by JGuthrie | Feb 13, 2020 | Bell Creek, Chamberlain, Leto, Newsome, Preseason Baseball, Riverview, Robinson, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Wharton
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 11, 2020 | Alonso, Bloomingdale, Cambridge Christian, Durant, Jefferson, Jesuit, Plant, Preseason Baseball, Seffner Christian
Editor’s note: Our preseason coverage has changed up a bit this season as the FHSAA has realigned the district, making our normal district previews a little bit obsolete with so many out-of-county teams mixed in with our Hillsborough Co. programs. So instead, we have...
by JGuthrie | Feb 11, 2020 | Blake, Chamberlain, East Bay, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Preseason Baseball, Riverview, Robinson
By Jarrett Guthrie Hillsborough County is a hotbed for high school baseball as now nearly 90 players from this county have made it to the Major League Baseball level. Plant alum and current New York Mets first baseman Pete Alonso claimed our county’s third...
by JGuthrie | Feb 7, 2020 | Community Stories, Features, Preseason Baseball
Larkins has a half-century of love for the game By Jarrett Guthrie TAMPA – “Alright now, what do you say?” shouts a big voice from an even bigger personality as a wide grin leads the way for umpire Willie Larkins as he enters the field. Larkins, 73, is first and...
by JGuthrie | Jan 31, 2020 | Preseason Baseball, Saladino, Top Stories
By Jarrett Guthrie BRANDON – For 39 years the Saladino Tournament has been one of the premier in-season high school baseball events in the nation. It has changed and adapted through the years and with its 40th tournament beginning on March 14, it will once again adapt...
by JGuthrie | Feb 25, 2019 | Preseason Baseball, Weekly Rankings
1. Sickles – The Gryphons get to wear the first target with the top spot in our ranks heading into the season. Sickles returns an impressive lineup and two solid starting options on the mound. Senior Dylan Eskew, a Miami commit, leads the team after an All-813Preps...
