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St. Petersburg, FL
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Bob Putnam
19 days
The Florida High School Athletic Association released the schedules for next week’s softball district tournaments. Here are the district brackets that include local teams.
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Bob Putnam
5 years
Here is the tattoo Northeast coach Jeremy Frioud got to honor Jacquez Welch. The tattoo is from a photo taken just after Welch scored on a 60-yard run, the final carry of his high school career.
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I was laid off today after 24 years. So if there are any job opportunities out there let me know.
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3 years
Coaching at the high school level can be a thankless job. The hours are long. The pay is miniscule. But the impact they have with athletes and students is immeasurable. Lets all give them the props they deserve on #NationalCoachesDay .
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Coaching at the high school level can be a thankless job. The hours are long. The pay is miniscule. They even monitor the weather. But the impact they have with athletes and students is immeasurable. Lets all give them the props they deserve on #NationalCoachesDay
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Tampa Catholic's Lewis Carter, an Oklahoma commit, had a monster game against Robinson, rushing for 212 yards and five touchdowns on offense and recording seven tackles and an interception on defense. @TC_Football @OU_Football
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Calvary Christian's Amari Burney making it official by signing with Florida.
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Leto players arriving back on campus Friday night after winning a football game for the first time in their careers and the first one for the program since 2014. Pure joy.
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Calvary Christian's Amari Burney doing the Gator chomp with his parents and coach Todd Yoder.
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Plant's Will Putnam picks
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Bob Putnam
5 years
Chamberlain's John Dixon picks South Carolina over Miami.
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Bob Putnam
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Coaching at the high school level can be a thankless job. The hours are long. The pay is miniscule. They even monitor the weather. But the impact they have with athletes and students is immeasurable. Let's all give them the props they deserve on #NationalCoachesDay
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Three Hillsborough County teams, all of which are undefeated, advance to state title games. It is tied for the most-ever in area history in one season. 7A: Tampa Bay Tech 6A: Jesuit 3A: Berkeley Prep
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CCC coach Chris Harvey giving the game ball to Jack Del Rio, whose father passed away earlier in the week. @CCCMaraudersFB @CCCMarauders
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I'm almost positive that Jesuit is the first Tampa Bay area program (Hillsborough and Pinellas) to ever beat St. Thomas Aquinas.
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4 years
I hit a big milestone with last night: 100,000 page views. I reached that total in less than four months. And I did it from the ground up, in the middle of a pandemic, without a single official high school game being played. All thanks to your support.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Shaquem Griffin's performance at the NFL combine should not be a surprise. In 2013, he was named the Tampa Bay Times Pinellas County co-track athlete of the year along with brother Shaquill (Seahawks), TJ Holmes (UF hurdler) and Trayvon Bromell (Olympic sprinter).
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Rod Wave, a Lakewood grad, released his new album today. One of the songs, Moving On, was produced by Tre Gilliam, a former Gibbs basketball standout.
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7 years
Kodak giving a shout out to PHU.
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8 years
#TBT to 2014, the morning of the East Lake-Tarpon Springs game. #forked
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8 years
Prayers go out to the family of former Osceola standout Wilan Harvey, who died in a car crash in Pensacola this weekend.
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Bob Putnam
2 years
Congrats to Jesuit, which wins its first state title since 1968 and becomes the sixth area team, all from Hillsborough County, to finish as an undefeated state champion. @JesuitTampaFL @JesuitTigers_FB
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2 years
Greg Gaines (Tampa Bay Tech), Xavier Townsend (Berkeley Prep) and Junior Vandeross (Jesuit) all played on the same youth team with the Westchase Colts. Now they are each playing in the state finals.
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6 years
Tampa Catholic quarterback Charlie Dean, a UCF commit, has transferred to Plant. He made the move about two weeks ago. He wants to graduate early and get to UCF as soon as possible and said he wouldn't be able to do that at Tampa Catholic.
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Bob Putnam
8 years
Former Osceola players placed flowers at midfield Sunday in honor of Wilan Harvey. . @OHS_Tribe
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4 years
Hillsborough's turf field is now complete. Looks pretty sweet.
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4 years
Thanks so much for all the support on the new website. Great first day. Nearly 5,000 page views already.
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4 years
East Lake's Dionte Blanch cutting down the net after reaching the state semifinals for the first time. The Murray State signee finished with 35 points. @ELHS_Basketball @murraystateuniv
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Bob Putnam
10 years
East Lake pulled the prank, spelling out school name in forks on Tarpon's field. http://t.co/dOETTHByXG
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Final: Plant 52, Miami 40. The Panthers win the first girls basketball state title in school history.
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Bob Putnam
2 years
Hold your heads high Tampa Bay Tech. You were the first team in school history to go undefeated in the regular season and the first to reach the state title game. You'll always remember that and be talking about that at reunions.
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4 years
Nearly 8,000 page views the first three days of this week. Thanks for all of the support.
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7 years
Calvary's Amari Burney talks about his decision to commit to Florida.
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Bob Putnam
9 years
Clearwater's @tramarreece , playing in memory of his mother, had two fumble recoveries against Osceola. @CT_Pride_ .
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Counting my time as a freelancer, this will be my 30th year covering high school football. My first assignment? Covering Shaun King's first start as a quarterback at Gibbs.
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Bob Putnam
1 year
How bad is the portal? I've had two area high school coaches tell me that at least four colleges are not even taking one high school player in the 2023 class. The college coaches just stopped by to say hi and that's it. All transfers this year.
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Bob Putnam
2 years
Hold your heads high Berkeley Prep. You were the first team in school history to make it to the final. That's something you guys will always remember.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Tampa Catholic's Mike Gregory has stepped down. The Crusaders have named Jeris McIntyre as the new football coach.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Congrats to St. Petersburg's Serrel Smith who is the school's all-time leading scorer with 2,174 points. @SPHBasketball @GetBucketsBoyyy
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Bob Putnam
5 years
Pictures of Northeast's Jacquez Welch from his freshman year (left) and senior year (right).
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Bob Putnam
4 years
For the first time in nine years I've changed my twitter handle.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
Good news. Hillsborough County athletic director Lanness Robinson said through donations and help from the district, everything Blake lost in the fire this past weekend should be replaced.
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Bob Putnam
2 years
@barstoolsports Here's a high school picture of Desmond alongside Clyde Pinder (North Carolina/USF). That was more than 800 pounds of beef (close to 900) in Armwood High's (Seffner, Fla.) interior defense. Tampa Bay Times photo.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
Reached more than 60,000 page views since starting the first week of April. Better still, a combined 22,000 page views the past three weeks, which means the audience is growing.
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Iowa State has done very well recruiting the bay area, particularly on the offensive side of the ball in the 2022 class. Wiregrass Ranch's Rocco Becht, TBT's Greg Gaines and Berkeley Prep's Xavier Townsend have all committed to the Cyclones so far.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
This is the first time Lakewood has had brothers (twins no less) selected among its long list of draft picks. The Griffin twins now get to play for the same high school, college and NFL team.
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Bob Putnam
2 years
Congrats to Berkeley Prep on making it to the state title game for the first time in school history. The Buccaneers will face Chaminade in the final on Dec. 10 in Tallahassee. @BPS_Football @BPS_Athletics
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Bob Putnam
2 years
That seals it. Bucs will win it all. The two times they won the Super Bowl (2002 and 2020) they were swept by the Saints in the regular season.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Lakewood's Shaquem Griffin was a state champion in the triple jump and long jump. He also teamed with brother Shaquill to win state in the 4x400. Together, they also helped the Spartans win a state team title in 2013, the first for a Pinellas County boys team in 43 years.
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Lakewood's Rod Wave, who has the No. 1 album in the country, performed on Jimmy Fallon. What a week for Hollywood High.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
The FHSAA board of directors votes to allow schools to start practices for fall sports on Aug. 24. The first allowable date for a regular season game or meet will be Sept. 4. #FHSAA
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Hillsborough's Erriyon Knighton finishes third in the final of the 200 to secure his spot his Olympic spot. He becomes the first American teenager to qualify in the event since 1972.
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6 years
The new CCC athletic facility and locker room. @CCCMaraudersFB @CCCMarauders
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3 years
Former Hillsborough star Erriyon Knighton, who turned pro in track, ran a 9.99 in the Pure Athletics Sprint Meet. He is a junior in high school.
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8 years
Osceola has had to deal with too many tragedies in the last three years.
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7 years
Clearwater coach Don Mesick said Adarius Lemons will most likely sign with Florida later today. #TBSD17
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Bob Putnam
4 years
Hillsborough County AD Lanness Robinson said practices and games will still be allowed for fall sports starting on Aug. 24 and public schools will enter phase three of summer conditioning on Monday.
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Bob Putnam
3 years
The site is now averaging 53,000 users and 197,000 page views per month. All thanks to your support. Way to go everyone. 👏👏
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Bob Putnam
9 months
Football season starts tonight with preseason games. This also is my 31st year covering high school sports.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
UCF has just been declared national champions in men's and women's basketball, track and field, softball and baseball.
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Hit a pretty big milestone today with : More than one million page views. It happened in less than a year. Thanks to everyone out there for making it possible.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
The Hillsborough County school board unanimously approved a contract with Advent Health and PT Solutions Holding LLC to supply certified athletic trainers year-round to all 28 public high schools during last week’s meeting.
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Bob Putnam
5 years
A Pinellas Park parent ordered about 500 of these stickers that are available for any team in the area that wants to support Northeast and Jacquez Welch's family.
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2 years
Congrats to Tampa Bay Tech's Jayson Roberts (Class 7A) and Jesuit's Matt Thompson (Class 6A) who were named the state coach of the year in their respective classification by the Florida Dairy Farmers.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
I had best one day total on the site with 4,293 page views so far today. The audience keeps growing.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Miami's Anthony Lawrence Jr. (Lakewood) and Kansas State's Barry Brown (Gibbs) are best friends who are tearing it up in college. Who can forget this photo 11 years when they were members of the Courtside Cavaliers. @ANTHONY03__ @CanesHoops @barrybrown05 @KStateMBB
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6 years
Kevin Knox is signing a shoe deal with Puma according to his father.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
Plant coach Robert Weiner announces he is leaving after 16 seasons to take an assistant job at the college level. Just told players and coaches during mandatory meeting.
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4 years
Plant City star has said he wants to play football and baseball at Oklahoma.
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2021 RHP/SS Mario Williams of @Juice_Baseball is a big-time athlete, showing a fast arm w/ lots of life on his FB. Currently committed to @OU_Football as the nation’s top ranked WR. Comes in for relief and sits 88-90, touched 91 on the last pitch of the inning for the K.
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Superior Collegiate's Ethan White, a Florida commit, has transferred to Clearwater, his zoned school. He will graduate in December and become an early enrollee with the Gators.
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2 years
The Newton family had a tremendous weekend. *CCC's Jershaun Newton was 14-of-15 for 329 yards and three TDs. * Toledo's Jerjuan Newton had five catches for 125 yards and two TDs * Illinois' Johnny Newton had four tackles and a sack. @CCCMaraudersFB @CCCMarauders
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Bob Putnam
6 years
Former Dixie Hollins standout Pro Wells, a JUCO product, makes it official by signing with TCU.
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7 years
#TBT to 2013 when these guys were gearing up for an impressive season. @eastlakefball @GeorgeCampbell0 @ArtavisScott @MasonCole52
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7 years
Largo grads Donavan Hale and Jonathan Crawford both in the starting lineup for Indiana in tonight's opener against Ohio State.
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2 years
East Lake erased a 54-28 halftime deficit to beat Steinbrenner 55-54.
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Bob Putnam
5 years
Here is the decal and shirt design CCC plans to wear Friday to honor Jacquez Welch.
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7 years
What a week for Jesuit. Lance McCullers wins world series title. Football team beats rival TC. And swim team wins first state title.
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Bob Putnam
4 years
Congrats to former CCC standout Jeff Smith on making the New York Jets 53-man roster.
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5 years
The real football Friday isn't the Bucs. And it isn't USF in two weeks. It's high school football.
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4 years
Lets try this again. Mario Williams, Plant City Week 1 stats 2 receptions, 115 yards, both for touchdowns 1 TD pass of 65 yards 1 carry for 30 yards 1 2-point conversion 2 kickoff returns for 107 yards. @athletics_pchs @PlantCityFB @MarioWill00 @OU_Football
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Bob Putnam
3 years
Final. Jesuit 24, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas 21. Tigers with a huge win.
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2 years
Hearing that former Northeast and USF standout Auggie Sanchez is set to be the new coach at Seminole.
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2 years
Five area baseball teams make the state semifinals. 7A: Plant 6A: Sickles 5A: Jesuit 4A: Dunedin 3A: Berkeley Prep
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Bob Putnam
5 years
Northeast is going to set up a scholarship in Jacquez Welch's honor of $5,000 to be awarded to player on the team each year.
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6 years
I took second place in sports reporting in the Florida Society of News Editors contest.
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3 years
Tampa Bay Tech's Greg Gaines III (Iowa State), Berkeley Prep's Xavier Townsend (Iowa State) and Jesuit's Junior Vandeross (Toledo) all played together on the same youth team with the Westchase Colts.
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4 years
Lakewood product doing big things.
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3 years
Iowa State's Tampa Bay area haul in the Class of 2022 includes the following: Northeast's @DangeloHU5 Berkeley Prep's @xtowns07 Tampa Bay Tech's @GregoryGaines03 Wiregrass Ranch's @RoccoBecht
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Bob Putnam
3 years
@CoachAllenIU If this guy isn't coach of the year something is wrong
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Bob Putnam
3 years
The site had 15,000 users and 35,000 page views YESTERDAY. That's unbelievable. Thank you for all your support.
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4 years
Pinellas County has been approved to start summer conditioning on June 15. All outdoor workouts at first and limited to 30 people (players and coaches) per group.
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4 years
It's time to start practices today. High school sports are back.
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Calvary Christian's Amari Burney said he plans to sign with Florida on Dec. 20 and will graduate early.
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2 years
Carrollwood Day wins the 2022 7-on-7 Shootout at the University of Florida. @CDS_FBall
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