Posts about Sickles High School: Football: 2012
145 posts over 10 pages
Search
The Hometeam Blog
More Video
Football: Sickles 38, Strawberry Crest 17
TAMPA — Sickles senior Lee Myers, who hadn't played a game at quarterback since his sophomore season because of a knee injury last year, led the Gryphons to a 38-17 homecoming win over Strawberry Crest on Friday.Myers rushed for 102 yards and three TDs, and threw for 91 yards. "We ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 8:40 p.m. | Todd Foley
Football: Jefferson 21, Sickles 14
TAMPA — All season, Shaquille Speights had dutifully accepted a supporting role in Jefferson’s pass-oriented offense. The 205-pound senior was the complementary jackhammer in an offense that preferred to play pitch-and-catch with its tall and fleet wide receivers. But before Thursday night’s game against Sickles, Dragons coach Jeremy Earle sidled ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 19, 2012 at 12:03 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Week 7: Sunday Morning QB, Hillsborough edition
Super 7 1. Armwood (6-1): Hawks no longer winning big, but winning nonetheless. 2. Plant (5-1): Have the Panthers uncovered another gem under center (Colby Brown)? 3. Robinson (6-0): Knights defense to visit White House on Monday, bat for A-Rod on Tuesday. 4. Durant (6-0): Newsome might be last team with a realistic shot ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 13, 2012 at 11:10 p.m. | Times Staff
Friday Night Rewind: Week 7 roundup
The Friday Night Rewind gang hit up Sickles-Hillsborough, Tarpon Springs-Palm Harbor University and Sunlake-Hernando.
Read moreSat. Oct. 13, 2012 at 4:44 a.m. | Times Staff
Football: Sickles 23, Hillsborough 22
photo gallery TAMPA — On his 30th rushing attempt of the game, Ray Ray McCloud ducked his helmet into the line, eluded the grasp of a Hillsborough defender and twisted his way for a 2-yard gain. With little more than a minute to go, McCloud had moved Sickles from third ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 13, 2012 at 1:09 a.m. | Joel Anderson
Hillsborough: A slightly later than midseason report
If nothing else, the first half of the local prep football season was marked by one deluge or another, be it in the form of rain, significant injuries or suspensions. To which we say, thank goodness it’s fall, both on the calendar and thermometer. Perhaps this tinge of crispness in ...
Read moreThu. Oct. 11, 2012 at 3:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
Midweek Grab Bag: It's all here. Really. All of it.
I don’t want to say I’m on a roll, but I. AM. ON. A. ROLL. For the third straight week, I went 10-1 on my picks, and for a change, I nailed the Upset Pick of the Week, making my record 11-1. So to summarize: Tons of facts, numbers, trends, ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 10, 2012 at 12:32 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Friday Night Rewind: Week 6 roundup
The Friday Night Rewind crew hit Northeast-Countryside, Sickles-Armwood and Nature Coast-Sunlake.
Read moreSat. Oct. 06, 2012 at 5:10 a.m. | Times Staff
Football: Armwood 20, Sickles 16
SEFFNER — On a wet east Hillsborough night, the Armwood Hawks’ tailbacks lost their grip, their otherwise automatic kicker lost his trajectory, and their defense momentarily lost its composure. But the one vital intangible the Hawks refused to relinquish was their swagger down the stretch. For the second consecutive week, ...
Read moreSat. Oct. 06, 2012 at 1:04 a.m. | Joey Knight
Sickles RB McCloud's talent looms large even if his stature doesn't
CITRUS PARK — Ray Ray McCloud’s reputation outran him to Sickles High. For years, Gryphons coach Brian Turner had heard about the sleek tailback for the Town ’n Country Packers of the Tampa Bay Youth Football League. “I had never seen him play,” Turner said, “but I had heard about ...
Read moreThu. Oct. 04, 2012 at 2:19 p.m. | Joey Knight
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: Sickles 42, Kings 12
TAMPA — Sickles offense had its way early and late with King, opening Class 6A, District 8 play with a 42-12 win Friday at home. Sickles (2-1, 1-0) got 113 yards rushing and a touchdown from sophomore running back Ray Ray McCloud. Senior Nate Mills and his sophomore backup, Issac ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 8:47 p.m. | Rod Gipson
Football: Wharton 29, Sickles 27
TAMPA — Chase Litton threw for two touchdowns and ran for another, and then Wharton held off a furious Sickles comeback attempt for a 29-27 victory Friday night.Litton helped the Wildcats build a 21-6 lead early in the fourth quarter, and Deon Sampson ran for a 4-yard score for a ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 8:53 p.m. | Andy Warrener
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: Hillsborough County edition
Times’ Super 7 1. Armwood (1-0) In a re-loading sense, Hawks are Hillsborough County’s version of Alabama. 2. Plant (1-0) Unlike past years, Panthers defense will carry torch ‘til offense catches up. 3. Robinson (1-0) Truth be told, Knights probably should’ve scored even more against Jefferson 4. Sickles (1-0) We ...
Read moreSun. Sept. 02, 2012 at 3:38 a.m. | Joey Knight