Scolded at school, fan lauded by Rays

Sharples, 12, meets favorite players after taking suspension Zachary Sharples, 12, compares "Ray-Hawks" with Jonny Gomes on Saturday. (Preston Mack/MLB.com) ST. PETERSBURG -- On Monday, Zachary Sharples wasn't even allowed to rest his head and take a nap. On Saturday night, the seventh-grader had a hard time believing he wasn't dreaming. After watching his favorite team, the Rays, clinch the American League Division Series on Sunday night with a win over the White Sox, Sharples decided to show his support and got a mohawk, a hairstyle so popular among the Rays and their fans that it has now been dubbed the "Rays-Hawk." Lincoln Middle School didn't take to the 'hawk so lovingly, and Sharples' one-inch hairstyle landed him an in-school suspension on Monday. The 12-year-old, who moved from Palmetto, Fla., to St. Petersburg on... [read full story]