TAMPA Ray Delphey tossed six innings of two-hit ball and Alonso came up with some clutch hits in a three-run second inning to help the Ravens edge Sickles 3-0 in a Class 6A-District 7 baseball matchup Wednesday night at Sickles. ...more

February 25, 2009

Chamberlain senior dual-threat quarterback Dontae Aycock, the 2008 Guy Toph Award winner as the best senior football player in Hillsborough County, is verbally committed to Georgia Tech, Chamberlain assistant coach Brian Turner told The Tampa Tribune. ...more

February 1, 2009

Philadelphia Eagles defensive coordinator Jim Johnson has had a recurrence of cancer, this time in his spine, team officials said Thursday. ...more

January 30, 2009

Scott Linehan will not be running the Bucs offense after all. Linehan, the former Rams head coach who was believed to be the leading candidate to become the Bucs' new offensive coordinator, signed on to run the Lions offense instead Friday. ...more

January 24, 2009

Chamberlain quarterback Dontae Aycock took home Hillsborough County's most prestigious football award Thursday morning. Aycock was honored with the Guy Toph Award, which is given annually to the top player in the county who exhibits excellence on and off the field. ...more

January 15, 2009

Fire Stations Set LAND O' LAKES - Shiny red trucks need shiny new buildings to park in and they're getting them in some parts of the county. ...more

January 1, 2009

Andrej Meszaros said scoring goals is not at the top of his priority list. But it doesn't mean he's happy about having a goose-egg under his goals-scored column. ...more

December 31, 2008

When the Tampa Bay Buccaneers entered December on a four-game winning streak and 9-3 overall, it was easy to get lost in the possibilities. They were headed to Carolina for that Monday night showdown, and everyone was talking about division championships and first-round byes. The playoffs were a given. No team starts 9-3 and misses the playoffs. ...more

December 29, 2008

This wasn't the ending that Chamberlain envisioned. The Chiefs' season was supposed to end at the Citrus Bowl in Orlando two weeks from now, with the players hoisting 71-year-old coach Billy Turner into the air as they celebrated winning the Class 5A state championship. ...more

December 6, 2008

On Thanksgiving Day, Chamberlain High's football players gathered in their locker room before an early morning practice to share what they were thankful for. When it became his turn to speak, head coach Billy Turner had to fight back tears. As he looked into his players' faces, he told them that as he stood on the school's field that morning, his coaching career flashed before his eyes. Turner, 71, has 254 career wins, the winningest active football coach in Hillsborough County. He's in his 49th season, the past 30 at Chamberlain. Before this season, Turner said it was a strong possibility he would retire after this year. On Monday, he reaffirmed it. ...more

December 2, 2008