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HomeTeam Hot Shots for Feb. 7-13

 
Published Feb. 15, 2015

Each week, our HomeTeam staffers nominate male and female Hot Shot athletes from each of the counties we cover. Then we turn the voting over to readers. These nominations span Saturday, Feb. 7 through Friday, Feb. 13. The winners get a T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in the area. Read up on all of our nominees then vote until noon Monday at tampabay.com/hometeam.

Female nominees

Trinity Baptiste, basketball, Hillsborough: Baptiste scored 34 points in the Terriers' 57-45 region semifinal win against Osceola, including her 1,000th career point. The 6-foot forward also picked up her first college scholarship offer from Division I Sam Houston State.

Jhade Hayes, basketball, Land O'Lakes: The guard scored 13 points, including a key 3-pointer with 30 seconds remaining, to lift the Gators to a 49-44 win over Nature Coast in the Class 5A region semifinals.

Megan Ingram, basketball, Palm Harbor University: She was dominant inside, scoring a team-high 18 points to go along with six rebounds and four blocked shots in a 57-40 win over Sarasota Riverview in the Class 8A region semifinals.

Rita Jarque, basketball, Nature Coast: The Sharks lost to Land O'Lakes, but Jarque was unstoppable on the boards. The senior had 22 rebounds, 15 on offense, and scored 12 points.

Carley Plentovich, basketball, Calvary Christian: The junior scored 24 points in the Warriors' 58-48 win over Naples Community School. The Warriors won their third straight region final and will play in the state semifinal Tuesday.

Asia Royster, basketball, Seffner Christian: The senior forward scored 11 points from the bench in the Crusaders' 67-19 region final win against Father Lopez. She was one of four players to score double-digit points as the Crusaders earned their fourth final four berth in five years.

Male nominees

Amiri Hayes, basketball, Academy at the Lakes: The senior point guard scored 14 points and had a team-high 10 assists in an 82-60 win over Canterbury in the Class 2A region quarterfinals.

Sheldon Odunna, basketball, Freedom: Odunna scored 16 points, of a team high 24, in the second quarter of the Patriots' 78-54 region quarterfinal win against Strawberry Crest. Twelve of those points were during a 15-4 Freedom run that padded the Patriots' lead before halftime.

Sam Ralston, basketball, Dunedin: The senior guard had a team-high 23 points, including five 3-pointers, in the Falcons' 62-56 win over Nature Coast in the Class 5A region quarterfinals. It was Dunedin's first playoff win in almost 40 years.

DJ Sharpe, basketball, East Bay: Sharpe scored a team-high 21 points as the Indians defeated Sickles 51-45 in the region quarterfinals. Sharpe also sank four 3-pointers in East Bay's third playoff appearance in four years.

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Serrel Smith, basketball, St. Petersburg: The freshman guard had 16 points, 12 in the second half, as the Green Devils overcame a 10-point deficit to beat Newsome 53-46 in the Class 8A region quarterfinals.

Lawrence Watt, basketball, Mitchell: Though he was held to 14 points, well below his season average of 21, the senior had a 12-foot, buzzer-beating jump shot to beat Armwood 53-52 in the Class 6A region quarterfinals.