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Hillsborough: Boys region soccer capsules
For Hillsborough County’s five remaining boys soccer teams, destiny operates on diesel fuel. The road to immortality will be traveled mostly by bus, through Pinellas and Polk counties, and across a sprawling stretch of State Road 70. In a quirky twist of bracketology, the entire quintet of teams will travel ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 31, 2013 at 6:00 p.m. | Joey Knight
Region boys soccer roundup: Zapata's hat trick puts Plant in cruise control
TAMPA — Luis Zapata recorded his first career hat trick as Plant shook off a sluggish start to smother St. Petersburg 4-0 in a 5A region quarterfinal Wednesday. “Part of the problem was we allowed them to do what they do best in the beginning,” first-year Plant coach John Feely ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 30, 2013 at 11:04 p.m. | Brandon Wright
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Jan. 19-25
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 19 through Friday, Jan. 25. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what made ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 26, 2013 at 11:35 a.m. | Times Staff
Boys district soccer roundup: Sickles escapes with PK win
TAMPA — Arelys Jiminez’s birthday gift formally arrived 35 minutes into Friday’s Class 4A, District 8 semifinals. The celebration, however, didn’t commence until more than an hour later. Jiminez’s son, Sickles senior Carlos Sifontes, scored the top-seeded Gryphons’ goal in the first half, then watched his team prevail in the ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 25, 2013 at 9:58 p.m. | Joey Knight
Boys district soccer: Top-seeded Newsome escapes with PK win
RIVERVIEW — Wharton entered Thursday’s Class 5A, District 7 semifinal against Newsome with nothing to lose. The Wildcats were facing the district’s No. 1 seed in Newsome, a team that won 15 games during the regular season. Wharton, on the other hand, finished below .500 and had just four wins. ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 8:54 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Hillsborough boys & girls basketball super 7
Records through Wednesday Girls 1. Freedom (19-2): The Patriots won the District 7A-9 title by handing Steinbrenner only its second loss in the past 23 home games. 2. Seffner Christian (22-2): The Crusaders knocked off 6A-9 champ Kathleen and rolled to wins of 42 and 30 points over Tampa Catholic ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 5:32 p.m. | Times Staff
Hillsborough County roundup for Wednesday, Jan. 23
District boys soccer Class 2A, District 9 semifinals: At Tampa Catholic, top-seeded Berkeley Prep (12-10-2) got goals from four players, and a shutout from keeper Ben Milliken, in a 4-0 rout of No. 4-seeded Clearwater Central Catholic. Tyler Sacone, Connor Castro, Warren Backman and Will Sibson scored for Berkeley. In ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 24, 2013 at 12:32 a.m. | Joey Knight
Girls region soccer roundup: PHU has Plant's number
TAMPA — Palm Harbor University keeps finding new ways to dash Plant’s postseason hopes. In the final seconds of their Class 5A region quarterfinal Wednesday, the Hurricanes came up with their most excruciating flourish yet in this increasingly lopsided playoff rivalry. Alexis Mouton scored the tying goal just before the ...
Read moreWed. Jan. 23, 2013 at 10:02 p.m. | Joel Anderson
HomeTeam Hot Shots: Nominations for Jan. 12-18
Each week, our HomeTeam staffers will nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. These nominations span Saturday, Jan. 12 through Friday, Jan. 18. Winners get a free T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on what made ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 19, 2013 at 12:50 p.m. | Times Staff
Girls district soccer roundup: Big saves key in Plant City win
DOVER — Over two nights and 180 total minutes, in both November crispness and January cold, East Bay and Plant City jostled futilely for Class 4A, District 9 supremacy. Finally, with no more minutes to tack onto a neutral-site scoreboard, the Raiders put the fate of this east Hillsborough feud ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 18, 2013 at 10:56 p.m. | Joey Knight
Girls district soccer roundup: Newsome stays patient for victory
PLANT — The ball sailed into the scrum of players in front of the Wharton goal and Karli Gutsche muscled her way into position. She then worked herself free of a defender and timed her leap to meet the ball with her head. As the scene unfolded, Newsome coach Kelly ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 11:03 p.m. | Joel Anderson
Boys soccer: Short-handed Jesuit finds way to tie Tampa Prep
TAMPA — On the coldest night of the calendar year, the gusts never subsided at Corral Memorial Stadium. Neither did the Jesuit Tigers’ resilience. Down a man, the Tigers (14-2-4) scored in the 71st minute on sweeper Michael Conlon’s shot in traffic from just outside the goal box, salvaging a ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 10:16 p.m. | Joey Knight
Basketball: Hillsborough girls & boys super 7
Records through Wednesday’s games Girls 1. Freedom (18-2): Sophomore guard Taylor Emery (21.4 points) is expected to return Friday against Steinbrenner after suffering a concussion Jan. 5. A win clinches the district title. 2. Seffner Christian (19-2): Crusaders cruised to a lopsided victory over then-undefeated Academy at the Lakes, and ...
Read moreThu. Jan. 17, 2013 at 5:04 p.m. | Times Staff
VIDEO: Berkeley wins Headmasters Cup, Terrapins win headline event
TAMPA -- Irony horned in on the Headmasters' Challenge Cup presentation Saturday afternoon. Moments before host Berkeley Prep formally seized the trophy, Tampa Prep had seized the Buccaneers' thunder. It was the signature event of this daylong sports festival between the rival private schools that especially had the Terrapins smiling. ...
Read moreSat. Jan. 12, 2013 at 7:16 p.m. | Joey Knight
Hillsborough County roundup for Friday, Jan. 11
Boys basketball Plant 51, Durant 49. At Plant, senior Alex Mitura’s 3-pointer with 7.5 seconds to play lifted the Panthers (8-10, 4-4) in this Class 8A, District 7 matchup. The Cougars failed to get a shot off on their final possession. Wiregrass Ranch 67, Freedom 46. At Wiregrass Ranch, the ...
Read moreFri. Jan. 11, 2013 at 11:37 p.m. | Joey Knight