Sunday, February 20, 2011
Orlando's Dr. Phillips forces 21 turnovers and earns a return trip to the FHSAA Finals in Lakeland with a 50-19 victory.
SARASOTA - On a night when its team's season came to an end, the Sarasota High faithful witnessed the continued development of a burgeoning girls basketball powerhouse. Visiting Dr. Phillips of Orlando built upon a 14-7 halftime lead by converting 14 of its 24 shots over the final 16 minutes and claimed its second straight Class 6A-Region 2 championship with a 50-19 victory over the Lady Sailors on Saturday night. Sarasota, which saw its season end at 20-9, committed 21 turnovers and was a combined 7-of-25 from the field. The Lady Panthers never trailed in the contest after freshman Taryn Griffey, the daughter of future Baseball Hall of Famer Ken Griffey Jr., opened the scoring 18 seconds into the game. Griffey Jr. made the trip to …
Tuesday, February 15, 2011
Sarasota Military Academy sophomore Sarah Bradtmueller is a reserve forward for the Sarasota High basketball team, who sings the national anthem prior to the start of Lady Sailor games.
SARASOTA - Before discovering Sarah Bradtmueller’s true talent, Rob Jutras saw all the makings of a ballplayer. Jutras, whose Sarasota High girls basketball team will play visiting Riverview High on Tuesday night for a spot in the Class 6A-Region 2 championship game, remembers encountering an energetic and hustling McIntosh Middle School seventh grader three years ago when he was Sarasota Middle School’s head coach. That initial observation was confirmed earlier this season when Jutras observed a junior varsity game at the beginning of the 2010-11 season. “She was all over the floor defensively during that first jayvee game,” Jutras said. “That’s what I really look for in a player. I don’t care if they ever score a point.” Bradtmueller, a …
Thursday, January 6, 2011
A dominating performance by visiting Sarasota sends the Lady Rams to their second loss in 15 games.
With the clock already set to run continuously and their team facing a 30-plus point deficit, the Riverview High cheerleaders deserve credit for trying to keep hope alive. The cheerleaders' chant of "defense, defense, defense" was ignored when it broke out in the fourth quarter of Wednesday's Class 6A-District 7 opener between the Lady Rams and archrival Sarasota High. The poorly timed and ill-fated chant was just as surprising as the way the Lady Sailors entered the Riverview gymnasium and thoroughly dominated the Lady Rams en route to a 52-19 victory. Perhaps, the only thing that didn't go Sarasota's way was the opening tip. Coming off a second-place finish in the Sapphire Division of the Fort Myers-based Basketball Brothers Invitational…
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
Despite converting just one field goal in the final 6:27, the Rams hold off a late charge to record a 52-48 victory.
The Sarasota High boys basketball team may have found "it," but it was not enough for the Sailors to overcome the first three quarters of Tuesday night's Class 6A-District 7 opener against host and city rival, Riverview High. As his team entered the fourth quarter of what eventual became a 52-48 victory for the Rams, Sarasota head coach Dave Oness angrily stomped his feet and raised his voice to repeat, "I don't see it." While it is difficult to define what exactly "it" is, Oness may have caught a glimpse during the Sailors' 20-point fourth quarter. Playing their fourth consecutive game in the Rams' gymnasium, Sarasota's chances of erasing an 11-point fourth-quarter deficit diminished when leading scorer Tanner Weigand was called for an …
Friday, December 31, 2010
Rams never look back after a 12-2 run in the second quarter against Hialeah; Manatee rallies past Sarasota; Sarasota Christian downs Booker in the seventh-place game.
SARASOTA - The Riverview High boys basketball team gained more than the 2010 Save-On Shootout third-place trophy on Thursday night. After losing a nine-point lead in the fourth quarter of Wednesday night's 58-55 semifinal loss to Lake Howell, the host Rams outscored Hialeah Senior 12-2 over a span of three minutes and 19 seconds in the second quarter and continued to pull away for a 56-35 victory over the Thoroughbreds. Sophomore guard and all-tournament team selection Jeremy Jones scored seven of his game-high 20 points in the decisive period. "A mistake is only a negative if you don't learn from it," Riverview second-year head coach B.J. Ivey said. "I don't know who said it, but I heard it somewhere and it's a good quote. When we mess up…
Thursday, December 30, 2010
Thrilling second day includes a 58-55 come-from-behind win by Lake Howell, Sarasota's double-overtime win over Booker and Bundrage's dunks against Sarasota Christian.
SARASOTA - Like any good shooter, Lake Howell senior guard Isaac Torres knows his spot and the outcome once he releases the basketball. Anyone doubting Torres wasn't inside the Riverview High gymnasium on Wednesday night when he buried a 26-footer with 2.0 seconds left that gave the Silverhawks a 58-55 victory over the host Rams in the 2010 Save-On Shootout's first semifinal. A technical foul with 58.2 seconds left and Riverview's inability to close out the game at the foul line set up Torres heroics. "The other shooting guard, Kyle (Kissenberth), said, 'let's pass it back and forth, try to hit a deep 3 or hit to one of the corners," Torres said. "He passed it to me. I usually take that shot, so I felt it and took it. It went in." …
Wednesday, December 29, 2010
Riverview tops Manatee, but Sarasota, Booker and Sarasota Christian are not as fortunate in first-round contests.
SARASOTA - From the opening tip, Riverview High showed Manatee High just whose court they would be playing on Tuesday night in the fourth and final first-round game of the 2010 Save-On Shootout. The host Rams jumped out to a 23-0 lead before Quenton Bundrage broke Manatee's scoring drought with 24.2 seconds remaining in the first half. Although his team flirted with taking a 35-point lead and invoking the running clock mercy-rule in the second half, second-year Riverview head coach B.J. Ivey was more content to empty the bench in what turned out to be a 65-44 victory. "We came out and played well, especially defensively," Ivey said. "We were able to force a lot of turnovers and things like that, but I think a lot of it was just Manatee …
Chad Brockhoff
1:36 pm on Thursday, March 17, 2011
Just got an e-mail from Sarasota High girls basketball coach Rob Jutras. Sarah Bradtmueller, who was featured on SarasotaPatch last month, will sing the national anthem prior to Friday night's Twins-Orioles game at Ed Smith Stadium. more ›