March 13th, 2008 05:48pm
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The Florida Dairy Farmers released its boys basketball classification winners on Thursday.
Each of the six player winners is a finalist for Mr. Basketball, and each of the six coaching winners is a finalist for that overall award.
The player winners are: 6A- Antonio Hester, Miami Norland senior (12.8 ppg, 7.5 rpg, 49-percent 3-point shooter) 5A- Shaquille Johnson, Jacksonville Lee senior (24.8 ppg, 8.7 rpg, 7.6 apg, 3.5 spg) 4A- Ray Shipman, Miami Monsignor …
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March 11th, 2008 05:17pm
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Jiwan James had to be a bit antsy for a while.
The former Williston all-state football, basketball and baseball player (and now Philadelphia Phillies’ minor leaguer) was shelved for three months with a stress-related arm injury.
The 6-foot-4 righthanded pitcher said the trouble came about when he began overcompensating for tightness in his throwing shoulder. Fortunately, surgery wasn’t needed, only rest and rehab.
A 22nd-round draft pick in 2007, James began throwing again in late …
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March 6th, 2008 05:39pm
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Sometimes, it matters more where you play than how.
P.K. Yonge junior guard Josh Snodgrass averaged 22.3 points, 6.7
rebounds and 3.6 assists for the Class 3A runnerup and will be named
first-team all-state sometime in the next month. However, his chances
to be named his classification’s state player of the year are very slim.
That is because 3A probably is the deepest class you’ll find from a talent perspective.
Along with Snodgrass, some of the other names …
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