At Jefferson Scores • Robinson 7, Tampa Bay Tech 6 • Strawberry Crest 4, Steinbrenner 1 • Jefferson 6, Alonso 0 Pitchers of the day Strawberry Crest junior Austin Boatwright threw a complete game against Steinbrenner with three strikeouts and allowed one run on nine hits and a walk. … ...
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Tue. March 12, 2013 at 9:45 p.m. | David Rice
At Jefferson Scores • Strawberry Crest 12, Tampa Bay Tech 2 • Steinbrenner 12, Robinson 2 • Jefferson 9, Chamberlain 2 • Alonso 7, Plant City 1 Pitchers of the day Jefferson sophomore Jordan Norman threw six innings without giving up an earned run as the Dragons picked up their ...
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Mon. March 11, 2013 at 9:42 p.m. | David Rice
TAMPA — The more Plant coach Melissa Sigmon aged Thursday, the more ageless her lineup became. By the fifth inning of Thursday’s nondistrict game against Steinbrenner, seven Panthers freshmen — including the whole infield — were playing. Preceding that glimpse into the future: a grimace in the present. The Warriors ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 11:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
Baseball super seven 1. Jesuit (10-0): Including Thursday night’s matchup against Pinellas No. 1 East Lake, the Tigers have won their past five games by a combined score of 54-9. Spencer Trayner has been an early star, hitting .500 with 12 RBIs and a home run. He’s also won three ...
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Thu. March 07, 2013 at 4:00 p.m. | Joel Anderson
TAMPA — In little more than a decade at Alonso, Landy Faedo gradually built one of Hillsborough County’s powerhouse baseball programs. Faedo has guided the Ravens to two Class 6A state championships, four state tournament berths and five region playoff appearances over 12 years. That resume has grown only more ...
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Thu. Feb. 28, 2013 at 4:45 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Two Hillsborough County boys soccer players were named Florida Dairy Farmers players of the year in their respective classes on Tuesday. Tampa Prep forward Shaddy Douidar, who scored the winning goal in the Terps' state title game, took Class A honors, while Steinbrenner forward Jason Collister, who scored a single-season ...
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Tue. Feb. 26, 2013 at 5:30 p.m. | Times Staff
WESLEY CHAPEL — As summer travel ball teammates, Wiregrass Ranch’s Zack Drury and Steinbrenner’s Cole Gordon were geared up to face one another in Tuesday’s Class 7A, District 9 opener between unbeaten teams. Gordon drove in Steinbrenner’s first run with a two-out single off Drury in the first inning. Later, ...
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Tue. Feb. 19, 2013 at 10:25 p.m. | Steve Lee
MELBOURNE — The sturdy Saturday afternoon winds that preceded the evening frigidness on the East Coast blew horizontally across Tom McIntyre Stadium, often transforming crisp shots into curves. Gulf Coast’s strategy: Minimizing the number of breaking balls Steinbrenner could deliver. The Warriors sent a precious few near the net Saturday, ...
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Sat. Feb. 16, 2013 at 6:17 p.m. | Joey Knight
LUTZ — Of all places, the seedlings of boys soccer supremacy at Steinbrenner High sprouted on the outfield grass of the Warriors’ baseball stadium. It was there, in the autumn of 2009, where the Warriors came into this world, kicking and screening. An excruciating inaugural season of Steinbrenner football lingered, ...
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Fri. Feb. 15, 2013 at 6:22 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Somehow, Freedom survived one of its sloppiest 16-minute stretches of basketball and went into the locker room with a one-point lead. Yet there was no need for a stirring halftime speech from coach Laurie Pacholke. She was never worried and she could sense her players weren’t, either. The ...
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Tue. Feb. 12, 2013 at 11:07 p.m. | Joel Anderson
HomeTeam Hot Shots A spotlight on the Times’ bay area players of the week. Female Hot Shot: Danielle Battle, Tampa Catholic Sport: Basketball Skinny: Battle had nearly experienced it all in her high school career — a state championship, a losing record, three straight district titles, the end of a ...
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Mon. Feb. 11, 2013 at 5:36 p.m. | Times Staff
LUTZ — Steinbrenner continued its shooting gallery playoff run by running up four goals Friday on Ocala Forest. Only this time it took two overtime periods and Forest matched Steinbrenner’s scoring frenzy step-for-step until the final three minutes of the second overtime, when senior captain Derek Gebhard cleaned up a ...
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Fri. Feb. 08, 2013 at 11:44 p.m. | Andy Warrener
TAMPA — There was little surprise about Bartow’s blueprint, as it was the same one almost every other team tried against Tampa Bay Tech this season. The state-ranked Yellow Jackets came out in a fullcourt press to prevent the Titans from getting the ball to their imposing front line, a ...
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Thu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 9:20 p.m. | Joel Anderson
The four area boys soccer teams standing on the precipice of a state title have reached the outer rungs of their respective brackets with collaborative efforts. Few get this far without production from different players; the guy who steps up Thursday may not be the same one who stars Friday. ...
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Thu. Feb. 07, 2013 at 8:35 p.m. | Times Staff
VALRICO — Alonso parlayed its third winning season in school history with its first ever playoff berth by defeating Plant 57-52 in Wednesday’s Class 6A, District 7 semifinal at Bloomingdale. The No. 2 Ravens will play top seed Wharton, which cruised to a 69-44 win over Newsome, in Friday’s district ...
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Wed. Feb. 06, 2013 at 10:36 p.m. | Steve Lee