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EDITOR’S NOTE: This story has been changed since it was originally posted to reflect that Lennard High will now serve as a host site for the Silver Division tournament, replacing Plant City after a scheduling conflict. Please be advised that we have updated the story, graphics and posted schedule accordingly. 

HILLSBOROUGH COUNTY – The 41st edition of the Tony & Bertha Saladino Baseball Tournament is once again set to take place during the Hillsborough County Public Schools’ spring break on March 12. The tournament continues its format from last season, splitting into two individual events a Gold Division and Silver Division tournaments, with the seeding established, according to tournament director Tony Saladino III, by HCPS athletic director Lanness Robinson using the FHSAA rankings.

The FHSAA rankings are established using an unreleased MaxPreps.com algorithm, which also ends after the final week of the regular season and doesn’t include the 2021 season playoffs.

The Saladino Tournament events will once again be split between six host sites – Bloomingdale, Durant, Jefferson, Jesuit, Lennard and Strawberry Crest – with the Gold Division being a winner’s bracket format of 16 teams; while the Silver Division features eight team evenly divided into two pools.

Only the first day’s (Saturday, March 12th) games in the Gold division have been set, with winners advancing in the main bracket of the tournament – meaning a team must go 4-0 to claim this year’s title. The schedules for Mon-Wednesday of the tournament will be announced after the previous day’s final game by the Saladino Tournament staff, on the tournament website, and shared on 813Preps Twitter and Facebook pages.

GOLD DIVISION BRACKET

The Silver Division is listed below with its pool-play round, each team will be guaranteed three games, with each Pool winner meeting in a fourth championship game on Wednesday, March 16 at a site TBD. Lennard has replaced Plant City as a host site.

SILVER DIVISION BRACKET

All information on the tournament will be available once again on the official website (click here), we will of course bring you any changes or further information on the event on our website and social media pages.

FULL GOLD DIVISION BRACKET