by JGuthrie | Jun 9, 2023 | Events, Features
Rays Hillsborough-Pinellas All-Star Game set for Monday The Tampa Bay Rays and Tropicana Field will once again play host to the Hillsborough-Pinellas Senior All-Star Game on Monday, June 12, 2023 with the first pitch scheduled for 1 p.m. The annual event features...
by JGuthrie | Jun 8, 2023 | Features, Postseason Awards, Sickles
Sickles’ McDonald named Saladino Award winner Sickles senior Caden McDonald has been named the 2023 Tony Saladino Award Winner, the Saladino Family announced this week. McDonald, who also was named the Florida Dairy Farmers’ Class 6A Player of the Year and an...
by JGuthrie | Jun 8, 2023 | Features, Postseason Awards, Strawberry Crest
Crest’s Nimmala named Wade Boggs Award Winner Strawberry Crest senior shortstop Arjun Nimmala was named the 2023 Wade Boggs Award winner at a ceremony before the Hillsborough County Commission on Wednesday. Nimmala, a projected first round selection in the...
by JGuthrie | May 25, 2023 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Plant
Parkland Douglas ends Plant’s run in state title game By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor Photos by Mike Camunas FORT MYERS – The magic Plant carried over from a late-inning comeback win in the Class 7A state semifinal just couldn’t standup to the national No. 2-ranked...
by JGuthrie | May 24, 2023 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Jesuit
Mission complete: Sickles wins first state title By Jarrett Guthrie, Editor FORT MYERS – With first base open, Sickles senior Caden McDonald was walked in his first plate appearance. Justin Allen, to paraphrase Michael Jordan, took that personally. The Gryphons’...
by JGuthrie | May 24, 2023 | Baseball Playoffs, Features, Jesuit
Jesuit can’t hold early lead, fall in 5A championship Jesuit senior Jake Kulikowski slowly walks off the diamond as Plantation American Heritage dog-piles on the mound after claiming an 8-5, extra-inning win in the Class 5A state final. By Jarrett Guthrie,...
