by JGuthrie | May 8, 2019 | Alonso, Baseball Playoffs
Alonso junior Sam Drumheller carried a no-hitter into the sixth, allowing just one run on two hits and earning the win. By Jarrett Guthrie, editor TAMPA – Two of the uglier blemishes on Alonso’s record this season came courtesy of district opponent Sarasota...
by JGuthrie | May 8, 2019 | Baseball Playoffs, Freedom, Strawberry Crest, Wharton
By Brandon Wright DOVER – The last time Strawberry Crest and Freedom squared off in a district semifinal, the visiting Patriots handed a very young Charger squad a stinging, 2-0 defeat two season ago. Alex Marshall and his Crest teammates hadn’t forgot. Marshall was...
by JGuthrie | May 8, 2019 | Baseball Playoffs, Newsome
By Bob Bellone LITHIA – Newsome junior Cade Afeld was not about to let anyone interrupt his mad dash home Tuesday afternoon. No one did. Tied at 2 with rival Palm Harbor University in the home seventh of a Class 9A-District 8 semifinal, Afeld hit a two-out...
by JGuthrie | May 7, 2019 | Baseball Playoffs, Baseball Round-Up
District Tournament Results 8A-District 6 at Plant City Durant senior Frankie Martinez earned his third win of the season, tossing five innings for the Cougars in a district tourney win against East Bay. Durant 5, East Bay 1 Coleton Brogden’s RBI single got...
by JGuthrie | May 5, 2019 | Baseball Playoffs, Bloomingdale, Features
Bloomingdale junior Brock Wilken finished the regular season in style, blasting his county-leading 10th home run on Friday night at Jefferson. By Jarrett Guthrie, editor TAMPA – There wasn’t much time to even appreciate its departure. Bloomingdale junior Brock...
by JGuthrie | May 4, 2019 | Baseball Playoffs, Bloomingdale, Jefferson
Bloomingdale head coach Kris Wilken congratulates his senior Kyle Merkle By Jarrett Guthrie, editor TAMPA – Bloomingdale got all it needed early as Antonio De Jesus made Colby Shelton’s double in the second hurt with his own RBI single, and Nico Saladino...
