Bloomingdale 6, Chamberlain 2

Bryce Hazzard (3-for-4, two doubles and three RBI), Jett Davis (3-for-3, 2 RBI), Jackson Hobbs (2-for-3, two RBI) and Dominic Gonnella (2-for-3, two runs) led Bloomingdale to a win against Chamberlain, and give the Bulls a 2-0, pool-play advantage.

C 010 001 0 — | 2 | 3 | 0
B 040 020 x — | 6 | 10 | 2
W – McAllister (2-0). L – Johnson (0-3). 2B – Hazzard 2 (B). Records – C 0-8; B 6-2.

Leto 4, Freedom 0

Leto scratched out a run in each of the first two innings on a Javy Hernandez sac fly and a Tomas Lozano RBI single and Christian Suarez cruised to his fourth win of the season, tossing a complete-game, six-hit shutout with five strikeouts. Hernandez added some late insurance in the third with an RBI single.

F 000 000 0 — | 0 | 6 | 1
L 112 000 0 — | 4 | 5 | 0
W – Suarez (4-0). L – Leroy (1-2). Records – F 4-5; L 5-2.

King 6, Plant City 1 


For our write-up on this game, please click here. 

K 120 003 0 — | 6 | 9 | 0
PC 000 000 1 — | 1 | 6 | 4
W – Thompson (1-0). L – Gayner (3-1). 2B – Robinson, Mawhinney (PC). Records – K 6-1; PC 8-1.

The family of the late Billy Reed, longtime Middleton and Hillsborough coach.

Tribute to Coach Billy Reed


Prior to Tuesday’s nightcap at Brandon, there was a special moment of silence for former Middleton and Hillsborough coach, Billy Reed, who passed away in December (click here for a link to our story on the coaching legend).

Then Mr. Reed’s daughter Dori Reed Blanc threw out a ceremonial first pitch in honor of her father. 

Dori Reed Blanc, the daughter of area coaching legend Billy Reed throws out the ceremonial first pitch in honor of her father prior to Tuesday’s night game at Brandon High.

Brandon 5, Armwood 1

Tyler Castelli gave Armwood the second-inning lead with an RBI single to left, but a double from Kamren Gittens tied things in the bottom half of the inning as Brandon added four runs late to top Armwood in the late game Tuesday evening. Marcus Lawrence and Gabriel Rosado added RBI singles to the Eagles’ four-run sixth to push Brandon to the win. Jermaine White struck out eight in four innings to earn the win on the mound. For Armwood, Manuel Maldonado was 2-for-3 with a double in the loss.

A 010 000 0 — | 1 | 5 | 3
B 010 004 x — | 5 | 8 | 1
W – White. L – Quinones. 2B – Maldonado (A); Gittens (B). Records – A 2-6; B 3-4.

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