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After three years of attending Blake High and playing for the Yellow Jackets football team, Zain Gilmore Jr. said leaving his friends and teammates behind was by no means an easy decision.
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If you thought the times being posted this season by juniors DeAndre James of Blake and Jonathan Moore of Jefferson were incorrect, all doubts were put to rest at Saturday's USF/Steinbrenner Invitational meet.
This year's tournament returns Saturday as the teams face off in pool-play action to reach next Friday's tournament final at Brandon.
Blake's defense held Gibbs to two touchdowns and 158 total yards as the Yellow Jackets earned their fourth win.
Darius Page ran for 144 yards on 26 carries and the Wildcats’ defense did the rest to lead Wharton to an 18-6 victory Friday night against Blake.
The last home game of the regular season for Blake was anticipated to be a memorable night for the seniors. However, junior running back DeAndre James had other plans.
The mistakes piled up as fast as the points as Blake and Spoto ran up and down the field, exchanging four leads in a wild Class 5A-District 8 matchup that lasted more than three hours.
With the Heritage Trophy on the line, Blake ended up routing Middleton in the annual Heritage Classic.
Trailing 12-0 in the second quarter, Robinson unhindered its offense, scoring 48 unanswered points in a win.
After a heartbreaking one-point loss last week, Blake returned home hoping to end its two-game losing streak. But, quarterback Tommy Eveld and the Jesuit offense proved to be too much.
Dunedin quarterback Anthony Diviney ran for 120 yards on 12 carries and Teddy Aloizakis booted a 29-yard fourth-quarter field goal, lifting the Falcons.
They say the highs aren't as high and the lows aren't as low. Yep, it's a cliché, but the Blake football team is living it. One week after dismantling Leto, 50-0, the Yellow Jackets were humbled on their home field by Lakewood, 28-0.
After being held to just eight points last week in its Kickoff Classic, Blake entered Friday’s game with a purpose ... score fast and score often.
You could say Darreon Telfair has an old soul.
With next week’s matchup against state powerhouse Armwood looming, Brandon seemed focused on both sides of the ball as the Eagles rolled to a victory over Blake.
If a fan can read into the future of the 2011 high school football season, judging from Friday's four-team jamboree, Blake has a dangerous return man while Hillsborough will have a stifling defense.
Hillsborough County baseball coaches met Tuesday night at Jefferson High School to compile the All-Western Conference Baseball Team.
Blake High guard Andre Smith was named the Paul Straub Player of the Year by the Tampa Bay Basketball Coaches Association.
Even as he lay in a hospital bed, recovering from surgery to remove a cancerous tumor in his brain in November, Blake High's Winston Davis couldn't help but think about coaching.
Two of Steve Channer's sons, Brandon and Malik, will be playing in the state boys' basketball tournament.
With the game ball held firmly at his hip, Blake High junior guard Brandon Channer stood in awe. He watched as fans and teammates celebrated the Yellow Jackets' 74-65 win over defending state champion Fort Myers in the Class 4A-Region 3 boys basketball final Saturday, sending Blake to its first stat
Down by 12 in the second half, eight midway through in the fourth quarter and five with 1:15 remaining, there was never any panic in the Blake High boys basketball team and senior guard Andre Smith.
Durant cranked out 10 hits in a 9-4 victory against host Bloomingdale in the Saladino Baseball Tournament.
Results from Friday night games of 31st Tony Saladino Baseball Tournament
Blake and Jesuit meet tonight for the Class 4A-District 9 boys basketball championship after semifinal victories Friday night. Their paths to the title game were vastly different.
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