813Preps at the Cape - Day 4: Hyannis

Thursday, July 14, 2022 – Hyannis Harbor Hawks

Good day, but no chowder.

However, the night was a blast as Hillsborough County invaded Hyannis, Mass. After posting on social media about our trip on the book of faces, and our plans to attend the game between the visiting Falmouth Commodores and the hosting Harbor Hawks at Scarafile Field on the campus of Pope John Paul II High School, we were surprised by the arrival of some friends of Brandon’s who were in Boston for vacation and decided to drive down. It was a great setting, and from the parking lot you looked down into the field, which was surrounded by crushed shells and a wooden press box.

The two teams played scoreless baseball for four-and-a-half innings before the Harbor Hawks got on the board. In that time, we were again surprised by another of Tampa’s own – former Tampa Bay Times reporter and Jesuit Director of Communications Pete Young. Brandon and I both served as assistant’s to Pete during his tenure as the Times’ USF beat writer in the early 2000s.

Jesuit staffer and our former newspaper colleague, Pete Young surprised Brandon and I with a pop-in while visiting family in Massachusetts.

The University of South Florida was represented in Falmouth as standout outfielder Drew Brutcher played right for the Commodores and drove a sixth-inning run on a single. Brutcher playing against Hyannis meant we got to see our favorite current USF student athlete … which is of course, Brutcher’s girlfriend former Newsome standout and current Bulls softball player Bailee Leistl.