State boys soccer A, Tampa Prep 5, St. Joseph 0: At St. Augustine, Tampa Prep (18-6-2) practically locked up its fifth state finals berth in eight seasons shortly after getting off the bus. Bigger, faster, stronger and more athletic than the hosts, the Terrapins scored four times in the first ...
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Fri. Feb. 10, 2012 at 11:52 p.m. | Joey Knight
Wharton High 16-year-old athletes Chase Litton and Rocky Enos, starters on the school's Class 8A playoff football team last fall, were arrested Wednesday afternoon on a series of felony burglary and theft charges stemming from an incident in late December. Both were honorable mention picks on the Times' all-Hillsborough County ...
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Thu. Feb. 09, 2012 at 12:51 p.m. | Joey Knight
GIBSONTON — On paper, Riverview had the size to match up with Tampa Bay Tech. In practice, the Sharks had no answer for 6-foot-7 center Elgrin Wilson. Wilson notched a double double and scored a game-high 32 points Wednesday as Tampa Bay Tech, the No. 2 seed, eliminated No. 3-seeded ...
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Thu. Feb. 09, 2012 at 12:45 a.m. | Laura Keeley
WESLEY CHAPEL — For the second Saturday in a row, Wharton entered the fourth quarter on the road against a formidable Tampa Bay area opponent with an eight-point advantage. Last week, the Wildcats were outscored 23-7 by Seminole in the final quarter for only their third loss of the ...
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Sat. Jan. 21, 2012 at 8:59 p.m. | Bryan Burns
SEMINOLE — All night, Seminole coach Josh Walker yelled at his team about taking care of the basketball, so much so that by the end of Saturday's game against Wharton, the coach's normally authoritative voice was strained.The Warhawks still heard the message loud and clear. The Wildcats would have been ...
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Sat. Jan. 14, 2012 at 8:34 p.m. | Bryan Burns
ST. PETERSBURG — Wharton’s Sir Patrick Reynolds spent most of the Northeast Christmas Invitational final bottled up by Lakewood’s defense. He spent the end of the game being mobbed by teammates. Reynolds tipped in a missed free throw as time expired Wednesday to cap a wild fourth-quarter comeback and give ...
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Thu. Dec. 29, 2011 at 12:43 a.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — On the opening night of the Northeast Christmas Invitational tournament, Wharton cruised to a comfortable win while Lakewood held on for a one-point victory. Tuesday's second round was the complete opposite, with Wharton holding on for a dramatic 48-45 win over Northeast and Lakewood coasting to a ...
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Tue. Dec. 27, 2011 at 9:16 p.m. | Rodney Page
ST. PETERSBURG — The Northeast Christmas Invitational started with a dud but ended with a bang. Sunlake opened the eight team tournament with an 82-65 win over Largo. But the nightcap was Lakewood's 57-56 win over Tampa Bay Tech that went down to the wire.In between, Northeast defeated Newsome 60-54 ...
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Mon. Dec. 26, 2011 at 9:32 p.m. | Rodney Page
TAMPA — Fans of defense were entertained by the Berkeley Invitational final Wednesday night as Wharton defeated Vero Beach 46-39. From the opening tip, points were hard to come by, and there were no easy baskets. Vero Beach had just 13 field goals while Wharton converted only 14. “Someone told ...
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Wed. Dec. 21, 2011 at 11:38 p.m. | Mike McCollum
TAMPA — The last thing Wharton needed for its fifth game in nine days was the high-octane tempo of undefeated St. Petersburg. But tight defense, gritty work on the boards and a decisive fourth-quarter stretch represented the restrictor plates that conserved the Wildcats’ collective mileage Tuesday at the Berkeley Basketball ...
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Wed. Dec. 21, 2011 at 12:20 a.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — The opening day of the eight-team Berkeley Basketball Invitational concluded exactly the way it commenced: with low scoring complemented by high drama.St. Petersburg (8-0) opened things with a 59-56 triumph against East Bay (6-2), squeaking into today's 6 p.m. semifinals when Indians senior Dario Duque's 3-point try deflected ...
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Mon. Dec. 19, 2011 at 9:50 p.m. | Joey Knight
TAMPA — They could've worn slippers instead of high-tops, approached the scorer's table on tiptoe, predicated their offense on backdoor cuts. Wouldn't have mattered.The Chamberlain Chiefs weren't going to sneak up on Wharton this time around.A year to the day after the Chiefs humbled the Wildcats by seven in the ...
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Tue. Nov. 29, 2011 at 9:20 p.m. | Joey Knight
As you might have noticed, the college basketball season recently commenced, including a game on an aircraft carrier. Around here, we'd settle for a heliport. With football playoffs in full swing and no classes for public schools this week, the boys hoops season is tipping off with only modest buzz. ...
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Sun. Nov. 20, 2011 at 4:23 p.m. | Joey Knight
Wharton small forward Xavier Owens, who helped guide the Wildcats to within a game of the Class 6A final four last winter, has signed with Division I Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg, Md. Owens (6-foot-5, 215 pounds), initially set to attend prep school for the 2011-12 school year, signed ...
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Wed. Aug. 17, 2011 at 5:42 p.m. | Joey Knight
This week, the Times’ high school staff reflects on the best high school sporting event each writer covered in the 2010-11 school year. Joey Knight looks back at Wharton’s 57-54 region final basketball loss to Orlando Dr. Phillips on Feb. 26. Full disclosure here: The contest I’m about to detail ...
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Tue. June 14, 2011 at 4:06 p.m. | Joey Knight