Tampa Catholic's Christian Green gave all the credit to his receivers, but the junior quarterback put just the right touch on two first-half touchdown passes Friday night to lead the Crusaders to a 30-3 Class 2A-District 5 victory over Lake Placid at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

September 28, 2008

Tampa Catholic 30, Lake Placid 3 Tampa Catholic's Christian Green gave all the credit to his receivers, but the junior quarterback put just the right touch on two first-half touchdown passes Friday night to lead the Crusaders to a 30-3 Class 2A-District 5 victory over Lake Placid at Roger Scarborough Memorial Field. ...more

September 27, 2008

Tampa Catholic, last year's Class 2A state runner-up, still is winless after two weeks and injuries have been a major factor. The most notable Crusaders player still hurting is junior quarterback Christian Green, who sprained an ankle in a season-opening loss to Ocala Trinity Catholic and played just one down in last week's loss to Clearwater Central Catholic. ...more

September 19, 2008

CLEARWATER CC ... 9 TAMPA CATHOLIC ... 6 THE DIFFERENCE: The host Marauders (2-0) used a strong defense and a clock-eating rushing attack to keep Tampa Catholic (0-2) off the field for much of the second half. The tropical storm-like rains that drenched the field for most of the first half forced both teams into a ground attack that played into CCC's hands. Part of the reason the teams turned to their rushing attacks was neither quarterback could hang on to the wet ball. CCC running back Micah Poole's 4-yard run to the right corner of the end zone through the deluge in the second quarter proved to be the winning score. ...more

September 13, 2008

Tampa Catholic at Central Catholic ...more

September 12, 2008

TRINITY CATH. 20 TAMPA CATH. 10 THE DIFFERENCE: Ocala Trinity Catholic got all the momentum it needed when Chris Johnson took the opening kick of the second half all the way to the Tampa Catholic 10-yard line. The Celtics scored three plays later. ...more

September 8, 2008

If you turn up to just about any Tampa Catholic football practice, you're likely to find them spending a lot of time on special teams. That's because coaches there believe it's an often overlooked part of the game, one that played a vital role during the Crusaders' run to the 2007 state final. ...more

September 4, 2008

East Lake at Largo A potential battle of the ex-Countryside quarterbacks Ryan Eppes (now Largo's starting quarterback) and Blake Robles (who left East Lake for Countryside and in a roundabout way found his way back at East Lake). ...more

September 3, 2008

The Tribune is counting down the top 10 football teams in Hillsborough County. The rankings were compiled in a vote by the Tribune's four staffers who cover high school football and News Channel 8's Dan Lucas. ...more

August 24, 2008

Before he became the greatest Olympian ever, Michael Phelps was a kid who was bullied because he had big ears and a lisp. A teacher once told his mother he'd never be successful because he couldn't focus. ...more

August 19, 2008