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Region boys basketball roundup: Just call Burney clutch now for St. Pete
ST. PETERSBURG — Terrell Burney couldn’t buy a shot early in the season, but he wouldn’t stop taking them, which landed him on the bench. “I threw some numbers at him,” coach Chris Blackwell said. Like this: 4-for-34. “Yeah,” Burney said Tuesday, “I wasn’t shooting very well.” But Burney shot ...
Read moreTue. Feb. 19, 2013 at 9:47 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Boys basketball: Gibbs making best of turbulent season
ST. PETERSBURG — Scrawled in shorthand, Gibbs’ season looks something like this: optimism, a stunning upset, recovery, player suspensions, player expulsions, recovery, more optimism. The optimism rarely wanes with the Gladiators, who are indefatigably cheerful. The suspensions and adversity rarely wane, either. In the past month, Shaquille Speights was suspended ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 18, 2013 at 8:40 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Boys region basketball: St. Petersburg pushes around Wiregrass
ST. PETERSBURG — For the first eight minutes of Thursday’s Class 7A region quarterfinal, it looked as if Wiregrass Ranch’s undersized shooters were going to be able to hang with St. Petersburg. The Bulls trailed by three and knocked down four 3-pointers. But in the second quarter the Green Devils ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 14, 2013 at 10:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
Column: Boys basketball playoffs packed with sky-high expectations
Ask around and you’ll hear about how this is Jesuit High School’s year. The boys basketball team is loaded with battled-tested seniors big and small, steered by a terrific point guard in Devin Harris, its desire forged by last year’s 41-point loss in the region final. In 27 games, the ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 6:52 p.m. | John C. Cotey
District boys basketball roundup: Packers make final push
LARGO — Nothing summed up Largo’s Class 6A, District 12 final against Palmetto on Friday night like the third quarter. Tied at halftime, the Tigers scored the first seven points after the break. Then Largo went on a 12-0 run, followed by a 12-0 run by Palmetto. No matter what ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 09, 2013 at 12:21 a.m. | Rodney Page
Region girls basketball roundup: Boca Ciega thrives in overtime
TAMPA — Robinson freshman Autumn Carson had the 3-point shot lined up and the ball out of her hand before the fourth quarter-clock hit zero. Moments earlier, Carson swished a 3 with 23 seconds left to cap a fourth-quarter rally that saw the Knights make up a seven-point deficit in ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 10:07 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Boys basketball roundup: Spongers run out of time
TRINITY — In a pair of frantic finishes Wednesday, top seeds Mitchell and Land O’Lakes earned victories in the District 6A-10 semifinals and will meet for the title Friday. Host Mitchell almost blew a 17-point lead to River Ridge, which got a career-high 32 from Mikey James, but held on ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 12:47 a.m. | Darek Sharp
St. Petersburg's Sean Covington signs with UCLA
When St. Petersburg kicker Sean Covington realized he was good enough to kick in college he knew exactly where he wanted to go: Florida State. “That was my dream school," Covington said. He soon found out his dream school didn’t necessarily want him. That started a journey that ended 3,000 ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 9:35 a.m. | Rodney Page
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Recruit: Sean Covington
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St. Petersburg's Jeremy Kerr officially signs with Florida State
ST. PETERSBURG – Dressed in a Florida State sweater vest and hat, St. Petersburg tight end Jeremy Kerr officially signed with the Seminoles on Wednesday morning in a ceremony at the school’s archives room. It was not the clothes he thought he would be wearing just a few months ago. ...
Read moreWed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 9:20 a.m. | Rodney Page
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Recruit: Jeremy Kerr
Florida State University
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Recruit: Jeremy Kerr
St. Petersburg's Pellens will sign with Maryville (Tenn.) College
St. Petersburg defensive end John Pellens will sign a letter of intent to play at Maryville (Tenn.) College. Pellens had 79 tackles in his senior season for the 4-6 Green Devils. He also led the team with five sacks and had 17 hurries. Pellens will join teammates Jeremy Kerr (Florida ...
Read moreMon. Feb. 04, 2013 at 11:25 a.m. | Rodney Page
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Recruit: John Pellens
Maryville College
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Recruit: John Pellens
Boys basketball: Thrills, and a few late chills, as Largo nabs PCAC crown
LARGO — Donavan Hale’s last two shots came in the crucial moments of the Pinellas County Athletic Conference championship. With Largo clinging to a 68-65 lead, Hale was on the line for two free throws to seal the win. He missed the first. Then he missed the second. An intentional ...
Read moreSat. Feb. 02, 2013 at 12:27 a.m. | Bob Putnam
District girls basketball roundup: No holes in St. Petersburg's game
ST. PETERSBURG — If St. Petersburg plays the way it did Friday night against Clearwater in the Class 7A-10 district final, expect the Green Devils to stick around a while in the postseason. Using a menacing defense and a potent offense, St. Petersburg jumped on the Tornadoes early and never ...
Read moreFri. Feb. 01, 2013 at 11:47 p.m. | Rodney Page
Pinellas: boys basketball super 7
Our final Pinellas boys rankings of the regular season. 1. Largo (18-5): In the past two weeks, the Packers have beaten state-ranked Wharton, Boca Ciega and Seminole, and secured a spot in Friday’s PCAC title game. 2. Gibbs (19-4): Bounced back from loss to St. Petersburg and beat Boca Ciega ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 2:20 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Girls district basketball roundup: Green Devils rely on defense
ST. PETERSBURG — Clearwater and St. Petersburg will play for the Class 7A-10 district championship, but both teams advanced to the final in different ways. St. Petersburg started slowly but eventually wore out Countryside 57-17. Clearwater sputtered for most of its game against Northeast but got hot in the third ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:54 p.m. | Rodney Page
Region boys soccer roundup: Page propels East Lake
EAST LAKE — Josh Page scored with just over a minute remaining to break a tie, making a great move along the goal line and beating the keeper for a goal. Then he did the same thing just seconds later to remove any hope for Newsome as East Lake picked ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:51 p.m. | John C. Cotey