North Suncoast: News and notes

By Izzy Gould and Joey Knight, Times Staff Writers
In print: Tuesday, May 6, 2008

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SAC honors

The Sunshine Athletic Conference came out with its awards last week for spring sports. The selections were made by Pasco County coaches, who are supposed to make selections based only on SAC performances. Here are the SAC players and coaches of the year, and conference champions by school:

Baseball: Trey Dahl, Sr. (Land O'Lakes); Calvin Baisley (Land O'Lakes); Mitchell

Softball: Michelle McKonly, Sr. (River Ridge); Jamie Martin (Land O'Lakes); Land O'Lakes

Track (girls): Jasmine Pleasant (runner), Sr. (Wesley Chapel); Keari Brink (field), Sr. (Ridgewood); Kristi Frye (Wesley Chapel); Wesley Chapel

Track (boys): Felix Soto, Jr. (Land O'Lakes); Earon Hicks, Jr. (Wesley Chapel); Al Claggett (Land O'Lakes); Land O'Lakes

Tennis (girls): Tijana Subotic, Fr. (River Ridge); Tammy Shaw (Wiregrass Ranch); River Ridge

Tennis (boys): Lucas Loman, Sr. (River Ridge); David Wilson (Wiregrass Ranch); Wiregrass Ranch

Weightlifting: Hunter Joyer, Fr. (Wesley Chapel); Tim White (Hudson); Hudson

Nature Coast signing

Sharks senior soccer player Brittany Allen signed a letter of intent with Converse College, an all-women's school in South Carolina.

Allen scored five goals and had eight assists for the Sharks. Her best performance was during an 8-0 win over Hernando on Dec. 3, when she scored twice and assisted on a pair of goals.

Quote of the day

"I believe we play better away from home. I think when we're away from home, the kids feel their backs are against the wall, they have to play. … We've got to go into somebody else's territory, and we'll play harder and the kids will be ready to stand up to whatever they've got to play."

Pasco baseball coach Ricky Giles, above, whose club travels to Palatka for the best-of-three region finals this weekend. Pasco (25-5) is 10-1 in true road games this season (not counting district and holiday tournaments).

Compiled by staff writers Izzy Gould and Joey Knight.