by JGuthrie | Mar 19, 2026 | Uncategorized
Bitman, Brown go deep as Crusaders rally on Chargers Tampa Catholic senior Cole Bitman belted a three-run homer in the sixth to tie the game as the Crusaders rallied for a 4-3 victory against Strawberry Crest to wrap up a 3-0 Saladino Gold Division pool-play round. By...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2026 | Baseball, Features, Plant City, Saladino, Tampa Catholic
Spotted early lead, Fraga, Crusaders hold off Raiders Tampa Catholic’s Jayden Mera slides in before Plant City catcher Paul Overstreet can make the tag, scoring the third run on an error in the first inning. The Crusaders made the Raiders mistake hold up as TC...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2026 | Baseball, Features, Gaither, Jefferson, Saladino
Gaither bounces back, takes pool with win over Jefferson Second baseman Yenier Chirinos throws over a sliding A.J. Cruz to complete a first-inning double play. By Chuck Frye, Senior Staff Writer TAMPA – That was one heck of a bounce-back. A series of poor pitching...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2026 | Baseball, Features, Saladino, Strawberry Crest, Wharton
Cappucci blasts two as Chargers down Wharton 11-0 Strawberry Crest senior Nico Cappucci with the clean, running low-five with Chargers head coach Eric Beattie as he rounds third on his second home run of the game. Cappucci also added an RBI single in his first at-bat...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2026 | Baseball Round-Up
⚾ Gold Division ⚾ From Newsome High Pool Winner: Bloomingdale 3-0 (Runs allowed: 3) Durant 2-1 (Runs allowed: 19) Newsome 1-2 (Runs allowed: 19) Lennard 0-3 (Runs allowed: 36) ⚾ Bloomingdale 10 Newsome 1 Bloomingdale’s Evan Plusquellic hit a grand slam and a...