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• Gulliver's Crawford getting a lot of interest

  BY J.T. WILCOX

  After a season that ended with much disappointment, Gulliver senior safety Frank Crawford said the key to erasing last season's short comings can be summed up in two words: Extra work.

• Gulliver RB Mallary considering Ole Miss

  BY J.T. WILCOX

  Football is just a game in most households, but at the Mallary residence, it's a way of life. For Gulliver senior running back prospect Darian Mallary, football is a bond between him and his father.

• HIGH SCHOOLS | FOOTBALL

  A stadium shortage in Miami-Dade

  By MANNY NAVARRO

  A showdown between the state champion Miami Northwestern and Miami Booker T. Washington football teams is nearly two months away, but it already has created a buzz.

• Archbishop Carroll's Taylor commits to Rutgers

  BY ANDRE C. FERNANDEZ

  Archbishop Carroll's football team had its third player so far of the class of 2009 commit to a Football Subdivision (formerly known as Division I) school Wednesday.

• Gulliver's Vernon commits to Duke

  BY ANDRE C. FERNANDEZ

  Duke University has landed one of Miami-Dade County's top football prospects each of the past two years. It looks like they have a third.

• Two locals commit to the Seminoles

  BY ANDRE C. FERNANDEZ

  Miami-Dade County's top two wide receiver prospects for the class of 2009 -- Archbishop Carroll's Rodney Smith and Norland's Xavier Rhodes -- each orally committed to Florida State this weekend.

• Dade wide receivers commit to FSU

  BY ANDRE C. FERNANDEZ

  Miami-Dade County's top two wide receiver prospects for the Class of 2009 -- Archbishop Carroll's Rodney Smith and Norland's Xavier Rhodes -- each orally committed to Florida State this weekend.

• South Dade wrestler wins junior national title

  By JUSTIN AZPIAZU

  Two-time class 6A state champion Shakendric ''Kendrick'' Sanders won his second consecutive junior national 145-pound title Wednesday at the ASICS/Vaughan National Greco-Roman finals in Fargo, N.D.

• Canes recruit McCaskill ready to lead Bulls

  BY JUSTIN AZPIAZU

  The Northwestern football team lost 41 seniors to graduation since being crowned mythical National champions last season, but the Bulls don't rebuild they reload.

• BASEBALL

  An advanced placement program for baseball

  By DAVID QUINONES

  Williams Mizrahi had a lot going for him. Heading into his senior year at Miami Springs High School, Mizrahi was a star on the school's baseball team and one of the better players in the county. After moving from shortstop to the mound, he found out he was a pretty good pitcher.

• FHSAA will let schools punish players for brawl

  By MANNY NAVARRO

  The players involved in Saturday's brawl at the Nike 7-on-7 South Florida tournament in Miramar from Booker T. Washington and Pahokee High will face disciplinary action this week -- just not from the Florida High School Athletic Association.

• FOOTBALL

  Booker T. coach's leg is broken in brawl

  By DAVID QUINONES

  Miami Booker T. Washington football coach Earl Tillman's tibia was broken during a brawl after a scrimmage against Pahokee at a Nike-sponsored 7-on-7 camp Saturday in Miramar Park.

• Pace receiver Griffin getting a lot of interest

  BY JUSTIN AZPIAZU

  The Miami Herald's list of the top 25 players in Miami-Dade County has a slew of talented wide receivers, including Monsignor Pace's Sterling Griffin.

• Booker T. runner signs with FAMU

  By ANDRE C. FERNANDEZ

  Miami Booker T. Washington senior distance runner Benedick Hyppolite has signed a letter-of-intent with Florida A&M. ''Benedick will be a great addition to our program, as we are gearing up to compete on the national level,'' FAMU coach Rey Robinson said in a press release.

• Interest picking up on Columbus receiver Whittaker

  BY LARRY BLUSTEIN

  Kenny Whittaker is a fighter. He's the kind of football player you want on your side in a fierce battle. He is the type of player who will never give up. While he brings all these accolades to the field, getting colleges to offer this gifted athlete has been tough.

• HIGH SCHOOLS

  Knight, Boynton impress at Top 100 Camp

  Arguably the best backcourt of prep players in the nation, Brandon Knight and Kenny Boynton Jr. took their show to the NBA Top 100 Camp at the University of Virginia last week. Knight, a Pine Crest junior and a two-time Miami Herald Broward 1A-3A Player of the Year, impressed with his playmaking ability, and Boynton, a 6-2 shooting guard from American Heritage who has vaulted to No. 3 in the ESPN 100 class of 2009 rankings, showed off his offensive arsenal at the invitation-only camp for prep players...

• Whittaker ready for move to Dade

  By JUSTIN AZPIAZU

  Miami-Dade County already has a solid core of athletes destined to play big-time college football in their careers, and that list keeps growing every day with transfer students such as Kenny Whittaker.

• HIGH SCHOOLS

  Cooper City softball coach resigns

  After eight playoff seasons, four district titles and two trips to the state tournament, Kerry Kelly is calling it a career as Cooper City's softball coach.

• RECRUITING | FOOTBALL

  Northwestern's Hargrett to West Virginia

  By ANDRE C. FERNANDEZ

  Only a few months after producing one of the richest football recruiting classes ever by a Miami-Dade County school, Northwestern had its first player of the Class of 2009 commit to a Division I college.

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