Plant City junior Tyler Dowdy hits a single in the third inning of the Raiders win over Durant. Dowdy would score in this inning, and later added an RBI single finishing the game 2-for-3 with a walk.

Plant City 5, Durant 1

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PC 003 002 0 — | 5 | 5 | 1
D   010 000 0 — | 1 | 5 | 1

W – Wingo (0-0). L – Martinez (0-0). 2B – Martinez (D). Records – PC 13-3, 4-1 in Class 8A-6; D 10-6, 1-4 in 8A-6.

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Bloomingdale 6, Plant 2

Bloomingdale picked up a good road win over Plant as Colby Shelton’s two-run single in the fifth gave the Bulls all the runs needed, and Kyle Merkle’s two-run homer in the seventh sealed the deal. Dominic Gonnella started the scoring for the Bulls with an RBI double, and Myles Caba pitched a complete game to earn his fourth win on the year. Plant senior Gabe Rincones doubled and scored a run, while Sac Caglianone and J.D. Urso had RBI.

B 001 030 2 — | 6 | 11 | 0
P 002 000 0 — | 2 | 2 | 0

W – Caba (4-1). L – O’shinksi. 2B – Gonnella (B); Rincones (P). HR – Merkle (B). Records – B 10-3; P 10-5.

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Seffner Christian 10, Bradenton Christian 2

Seffner Christian produced on both sides of the ball as the Crusaders pounded out 15 hits and Tommy Turkett (also had two RBI) and Spencer Boynton combined for 14 strikeouts. Brandon Grant (2-for-3, two runs) hit his first career home run, Daniel Tomasello was 3-for-4 with three RBI, and Jackson Shelton was also 3-for-4 with a triple, two RBI and three runs scored.

BC 000 110 0 — | 2 | 4 | 2
SC 221 131 x — | 10 | 15 | 0

W – Turkett (2-2). S – Boynton. 3B – Shelton (SC). HR – Grant (SC). Records – BC 6-7; SC 5-7.

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Berkeley Prep 19, Brooks DeBartolo 7

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BP 181 103 5 — | 19 | 20 | 4
BD 102 022 0 — | 7 | 7 | 0

W – Dooley (4-2). L – Corscadden. 2B – Boeckle, Childers 2, Haire, Kurland 2, Samson  (BP); Barretto 2, Marin (BD). HR – Hinchliffe, Bruno (BP); Haylock (BD). Records – BP 10-4, 5-2 in Class 4A-4; BD 3-11, 0-7 in 4A-4.

Clearwater Central Catholic 8, Tampa Prep 3

Marauders starting pitcher PJ Stoyan carried a no-hitter through five innings and allowed just one hit through six to lead CCC to a district win. Anthony Bennetti went 2-for-4 with a pair of doubles, two runs and two RBI for CCC. Tampa Prep scored three runs in the seventh as the Terrapins got a double from Griffin Ravo (2-for-3) and singles by Ben Mensch and Jack Doney, but all three runs came on a pair of Marauders errors.

CCC 120 012 2 — | 8 | 8 | 2
TP    000 000 3 — | 3 | 4 | 6

W – Stoyan (3-2). L – Marquis. 2B – Bennetti 2, Rose, Wright, Stoyan (CCC); Ravo (TP). Records – CCC 7-7, 4-3 in Class 4A-4; TP 7-10, 3-4 in 4A-4.

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Bell Creek 7, Cambridge Christian 0 

Bell Creek picked up its first district win of the season with a shutout win over Cambridge Christian at Skyway Park. The Panthers were led on the mound with six strong innings from sophomore Ethan Byrd, who allowed just three hits and struck out four. Reece Black was 3-for-4 at the plate with three RBI.

BC 100 005 0 — | 7 | 4 | 2
CC 000 000 0 — | 0 | 3 | 2

W – Byrd (2-1). L – Montes (3-2). Records – BC 5-7, 1-4 in Class 3A-4; CC 5-7, 2-3 in 3A-4.

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Jesuit 4, Middleton 2

Jesuit had to dig deep for a comeback win at Middleton on Friday. The Tigers move to 6-0 in district play with a three-run fifth, keyed by a two-RBI double by Andrew Kynes and a run-scoring single from Jimmy Clifford. Bennett Lee added some insurance in the sixth with a RBI triple. Justin Clark struck out 10 in five innings on the mound for Jesuit. Marques Smith had an RBI triple in the first and an RBI groundout in the sixth for Middleton.

J   000 031 0 — | 4 | 7 | 0
M 100 001 0 — | 2 | 3 | 1

W – Clark (2-0). L – Monroy. S – Thompson (2). 2B – Clifford, Graham, Kynes, Morony (J). 3B – Lee (J); M. Smith (M). Records – J 13-2, 6-0 in Class 6A-8; M 5-9, 3-3 in 6A-8.

Riverview 11, East Bay 1 – six innings

Brendan Herrick (five RBI) had a double and a three-run home run, and Dillion Besnier ended the game early adding another three-run homer to the Sharks district win over East Bay. Tyler Misla earned his first win of the season allowing just two hits in five shutout innings, MacAllister Jorgensen was 3-for-3, scoring a trio of runs, and Ben Migliarese had a double and scored twice.

EB  000 000 x — | 1 | 2 | 2
Riv 500 303 x — | 11 | 11 | 1

W – Misla (1-1). L – Dooley (0-5). 2B – Herrick, Migliarese (Riv). HR – Herrick, Besnier (Riv). Records – EB 0-12, 0-5 in Class 8A-6; R 9-5, 3-2 in 8A-6.