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Football: Spoto 8, Middleton 0
TAMPA — With rain steadily falling, Middleton could not start a winning streak after picking up its first victory in a year last week. Spoto clung to an early lead for its first win of the season.On the first play from scrimmage a Middleton fumble into the end zone resulted ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 21, 2012 at 9:03 p.m. | Bobby Winsler
Football: Gibbs 53, Spoto 13
ST. PETERSBURG — Gibbs wasted little time jumping on Spoto en route to a 53-13 win Friday. Quarterback Patric Jones started things off with a 44-yard gallop to set up a 2-yard touchdown run by Emmanuel Stewart, who finished with 112 yards on 12 carries. He also threw one touchdown.Quincy ...
Read moreFri. Sept. 14, 2012 at 9:26 p.m. | Phillip Haywood
Football: Riverview 24, Spoto 17
RIVERVIEW — As Riverview and Spoto opened their season Saturday night, it was Riverview who came out on top 24-17. Spoto took a 14-10 lead into halftime, but turnovers haunted the Spartans in the second half. Riverview's Mike McGuire turned a fumble into a 42-yard TD to give the Sharks ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 01, 2012 at 9:03 p.m. | Michael Paonessa
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: Alonso 31, Spoto 6
RIVERVIEW — The anticipated matchup between two of the county's better running backs gave way to one team's quarterback play Friday night.Alonso's Ish Witter and Spoto's Eric Moate showed flashes in spurts but Ravens quarterback Brandon Hawkins stood out in a 31-6 preseason victory. Witter produced 42 yards and scored ...
Read moreFri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 7:24 p.m. | Rod Gipson
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
HomeTeam 100: Spotlight on Eric Moate
Spoto RB Eric Moate, No. 39 in the HomeTeam 100 (see Nos. 31-40 here), is no longer under the radar. 2011 stats: 1,225 yards rushing, 11 yards per carry, 15 total TDs The breakdown: He quietly went about his business last season, Eric Moate did, only posting some of the ...
Read moreWed. Aug. 15, 2012 at 6:19 p.m. | John C. Cotey
District deconstruction: Class 5A, District 8
Over the next few weeks, we’ll be taking a look at a football district a day. Today: Class 5A, District 8. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record Jesuit (11-2, 8-0) Robinson (9-3, 7-1) Lakewood (6-4, 5-3) Spoto (6-4, 5-3) Dunedin (4-6, 3-5) Blake (4-6, 3-5) Gibbs ...
Read moreThu. July 26, 2012 at 2:16 p.m. | Times Staff
Times' all-Hillsborough County boys and girls track teams
Boys Athlete of the year: Jeremiah Green, Jr., Hillsborough Why we picked him: One of the nation’s elite triple jumpers, Green owns two of the nation’s top six efforts for 2012 according to DyeStat. He posted a career-best 50-foot, 6.5-inch performance (fourth nationally) in February, and nearly matched it with ...
Read moreWed. May 30, 2012 at 11:20 a.m. | Joey Knight
Football: Spring jamboree at East Bay
At East Bay Scores: Riverview 15, Lennard 14 East Bay 14, Spoto 7 Spring game-breakers: Riverview sophomore QB Chase Freeman ran the ball eight times, picking up 65 yards and the touchdown that brought his team within a point despite having only three weeks of practice in new coach Mike ...
Read moreThu. May 24, 2012 at 10:42 p.m. | David Rice
HomeTeam Huddle: At Spoto, less really is more
RIVERVIEW — Veteran Spoto coach Dale Caparaso has spent these purgatorial spring afternoons overseeing somewhat of a paradox in pads. Which is to say, a minimal turnout has not led to maximum two-platooning. Entering Thursday’s jamboree at East Bay, Caparaso envisions only one player — rising senior FB/ILB Camarcus Thomas ...
Read moreMon. May 21, 2012 at 9:10 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
Spoto's Moate won't run at regionals (UPDATED 7:35 p.m.)
The chances of Spoto junior sprinter Eric Moate making a relay cameo at Thursday's Class 2A, Region 3 meet apparently have dissipated. Moate's aunt and guardian, Nicole Goldsmith, told the Times in a text message Wednesday afternoon that Moate -- injured in last week's District 10 meet -- was diagnosed ...
Read moreWed. April 18, 2012 at 7:48 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough track: Injury spoils postseason for Spoto sprinter
RIVERVIEW — Spoto junior sprinter Eric Moate’s promising postseason essentially ended before it even commenced Thursday. Moate, who won county titles last week in the 100 and 200 meters, pulled up with a left hamstring injury midway through the 100 finals at Thursday’s Class 2A, District 10 meet on his ...
Read moreFri. April 13, 2012 at 12:25 a.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough County: Baseball statistics, super 7
Times’ Super Seven Records through Wednesday 1. Jesuit (19-1): Tigers are No. 1 in the nation again, just in time for their out-of-town competition at the Jesuit Easter Tournament. 2. Jefferson (18-4): Pitching continues to carry the Dragons, who are 5-1 in one-run games. 3. Bloomingdale (19-3): Champion of the ...
Read moreThu. April 12, 2012 at 2:40 p.m. | Laura Keeley