Bob Putnam
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🏀Unveiling our first Pinellas County boys basketball top 10 of the 2024-25 season. See which teams earned spots in our inaugural power rankings.
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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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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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I started a website for high school sports. Check it out.
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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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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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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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Plant City's Mario Williams is not just a great receiver. He can also smack homers and throw a fastball 91 mph. He plans to play both sports at Oklahoma. @MarioWill00 @athletics_pchs @PlantCityFB @OU_Football #BoomerSooner
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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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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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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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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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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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I'm getting married a week from today so content will be light this month. I'll make sure to post photos from the wedding and honeymoon. And there are big things ahead in August with the site. Stay tuned.
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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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After Mario Williams committed to Oklahoma, Plies posted a video praising the five-star receiver. The rapper did it not for Williams' allegiance to the Sooners but for his loyalty to Plant City. @OU_Football @athletics_pchs @PlantCityFB @MarioWill00 @plies
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Plant's Waltez Clark, a Florida commit, had a monster night against Carrollwood Day, rushing for 175 yards and two TDs on seven carries and catching three passes for 70 yards and another score.
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Former Osceola players placed flowers at midfield Sunday in honor of Wilan Harvey. @OHS_Tribe
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Hillsborough's turf field is now complete. Looks pretty sweet.
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Thanks so much for all the support on the new website. Great first day. Nearly 5,000 page views already.
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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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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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East Lake pulled the prank, spelling out school name in forks on Tarpon's field. http://t.co/dOETTHByXG.
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Final: Plant 52, Miami 40. The Panthers win the first girls basketball state title in school history.
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Nearly 8,000 page views the first three days of this week. Thanks for all of the support.
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Calvary's Amari Burney talks about his decision to commit to Florida.
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Clearwater's @tramarreece, playing in memory of his mother, had two fumble recoveries against Osceola. @CT_Pride_ .
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The FHSAA executive director is recommending approval of a plan to begin fall sports on Aug. 24.
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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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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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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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“He’s truly your idea of hope and inspiration on a daily basis. ” -- Illinois head football athletic trainer Jeremy Busch on Bobby Roundtree. @BobbyRoundtr97 @IlliniFootball @LargoFootball
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Tampa Catholic's Mike Gregory has stepped down. The Crusaders have named Jeris McIntyre as the new football coach.
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Pictures of Northeast's Jacquez Welch from his freshman year (left) and senior year (right).
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@InternetH0F This game was in Tampa. The player that went off is King's Tony Livingston, now a tight end for the Florida Gators.
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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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Coaching at the high school level can be a thankless job. The hours are long. The pay is miniscule. They even have to 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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For the first time in nine years I've changed my twitter handle.
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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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@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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Iowa State's 2022 recruiting class is now ranked No. 5 in the Big 12 and No. 23 nationally by continuing a trend of adding top-level talent from the Tampa Bay area. @GregoryGaines03 @RoccoBecht @xtowns07 @TysonVeidt @CycloneFB @ISUMattCampbell
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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The site is now averaging 53,000 users and 197,000 page views per month. All thanks to your support. Way to go everyone. đź‘Źđź‘Ź.
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This week I officially started my 32nd year of covering high school sports in the Tampa Bay area. But it goes back even more than that. I technically started with my high school paper (The Rebel Rouser) at Dixie Hollins (now Hollins).
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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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Osceola has had to deal with too many tragedies in the last three years.
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Football season starts tonight with preseason games. This also is my 31st year covering high school sports.
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Clearwater coach Don Mesick said Adarius Lemons will most likely sign with Florida later today. #TBSD17.
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UCF has just been declared national champions in men's and women's basketball, track and field, softball and baseball.
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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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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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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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Here is the story Spectrum Sports - Bay News 9 aired about me recently.
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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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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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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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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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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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Kevin Knox is signing a shoe deal with Puma according to his father.
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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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Plant City star has said he wants to play football and baseball at Oklahoma.
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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Former Dixie Hollins standout Pro Wells, a JUCO product, makes it official by signing with TCU.
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East Lake erased a 54-28 halftime deficit to beat Steinbrenner 55-54.
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Congrats to former CCC standout Jeff Smith on making the New York Jets 53-man roster.
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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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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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Here is the decal and shirt design CCC plans to wear Friday to honor Jacquez Welch.
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Final. Jesuit 24, Fort Lauderdale St. Thomas Aquinas 21. Tigers with a huge win.
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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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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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#TBT to 2013 when these guys were gearing up for an impressive season. @eastlakefball @GeorgeCampbell0 @ArtavisScott @MasonCole52
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Hearing that former Northeast and USF standout Auggie Sanchez is set to be the new coach at Seminole.
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Five area baseball teams make the state semifinals. 7A: Plant.6A: Sickles.5A: Jesuit.4A: Dunedin.3A: Berkeley Prep.
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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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I took second place in sports reporting in the Florida Society of News Editors contest.
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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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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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