Better days ahead for Wiregrass Ranch football team

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Alquonne Brown hands off to fellow sophomore Jacob Hill at a recent Wiregrass Ranch football practice.

One starting running back went down for the season with an injury during the summer, while the other scored three touchdowns against Wesley Chapel and got hurt the next week. Then, the quarterback, two offensive lineman, two defensive ends, one wide receiver, and a linebacker soon were hobbling off as well.

By the time the third week of the season was over for the District 7A-8 Wiregrass Ranch High (WRH) football team, head coach Mark Kantor’s depth chart was seemingly held together by scotch tape and glue and a batch of young sophomores who were called on to mature quickly.

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‘Trick’s Kicks’ To Hold Golf Tournament Saturday

trickskicks2In memory of Hunter’s Green resident Patrick Strom, the second annual “Trick’s Kicks Golf Tournament” will again be held at Heritage Isles Country Club (located at 10630 Plantation Bay Dr. off Cross Creek Blvd.) on Saturday, October 17. The tournament is working to raise money to purchase and donate quality sneakers (“kicks”) to less-fortunate kids in the Tampa Bay area. Continue reading

Former New Tampa Students Start Unique Business: Bucket Tees

If you had a T-shirt with a giant pocket, like Bucket Tees co-founders and former New Tampa sudents Jake Kehlenbeck (center) and Alex Alfaro (right) have designed, what would you put in it?
If you had a T-shirt with a giant pocket, like Bucket Tees co-founders and former New Tampa sudents Jake Kehlenbeck (center) and Alex Alfaro (right) have designed, what would you put in it?

By Matt Wiley

Imagine a T-shirt that could hold all of your stuff that you’d usually stuff into a purse or pants pockets. Now, imagine that same T-shirt covered in bacon, or at least pictures of bacon. Continue reading

The Clinicians Primary & Urgent Care Treats New Tampa’s Medical Needs

The staff at The Clinicians Primary & Urgent Care on Cross Creek Blvd. at Morris Bridge Rd. offers both primary care and urgent care in one convenient location!
The staff at The Clinicians Primary & Urgent Care on Cross Creek Blvd. at Morris Bridge Rd.
offers both primary care and urgent care in one convenient location!

By Anu Panchal

Two New Tampa physicians are bringing a new concept to our area — a combination primary medical and urgent care office located at the corner of Morris Bridge Rd. and Cross Creek Blvd. At The Clinicians Primary & Urgent Care, patients can be seen for a wide range of medical needs — from routine medical examinations to setting bones after an auto accident — and they can be seen as late as 9 p.m. every day but Sunday!Continue reading