Posts about Tarpon Springs High School: Volleyball: 2012
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Pinellas County roundup for Tuesday, Sept. 11
Volleyball Clearwater def. Countryside (25-19, 20-25, 30-28, 25-18): After going 1-2 in Gainesville last weekend, Clearwater rebounded with a four-game win over rival Countryside. Top players included setter Haley Barrett, outside hitter Sara Myslyeki and middle hitter Sam Reeves. Reeves had the winning kill in the third game that gave ...
Read moreWed. Sept. 12, 2012 at 12:24 a.m. | Times Staff
Volleyball: Tarpon Springs outlasts field to win Keswick Invitational
SEMINOLE — After barely surviving a semifinal match against Indian Rocks Christian, Tarpon Springs swept past St. Petersburg 27-25, 25-14 to win the 29th annual Keswick Invitational tournament Saturday.The Spongers (7-1) needed three games to get past IRC (15-13 in the third game) and into the championship match. St. Petersburg ...
Read moreSat. Sept. 08, 2012 at 5:42 p.m. | Rodney Page
Pinellas County volleyball season preview
When East Lake put the finishing touches on a Class 8A state championship over Miami Wellington in November, it marked the first time a Pinellas County team had won consecutive state titles. Over the past two seasons, the Eagles are 56-3. Optimism remains high despite the loss of six seniors, ...
Read moreTue. Aug. 21, 2012 at 6:42 p.m. | Rodney Page
Times' 2011 all-Suncoast volleyball team
The Times’ all-Suncoast team is comprised of the best volleyball players in our coverage area, which encompasses Hernando, Pasco, Hillsborough and Pinellas counties. Player of the year: OH Jordan Burgess, Sr., Berkeley Prep Despite all the success the Berkeley Prep volleyball program has had over the years, the Buccaneers have ...
Read moreSun. Dec. 25, 2011 at 6:14 p.m. | Times Staff
Times’ 2011 all-Pinellas County volleyball team
Co-players of the year S Rachel Reed and OH Brittnay Estes, Srs., East Lake Why we picked them: Asked to make a choice, it was an impossible task. Even the coaches we asked in the county were split between fire and ice. On one hand, there is Estes, the fiery ...
Read moreThu. Dec. 22, 2011 at 10:25 a.m. | John C. Cotey
6A volleyball: Tarpon Springs falls to Fort Myers in three
KISSIMMEE — The last time Tarpon Springs appeared in the state volleyball tournament, Spongers players Kelsi Collins and Ashlyn MacGregor hadn’t been born. And heading into this season, the Spongers didn’t think they had a chance of playing in the state tournament at Silver Spurs Arena. But Thursday night they ...
Read moreThu. Nov. 17, 2011 at 5:38 p.m. | Eduardo A. Encina
Volleyball: Spongers' lineup makes perfect sense since setter's transfer
TARPON SPRINGS — It was June, the day before Patrick Sneed was going to board a plane and escape for 45 fun-filled days in New Zealand, when the email arrived from Jenn Smith. She explained she was a setter, which was kind of perfect, because Tarpon Springs didn’t have one. ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 16, 2011 at 7:49 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Region volleyball roundup: East Lake gets back to state with ease
EAST LAKE — Rachel Reed’s primary job is to run the offense, handle the passes, and set her teammates. But what makes Reed so darned good is this: if that’s not working, there’s so much else she can do. Saturday afternoon, Reed used her blocking and net play to nudge ...
Read moreSat. Nov. 12, 2011 at 10:40 p.m. | John C. Cotey
Region volleyball semifinals: East Lake completes season sweep of Palm Harbor University
EAST LAKE — Palm Harbor University engaged in some wishful thinking entering Tuesday’s Class 8A region semifinal against rival East Lake. Maybe the Hurricanes would be confident after knocking off five-time defending state champion Plant in the region quarterfinals. Maybe PHU could not only extend Tuesday’s match to five games, ...
Read moreTue. Nov. 08, 2011 at 11:54 p.m. | Times Staff
Region volleyball roundup: Palm Harbor University finally gets past nemesis Plant
TAMPA — The last five times Palm Harbor University faced Plant in the postseason, the Panthers ended the Hurricanes’ season in easy fashion. The Hurricanes never took a set from Plant — and in four of those matches the Panthers used the win as a stepping stone to a state ...
Read moreWed. Nov. 02, 2011 at 11:12 p.m. | Times Staff
Pinellas district volleyball roundup: Marauders dig deep in dispatching IRC
LARGO — If Clearwater Central Catholic was going to knock off top-seeded Indian Rocks Christian in the Class 3A, District 9 final Thursday night, it was going to take one of the Marauders’ best efforts of the season. According to coach Stephen Shepherd, that’s exactly the kind of effort his ...
Read moreFri. Oct. 28, 2011 at 12:32 a.m. | Times Staff
Pinellas district volleyball semifinals: Tarpon settling in as top seed, advances
TARPON SPRINGS — Tarpon Springs has dominated the new Class 6A, District 10 standings this season and found itself in unfamiliar territory: Having to live up to the hype of being the overwhelming favorite. With underdog Sunlake playing for nothing to lose and everything to gain Wednesday, the Spongers played ...
Read moreWed. Oct. 26, 2011 at 10:28 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
Volleyball: Tarpon doesn't flinch in district matchup vs. Mitchell
TRINITY — Tarpon Springs has quietly dominated Class 6A, District 10 and improved its record by sweeping Mitchell 31-29, 25-14, 25-21 Tuesday night. The Mustangs controlled the opening game and had three opportunities to put away the Spongers, but Tarpon Springs coach Patrick Sneed had his team prepared. “In practice ...
Read moreTue. Oct. 04, 2011 at 11:41 p.m. | Basil Spyridakos
Volleyball: East Lake overwhelms Tarpon
EAST LAKE — Upset-minded Tarpon Springs brought its undefeated record into crosstown rival East Lake’s gym Wednesday, hopeful that a victory over the Eagles in the opening match of the Pinellas County Athletic Conference Challenge would announce its arrival among the elite of Pinellas County. East Lake, though, wasn’t feeling ...
Read moreWed. Sept. 21, 2011 at 9:36 p.m. | Bryan Burns
Volleyball: Tarpon Springs wins Keswick Invitational
Tarpon Springs hadn’t won the Keswick Invitational volleyball tournament since 1990 to coach Patrick Sneed’s best estimation. So Sneed used that fact to motivate his team after the Spongers dropped their first game of the season in a hard-fought final against Bayshore Christian. The tactic worked masterfully. Tarpon Springs rocked Bayshore ...
Read moreTue. Sept. 20, 2011 at 2:53 p.m. | Bryan Burns