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.
Senior defensive back Tyrell Austin couldn't remember running as much in one practice during his previous two seasons at Carol City.
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.
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 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 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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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
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.
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
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.
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.
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.
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
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...
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
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
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.