Pinellas bottom line

By Times Staff
Published September 28, 2006

INJURY REPORT

Seminole football coach Sam Roper said his team is the "healthiest we've been since we started." Quarterback Tyler Bradley was thought to have torn an ACL two weeks ago against Pinellas Park, but Roper said it was merely a strain and he'll be good to go Friday against Dixie Hollins. Free safety Bryant Lumpkin ankle also will play for the first time in weeks.

ROLLING ALONG

St. Petersburg College women's volleyball team, ranked No. 11 in the latest NJCAA poll, kept up its strong start by upsetting then sixth-ranked Pasco-Hernando Community College on Tuesday in a thrilling 30-28, 18-30, 25-30, 31-29, 15-12 match. The Titans (14-1), the defending Suncoast Conference champions, were led by freshman middle hitter Heloisa dos Santos, who had 15 kills.

"It was barn burner, to say the least," SPC coach Scott White said.

HALL OF FAMER

Bill Specht, who lives in St. Petersburg, was inducted into the International Swimming Hall of Fame at a dinner held during the FINA World Masters Championships held at Stanford University in Palo Alto, Calif., in August. Specht, 48, has held 30 Masters World Records in four age groups. In 1998, he was named the Top Masters Swimmer of the Year.

CHECK IT OUT

The Green Devil Invitational is today at the Vinoy Country Club in St. Petersburg. The 18-hole boys tournament will have a shotgun start at 12:30 p.m. There are 17 teams (all 16 public schools, plus Indian Rocks Christian). Palm Harbor University's Zach Sobel was the individual winner last year. Largo's Andrea Messer finished fifth among the boys.

THIS WEEK'S FOOTBALL

All start Friday night at 7:30 unless noted

East Lake at Dunedin

Boca Ciega at Osceola

Northeast at Lakewood

Seminole at Dixie Hollins

Clearwater at Countryside

Pinellas Park at St. Petersburg

Largo at Gibbs

Springstead at Tarpon Springs

Northside Christian at Admiral Farragut

Calvary Christian at Tampa Baptist

CC Catholic at Berkeley Prep

Indian Rocks Christian at Shorecrest

Tampa Catholic at SPC

Keswick Christian at Cambridge, Saturday

ON THE WEB

Have a question for one of our prep writers? Want to sound off in response to one of county-by-county blogs? Nominate Top Performers for the month? For this and more, check out our high school sports blog at http://blogs.tampabay.com/preps/.

CALL FOR STATS

The Times will publish football stats on Fridays. South county coaches can send stats by 5 p.m. Thursday to Joe Smith by fax (727) 893-8782 or e-mail joesmith@sptimes.com North county coaches can send stats to Bob Putnam by fax (727) 445-4119 or e-mail putnam@sptimes.com.

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