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Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer GIBSONTON -- The first 76 minutes of East Bay's Class 5A, District 6 semifinal matchup with Durant on Tuesday was a bitter stalemate, with [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer TAMPA -- When Randy Dagostino stepped down as Berkeley Prep's girls volleyball coach in 2012, he was one of the nation's winningest high school [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; Times Staff Writers TAMPA -- For 14 Tampa Bay area high school players competing in the Blue-Grey Football All-American Bowl, the past week was about [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER LITHIA -- Sometimes, even when it's not sunny outside during practice, Newsome girls coach Kelly Townsend finds herself wearing sunglasses, taking shots on goal [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; TIMES STAFF WRITERS The bay area has four players - two boys, two girls - nominated to play in the McDonald's All-American boys and girls [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER ORLANDO -- During their illustrious prep careers, quarterbacks Jack Allison and Malik Henry both spent time in Manatee County, just 125 miles southwest of [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer TAMPA -- In one of Tennessee's first practices for its Outback Bowl preparation, sophomore running back Jalen Hurd pulled his hamstring running in the [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- Oct. 19 was just like any other Monday for Northwestern as it prepared for a team meeting to watch film from the [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- Northwestern linebacker Anthony Walker was used to coach Pat Fitzgerald's 'one play away' mantra - the one used to keep young reserves [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- As a 6-foot-4, 275-pound high schooler, Ray Raulerson spent three seasons anchoring Plant's offensive line, helping the Panthers record at least 4,200 [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer TAMPA -- Tennessee coach Butch Jones was just a teenager from Saugatuck, Mich., when his career in football began with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers [...]

Byline: BOB PUTNAM; KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; Times Staff Writers When the 2015 Plant City season began, it did so with a new coach at the helm. Greg Meyer was [...]

Byline: BOB PUTNAM; KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; Times Staff Writers Before this season, DeShawn Smith had put up modest rushing numbers with 2,282 career yards, including 1,498 last season. Those [...]

Byline: RODNEY PAGE; KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITERS In volleyball, outside hitters are much like goal scorers in soccer or running backs in football. It's their job to finish what [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer DOVER -- When Strawberry Crest fell to Wiregrass Ranch in last season's Class 7A region quarterfinal, five Chargers hung up their black and red [...]

Byline: RODNEY PAGE; KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; Times Staff Writers ORLANDO -- Two years ago, Miami Central running back Dalvin Cook, now a star at Florida State, left Armwood defenders [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer ORLANDO -- To have a chance at bringing home a trophy, his Hawks needed to play perfect football, Armwood High School coach Sean Callahan [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER SEFFNER -- Erin and Eric Collins were just 12 and 13 years old in 2011, but the brothers never missed an Armwood High football [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER Nothing lightens the mood of an intense week leading up to a state championship like a round of 20 questions. Armwood QB Darrian McNeal, [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- The Plant girls basketball team has a variety of shooters this season, but usually, coach Carrie Mahon instructs her team to leave [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER SEFFNER -- After two straight years of the same matchup in the same place at the same time, Armwood coach Sean Callahan already knows [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER SEFFNER -- Armwood's offense looked sharp in its Class 6A state semifinal Friday, as five Hawks found the end zone in a 53-19 victory [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- No. 12 Northwestern and Tennessee's regular seasons played out similarly, with the Wildcats and Volunteers hitting rough patches halfway through before each [...]

Byline: RODNEY PAGE; KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; TIMES STAFF WRITERS Back where he belongs Armwood will face Miami Central in the state championship on Saturday for the third year in [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer SEFFNER -- On the third play of the game in Armwood's Class 6A state semifinal against Cantonment Tate, quarterback Darrian McNeal dropped back for [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer SEFFNER -- Thirteen years ago, long before Armwood High became known as a football powerhouse in the state of Florida, the Hawks were just [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer TAMPA -- After Tampa Catholic complained about Brooks DeBartolo wearing the wrong color jersey for Tuesday night's Class 4A-9 matchup, Phoenix coach Maggie Hedley [...]

Byline: RODNEY PAGE; KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; Times Staff Writers CLASS 2A Cambridge Christian (12-0) vs. Jacksonville University Christian (10-3) WHERE: Citrus Bowl, Orlando ROAD TO THE CHAMPIONSHIP: Cambridge - [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER SEFFNER -- Armwood has been no stranger to the state final four during the past decade, and usually, its the Hawks' defense that has [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER SEFFNER -- There were just three minutes left in Armwood High's spring football jamboree matchup against Hillsborough in May when veteran Hawks coach Sean [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; RODNEY PAGE; TIMES STAFF WRITERS The deeper teams get into the playoffs, the more they tend to match up with elite quarterbacks. But those guys [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- When Tampa Catholic's 2014 season came to an end with a last-second loss to Jesuit, so did the high school careers of [...]

Byline: BOB PUTNAM; KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; TIMES STAFF WRITERS Class 3A Clearwater Central Catholic (12-0) at Delray Beach American Heritage (9-2) Road to the semis: Clearwater Central Catholic - [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; Times Staff Writer PLANT CITY -- As any football coach would be, Greg Meyer was ecstatic when he got a call in August telling him that four-star [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; RODNEY PAGE; Times Staff Writers Of the 13 playoff football teams alive in Tampa Bay, five have yet to drop a game this season. The [...]

Byline: BOB PUTNAM; KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; Times Staff Writers River Ridge's Chris Schwarz and Nature Coast's DeShawn Smith are record-setting running backs who square off this week, marking the [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; BOB PUTNAM; Times Staff Writers Week 2 of the high school football postseason has a familiar feel for some area teams. Three of this week's [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER ORLANDO -- Plant had spent the week leading up to its Class 7A state title match against Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas scouting the [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; BOB PUTNAM; TIMES STAFF WRITERS Team of the Week BRANDON: Defense has been the driving force for Brandon all season, and that stayed true in [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER ORLANDO -- Jensen Beach entered Saturday's Class 6A state championship match against Mitchell having appeared in the final four each of the past five [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER LAKELAND -- It was defense that earned Sickles a spot in the 7A playoffs and a first-round game against six-time state champion Lakeland. Once [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; RODNEY PAGE; BOB PUTNAM; TIMES STAFF WRITERS DEVAN BARRETT It wasn't as if Barrett was late coming onto the scene, but Tampa Catholic coach Mike Gregory admits [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; BOB PUTNAM; RODNEY PAGE; TIMES STAFF WRITERS Twenty-six Tampa Bay teams are in the playoffs this season. If you're a casual high school football fan, trying to [...]

Byline: BOB PUTNAM; KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITERS Twenty-six Tampa Bay teams are in the playoffs this season. If you're a casual high school football fan, trying to decide which [...]

Byline: KELLY PARSONS; TIMES STAFF WRITER TAMPA -- Two weeks ago, before the state playoffs began, first-year Plant coach Margeaux Sinibaldi asked her volleyball team to write down a date. [...]