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One court made Bill Teal a St. Petersburg hoops legend. Another defined his life.

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By Bob Putnam Verified
| Tampa Bay Beacons
ST. PETERSBURG — A banner stood beside the casket. In the photograph, Bill Teal is young and in profile, a basketball in his hands, wearing a Team Florida jersey. Across the top, in letters that run the width of the banner, it says Gibbs High School. More than 100 people came to New Pleasant Grove Baptist Church on Sept. 12 to bury the man that teenager became.
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St. Petersburg Catholic gym fire leaves volleyball team without home court

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By Bob Putnam Verified
| Tampa Bay Beacons
ST. PETERSBURG — A lightning strike touched off a three-alarm fire in the gymnasium at St. Petersburg Catholic High School on Sept. 8, damaging the floor, the roof and the sound system and leaving the volleyball team without a home court in the middle of its season. Athletic Director Ryan Mueller said the school is in talks with Eckerd College about moving immediate home games there. “Currently still doing an initial assessment of the damage to the gym,” Mueller said.
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Mold, leaks keep Northeast football off its home field for first month

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By Bob Putnam Verified
| Tampa Bay Beacons
ST. PETERSBURG — Friday nights at Northeast High have begun in the gym. The Vikings have dressed in the gymnasium locker room, across campus from the football facilities, and boarded buses at 5:30 for games that were supposed to be theirs to host. They have not played on their own field this season. That ends Sept. 18, when Northeast is scheduled to host Lakewood — the same day Pinellas County Schools plans to inspect the final phase of the stadium project that set the whole thing in motion.
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