Do you have a sports scoop? Email Justin Kline at jkline@plantcityobserver.com or tweet us at @PCTOSports.
FOOTBALL
+ Meyer named Coach of the Week
If you ask the Tampa Bay Buccaneers, no high school football coach in the Tampa Bay area did a better job in Week 5 than Plant City High’s Greg Meyer.
The Bucs named him Coach of the Week following the win over East Bay and will donate $1,000 to the Raiders’ football program.
At the end of the year, Meyer and other area coaches will have a chance to win Buccaneers High School Coach of the Year honors, which brings another donation from the team and a chance to win Don Shula Coach of the Year honors.
TCYFCC WEEK 8 RECAP
+ Plant City Dolphins
One of the Dolphins’ favorite rivalries comes with the East Bay Bucs, and the Dolphins can consider themselves the winners of this year’s slate.
Other than the junior varsity (5-2) team’s 31-8 loss, there were wins all day for Plant City. The Mighty Mites, Pee Wees and Midgets each moved up to a 7-0 record by winning, 31-6, 20-0 and 12-6, respectively. The varsity team moved up to 6-1, but barely: it got the upper hand in a 27-26 overtime thriller.
+ Turkey Creek Trojans/Antioch Redskins
The Trojans and Redskins did battle at Antioch Saturday, Oct. 3, and Turkey Creek recorded a clean sweep with two shutouts. The Mighty Mites (3-4) won, 25-7. The Pee Wees (1-6) got their first win, 21-0. The Midgets (5-2) won, 35-6. junior varsity (5-2) won, 20-0, and varsity (4-3) won, 26-18.
The losses kept the Antioch Pee Wees, Midgets and junior varsity teams winless, while the Mighty Mites fell to 1-6 and the varsity team fell to 2-5. On a positive note, the varsity Redskins took the field clad in pink uniforms, from neck to toe, to support breast cancer awareness.
+ Dover Patriots
While the Pats couldn’t sweep the series with the Tampa Chiefs, they did get a four-game win streak after the Mighty Mites (1-6) barely lost, 19-18.
The Pee Wees (2-5) and Midgets (5-2) posted back-to-back, 6-0 shutout wins. The junior varsity team improved to 6-1 with a blowout, a 50-14 slobber-knocker. And the varsity squad (5-2) escaped with a 28-26 win in regulation.