Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Dec. 8 through Friday, Dec. 14. The winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what ...
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Sat. Dec. 15, 2012 at 9:18 a.m. | Times Staff
What's hoopening, people? Get it, happening, hoopening? Yessir, the kind of brilliance you can only find here at Morning Meanderings, where coffee and a cranberry Christmas bagel fuel the machine. You know the drill: johncotey@gmail.com, and follow me at @JohnnyHomeTeam Here's some notes, observations and a look at Friday's slate ...
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Thu. Dec. 06, 2012 at 10:52 a.m. | John C. Cotey
DOVER — Cierra Wheatley missed a shot right under the basket, Alexis Allen missed another close attempt and Dessi Rembert came up with the offensive rebound and banked in the follow-up. With that basket, Sickles narrowed Strawberry Crest’s lead to three heading into halftime. Turns out, the Gryphons’ final possession ...
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Wed. Dec. 05, 2012 at 12:05 a.m. | Joel Anderson
DOVER — When the Sickles girls basketball team’s bus blew a tire on the 26-mile trip to Dover for Tuesday’s doubleheader at Strawberry Crest, the boys team’s minivans backtracked to pick them up. The points for chivalry were the easiest ones the Gryphons would manage all night. Defense and dead-eye ...
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Tue. Dec. 04, 2012 at 9:40 p.m. | Joey Knight
I'm so excited about the Pasco-Robinson football game tonight, I didn't know what to do with myself this morning, so I started writing. And writing. And writing some more. So, uh, welcome to the biggest darned Morning Meanderings of the season. Maybe it's a good thing everyone doesn't call in ...
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Fri. Nov. 30, 2012 at 11:39 a.m. | John C. Cotey
When everyone was finally together and it was time for tipoff, Freedom coach Laurie Pacholke was as anxious as anyone in the gym to see how it would all unfold. The Patriots were billed as a virtual all-star team, a high school girls’ version of the Miami Heat: a rising ...
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Tue. Nov. 20, 2012 at 6:19 p.m. | Joel Anderson
DOVER — Strawberry Crest defeated East Bay 29-14 Friday. After an early first-quarter deficit, Strawberry Crest (4-6, 2-5) quarterback Tristan Hyde connected with Arjay Smith on a 1- yard TD on fourth down tying the score minutes before halftime. The score stood at 14-all entering the fourth but the Chargers ...
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Fri. Nov. 09, 2012 at 9:55 p.m. | Michael Paonessa
TAMPA — Shaquille Speights scored his fourth touchdown Friday with five seconds remaining, pushing Jefferson (5-4, 4-2) to an emotional comeback win, 35-31 over Strawberry Crest (3-6, 1-5).The Dragons overcame a pesky Chargers squad, but a looming FHSAA ruling that could result in three forfeited wins awaits. "We knew going ...
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Fri. Nov. 02, 2012 at 9:41 p.m. | Miles Parks
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 ...
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Fri. Oct. 26, 2012 at 8:40 p.m. | Todd Foley
Super 7 1. Plant (6-1): Panthers' position atop rankings tenuous; Armwood and Robinson still loom. 2. Robinson (7-0): Coach Mike DePue called the 47-0 win against Spoto sloppy. We should all be so unkempt. 3. Hillsborough (6-1): And to think the Terriers blanked Armwood without Gators commitment Jordan Sherit. 4. Armwood (6-2): Defensive shortcomings ...
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Sat. Oct. 20, 2012 at 7:01 p.m. | Times Staff
DOVER — Strawberry Crest scored pretty much every way imaginable in Thursday's 76-7 Homecoming win over Leto."For a young program that has gone through its share of adversity, tonight's win was very satisfying. …It allowed a lot of our younger players to get valuable game experience," coach John Kelly said.The ...
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Thu. Oct. 18, 2012 at 8:44 p.m. | Phillip Haywood
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 ...
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Sat. Oct. 13, 2012 at 11:10 p.m. | Times Staff
DOVER — Strawberry Crest trailed by just one score in the fourth quarter, but Armwood pulled away to win 35-18. "We have a young group that had some selfish penalties," Armwood coach Sean Callahan said. "But that's not to take anything away from (the Chargers). They've done a great job ...
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Fri. Oct. 12, 2012 at 8:58 p.m. | Brandon Wright
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 ...
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Thu. Oct. 11, 2012 at 3:43 p.m. | Joey Knight
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, ...
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Wed. Oct. 10, 2012 at 12:32 p.m. | John C. Cotey