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North Suncoast: News and notes

By Izzy Gould, Times Staff Writer
In print: Saturday, May 10, 2008

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On the web: Baseball blogapalooza

In addition to our live scoreboards for today's region baseball finals, head over to our blog for updates on all the area teams in action. Stellar pitching performances,
lead changes, general quirkiness — we'll have it all covered at highschool.tampabay.com.

Did you know?

Former Central ace Patrick Ryan has had a heck of a start for the Double-A Huntsville Stars. In 11 games and 162/3 innings pitched, Ryan has not allowed a run. During that span, he has given up five hits, walked eight and struck out eight. He is 1-0.

Knights kicker
holding out hope

River Ridge kicker Eric Karcinski played three seasons of varsity football and wants to extend his career to college. He has spent the offseason exploring kicking camps, where camp coaches have taken notice and started telling schools about the Royal Knights kicker. Karcinski went 5-of-6 on field goals last season, with his longest at 47 yards. Knowing he needed more exposure, Karcinski attended a kicking camp and a kicking school each run by former Division I kickers. At a camp run by former Rutgers kicker Lee McDonald, Karcinski won the punting competition with punts of 52 and 56 yards. At the Kornblue kicking school run by former Michigan kicker Brandon Kornblue, Karcinski won the field goal competition. The results have led to conversations with FAU, FIU, Alabama-Birmingham, Wofford and Fordham.

National weightlifting competition

The final day of the National Weightlifting Championship begins at 9 a.m. today at River Ridge. Boys and girls
will compete in 10 weight classes in two divisions — ninth- and 10th-graders; 11th- and 12th-graders. The top eight finishers in each weight class will be honored, with the winners and runnersup given trophies.

Compiled by Times staff writer Izzy Gould.

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