by JGuthrie | Jan 31, 2018 | Community Stories, In Memoriam, Jesuit
John Canfield, who spent more than 30 years as a high school baseball coach in Tampa and a mentor and advisor to generations of players and coaches, passed away Monday, January 29, 2018. (Photo provided. By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – For more than 30 years, John Canfield...
by JGuthrie | Dec 31, 2017 | Community Stories, Hillsborough, In Memoriam
Longtime Tampa-area baseball coach Billy Reed, a Middleton High alum and member of the Florida A&M athletics Hall of Fame, died Saturday. (file photo J. Guthrie, 2015) By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – He liked being thought of as a teacher more than a coach, after all...
by JGuthrie | Dec 4, 2017 | Community Stories, Gaither
Gaither High alum Oscar Mercado (class of 2013) was named to the St. Louis Cardinals 40-man MLB roster in November. (photo provided by Taka Yanagimoto, photography manager for St. Louis Cardinals) By Jarrett Guthrie Oscar Mercado was able to count one more thing he...
by JGuthrie | Nov 18, 2017 | Carrollwood Day, Community Stories, Features
Members of Carrollwood Day School’s baseball and softball teams meet with Marathon High’s players while bringing supplies down to the programs devastated by Hurricane Irma. (photo courtesy of Tracy Hooker) Editor’s note: A special thank you to...
by JGuthrie | Jul 19, 2017 | Community Stories, Features
Longtime Gaither baseball coach Frank Permuy to be enshrined in the American Baseball Coaches Association Hall of Fame in January. (Photo from 2014 by Jarrett Guthrie) By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – Since the mid-1970s longtime Gaither baseball coach Frank Permuy...
by JGuthrie | Jul 17, 2017 | Community Stories, Features
Silverman (in uniform at right), with former Gaither teammate Rick Permuy and his kids Brayden and Taylor. (Photo provided) By Jarrett Guthrie ST. PETERSBURG – A young kid’s dream of someday making the “Big Leagues” isn’t a rare one, but actually seeing it come...
