by JGuthrie | Jun 28, 2021 | Durant, Postseason Awards, Saladino
Durant’s Hermann named Saladino Award winner By Jarrett Guthrie Editor BRANDON – Traditions are hard to maintain in what has been labeled “unprecedented times,” so why should the Saladino Award – now in its fifth decade of existence – be...
by JGuthrie | Mar 21, 2021 | Brooks DeBartolo, Chamberlain, Durant, East Bay, Freedom, Hillsborough, Jefferson, Jesuit, Lennard, Leto, Newsome, Photo Galleries, Riverview, Saladino, Sickles, Strawberry Crest, Wharton
New to the site this year, we’ll be posting our “813Preps Sunday Slideshow” presented by our sponsors, the Culpepper Kurland Firm, to cap off each week of our coverage. If you think of yourself as a bit of a shutterbug, are attending area games in...
by JGuthrie | Mar 21, 2021 | Bloomingdale, Durant, Features, Jesuit, Newsome, Plant, Saladino, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Strawberry Crest, Wharton
2021 Saladino All-Tournament Team The 40th edition of the Saladino Baseball Tournament came to an end with the Jesuit Tigers claiming the program’s third championship (previously winning in 1986 and 2017) by defeating Durant, 10-2. The 16-team, 32-game Gold...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2021 | Armwood, Baseball Round-Up, East Bay, Gaither, Newsome, Plant, Plant City, Saladino, Sickles, Steinbrenner, Wharton
Plant 13 Jefferson 3 – six innings Plant senior Jac Caglianone struck out nine in four innings on the mound, while going 3-for-4 with two RBI to lead the Panthers to a mercy-rule win over Jefferson in six innings. Matthew Ward had a pair of doubled, two runs and...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2021 | Durant, Features, Jesuit, Saladino
By Jarrett Guthrie Editor TAMPA – In any other setting the word immaculate means perfectly clean, tidy, or neat. In the Catholic faith, however the word means free from sin. In Wednesday’s 40th championship final in the history of the Tony & Bertha Saladino...
by JGuthrie | Mar 18, 2021 | Features, Freedom, Hillsborough, Saladino
Burgess good as gold as Hillsborough earns silver crown By Bob Bellone Senior Staff Writer BRANDON – Hillsborough right-hander Brady Burgess pitched six strong innings, and his bat produced as many hits as his arm allowed in an 8-1 championship victory against Freedom...