by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Durant, Features
Durant blanks Sarasota behind Rowland’s pitching gem By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer PLANT CITY – Blaine Rowland was one out shy of a complete-game shutout when a 95-pitch limit interrupted his 4-0 victory against Sarasota in a Class 7A region quarterfinal...
by JGuthrie | May 11, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Lennard, Sickles
Scary collision mars Sickles decisive region win Sickles junior Justin Allen smacked a pair of home runs, driving in five as the Gryphons defeated Lennard by mercy-rule in the region quarterfinal (813Preps file photo). By Rick Cantor Staff Writer TAMPA – Justin Allen...
by JGuthrie | May 10, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Pasco County, Strawberry Crest
Crest fends off Land O’ Lakes in region opener Strawberry Crest junior Alex Philpott finished out the Chargers win on the mound earning his fourth save (813Preps file photo). By Brandon Wright Staff Writer DOVER – Superstitions are as intertwined in baseball as...
by JGuthrie | May 10, 2022 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Sumner
Sumner’s historic Year Two ends in loss to Seminole By Lily Belcher Correspondent RIVERVIEW – Sumner hosted its first region tournament game in the program’s history Tuesday night in a match against the Seminole Warhawks. While the Warhawks will advance to the...
by JGuthrie | May 25, 2021 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Jefferson
Dragons grind but fall in 5A semi to Mosley Story by Jarrett Guthrie Editor Photos by Mike Camunas Creative Director FORT MYERS – For the better part of two months, Jefferson head coach Spencer Nunez said he was extremely proud of the “grind” his Dragons baseball...
by JGuthrie | May 24, 2021 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Jefferson
Unconventional team in unconventional times: Why Not Jefferson? By Jarrett Guthrie Editor TAMPA – Far from normal – a common theme for the many high school sports team this school year, but that has suited Jefferson first-year head coach Spencer Nunez just fine. The...
