles 13, Gaither 7
TAMPA — August humidity converged with November ferocity on Friday night in Citrus Park. Forget the “preseason” label etched on the program. Gaither-Sickles had postseason written all over it. Flubs and flags notwithstanding, this 2012 kickoff darned near was a classic. “They might as well count the game,” Gryphons coach ...
Read moreSat. Aug. 25, 2012 at 12:43 a.m. | Joey Knight
Cotey: Preseason top 25
The teams have changed. Some coaches, too. Players have come, transferred or graduated. But no matter how you break it down, how many practices you watch, how many stats you grind, the argument for the top high school football team in Tampa Bay is the same as every year since ...
Read moreMon. Aug. 20, 2012 at 5:53 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Several locals earn 'All-Madden' recognition
Nine local prep football players have earned their own distinctive version of All-Madden immortality. The contingent was among 40 players chosen for the 2012 IMG All-Madden Team as a result of its peformance at last month's invitation-only All-Madden Mini-Camp on the IMG campus in Bradenton. The team was chosen from ...
Read moreMon. Aug. 13, 2012 at 7:16 p.m. | Joey Knight
Fall football: Teams, players to focus on when practice starts
Summer vacation is over for Tampa Bay football players. You do remember the time off, right? I think it was June 15-June 16. Am I right? Good times. While the time between the end of the 2011 season and the start of the 2012 season isn’t filled with a lot ...
Read moreFri. Aug. 03, 2012 at 6:54 p.m. | John C. Cotey
District deconstruction: Class 6A-8
We’re breaking down a football district a day — from 2A to 8A. Today: Class 6A, District 8. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record 1. Hillsborough (11-1, 6-0) 2. Jefferson (7-3, 5-1) 3. Sickles (8-2, 4-2) 4. King (5-5, 3-3) 5. Strawberry Crest (2-8, 2-4) 6. ...
Read moreTue. July 31, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
Sling-N-Shoot II notebook: Weather doesn't cooperate on final day
TAMPA – As one might expect from a single-elimination format, tempers flared periodically Sunday at USF's Sling-N-Shoot II. In the end, so did the skies. The longtime 7-on-7 tournament, featuring 48 teams from around Florida (and at least one from Georgia) was called off due to lightning during the quarterfinals. ...
Read moreSun. July 22, 2012 at 6:08 p.m. | Joey Knight
10 things-N-shoot from the Sling-N-Shoot
Some things from Saturday's Sling-N-Shoot II that jumped out at me: 1. Plant and East Lake are probably the most popular picks to win the Sling-N-Shoot II, but I'm going out on a limb and taking Gaither. The Cowboys were the one team I saw Saturday that looked better with ...
Read moreSat. July 21, 2012 at 7:33 p.m. | John C. Cotey
HomeTeam Huddle: Hillsborough QB battles to watch in jamborees
Because so few derbies — Kentucky or quarterback — are ever determined in one or two furlongs, Thursday’s slate of one-half jamboree contests likely won’t settle any behind-center battles being waged locally. But they could determine a clear leader. This is, after all, teams’ first live action of 2012 against ...
Read moreWed. May 23, 2012 at 4:37 p.m. | Joey Knight
HomeTeam Huddle: Transfer gives Sickles' incumbent QB push in right direction
TAMPA — Assorted injuries and suspensions have left Sickles — a bona fide Class 6A playoff contender this fall — far from 100 percent for Thursday’s jamboree at Alonso. But behind center, the Gryphons are a picture of health — and healthy competition. Rising senior Nate Mills, an 1,100-yard passer ...
Read moreTue. May 22, 2012 at 7:35 p.m. | Joey Knight
Cotey: Spring football primer
Are you ready for some …wait, wait. Let me try again. Spring is in the …no, no no. Scratch all that. Let’s go with: Football! Nice, simple and to the exclamation point. High school practice starts Tuesday and we’ve got big arms, like the one East Lake quarterback Pete DiNovo ...
Read moreMon. April 30, 2012 at 7:43 p.m. | John C. Cotey
2012 signing day wrapup
Another national signing day is in the books. Let’s take one last look at how our local schools and atheltes fared, and sneak a peek at 2013. Top high school classes 1. Armwood: Quantity and quality. Ten of the Hawks’ 11 signees are D-I dudes, and the class packs a ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 04, 2012 at 2:46 p.m. | Times Staff
Times' 2011 all-Hillsborough County football team
Offensive player of the year Alvin Bailey, Jr., Armwood Why we picked him: Two reasons: 1) No one around was more priceless to his team, and 2) he may just have completed the greatest individual playoff performance in county history. A receiver/punt returner at the season’s outset, Bailey became the ...
Read moreFri. Dec. 23, 2011 at 12:03 p.m. | Times Staff
Football: Sickles 20, Alonso 14
TAMPA — Sickles used a 60-yard strike in the waning seconds of the fourth quarter to defeat Alonso 20-14 Thursday.In the first half the Sickles offense started strong. On their first drive, the Gryphons marched 70 yards down the field, capped by a 9-yard TD run by senior running back ...
Read moreThu. Nov. 10, 2011 at 10:12 p.m. | Mike McCollum
Midweek grab bag: Get it before the goodies run out (UPDATED!!!)
Dandy Dozen 1. Tampa Catholic at Jesuit No reason to think this isn't going to be any different than the previous 11 meetings. Why am I putting it No. 1? I dunno. Tigers roar 28-6. 2. Robinson at Plant The Knights have to rush to win, and Plant will make ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 09, 2011 at 10:50 a.m. | John C. Cotey