ST. PETERSBURG — Tampa Prep coach Joe Fenlon hoped his team's hot shooting and stifling defense would continue in the final of the Northeast Christmas Invitational on Saturday night. Boca Ciega coach Randy Shuman hoped his team's habit of starting slowly would end.Only Fenlon got his wish.The Terrapins blitzed the ...
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Sat. Dec. 29, 2012 at 9:25 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — Lakewood coach Anthony Lawrence had one final plea as his team broke the huddle to start the second half of its Northeast Christmas Invitational semifinal game Friday night against Boca Ciega: "Don't let Dallas get going."Dallas is Pirates guard Dallas Moore, and while the Spartans were trying ...
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Fri. Dec. 28, 2012 at 9:30 p.m. | Rodney Page
TAMPA — On a night when 6-foot-9 Tampa Prep freshman Juwan Durham was sidelined with the flu, the undefeated Terrapins' other key cogs were downright sick.Point guard Josh Heath handled the pressure, 6-8 Furman signee Adonis Rwabigwi handled the paint, and 6-4 senior Ephraim "Fri" Lavey handled the catalyst on ...
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Sat. Dec. 22, 2012 at 9:02 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — Tampa Catholic junior Chivarsky Corbett reached a major personal milestone in school-record fashion and carried the Crusaders into today's City of Tampa Championships final by scoring a 50 to eclipse 1,000 for his career on Friday.Corbett also had 15 rebounds in a 105-89 victory over Sarasota Cardinal Mooney, ...
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Fri. Dec. 21, 2012 at 8:44 p.m. | David Rice
The one week in which Tampa Prep is prohibited from playing or practicing (due to final exams) has been the season's most hectic for coach Joe Fenlon. Some scheduling "mix-ups" had Fenlon scrambling at the 11th hour to fill two bracket spots in the 11th annual eight-team City of Tampa ...
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Wed. Dec. 19, 2012 at 1:49 p.m. | Joey Knight
Records through Wednesday Boys 1. Jesuit (7-0): Unchallenged Tigers winning by average margin of 34.4 points 2. Tampa Prep (8-0): Six-foot-9 frosh Juwan Durham averaging nearly double double (17.4 ppg, 9.4 rpg) 3. Wharton (7-0): Best Wildcats team since Butler alum Shawn Vanzant’s senior year (2006-07) 4. Berkeley Prep (9-0): ...
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Thu. Dec. 13, 2012 at 11:48 a.m. | Times Staff
Some random thoughst and observations about the goings on in the preps world by Times' columnist John C. Cotey, while sipping too much coffee and perusing the previous night's newspaper and boxscores. Oh, and if you want to get your name in here, then shoot me an email at johncotey@gmail.com, ...
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Thu. Nov. 29, 2012 at 12:06 a.m. | John C. Cotey
The final four Hillsborough County’s preseason top four, listed with 2011-12 record 1. Jesuit (27-2): Four starters return from veteran coach Neal Goldman’s best team, which finished a game shy of the program’s first final four berth since 1984. If there’s a deficiency on this roster, we haven’t seen it. ...
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Wed. Nov. 21, 2012 at 10:15 a.m. | Joey Knight
Tampa Prep sixth man Marshall Holmes, whose dizzying scoring sequence in the final two minutes of the Class 3A state final sealed the championship for the Terrapins, has transferred to Berkeley Prep. Terrapins coach Joe Fenlon confirmed Holmes' move Tuesday. Tampa Prep's third-leading scorer last season, Holmes averaged 10.8 points, 3.6 ...
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Tue. May 29, 2012 at 1:47 p.m. | Joey Knight
Player of the year: C Tyler Bergantino, Sr., Nature Coast Tyler Bergantino’s love of superheroes shouldn’t surprise anyone who watched him rescue Nature Coast this season. If any teammate let an opponent drive past him, Bergantino was there waiting, ready to swat the shot away and save a basket. “He ...
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Sat. April 07, 2012 at 10:16 a.m. | Times Staff
Boys Player of the year: Devontae Morgan, Sr., Tampa Prep Why we chose him: The leading scorer (15.4 ppg) and No. 2 rebounder (5.9 rpg) for the Terrapins’ state championship team, Morgan’s contributions are impossible to quantify solely on a stat sheet. The defensive catalyst on a squad that surrendered ...
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Sat. March 31, 2012 at 2:45 p.m. | Times Staff
Tampa Prep senior two-guard Devontae Morgan, the top scorer and defensive catalyst for the state champion Terrapins, has been named the Florida Dairy Farmers Class 3A player of the year. Terps coach Joe Fenlon, whose state crown was his first in 29 seasons at the school, was named 3A coach ...
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Thu. March 22, 2012 at 3:31 p.m. | Joey Knight
What's the icing on a state title championship? Why video, of course. Check out our interviews and game action from Tampa Prep's Class 3A state final victory over Weston Sagemont.
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Thu. March 01, 2012 at 5:59 p.m. | John C. Cotey
LAKELAND — March Madness qualified as an excused absence Thursday. In essence, Tampa Prep students were allowed to ditch their history classes to watch history transpire. So at roughly 8 a.m., more than 400 kids, faculty and staff boarded 11 buses at the downtown private school and headed east for ...
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Thu. March 01, 2012 at 4:11 p.m. | Joey Knight
LAKELAND — Ideally, with two minutes remaining and a slim lead, Tampa Prep passes the ball around, runs some time off the clock, maybe catches the opponent overplaying and gets an easy lay-up. Except, well, Marshall Holmes was open. “I knew it wasn’t one of the best shots,” the sophomore ...
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Thu. March 01, 2012 at 1:37 p.m. | John C. Cotey