TAMPA — Once it established the run, King dominated, beating Strawberry Crest 28-16 on Friday night. Senior quarterback Kenyatta Young took advantage of a flooded line of scrimmage by simply throwing over it."He wants to be a college quarterback. He's big enough to be a college quarterback," said King coach ...
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Fri. Sept. 28, 2012 at 9:14 p.m. | Miles Parks
Super 7 1. Armwood (3-1): Sean Callahan gets 200th win on the field in 49-0 rout of Leto. 2. Plant (2-1): After devastating Richy Klepal news, Panthers needed this week off. 3. Robinson (4-0): Barring something unforeseen, Knights should be 9-0 entering Plant game. 4. Wharton (3-0): Idle Wildcats needed every bit of the ...
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Sat. Sept. 22, 2012 at 11:24 p.m. | Times Staff
The Friday Night Rewind crew, not to be confused with the Blue Crew, was out and about at Clearwater Central Catholic-Palm Harbor University, Hillsborough-Strawberry Crest and Land O'Lakes-Hernando on Friday night.
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Sat. Sept. 22, 2012 at 3:49 a.m. | Times Staff
photo gallery DOVER — Perhaps the greatest sign that fourth-year Strawberry Crest has indeed arrived could be found Friday night in how Hillsborough exited. On an evening rife with self-destruction and spitting rainfall, the Terriers (3-0, 1-0) left the Chargers’ field with neither a rout nor romp. They neither humiliated ...
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Sat. Sept. 22, 2012 at 1:01 a.m. | Joey Knight
DOVER — Initially, tough love can be a turnoff. When structure and sternness barge in, complacency and mediocrity don’t normally rise to attention. They look at each other, shrug, then slowly stand in a dual display of nonchalance and nonconformity. Which makes the story of Strawberry Crest all the more ...
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Thu. Sept. 20, 2012 at 9:15 p.m. | Joey Knight
How many numbers and names can you fit into one Grab Bag? A million! Go ahead, prove me wrong. ONE MILLION! Dandy Dozen 1. Clearwater Central Catholic at Palm Harbor U.: This is a reversal of the "little school hoping to take down the big school for a signature win" ...
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Wed. Sept. 19, 2012 at 12:35 p.m. | John C. Cotey
TAMPA — Karel Hamilton’s sensational effort on a 19-yard touchdown reception broke a fourth-quarter tie and gave Strawberry Crest (2-1) a 21-14 comeback win at Steinbrenner. The Warriors had a chance to score late but stalled out at around the Chargers’ 20-yard line. Four turnovers doomed Steinbrenner after it looked ...
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Sat. Sept. 15, 2012 at 12:26 a.m. | Darek Sharp
The Grab Bag is getting bigger and bigger, and you don't need to do any panning to find the nuggets here. The're everywhere. And do not EVER forget, people: Big bank take 'lil bank. P.S. Coaches, players, fans, parents, to reach the Grab Bag, and you should, email cotey@tampabay.com or ...
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Wed. Sept. 12, 2012 at 12:46 p.m. | John C. Cotey
VALRICO — In his first career varsity game, Isaiah McIntyre was efficient and explosive. More than that though, he was perfect.McIntyre finished 11-for-11 in the game for 140 yards and two touchdowns as Bloomingdale edged Strawberry Crest 28-27. The young quarterback added 22 yards on the ground as well, including ...
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Fri. Sept. 07, 2012 at 9:11 p.m. | Miles Parks
Grab Bag time! Read this, and tell me how the GB wasn’t nominated last year for a Pulitzer, or an Emmy, or something. I dare you. This isn’t a plastic sandwich bag, folks. Put on a bib, grab a salad fork and sit your butt down so we can get ...
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Wed. Sept. 05, 2012 at 10:05 a.m. | John C. Cotey
DOVER — Backup quarterback Rayquan Johnson gained 9 yards on a keeper and was stopped at the 1-yard line, leaving Plant City to call timeout with 7.9 seconds left trailing Strawberry Crest 21-7. The Raiders never got the chance for another play Saturday because of what happened on Johnson’s run ...
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Sun. Sept. 02, 2012 at 12:49 a.m. | Steve Lee
Strawberry Crest and new coach John Kelly started to put last year’s terrible season to rest with Friday’s victory. Josh Hyde returned a kickoff for a touchdown, while his brother Tristan threw three TDs for the Chargers, who also rode a clutch and opportunistic defense to the shutout. The Patriots ...
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Fri. Aug. 24, 2012 at 8:14 p.m. | Times Staff
Summer vacation is over for Tampa Bay football players. You do remember the time off, right? I think it was June 15-June 16. Am I right? Good times. While the time between the end of the 2011 season and the start of the 2012 season isn’t filled with a lot ...
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Fri. Aug. 03, 2012 at 6:54 p.m. | John C. Cotey
We’re breaking down a football district a day — from 2A to 8A. Today: Class 6A, District 8. Teams Listed in order of 2011 finish, with overall/district record 1. Hillsborough (11-1, 6-0) 2. Jefferson (7-3, 5-1) 3. Sickles (8-2, 4-2) 4. King (5-5, 3-3) 5. Strawberry Crest (2-8, 2-4) 6. ...
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Tue. July 31, 2012 at 4:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
While the current Tampa Bay Buccaneers were kicking off their preseason drills a few miles east Friday, several ex-Bucs were putting dozens of the area’s top offensive skill players through their own morning mini-camp. Ten days before state high schools can officially begin fall football practice, the group assembled at ...
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Fri. July 27, 2012 at 3:17 p.m. | Joey Knight