Posts about St. Petersburg High School: Boys Basketball: 2009
78 posts over 6 pages
Search
The Hometeam Blog
More Video
Basketball: Times' all-Pinellas County teams
Boys player of the year G Dallas Moore, Sr., Boca Ciega Why we picked him: No one has grown more in height or stature in the past four years. After starting out as an undersized outside shooter, Moore morphed into an all-around scoring threat, especially after growing 4 inches before ...
Read moreSat. March 23, 2013 at 5:41 p.m. | Times Staff
Region boys basketball roundup: Largo, St. Petersburg bow out
WINTER HAVEN — The desperation was spelled out on the scoreboard, across Largo’s bench and, finally, in its lineup. The Packers were teetering before finding momentary salvation from an obvious source. Largo trailed Winter Haven by 20 entering the fourth quarter of Saturday’s Class 6A region final. The starting backcourt ...
Read moreSun. Feb. 24, 2013 at 12:36 a.m. | Bob Putnam
Boys region basketball: Green Devils prepped, ready for roar of the road
ST. PETERSBURG — They anticipate the boos arising from the throngs clad in blue and yellow as soon as they walk onto the floor at Don Wallen Gym on Saturday night in the Class 7A region final. St. Petersburg’s players and coaches spent the past three days preparing to play ...
Read moreThu. Feb. 21, 2013 at 8:22 p.m. | Bob Putnam
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
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
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
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
Pinellas boys & girls basketball super 7
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Lakewood (18-3): Losing Kasey Drayton (thumb injury) for the season doesn’t help, but the Spartans still have enough talent to make a playoff run. 2. Clearwater (22-3): Tornadoes rebounded from a loss to Lake Worth by beating Palm Harbor University. PCAC final against Lakewood on ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 2:09 p.m. | Times Staff
Basketball: Pinellas girls & boys super 7
Records through Monday Girls 1. Lakewood (17-3): Spartans host the Breast Cancer Shootout this weekend, which features some of the better teams in the state. 2. Clearwater (20-2): Tests against Lake Worth in the Lakewood tournament and Palm Harbor University await. 3. Boca Ciega (17-6): Pirates come out of exams ...
Read moreTue. Jan. 15, 2013 at 5:15 p.m. | Times Staff
Boys basketball: Green Devils stage huge rally to topple Spartans
ST. PETERSBURG — St. Petersburg faced a daunting task Friday night, down by 25 points in the first half of a road game and already reeling after losing four of their past six games. But they did not lose their composure when trailing by double digits to rival Lakewood. They ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 12, 2013 at 12:03 a.m. | Bob Putnam
St. Petersburg's Chris Blackwell two wins from 200
With two more wins this week, St. Petersburg boys basketball coach Chris Blackwell can achieve a coaching milestone. If the Green Devils beat Countryside tonight and Lakewood on Friday night, Blackwell will have 200 wins in his coaching career. It would be fitting for Blackwell to reach that win plateau ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 10, 2013 at 2:41 p.m. | Bob Putnam