January 28th, 2008 04:17pm

Catch her while you can

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The first time I ever saw her name was six years ago. A sweet grandmother wrote in to let me know about an athlete to watch in future years. She said the child was a sixth-grader, and I may not have even remembered the e-mail to this day if she hadn’t mentioned the girl’s uncle was former Gator quarterback Kerwin Bell. So I filed that away, having no idea how significant Natalie Land’s high school career … Read More »
January 14th, 2008 04:43pm

Locals on way to elite status?

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Billy Donovan and the Florida basketball team haven’t signed a local player since Gainesville High School’s Orien Greene in 2000 (though Hawthorne’s Cornelius Ingram did have a UF hoops offer, but signed to play football and only tried basketball for a year). No doubt during that time Donovan at least took looks at Santa Fe small forward James Shuler, GHS point guard Ron Larris, P.K. Yonge’s Terry Williams, Willie Powers and Myk Brown, but decided not to … Read More »