Dennis Maffezzoli
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Vero Beach, Fla.
Joined May 2009
CONFIRMED: Braden River High girls basketball standout O'Mariah Gordon plans to attend Florida State University to continue her career and education. @FSU_Recruiting @LadyPiratesBas2 @piratenationhs @htpreps.
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BREAKING: Hearing former Riverview High 2-sport standout Malachi Wideman and #FSU recruit has enrolled at . Venice High @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @VHSboysbball @RamNationBBall @RHSramNation @RamsRhsFootball @htpreps
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BREAKING: Braden River High girls basketball player O'Mariah Gordon named Florida Gatorade Player of the Year for the second straight year. @LadyPiratesBas2 @htpreps
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The interim will be taken off Jacquez Green's title and he will be the new football coach at Manatee High. @WeAreManatee @ManateeFB @JacquezGreen @htpreps.
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Cardinal Mooney signing Pierse Stainton, a “5-star” recruit for kicking and punting signs with @USFFootball. He was ranked the No. 1 punter in America with Kornblue Kicking. He plans to pursue a degree in public.relations. @MooneyAthletics @CMHSCougarFB @JonSantucci
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Sarasota High baseball coach Clyde Metcalf, who has won two national championships and six state championships, will be among those inducted into the #FHSAA Hall of Fame 6:30 p.m. Sunday at Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville. @Sailor_Baseball @htpreps.
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Venice High coach Craig Faulkner named Class 7A Coach of the Year according to the vote by the Florida Dairy Farmers. Faulkner now is up for overall Florida Coach of the Year @VHS__Baseball @VHSIndianSports @htpreps.
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BREAKING: Braden River High football team barred from holding any spring practice, loses spring game at Immokalee, fined $1,600 for violating #FHSAA rules by holding 16 illegal practices. @piratenationhs @BradenRiverFB @htpreps.
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Lakewood Ranch OF and @BestofHTPreps Baseball Player of the Year Grant McCray makes it official signing with the San Francisco #Giants @htpreps @RanchLakewood @LRMustangsBball
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BREAKING: Sarasota County beginning a 3-phase summer workout plan for high school athletes beginning June 15. Phase 1 has 1 hour a day workouts 4 days a week all outside. Phase 2 begins June 28 with 2 hours per day w/weight room. Phase 3 begins July 13. @htpreps.
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BREAKING: Drew Lascari steps down as head football coach at Cardinal Mooney @CMHSCougarFB to take a job on the staff at Rutgers University @RFootball @htpreps.
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Cardinal Mooney Catholic is Class 1 Suburban state champions @Mooney_FB.@TCFootballOcala.@htpreps.@HeraldTribune.@Cardinal_Mooney.@MooneyAthletics
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Found this one #RejoiceForRenee. A reminder the Charlotte High boys basketball team is at Tarpon Springs East Lake and the Riverview High boys are at Orlando Oak Ridge in regional finals. @Tarponad @TarponAthletics @MassolioTom @TomMassolio @RHSramNation @RHS_Rams_Bball @htpreps
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Final Cardinal Mooney 31 Trinity Catholic 27 @Mooney_FB @TCFootballOcala @htpreps @HeraldTribune @Cardinal_Mooney @MooneyAthletics.
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Lakewood Ranch High first baseman Avery Goelz received her Florida Gatorade Softball Player of the Year award Tuesday morning at Lakewood Ranch High. Goelz is headed to the University of Florida. @LakewoodRanchSB @CoachTJGoelz @AveryGoelz @htpreps @GatorsSB
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Cardinal Mooney Catholic High coach Jared Clark is the Class 1 Suburban Coach of the Year and it up for the overall Coach of the Year in Florida in a media vote through the Florida Dairy Farmers. @JaredClark2 @Mooney_FB @Cardinal_Mooney @MooneyAthletics @htpreps.
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Venice QB Ryan Browne, Venice coach John Peacock named 8A Player and Coach of the Year, respectively, in a media vote through the Florida Dairy Farmers. @ryanbrownexv @john_p34 @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @htpreps.
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BREAKING: Braden River High is fined $5,000 and must forfeit an undisclosed number of football and boys basketball games for allowing 2 student/athletes to participate and receive impermissible benefits @htpreps @BR_PirateFB @piratenationhs.
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Former Charlotte High athlete Amanda Carr of Thailand qualifies for Rio Olympics in BMX. @TarponAthletics @htpreps
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Gongratulations to the Palmetto High and Venice High football programs for reaching the state semifinals and for turning In fine seasons @PalmettoFBall @VeniceIndianFB @htpreps.
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Venice High baseball coach Craig Faulkner is Class 7A Coach of the Year and up for the top baseball coach in Florida as per Florida Dairy Farmers media voting. @VHS__Baseball @VHSIndianSports @htpreps.
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🥎Final in 6 .Lakewood Ranch 14.Park Vista 4 .Mustangs win state title @LakewoodRanchSB @htpreps.
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Braden River grad Tyrone Collins of Albion College had 2 picks and returned a blocked field goal 72 yards for the go-ahead touchdown and was selected as the Defensive Player of the Week in the Michigan Intercollegiate Athletic Association. @BradenRiverFTBL @htpreps
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Soph. @USFFootball RB Brian Battie named second team all-AAC. Former Braden River High and Sarasota High standout Battie ranked 2nd in the AAC in rushing (98.8 ypg) and finished with 1,186 yards and eight touchdowns, the sixth-best rushing season in USF program history. @htpreps.
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BREAKING: Also at Sarasota High, BJ Ivey is the new director of athletics, replacing Shane Ahles, who stepped down. Ivey still will coach the boys basketball team. One of Ivey's first duties will be to hire a new football coach @Sarasota_FB @htpreps.
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From Port Charlotte High football: a coach, mentor, teacher, husband gone way, way, way too early. @PirateNationPC @PortCharlotteFB @htpreps
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Venice holds off Buchholz, 42-35, in a classic Class 4 Suburban state football semifinal to reach the title game for the second straight year. @VHSIndianSports @VeniceIndianFB @BuchholzFB @htpreps .
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Venice dominates Columbus to reach Class 8A state championship game @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @ColumbusFtball @htpreps .
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The Venice High football team is the No. 1 team in the state according to the #FHSAA RPI rankings @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @htpreps.
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FHSAA 2018 Hall of Famer Craig Faulkner, a 4-time state championship baseball coach, more than 400 wins, 15 20-win seasons. Starting in 2012, he helped Venice become the 1st #FHSAA public school in 60 years to make 5 straight trips to the State Final Four. @VHS__Baseball @htpreps.
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15 Venice High football players up Saturday AM at 7:30. Painted an entire house and did landscape for habitat for humanity. #rolltribe @VeniceIndianFB @htpreps
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Sarasota County School District accuses Braden River High football of accessing illegal video of Venice, North Port, Sarasota and Booker practices. Manatee County School District is taking disciplinary action. @htpreps @BR_PirateFB @VeniceIndianFB @Booker_Football @NPBobcats.
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BREAKING: Clyde Metcalf has stepped down as baseball coach at Sarasota High after 41 seasons, he announced via social media. @htpreps.
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John Peacock suspended for entire spring, Venice High fined for illegal contact with North Port football player. @VeniceIndianFB @htpreps.
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Out-of-Door Academy OF Logan Tribble and coach Mike Matthews named Class 2A Player of the Year and Coach of the Year in a vote by media and coaches through the Florida Dairy Farmers. Both are up for higher honors. @logantribble @OdathunderA @OdaBaseball @htpreps.
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If the Venice High football team defeats Miami Columbus in the state semifinal Friday at home, it will play for the state championship at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 18 in Fort Lauderdale. @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @john_p34 @htpreps.
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Photos of Braden River High girls basketball player O'Mariah Gordon receiving Florida Dairy Farmers Miss Basketball honors. @LadyPiratesBas2 @htpreps
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Venice High signing OL Ethan Mort to Central Florida, TE Weston Wolff to Maryland, ATH Steffon Johnson and CB Chuck Brantley both to Michigan State @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @htpreps
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Markus Black steps down as the Booker High boys basketball coach and has accepted a position as an assistant for the University of Arkansas men's basketball team. @AthleticsBooker @BookerBBall @htpreps.
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In case you didn’t see how @LakewoodRanchSB ended its state title victory @htpreps.
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Former Southeast High girls basketball coach John Harder is the National High School Athletic Coaches Association 2019 National Girls’ Basketball Coach of the Year. Harder retired after 35 years with the Seminoles and 45 years of coaching girls basketball. @SEHSNoles @htpreps.
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Venice High signings planned for Wednesday afternoon.DE Damon Wilson will be revealing his decision on ESPN. TE Fin Jones to FAU.DB Elliot Washington to Penn State.Last year's QB Ryan Browne to Purdue University.@VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @JonSantucci @htpreps.
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Venice, IMG Academy, Riverview and Lakewood Ranch set to play scrimmage Aug. 10 at Venice's Powell-Davis Stadium @VeniceIndianFB @IMGAFootball @RamsRhsFootball @MustangFootball @htpreps.
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Jeremy Schiller has stepped down as Lakewood Ranch High boys basketball coach and accepted a coaching position at IMG Academy. @LRMustangHoops @RanchLakewood @IMGABasketball @htpreps.
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District 16 @FACACoach boys basketball .Players of the Year.3A Cade Westberry @SSESSports .4A Arguel Drotleff @Cardinal_Mooney .6A Jordan Clark @BookerBBall .8A Keon Buckley @LRMustangHoops .9A Malachi Wideman @RamNationBBall .@htpreps.
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Charlotte High named long-time assistant Mike Williams as its new boys basketball coach @TarponAthletics @tarponhoops @htpreps.
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Lakewood Ranch High football player Clayton Dees was named Herald-Tribune Player of the Week. Dees received 42.2% (2,453 of the 5,197) votes. @RanchLakewood @MustangFootball @LRTDClub @htpreps
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Former Southeast High girls basketball coach John Harder, a multi-sport coach who spent over three decades has been named to the #FHSAA Hall of Fame. @SEHSNoles @SehSeminoles @SEHSFFLadyNoles @htpreps.
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Sarasota High introduces Anthony “Amp” Campbell as its new football coach @Sarasota_FB @htpreps
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Ex Riverview and Venice High standout Malachi Wideman plans to attend Jackson State and play football for Coach Deion Sanders and on the Jackson State basketball team, Wideman told @dfernsports @htpreps @RamsRhsFootball @RHSramNation @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @mightymal13.
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BREAKING: Lakewood Ranch High names Scott Paravicini as its new football coach. Paravicini was the head coach at Bradenton Christian School @RanchLakewood @MustangFootball @LRTDClub @thebcsathletics @theBCSfootball @htpreps.
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Sophomore RB/KR Brian Battie of @USFFootball formerly of @BradenRiverFTBL and @Sarasota_FB became just the second Bull to earn All-America honors in multiple seasons when Phil Steele announced his postseason awards Thursday. @htpreps.
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Cardinal Mooney 2019 RHP Peyton Jula signed a scholarship to attend Austin Peay University in Clarksville, TN. Austin Peay is a Division 1 program that competes in the Ohio Valley Conference. @Mooney_Baseball @Cardinal_Mooney @htpreps
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I think some may be sleeping on Manatee High football, just sayin @RecruitManatee @ManateeFB @ManateeFootball @htpreps.
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Former Booker High standout Andre Johnson has been named head coach of the Tornadoes boys basketball program, replacing Markus Black, who took a position as an assistant at the University of Arkansas. @AthleticsBooker @BookerBBall @DreJohnson_2 @RazorbackMBB @htpreps.
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Venice's Kelly Hubbard Class 8A Player of the Year Brian Wheatley 8A Coach of the Year by Florida Dairy Farmers @VHSVolleyball @VHSIndianSports @htpreps.
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Sarasota High baseball coach Clyde Metcalf, who has won two national championships and six state championships, named to #FHSAA Hall of Fame Induction ceremony at Hilton University of Florida Conference Center in Gainesville on Sunday night, Sept. 22. @Sailor_Baseball @htpreps.
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Palmetto High scores winning touchdown in overtime to defeat Manatee 18-12 and celebrates @PalmettoFBall @PalmettoHigh @ManateeFB @WeAreManatee @htpreps
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Venice High baseball coach Craig Faulkner receives a plaque from Director of Athletics Pete Dombroski on Monday after Faulkner won his 500th game with Venice earlier this season. @VHS__Baseball @VHSIndianSports @htpreps
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Booker High names Ty Bryant as its new girls basketball coach. @AthleticsBooker @BookerGirls @htpreps.
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Prior to the Charlotte v. Braden River game the Pirates honored assistant coach Tom McCarthy who is retiring after 51 years in education and 14 years on the Braden River bench @brhspiratebball @tarponhoops @htpreps
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Signings at Venice High Zach Fryar to New Mexico Military and Sam Whitney to Furman. @VeniceIndianFB @VHSIndianSports @htpreps
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Yes, that was @TreyBurton8 of @VeniceIndianFB and Florida Gators who threw a touchdown pass in #SuperBowl2018 @htpreps.
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Great news dept.: @CHSTarponFB QB Alex Muse was relased from hospital Friday night and is OK per Coach Binky Waldrop @htpreps.
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Riverview High running back DJ Johnson is the Herald-Tribune Athlete of the Week receiving 15,194 or 75.4% of the votes. Sarasota High golfer Jacob Menard was second with 4,802 votes or 23.8% @RHSramNation @RamsRhsFootball @htpreps
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ITS NOW OFFICIAL: Forrner Lakewood Ranch football coach Rashad West the new football coach at Palmetto High. @RanchLakewood @LRTDClub @MustangFootball @PalmettoFBall @PalmettoHigh @htpreps.
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Former Lakewood Ranch High softball coach T.J. Goelz added to the Mustangs' softball Wall of Fame @RanchLakewood @LakewoodRanchSB @CoachTJGoelz @htpreps .
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Venice High football coach John Peacock gets doused after winning the Class 8A state championship over Apopka in Fort Lauderdale @VeniceIndianFB @john_p34 @VHSIndianSports @htpreps
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Cardinal Mooney Catholic High signing day:.Teddy Foster to the University of Florida.Zy'Marion Lang to Toledo.With Cougars coach Jared Clark.@TeddyFoster_3 @Nook1k1 @GatorsFB @ToledoFB @JaredClark2 @htpreps @JonSantucci @Cardinal_Mooney @Mooney_FB @MooneyAthletics
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Braden River High guard O'Mariah Gordon was honored Thursday night for her 1,000th career point last week. @piratenationhs @htpreps
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Southeast High makes it official naming Brian Alexander as its new girls basketball coach replacing legendary coach John Harder @SEHSNoles @htpreps.
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Ace Sanders is the new football coach at Bayshore High. Sanders replaces Jamaal Sanders, who had been the coach since 2020. Sanders, 32, played at Manatee High, University of South Carolina and for the Jacksonville #Jaguars. @BayshoreFootba2 @ManateeFB @htpreps.
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Manatee High athlete Irone Jackson heading to Central Michigan @WeAreManatee @RecruitManatee @ManateeFB @JonSantucci @flrecruitinghq
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BREAKING: Southeast High names Braden River High football coach Curt Bradley as its new football coach. @southeast_seminoles @htpreps @BradenRiverFTBL.
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The Lakewood Ranch High softball team is ranked third in the country in the latest @MaxPreps poll. It is the highest ranking for the Mustangs in the history of the program. @LakewoodRanchSB @MustangsAhead @RanchLakewood @htpreps .
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Port Charlotte High's Devin Leacock named Mr. Weightlifter by Florida Dairy Farmers. A @USFFootball commit, he set state records in clean & jerk (410 pounds) & overall (880) in repeating as Class 2A heavyweight champion. @PCHSPiratesFB @PiratePridePCHS @floridamuscle90 @htpreps.
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Charlotte's Price twins D'Vonte and G'Vonte and Jacob White heading to FIU @TarponAthletics @FIUFootball @htpreps
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PIRATES HELPING PIRATES: Braden River High collecting money at its football game against Parrish Commuity to help Port Charlotte High athletic programs @BradenRiverFTBL @piratenationhs @PortCharlotteFB @PirateNationPC @htpreps @FbParrish @ParrishHSAthle1.
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Cardinal Mooney takes the field for the Class 1 Suburban state championship football game against Trinity Catholic @Mooney_FB @htpreps
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