TAMPA — So far this season, Hillsborough's Trinity Baptiste has worked to make up for lost time. The junior guard missed her sophomore season after tearing her ACL, but has since started fresh, recording a double double in five of the Terriers' first eight games. Monday against district rival King, ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 10:25 p.m. | Kelly Parsons
Tacko Fall seems to unravel upward until he reaches his full height and his head is somewhere in the vicinity of any normal room’s ceiling. Fall, who plays for Orlando Liberty Christian Prep, is simply a very, very tall person at 7 foot, 6 inches, the tallest player in high ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 7:29 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Male Hot Shot winner: Jerome Merritt, Fivay There were no long-range shots. Hardly any jumpers, either. Instead, Fivay’s Jerome Merritt found the best route to the basket was simply to drive to it with force. By depositing the ball with easy layups, Merritt kept scoring last week against Gulf, so ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 7:06 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Female Hot Shot winner: Chardonay Aldrich, Palm Harbor University During last year’s run to the Class 8A region semifinal, Chardonay Aldrich was a reliable guard who could play offense and defense. Now a senior, Aldrich has stepped up her role as PHU’s top scoring threat. On a team that scores 61 ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 6:48 p.m. | Rodney Page
1. Tampa Prep (3-0, 1-0) This week: Tuesday vs. Carrollwood Day; Wednesday vs. Bishop McLaughlin; Friday at Seffner Christian Lowdown: In their only game last week, the Terrapins gained an edge in the Class 3A, District 7 standings with a 75-49 win over previously unbeaten Brooks DeBartolo. Juwan Durham had ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 6:30 p.m. | Bob Putnam
Armwood senior defensive end Byron Cowart, one of the top recruits in the nation for the 2015 class, was named the Florida Dairy Farmers' Class 6A player of the year on Monday. East Lake’s Bob Hudson and Indian Rocks Christian’s Mark Buchanan also nabbed Class 7A and 2A coaching honors, ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 5:51 p.m. | Times Staff
1. Seffner Christian (6-0, 2-0) This week: Monday vs. Spruce Creek, Thursday vs. IMG Academy, Friday vs. Plant Lowdown: The Crusaders are still beating their opponents handily, by a total margin of 449-191. At this rate, we wouldn’t be surprised if Seffner Christian slid through its regular season unscathed. 2. ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 4:34 p.m. | Rodney Page and Kelly Parsons
TAMPA — Sunday night’s Hillsborough County All-Star Football Game at Raymond James Stadium was a tale of two halves as the East and West teams gouged each other for big plays and points in the first half only to have the defenses take over and factor into the 17-14 West ...
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Mon. Dec. 08, 2014 at 10:14 a.m. | Andy Warrener
EAST LAKE —Dixie Hollins positioned itself as one of the Pinellas County teams to beat this wrestling season by taking second place at the East Lake Invitational on Saturday. The Rebels traded blows with Miami Southridge, ranked ninth in Class 3A by Scout.com, until the final match. Trailing by three ...
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Sat. Dec. 06, 2014 at 7:08 p.m. | Andy Warrener
As we kick off our first all-Tampa Bay Times' teams of the 2014-15 school year, we also took the opportunity to present them a little differently this year. Below you'll find PDFs of the entire Tampa Bay golf team, as well as special individual pages for each golfer of the ...
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Sat. Dec. 06, 2014 at 6:28 p.m. | Rodney Page
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, Nov. 29 through Friday, Dec. 5. The winners get a T-shirt and bragging rights over every other school in ...
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Sat. Dec. 06, 2014 at 12:50 p.m. | Times Staff
FORT WALTON BEACH -— By blocking a punt in the Armwood end zone in the first quarter of its Class 6A state semifinal with the Hawks on Friday, Choctawhatchee did something Armwood’s 13 previous opponents couldn’t. The ball sailed through the end zone for a safety, and for the first ...
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Sat. Dec. 06, 2014 at 12:14 a.m. | Kelly Parsons
FORT LAUDERDALE — East Lake quarterback Jake Hudson sobbed. Eagles linebacker Carson Lydon trudged off the field, his head low. Tears fell as coach Bob Hudson guided his team into the locker room for the last time. East Lake’s second straight state semifinal appearance ended Friday night in a 45-7 ...
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Fri. Dec. 05, 2014 at 11:38 p.m. | Bob Putnam
BROOKSVILLE — Nature Coast maintained its undefeated mark and lead in Class 5A, District 7 in style. In front of its home crowd, the Sharks emerged with a dominant 53-16 victory over Pasco. Led by standout center Rita Jarque, who came in averaging 15 points, Nature Coast (7-1, 4-0) jumped ...
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Fri. Dec. 05, 2014 at 10:46 p.m. | Derek J. LaRiviere
WESLEY CHAPEL — Freedom was in urgent need of a timeout after seeing a 16-point lead shrink to two. Coach Laurie Pacholke’s message was well received. And it helped to have Taylor Emery among those receiving it. “Be calm. Stay composed,” said Emery, who did just that with layups on ...
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Fri. Dec. 05, 2014 at 10:15 p.m. | Darek Sharp
